Young Black Jack | |
![]() Cover of the first volume, released in May 2012 | |
ヤング ブラック・ジャック (Yangu Burakku Jakku) | |
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Created by | Osamu Tezuka |
Manga | |
Written by | Yoshiaki Tabata |
Illustrated by | Yūgo Ōkuma |
Published by | Akita Shoten |
Magazine | Young Champion |
Demographic | Seinen |
Original run | November 22, 2011 – June 11, 2019 |
Volumes | 16 |
Television drama | |
Directed by | Kentaro Otani |
Music by | Yoshihiro Ike |
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Original network | Nippon TV |
Original run | April 23, 2011 |
Episodes | 1 |
Anime television series | |
Directed by | Mitsuko Kase |
Produced by |
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Written by | Ryōsuke Takahashi |
Music by |
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Studio | Tezuka Productions |
Licensed by | |
Original network | TBS, CBC, SUN, BS-TBS |
English network | |
Original run | October 1, 2015 – December 17, 2015 |
Episodes | 12 |
Young Black Jack (Japanese: ヤング ブラック・ジャック, Hepburn: Yangu Burakku Jakku) is a Japanese manga series written by Yoshiaki Tabata and illustrated by Yūgo Ōkuma. It is based on Black Jack by Osamu Tezuka and serves as its prequel. It was serialized in Akita Shoten's Young Champion magazine between November 2011 and June 2019. An anime adaptation aired in Japan from October to December 2015.[2] The story follows Black Jack as a medical student in the 1960s.[3]