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1	* AdaptationFirst: The '90s theatrical movie and first 6 {{OAV}}s ([[{{macekre}} or some form of them, anyway]]) were released in the US in 1996... three years BEFORE the manga got an English translation.
2	* CelebrityVoiceActor: In ''The Two Doctors of Darkness'', Kiriko, Rock and Goa are respectively voiced by Takeshi Kaga, Yuma Ishigaki and Shinya Owada.
3	* DuelingDubs: In Latin America, there's two dubbed versions of the 2004 TV series, one dubbed in Colombia (and used by Animax) and another most recent one, dubbed in Mexico. The Mexican one was done with the explicit purpose of replacing the Colombian one, as the quality of the latter was... ''not very good'', to put it in kinder words.
4	* KeepCirculatingTheTapes:
5	** A few chapters have been deliberately withheld from reprints and circulation, because Tezuka found them not very good. One story, ''Finger'', was remade with a different ending, as it originally was much too bleak.
6	** The second half of the anime has not yet been officially released to the states.
7	* LifeImitatesArt:
8	** The manga story ''Tenacity'' is pretty heart-wrenching in light of the author's final fate. What makes it even worse it that the dying doctor's personal physician is "played" by Tezuka himself.
9	** The same can be said of the ''Black Jack'' movie, the plot of which revolves around "super-humans" succumbing to disease and fatality while trying to do what they love.
10	** Many readers are surprised to learn that ''The Legs of an Ant'', about a disabled young man going on a highly publicized cross country trek to raise awareness about his illness, was first published in 1974, a full six years before Terry Fox's famous run across Canada.
11	* TheOtherDarrin:
12	** For Black Jack's appearances in the late '70s and early '80s Tezuka-related productions, Black Jack alternated between Masato Ibu and Creator/NachiNozawa. Since 1993, the character has been consistently voiced by Creator/AkioOtsuka.
13	** Pinoko was originally voiced by Junko Hori for the 1980 adaptation of ''Astro Boy'' and then by Creator/MiinaTominaga for ''Anime/UnderseaSuperTrainMarineExpress''. For the '90s OVA and all subsequent animated productions, she was voiced by the late Creator/YukoMizutani.

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