Japan Synopsis
ブラック・ジャック
Black Jack is a master surgeon who possesses impeccable skills, enabling him to perform operations that are impossible for even the finest surgeons. He now is faced with his most difficult task to date and must challenge the limits of medical science…before it's too late!
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Black Jack: The Movie. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
2 sharedThe Seven Deadly Sins: Grudge of Edinburgh Part 2
★ 7.3 · Japan
2 sharedJujutsu Kaisen 0
★ 8.2 · Japan
2 sharedDemon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Movie: Mugen Train
★ 8.3 · Japan
2 sharedDragon Ball Super: Super Hero
★ 7.9 · Japan
2 sharedStand by Me Doraemon
★ 7.3 · Japan
2 sharedThe First Slam Dunk
★ 7.7 · Japan
Animation + Drama in Japan
730 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Animation and Drama genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Black Jack: The Movie itself).
Other Titles From Akita Publishing
The 1995–1997 Japan Window
In the crowded 1995-1997 Japan release window, Black Jack: The Movie sits at #99 of 142. The leaderboard below contextualises its neighbours.
The 1990s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 1990s in Japan, 447 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Black Jack: The Movie premiered alongside 42 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 42 other Japan films in 1996.
The 1089th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
36 audience reviews — more than 56% of Japan films in our index.
Review volume (56th percentile) outruns trending popularity (29th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Black Jack: The Movie, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- medicine · 3
- superhuman · 2
- surgeon · 7
- anime · 711
- based on manga · 297
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #3,126 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (32nd percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -0.4 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Animation productions specifically: #1,988 of 2,532 (top 79%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | Akita Publishing, Akita Shoten, Shochiku, Tezuka Productions |
| Runtime | 1h 33m |
| Release Date | November 29, 1996 |
| IMDb | tt0106421 |