…So, I finally got my Black Jack books in the mail last week. (I’ve been busy and not had much time to write until now) They really PWN, even if they are much darker than the anime. The manga is a really great piece with gritty realism, bad endings, and not the uppity-happy-happy optimism that the anime posseses. The anime was kind of a family show, were Pinoco showed up a lot more often. Probably because the younger viewers identified with her, and this was broadcast on television after all.

I’m happy that I got to see the anime first, because otherwise I might as well have been one of those people bitching that “Hey, this ain’t Black Jack! This is wholesome family entertainment!”

Well, I kinda like the fact that the anime and manga differ, because that means I get to see something new weather I watch the anime or read the manga. I usually stop watching anime because it fails to impress me and I feel “Ehh, I’ve read this in the manga. It’s exactly the same…” Then I turn it off. But the thing about BJ is that I can read the manga and find a dark treasure trove, watch the anime and see more Pinoco and a slightly or almost completely different storyline, without it diverting too much from the original.

I can only hope that BJ anime will be released in the states soon. I nearly cried my eyes out with happiness when I found it was being relincensed, then cursed a river when I found that I could not buy it, then cried again when the anime came out, and now I have both the anime and manga. Kitty is happy girl, yes?