The god of manga throws his own party and immediately ghosts everyone. Classic.
Osamu Tezuka is going to a 21st Century new year's party with all the characters he made. One thing leads to another and he ends up missing! It's up to his most popular characters to find out what happened to him and get him back safely before the rest of the guests show up.
Writing
Self-aware humor about Tezuka's own career tropes.
Production
Seamless blending of characters from 50 years of manga.
Director
Satoshi Kuwabara
Mari Shimizu
Atom (voice)
Akio Otsuka
Black Jack (voice)
Hiroshi Otake
Hamegg / Robita (voice)
Hisashi Katsuta
Dr. Ochanomizu (voice)
Kosei Tomita
Shunsaku Ban (voice)
Motoko Kumai
Hosuke Sharaku (voice)
Naoko Matsui
Chiyoko Wato (voice)
Tamio Ohki
Dr. Tenma (voice)
Yuko Mizutani
Pinoko (voice)
Yumi Touma
Sapphire / Phoenix (voice)
Emi Motoi
Uran (voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was one of Tezuka's final projects released before his death in 1989 — wait, no, he died in 1989. This 2000 special was produced posthumously using archived interviews and recordings, making his animated presence a digital resurrection.
The millennium party framing wasn't random — Tezuka's work literally shaped 20th century Japanese visual culture, so the 'last mystery' title carries genuine weight about what anime was losing.
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ブラック・ジャック先生が「遅くなりました」って現れた瞬間、きゃー♡ってなりました！平成版よりOVA版の作画の先生が色気あって大好きです
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