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~~12-episode~~ MyAnimeList lists the Black Jack OVA by as 12 episodes of about 50 minutes from Tezuka Productions, ~~adapted from~~ with the first released 21 December 1993 and the ~~manga, 50 min. per episode; MyAnimeList lists airing from Dec 21,~~ last on 16 December 2011 The 12 episodes fall into two production runs: Wikipedia's manga article says Osamu Dezaki, Tezuka's protege, directed a ten-episode OVA series released between 1993 ~~to Dec 16, 2011 Kuroo Hazama, known~~ and 2000, and that two more OVAs followed in 2011 as Black ~~Jack, is a legendary but unlicensed doctor who, with his assistant Pinoko, saves patients other doctors cannot,~~ Jack Final, with Dezaki credited posthumously as honorary director It adapts Tezuka's manga, which Wikipedia says has sold over 47.66 million copies in Japan and won the first Kodansha Manga Award for ~~an exorbitant price~~ the shonen category in 1977; Dezaki's separate 1996 film adaptation won Best Animation Film at the Mainichi Film Awards In English, six of the OVAs and the film first reached North America as dub-only VHS, before all ten Dezaki episodes appeared on bilingual Region 1 DVD; Wizard magazine named the series its "Anime Pick of the Month" for August 1997 A ~~dark medical drama about underground medicine,~~ complete-series Blu-ray was reviewed by Anime News Network's Erica Friedman on 5 January 2026, and Yatta-Tachi's review of the same two-disc set says episodes 1-10 carry English dubs, episodes 1-7 can be watched in ~~which he risks his life~~ their original 4:3 ratio, and extras include Dezaki's commentary on three episodes plus interviews with the directors of episodes 11 and 12 Yatta-Tachi praises Dezaki's visuals and the stories' themes, from environmentalism to ~~cure bizarre diseases, even breaking laws~~ political corruption, though it warns the series is not well suited to ~~do so~~watching all in a row and that some episodes bring in supernatural elements The pin date marks the first OVA; the release run therefore spans almost 18 years and the title covers both the Dezaki-era episodes and Black Jack Final
- Black Jack (manga)en.wikipedia.org85% CONFIDENCE
- Black Jack - The Complete OVA Series Blu-ray Reviewanimenewsnetwork.com75% CONFIDENCE
- Black Jack - The Complete OVA Series Anime Reviewyattatachi.com80% CONFIDENCE

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Black Jack Premieres
myanimelist.net· Posted Sep 16, 2026· Starts Dec 21, 1993· Ends Jul 25, 2000 ✓· 27% of score
Release date confirmed on the title's own MyAnimeList listing.
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Black Jack (manga)
en.wikipedia.org· Added Oct 26, 2026· 31% of score
Describes the Dezaki-directed ten-episode OVA (1993-2000), the 2011 Black Jack Final episodes, North American releases and the manga's sales and awards.^[1]
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Black Jack - The Complete OVA Series Anime Review
yattatachi.com· Added Oct 26, 2026· 31% of score
Independent review of the Blu-ray: 12 episodes, Dezaki commentary, 4:3 option for episodes 1-7, themes and visuals. Publication date not shown in the fetched text.^[1]
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Black Jack - The Complete OVA Series Blu-ray Review
animenewsnetwork.com· Published Jan 5, 2026· 10% of score
Anime News Network review by Erica Friedman of the complete OVA Blu-ray set; page text gives synopsis (unlicensed surgeon, Pinoko) but the review body beyond the synopsis was not readable in the fetched text.

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