Black Jack Missing Pieces (Rittosha)

Featuring many never-before-seen materials, including the original versions published in magazines, this volume allows you to enjoy a side of Black Jack you've never seen before!

Black Jack, serialized in Weekly Shonen Champion from 1973 to 1983, includes some stories that were reorganized and expanded by Tezuka Osamu himself when they were published in book form. This book focuses on episodes with particularly significant changes and allows you to compare the original and published versions. In particular, "Stradivarius" and "Beryl" are included in their entirety, as well as works that allow you to enjoy differences in opening and ending sequences and comparisons with the original storyboards, revealing Tezuka Osamu's editing techniques in detail. Not only will you be able to read the original versions of familiar works, but you'll also be able to see rare, rarely seen pieces, giving you a glimpse into Tezuka Osamu's creativity.

This luxurious volume, made possible precisely because of the 50th anniversary of Black Jack, is a must-have.

Table of Contents - Episode 1 "Where's the Doctor?" (Keywords) - Episode 55 "Stradivarius" (Magazine Version + Book Version) - Episode 67 "Beryl (Part 1)" / Episode 67 "Beryl (Part 2)" (Magazine Version) + "Two Pinocchios" (This is a heavily re-edited version of "Beryl") - Episode 101 "Invaders" (Magazine Version) + Unused Manuscript - Episode 104 "Pinocchio Goes West" (Magazine Version + Book Version) (Variations) - Episode 143 "The Child from the Sky" (Magazine Version + Book Version) (Variations) - Episode 145 "A Landscape with a Spirit" (Magazine Version + Book Version) This edition (with variations) - Chapter 227 "The Mark" (magazine edition) + book edition (with variations) - Chapter 232 "The Illusion" (magazine edition) + in-progress manuscript (copy) - Finale "The Steam Locomotive Called Life" (book edition) + magazine edition (with variations) + rough draft - Comparison of the magazine and book editions ("Ashes and Diamonds," "Scream," "Two Shujis," "Kimo Dameshi") - "Black Jack Archives" trailer, Weekly Champion cover art, unused manuscript, setting materials for the anime "A Million-Year Journey: Bander Book," etc. - Commentary (by Takashi Hamada)