Black Jack
| Category: | OVA |
| Adult: | No |
| Native: | ブラックジャック |
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| Runtime: | 55 minutes |
| Aired: | Dec 21, 1993 [31 years 1 month ago] |
| Ended: | Jul 25, 2000 [24 years 5 months ago] |
| Language: | Japanese |
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| Links: | ANIDB |
In the medical profession, there is a name spoken in hushed tones, of an unlicensed genius physician who can save lives — for a price. His name is Black Jack, and he is a dashing, moody figure, caped in black, a Harlock of medicine, a man who lives by no rules other than his own — and the Hippocratic Oath. A man who will defy any authority to preserve a patients life.
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Episode 1: Icebergs, Man with Kimaira
Runtime: 50 minutes
Air Date: 1993-12-21
Lured to a cursed island, Black Jack is curious to see what sort of disease is worth a three million dollar fee. When he gets there, however, he discovers a century-old virus that causes the victim to suffer painful spasms as all the water drains from his body – leaving the victim dead from dehydration. But when a frightened mob decides to take matters into their own hands, it’ll take all of Black Jack’s skill to keep his patient alive.
Source: tezukainenglish.com
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Episode 2: A Funeral, the Procession Game
Runtime: 50 minutes
Air Date: 1993-12-21
Fate brought Black Jack into the lives of four teenage girls when they most needed his help. Now, six months later, fate has reunited them. But this time, the prognosis is not good. Two of the girls have already died. One of the girls is alive, but mentally unstable. The last girl is lying on a hospital bed, but her chances are slim. Her only hope is immediate brain surgery. Black Jack must perform the complicated surgical procedure and discover what happened in his absence.
Source: tezukainenglish.com
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Episode 3: The Decoration of Maria and Her Comrades
Runtime: 50 minutes
Air Date: 1993-12-21
Two victims thrash in agony, scarred by war. Once again, renegade doctor Black Jack is caught in the crossfire. With Death breathing down his neck, he braves bullets and deadly biohazards to save the afflicted. Will the detective doctor prevail once more? Or will he pay the ultimate price for his mercenary ways?
Source: tezukainenglish.com
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Episode 4: Anorexia, the Two Dark Doctors
Runtime: 55 minutes
Air Date: 1995-03-21
An infamous actress is suddenly stricken gravely ill. While she’s visibly undernourished and weak, she doesn’t seem to be able to eat. He has run every conceivable test, yet nothing appears to be wrong with her. Unable to hold her food down, the young star has become desperate. Considering suicide to end her torment, she has found a special doctor to help her die. Black Jack must race against time to save her – his only lead: the girl’s past and a deadly secret from World War I. It is a perplexing question of faith when Black Jack is hired to keep her from dying.
Source: tezukainenglish.com
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Episode 5: The Owl Of San Merida
Runtime: 55 minutes
Air Date: 1995-05-20
While on vacation, Black Jack comes across a young man haunted by the vision of a woman who beckons him to return to a town he’s never visited. He also has visions of being shot in a battle in which he was too young to have possibly fought! Bullet wounds mysteriously appear on his body, bleed, and disappear. Is the young man insane? Could it have anything to do with an operation performed on the young man many years before? Or are there other forces at work? It’s up to Black Jack.
Source: tezukainenglish.com
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Episode 6: Night Time Tale in the Snow "Lovelorn Princess"
Runtime: 55 minutes
Air Date: 1996-05-21
In the middle of a strange blizzard, Black Jack finds himself trying to rescue a dying princess. Taking poison to avoid a loveless marriage, she would prefer death to a life where she was forever denied the arms of the man she truly loves. Now, Black Jack is forced to question what is real when he opens up the girl and finds a demon waiting inside.
Source: tezukainenglish.com
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Episode 7: White Justice
Runtime: 50 minutes
Air Date: 1998-08-21
In a war zone devastated by minefields and strife, a dying child is missing. She fights a foe more deadly than any terrorist. Her heart is a time bomb that will kill her even as the explosions annihilate her home. Can renegade doctor Black Jack recover his patient before both their lives are claimed by war?
Source: tezukainenglish.com
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Episode 8: Green Sentiments
Runtime: 55 minutes
Air Date: 1999-10-25
A sinister tree lurks over a village, sheltering the inhabitants for a terrible price. Victims are plagued by voices, then driven to madness and death. When renegade surgeon Black Jack operates on the latest casualty, he discovers a horrifying parasitic plant. Does the tree’s spirit seek to possess a human host? Now the doctor who plays at being god must defy and ancient fury of nature!
Source: tezukainenglish.com
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Episode 9: The Carbuncle with a Human Face
Runtime: 55 minutes
Air Date: 2000-02-25
A desperate man is plagued by a tumor shaped like a human face. When the tumor begins to talk and think, renegade surgeon Black Jack is the one man who can free the victim from its grotesque tyranny. Meanwhile, a serial murderer is on the prowl, a criminal beset by an identical deformity. Black Jack must decipher the connection before the hideous mutation devours its host, body and soul!
Source: tezukainenglish.com
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Episode 10: The Sinking Woman
Runtime: 55 minutes
Air Date: 2000-07-25
A young woman experiences a startling transformation after being exposed to toxic. Terrified by the changes her body is going through, the frightened young woman implores Black Jack to operate and attempt to reverse the transformation. When Black Jack discovers that the young woman is evolving fish-like properties, he begins to suspect that she may in fact be turning into a mermaid.
Source: tezukainenglish.com
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