曾连载漫画大神手冢治虫经典名作《怪医黑杰克》的周刊杂志《冠军》，其所属的秋田书店正筹划黑杰克诞辰40周年的专题。负责该专题的新人编辑小田町咲良（大岛优子 饰）是一个缺乏赶劲、甚至没看过手冢老师任何作品且言语尖刻的人。为此，她被前辈关在资料室阅读《怪医黑杰克》，谁知到了晚上却遇到一名神秘男子（小日向文世 饰），进而穿越时空来到了昭和43年（1973年）的日本。

　　此时，曾经风靡一时的手冢治虫正遭遇事业的寒冰期，小田町奉主编壁村耐二（佐藤浩市 饰）之命担任手冢老师的责编，由此见证了伟大作品《怪医黑杰克》的诞生，以及一位天才和他的团队、支持者们毫不妥协、全力冲刺的韧劲与决心……

A beginning editor, Odamachi, slips back in time to the year 1973 and meets Osamu Tezuka. Tezuka, then, is out of luck. He has failed in animation business. His company has gone bankrupt. He has declined in popularity. Tezuka in front of Odamachi is in the miserable situation. Still Tezuka never loses his energy for creation. He cuts out sleeping and continues drawing manga. Odamachi is gradually involved in such Tezuka’s energy and encounters various people who support Tezuka, including Kabemura, an editor who trusts and waits for Tezuka till he finally receives manuscripts. Fun and excitement of creation are surely in Tezuka’s atelier. Focusing on how “Black Jack”, the watershed work for Tezuka, is created, and how Tezuka challenges to make animations again. The drama depicts Tezuka’s way of life. ~~ Based on manga series "Black Jack Sousaku Hiwa - Tezuka Osamu no Shigotoba kara" by Yoshimoto Koji and Miyazaki Masaru.