Rolly Teranishi and his works as a movie director; he owns a costume of his favorite Tim Burton character, Jack Skellington from "The Nightmare Before Christmas". Being a big fan of "The Rocky Horror Picture Show", he has made several appearances in the stage performances in Japan as Dr. Frank-N-Furter. Other stage performances include the role of Captain Hook in "Peter Pan" and the Fox and the Conceited Man in "Le Petit Prince". His most recent stage role was in the first Japanese production of "Tommy", playing the parts of Cousin Kevin and the Pinball Wizard. 2006 was the 15th-year anniversary of
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