Black Jack

Black Jack (ブラック・ジャック, Burakku Jakku) is a manga written and illustrated by Osamu Tezuka in the 1970s, dealing with the medical adventures of the title character, doctor Black Jack. Black Jack consists of hundreds of short, self-contained episodes that are typically about 20 pages long. Black Jack has also been animated into an OVA, two television series (directed by Tezuka's son Makoto Tezuka) and two movies. Black Jack is Tezuka's third most fa... More

Award-Winning Work

Awards Won:

Year Award Award Winner
  • 1977

Kodansha Manga Award Winners

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