Black Jack has previously been adapted into a 12 episode anime OAV series with direction by Osamu Dezaki, two anime TV series, and a 2005 theatrical anime film with direction by Satoshi Kuwabara.
Some quick news for all of you Osamu Tezuka fans out there: Black Jack, Tezuka’s classic manga about a mysterious mercenary doctor who solves all manner of strange medical cases if the price is right, is being adapted into a live-action drama in China.
The drama is being produced by Coloroom Pictures, a subsidiary of Beijing Enlight Pictures, and a teaser image for the new production has been published.