Rating: Summary: Great selection Review: I have been a great Tezuka fan for such a long time. So I was extremely happy to see one of his best series translated into English. Unfortunately, a cartoon is still considered as something for kids in majority of people in the States. If you are one of them, please consider Tezuka manga (comics) as a new media, novels drawn in pictures. It is a new media that enables you to enjoy a story without sitting in front of a TV, or saving your time to go to a cinema, or taking less than half of your time to read a novel. Once again, this is not for small kids. This story deals with some deep issues, such as meaning of life.
Rating: Summary: Black Jack : Two-Fisted Surgeon Review: It's nothing interesting, just as the cartoon! Al same! So if you watched the cartoon, don't read it!
Rating: Summary: Psycological Thriller of the Best Kind! Review: This is manga at it's greatest! I admit, when I first picked this book and thumbed through the artwork, I had my doubts, but reading the first novel changed my view on Black Jack for good :) Black Jack has to be one of the most engrossing mangas that I have ever read. The storyline of this novel has yet to be surpassed in my mind. The depth of the storyline is fantastic. The stories themselves - although maybe seeing far-fetch at times - always have a great twist or turn. What is most intriguing about the storylines though; and the philosopical and psycological implementations in each story. All events have a good reason - there is no mindless play-fights or brain-knumbing stupidity. Black Jack is written with intelligence and intergrity. Although difficult to explain, Osamu Tezuka has a way off exploring the human interlect, in ways other manga artists cannot. (Many have tried, but never quite made it).To sum it up. Black Jack is for anyone who enjoys a good intelligent story. There is also a good spattering of comedy, (You see Astro Boy hidden in the odd corner, or running out of buildings occasionally!) and raw human emotion. The manga is rendered in Osamu Tezuka's typical loose style, but the characters have a feel of their own. An absolutely fantasic read.
Rating: Summary: A sequel of the Black Jack series Review: This is the second volume of Black Jack series published in English. This is a story about an unlicenced surgeon, who is genuis in surgery. Although you can learn how he became a surgeon, or how he got his assistant, Pinoco, in the previous volume, all the episodes are basically independent and you can enjoy the story no matter which volume you choose to read first.
Rating: Summary: A sequel of the Black Jack series Review: This is the second volume of Black Jack series published in English. This is a story about an unlicenced surgeon, who is genuis in surgery. Although you can learn how he became a surgeon, or how he got his assistant, Pinoco, in the previous volume, all the episodes are basically independent and you can enjoy the story no matter which volume you choose to read first.
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