Black Jack: The Movie

1996 [JAPANESE]

Animation / Drama / Thriller

8
IMDb Rating 6.7/10 10 1188 1.2K

surgeon medicine doctor superhuman based on manga anime

Plot summary

Black Jack is a master surgeon who possesses impeccable skills, enabling him to perform operations that are impossible for even the finest surgeons. He now is faced with his most difficult task to date and must challenge the limits of medical science...before it's too late!

Director

Osamu Dezaki Photo
Osamu Dezaki

Top cast

Mary Elizabeth McGlynn Photo
Mary Elizabeth McGlynn as Jo Carol Brane
Akio Ôtsuka Photo
Akio Ôtsuka as Black Jack
Kikuko Inoue Photo
Kikuko Inoue as Betty McCall
Daran Norris Photo
Daran Norris as (voice) (as Rob Thomas)
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854.42 MB
1280*720
Japanese 2.0
NR
Subtitles
23.976 fps
1 hr 32 min
Seeds ...
1.55 GB
1918*1080
Japanese 2.0
NR
Subtitles
23.976 fps
1 hr 32 min
Seeds 2

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by TooKakkoiiforYou_321 6 / 10

Watchable, but very high on plot contrivances and fallacies

Which brings to me the question of why the director (Osamu Dezaki) has been so much praised over the years as a genius if this and the preceeding OVAs (better than this movie but neither masterpieces) are, together with the second half of the Versailles No Bara series (a bit worse than the first IMHO), an indication of his writing abilities. He might have been a key animator of the timeless masterpiece Kanashimi No Belladonna, but a key animator is not a writer. That said, it was really nice to hear Mai Yamane singing the intro and outro and the seiyuu performances were excellent, especially the one from the woman behind the main antagonist.
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Reviewed by erebus53 6 / 10

I've never seen the German version...

I didn't expect to see this as a German title, as I just saw the English version on DVD here in New Zealand. It hadn't occurred to me that the Germans would have it dubbed before the Americans but I guess you learn something new every day.

I think it's a great OAV. It however has an unexplained background that betrays its origins in the manga series. Well worth having a look so long as you are not put off by blood or surgery.

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