Vincent (1982 film) of his life. The film was theatrically released for two weeks in one Los Angeles cinema with the teen drama "Tex". Before it was consigned to the Disney vaults, it garnered several critical accolades when it played at film festivals in London, Chicago and Seattle, winning two awards at Chicago and the Critics' Prize at the Annecy Film Festival in France. An early form of the character of Jack Skellington from "The Nightmare Before Christmas" can be seen in the upper-left corner of the screen from 1:18-1:25 as well as in front of the embodiment of his deceased wife from
Black Jack (manga character) Tezuka's most beloved characters and his popularity is rivaled only by Astro Boy. Other manga artists have paid homage to Tezuka's surgeon. Shūhō Satō's "Say Hello to Black Jack" is named after Tezuka's character. A surgeon, identified only as B.J., appears in Akihito Yoshitomi's "Ray". In the story, B.J. operates on the title character, giving her X-ray vision. The character of former police coroner and serial killer Shingo Zuhaku, whose design is based on Tezuka's Black Jack, appears in horror manga The Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service by Eiji Ōtsuka and Housui Yamazaki. Kamen Rider Den-O's Imagin Anime OVA parodized Black