Black Jack

(Full Credit of this wonderful art of Black Jack goes to Karmi-Sempai of deviantArt.)

The dream of what kind of doctor Tezuka Osamu, legendary manga artist and also a licensed doctor, wanted to be... Black Jack!

Black Jack consists of a rogue doctor, aliased Black Jack, who for private and safety reasons [since the time of losing his license to practice medicine] must practice medicine in the shadows. He lost his medical license when performing a surgery on a dying patient, which was against the head doctor's orders, thus having his license revoked. Since then, he had turned into a lone connoisseur of the medical field -- mainly surgery. That's right, most of the cases delivered to him require "cutting open" his patients and removing the cancerous, life-threatening, disgusting or simply something that you just wouldn't want in your own body.

Throughout Black Jack, heavily moral led themes are present, which runs fairly close to how a real-life situation would be. So it's not all hack and slash or action like many other animes but don't be waned! Black Jack is also a fighter, when needed that is but only to save a life of someone in danger or someone who might be seen to be heavily ill.

He may not be your average hero with super powers or control a large mecha that could save the entire world, no. But the reality of what it means to be a hero from a rogue doctor's point-of-view and also realizing that even from mastering your skills, not every life can be saved... Black Jack delivers and keeps on delivering.

With a stitched up face and a generally hideous yet handsome look, Black Jack is a lone hero that you do not want to miss out on. Tezuka Osamu's greatest work, Black Jack!

Storyline: Black Jack is a story of a surgeon named Black Jack who decides to help the poor and the needy with the aid of his deadly operation skill but at the cost of high payment
Music: The music is great
Characters: Weird but cool
Animation: Cool
Overall: Mediocre

Let me just start off by saying that I really love Black Jack. When I was younger, I watched and loved Black Jack 21. Later, I got into reading the original manga by Mister Tezuka. When I saw this series released on crunchyroll, I just about peed my pants with excitement!

This anime, in effect, is almost the manga word for word. Some characters and short stories have been added, as well as a few aspects changed to adapt it to this era. However, it still feels exactly like they animated the manga into life. The changes are too small and undramatic to really be noticed.

However, while some people really enjoy seeing their favorite manga animated, I feel that it's somewhat repetitive. There wasn't enough new content in the anime that wasn't in the manga to keep me coming back to watch new episodes.

I believe, if you're new to Black Jack or have only seen or read a few things with or about him, this would be an amazingly good series to start with! However, if you're an old expert looking for something new, this series isn't really going to blow your mind.

Black Jack is the greatest surgeon of all time. He will even cure cancer! Well most of the time. He is a very original character and this creates unique story lines, most which contain a life lesson. Why does he always ask for money? Kept me watching.