Young Black Jack: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Young Black Jack is a prequel to Osamu Tezuka's classic series about a brilliant maverick doctor who practices without a license. Ōkuma and author Tabata launched the ongoing series in Young Champion in 2011. The prequel follows Black Jack when he was still a medical student in the 1960s.

Series details

• Title: Young Black Jack
• Format: Animation
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Drama, Anime, History
• Premiere date: 2015-10-02
• Final broadcast date listed: 2015-12-18
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: TBS
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 25 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 6.4/10
• TVMaze ID: 5162

Cast and credited roles

• Yuichiro Umehara — Hazama, Kuroo
• Shizuka Itou — Okamoto, Maiko
• Koji Yusa — Yabu
• Junichi Suwabe — Doctor Kiriko
• Toshiharu Sakurai — Father
• Ryouko Shintani — Mother
• Megumi Toyoguchi — Aoyama
• Yoshitsugu Matsuoka — Tamura
• M・A・O — Phan

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2015-10-02; final listed air date 2015-12-18; episode order: 12.

Source and licence

Adapted from Young Black Jack on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.