アニメANIMATION

STORY

This original video animation series were produced based on the Manga of the same title, but only the same settings were employed. Though inspired by the original Manga, each episode is a completely new story. Characters newly designed by Sugino Akio were used in place of Tezuka Osamu's drawings.



Karte: 4 Anorexia: Black Mirror Image

This is an original story inspired by the works "Black Mirror Image" and "Death of a Movie Star." An actress named Michelle, who finally rises to stardom after many years of struggle, falls ill during the shooting of her first feature movie. The strange disease causes her to reject food, and she becomes thinner and thinner. She gives up on life after finding out that even Black Jack cannot cure her disease. Then she meets Dr. Kiriko, who claims that euthanasia is a medical option.

CREDIT

March 21, 1995
(c) Tezuka Productions Co., Ltd. / Akita Shoten Publishing Co., Ltd. / Columbia Edutainment

Released by Akita Shoten Publishing Co., Ltd., Forte Music Entertainment and Nippon Columbia Co., Ltd. / 49 - 52 minutes / In color (Original Video)
BJ Production Executive Committee of Tezuka Productions Co., Ltd. / December 21, 1993 - May 21, 1996

STAFF

Original Manga: Tezuka Osamu
Director: Dezaki Osamu
Picture Director: Sugino Akio
Screenplay: Dezaki Osamu, Koide Katsuhiko
Rendition: Yoshimura Fumihiro
Music: Shoji Osamu
Medical Supervision: Nagai Akira
Planning: Matsuya Takamasa, Shimizu Yoshihiro
Character Design: Sugino Akio
Art Director: Okada Kazuo
Editing: Morita Seiji (Morita Editorial Office)
Shooting Director: Takahasi Hirokata
Sound Director: Yamada Etsuji
Producer: Kubota Minoru, Udagawa Sumio
Music Director: Suzuki Seiji
Music Producer: Kumata Kazuo
Opening:
"Kioku no Kimi e (To You in My Memory)"
Lyrics and song by Shimada Takato
Arranged by Nakamura Shuji
Vocals by ANOTHER MOON
Ending:
"Kono omoi tsutaerareru to (I thought I could convey this feeling...)"
Words and sog by Matsubara Koji
Arranged by Nakamura Shuji
Vocals by ANOTHER MOON


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