2006 · ブラック・ジャック21Black Jack 21

Burakku Jakku 21 · TV series · Seinen (adults)

17episodes

25 minrunning time

1characters

18events

Titles

Japanese: ブラック・ジャック21 (ぶらっくじゃっくにじゅういち)
Romaji: Burakku Jakku 21
French: Black Jack 21 (translation)
English: Black Jack 21

Titles abroad

Taiwan 怪醫黑傑克21 [4]

Period · Genre

Broadcast / release in Japan: April 10, 2006 – September 4, 2006
Format: TV series
Episodes: 17
Running time: 25 min
Picture: Colour
Studio: Yomiuri TV, Tezuka Productions
Channel / distributor: Nippon TV
Tezuka’s role: Original creator
Audience: Seinen (adults)
Themes: Medicine, Crime
Period: Posthumous production

Summary

One day Black Jack receives a call for help from his father, who abandoned him and his mother decades earlier. From then on his life is in turmoil: a mysterious organisation blows up his house to kill him. With Pinoko, he travels the world to find out who wants him dead and why [4].

Made by the team of the Black Jack (2004) series, it drops self-contained stories for a continuing plot and new characters [1].

Information

Broadcast on the Nippon TV network from April 10 to September 4, 2006, on Mondays from 7 to 7:30 pm; 17 colour episodes of 25 minutes [1].

On Tezukapedia

Source work (Series)

1973 Black Jack ブラック・ジャック

Episodes (17)

1
The day his medical doctor's license returns医師免許が返る日
April 10, 2006
Black Jack is offered his licence for treating Inspector Takasugi’s son, but refuses the paperwork and ends up in prison, while an Italian billionaire begs for him to save his grandson. [4][5]
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2
BJ meets his father againBlack Jack父親との再会
April 17, 2006
Twenty-one years after abandoning him and his mother, his father Kagemitsu Hazama asks Black Jack to restore the beauty of his second wife, Renka, burned in a fire. [4][5]
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3
Pinoko's Sadness.悲しみのピノコ
April 24, 2006
Black Jack’s house has been destroyed by a bomb, and Pinoko refuses to believe he is dead. Saved by his friends, he hides so as not to endanger those he loves. [4][5]
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4
The Black Angel of Northern Europe北欧の黒い天使!
May 8, 2006
In Europe, on the trail of Dr Kreutzer, seen in a photograph at Honma’s clinic, Black Jack finds him in a coma; the hospital management asks him to stand in for him in an operation. [4][5]
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5
The Robotic Armロボットの腕
May 15, 2006
In Germany, Dr Stein plans to attach an experimental robotic arm to Triton, a young pianist with a sarcoma, who would rather keep his own. [4][5]
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6
The Flying Hospital空飛ぶ病院
May 22, 2006
Aboard Dr White’s flying hospital, Black Jack finds himself up against militants who hijack the plane and injure the pilots. [4][5]
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7
The Promise Concerning Life, Worth Ten Billion Yen百億円命の約束
May 29, 2006
In the Middle East, Aritani, a Japanese businessman, gives Black Jack an alibi when he is accused of murder; Black Jack promises him a free treatment, which he will need. [4][5]
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8
Awake After Sixty-Five Years65年目の目覚め
June 5, 2006
In England, a man in a coma for sixty-five years who has not aged interests Dr Stein; Black Jack wakes him, but he ages all at once. [4][5]
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9
The Imprint on the Heart心臓(ハート)の刻印
June 12, 2006
In New York, Dr Bart asks Black Jack to operate on his mother, who has Honma’s haematoma, the disease that ended his mentor’s career. [4][5]
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10
A Miracle in New York紐育(ニューヨーク)の奇跡
June 26, 2006
Saved by his mother’s pendant, Black Jack finds in his patient’s chest an artificial heart designed by his own father. [4][5]
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11
The Destiny of the Black Doctor黒い医者の宿命
July 3, 2006
In Canada, Black Jack finds Dr Georges gravely ill; his son is none other than Dr Kiriko, ready to euthanise him. [4][5]
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12
Beyond the Auroraオーロラの彼方に
July 10, 2006
Pursued by the assassin Benitokage, Black Jack treats her after a fight in the snow and finds a document on the mysterious Phoenix disease. [4][5]
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13
Pinoco, Go Back to Japan!ピノコ、日本へ帰れ!
July 24, 2006
In Africa, Black Jack wants to send Pinoko back to Japan for her safety; she befriends twins separated by a flood. [4][5]
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14
The Terrifying Phoenix Disease恐怖のフェニックス病
July 31, 2006
In a decimated African village, Black Jack finds Dr Kuma, a former pupil of Honma, who reveals the existence of the Noir Project. [4][5]
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15
The Truth about BJ's FatherBlack Jack父親の真実
August 14, 2006
Renka’s father, Zen Mantoku, head of the organisation, wants the microfilm hidden in Black Jack’s mother’s pendant and tries to recruit him. [4][5]
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16
The Challenge Against Extinction破滅への挑戦
August 29, 2006
Mantoku himself has the Phoenix disease; Black Jack agrees to look for a cure, while Renka plots her revenge. [4][5]
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17
The Sanctity of Life生命の尊厳
September 4, 2006
There are twenty-one hours left before a nuclear missile destroys the virus and its victims: Black Jack must find the cure aboard the flying hospital. [4][5]
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2006 · ブラック・ジャック21Black Jack 21

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Period · Genre

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Information

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Episodes (17)

Characters

Black Jack

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Production staff

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Trivia

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Benitokage	Yumi ToumaW·en 冬馬由美 (born December 20, 1966) ↗	Japanese	[4]
Doctor Kiriko	Show HayamiW·en 速水奨 (born August 2, 1958) ↗	Japanese	[4]
Black Jack	Akio ŌtsukaW·en 大塚明夫 (born November 24, 1959) ↗	Japanese	[4]
Ayako Nishikawa	Miki NagasawaW·en 長沢美樹 (born July 11, 1970) ↗	Japanese	[4]
Pinoko	Yūko MizutaniW·en 水谷優子 (November 4, 1964 – May 17, 2016) ↗	Japanese	[4]
Renka	Gara TakashimaW·en 高島雅羅 (born March 2, 1954) ↗	Japanese	[4]
Doctor White/Yasuhiko Shirabyoushi	Junpei MoritaW·en 森田順平 (born August 1, 1954) ↗	Japanese	[4]
Kagemitsu Hazama	Shinji OgawaW·en 小川真司 (February 19, 1941 – March 7, 2015) ↗	Japanese	[4]
Zen Mantoku	Seiji MatsuyamaW·en 松山せいじ (born April 8, 1975) ↗	Japanese	[4]