In terms of the characters, I added Pinoko, Dr. Actually, the white part on his hair was just highlight. Why does he have a scar on his face? Why does he have patched skins in different colors? Why is his hair black and white? Why does he live in the run-down house though charging huge medical fees? - I hadn't thought of any answers for those questions at first. Black Jack was supposed to disappear just as a shadowy figure. So, I ended those first episodes ambiguously, in the sort of tone that the enigmatic doctor is performing a miracle with his scalpel somewhere. It's impossible to describe Black Jack's history or character within such short series. This work was originally planned as short series with no more than five episodes, which was the original request from the editorial desk. Let me write about inside stories of Black Jack.įirst, I would like to answer the question asked the most often, which is how I came up with the idea of the setting. 18 of Tezuka Osamu Manga Compilation published by Kodansha) (excerpt from the afterword on Black Jack, Vol.
