Tezuka Osamu @World -Black Jack-:
This is a medical drama in which an unlicensed but gifted surgeon, Black Jack, is the main character.
Endowed with excellent surgical technique, Black Jack always miraculously saves seriously ill patients and those on the verge of death. But he always claims an outrageous price for his surgery, which is why his presence is rejected in medical circles.
Black Jack lives quietly in a clinic out in the deserted wilderness with his assistant, Pinoko, whose life he had saved. Patients whom other doctors have given up on come to see him every today; he represents their very last hope.
If the long lasting appeal of Ozamu Tezuka's work needs any evidence then it lies here in the TV adaptation of his Black Jack manga.
While there had been an OAV in the early nineties directed by Osamu Dezak (later realeased by Manga Entertainment in the west), it wasn't until 2004, 15 years after Tezuka's death that a TV series was made.
And it was a massive success.
It ran from 2004 to 2006, with the title becoming Black Jack 21 in the last year. But Black Jack's 21st century revivial did not end there. Late in 2006, the series Ray The Animation began. Based on the manga by Akihito Yoshitomi, the original series had an alluded to appearance by Black Jack as BJ the surgeon who operated on the titular character. The anime gives this character a much larger role and has him voiced by Black Jack's voice actor, the awesome Akio Ohtsuka (Solid Snake, Batou, Marshall D. Teach, Moomin Papa).
The TV series is available fansubbed. Black Jack 21 is here. The 4 episode special from 2003 is here. Ray The Animation is here.