The Brilliant Healer's New Life in the Shadows Shares Collab Illustration with Osamu Tezuka's Black Jack

The official blog and X (formerly Twitter) for SB Creative's GA Bunko light novel imprint released a special collaboration illustration featuring The Brilliant Healer's New Life in the Shadows , based on the fantasy light novel series by Sakaku Hishikawa (story) and Daburyu (illustrations), and Black Jack, Tezuka Osamu's classic medical manga. The two series share the characteristic of having an unlicensed healer and doctor as their protagonists. The illustration was provided by Tezuka Productions, which was founded by Tezuka in 1968, and features Black Jack and his assistant Pinoko alongside Zenos and his assistant Lily. Posters using the collaboration illustration will be displayed at some bookstores in Japan starting April 26. RELATED: The Brilliant Healer's New Life in the Shadows Anime Reveals Premiere Date, Opening Song in New Trailer The TV anime adaptation of The Brilliant Healer's New Life in the Shadows novel premiered in Japan on April 3, 2025. Crunchyroll is streaming the anime for members in North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, the Middle East, CIS, Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. Crunchyroll describes the series as such: Banished as “useless,” Zenos, a self-taught healer from the slums, turns despair into defiance and opens a secret clinic in the city’s shadows. With unlicensed, unmatched magic, he cures, comforts, and rights wrongs, quietly becoming a legend. But as his power grows, even the royal palace takes notice. Can he buck the odds and heal a world that cast him aside? Source: GA Bunko official blog / X (formerly Twitter)

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