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Young Black Jack

“1960s medical prodigy Kuroo Hazama's dark journey to becoming legendary surgeon Black Jack amid Japan's turmoil.”

Young Black Jack

7.22
3,547 rank · 88,532 viewers · 162 favorites
Drama Historical Medical Seinen
12 episodes · 24 min per ep min · Fall 2015 · Tezuka Productions · PG-13 - Teens 13 or older
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Synopsis

1960s medical prodigy Kuroo Hazama's dark journey to becoming legendary surgeon Black Jack amid Japan's turmoil.

In the 1960s, a gifted young medical student tries to make a name for himself. Kuroo Hazama is a reserved young man with unusual black-and-white hair, a body covered with scars, and a dark past. Despite only being a medical student, his surgical brilliance starts to attract attention after he completes a seemingly impossible operation. Together with the spirited and honest intern Maiko Okamoto and Yabu, a close friend with a troubled life, Hazama devotes himself to the world of medicine. However, his path to becoming a respectable surgeon is a difficult one as student riots, war, and corruption are consuming Japan. Hazama quickly finds himself caught up in a series of nefarious circumstances that challenge his integrity as a person and his path towards becoming a surgeon. Young Black Jack chronicles the story of a man capable of performing unthinkable feats of medicine, and the journey that leads him to become the legend known as Black Jack.

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6.9 /10

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90% recommend
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median 7 mode 7 σ 2.16
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σ 2.16 · split reception

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7.0 pts

Recommenders 8.0 · others 1.0

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A Tv Production · Fall 2015

Tezuka Productions.
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TBS · Grooove

  • Format 12 × 24′ eps × min
  • Total runtime 4h 48m all episodes
  • Aired Oct 2015 – Dec 2015 Fall 2015
  • Source Tv media type
  • Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
  • Ref. BS-10584 catalog

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