This was Japan's first 2-hour animated film for television. The program received high ratings when broadcast as part of a set of 24-hour TV programs called "Ai wa Chikyu wo Sukuu" on Nippon Television. After a long gap since his last animated film for television, this work fully reflects Tezuka Osamu's desire to achieve theatrical quality with this production.
(c) Tezuka Productions Co., Ltd.
Broadcast by the Nippon Television network / 94 minutes / In color
Tezuka Productions Co., Ltd. / August 27, 1978, Sundays 10:00 - 12:00 AM
Bander: Mizushima Yu
Mimuru: Koyama Fumi
King Zobi: Ohira Toru
King Bolbox: Tomita Kosei
Black Jack: Ibu Masato
Dokudami: Ieyumi Iemasa
Queen Tasuka: Muto Reiko
Dr. Kudo: Kobayashi Kyoji
Mrs. Kudo: Nikaido Yukiko
Dr. Sharaku: Kaneta Kimotsuki
Original story, story line, and rendition: Tezuka Osamu
Planning: Tsuzuki Tadahiko (Nippon Television Network Corp.)
Producers: Yoshikawa Akira (Nippon Television Network Corp.), Takei Hidehiko (Nippon Television Network Corp.), Kaneda Keiji (Tezuka Productions Co., Ltd.)
Music: Ono Yuji
Chief Director, character design, and art composition: Sakaguchi Hisashi
Motion Picture Director: Nishimura Hiroshi
Art Director: Makino Mitsunari
Finishing: Tsukada Tsutomu
Art settings: Hando Katsumi, Matsumoto Tsuyoshi, and Makino Mitsunari
Background: Tojo Toshimasa, Sangosho
Original pictures: Murano Morimi, Sakaguchi Hisashi, Tezuka Osamu
Motion picture: Senda Yukiya, Hanaoka Masayo, Kouda Fumio, Tamaki Tsuyoshi, Setsuko Shibuichi, Hisho Mariko, Kimura Kiwa, Sotoyama Kazuhiro, Tomonaga Setsuko, Ikenotani Yayoi, Fujita Yoshinobu, Kitabayashi Kyoko, Kano Kaoru, Seya Shinji
Recording Director: Kato Satoshi
Editing: Ogata Harutoshi, Ito Ei
Clerical production work: Omodaka Masaharu
Production Supervisors: Shimizu Yoshihiro, Kashimada Hiromi, Tsuchiya Takahiko, Kobe Mikio, Suzuki Kazumi, Furutoku Minoru
Production Managers: Matsutani Takamasa, Yamamoto Satoshi, Yamakawa Norio
Produced by: Nippon Television Network Corp., Tezuka Productions Co., Ltd.