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The “Good” Guys

Ben

Noble and heroic, Ben comes from the pantheon of Tezuka animal heroes, such as Dan, the tiger and titular character from Brave Dan (1962) and Don, another canine hero who appears in the Lion Books chapter "Muse and Don" (1972).

Geta, Inspector

Possibly the most type-cast of all of Tezuka's Stars, Hanao Geta almost exclusively appears as a police inspector/detective. In fact, in Tezuka's manga, Inspector Geta more or less IS the long arm of the law, with the role only occaisionally going to Tawashi or Murai. On those rare occasions when he is not playing a police officer, he is usually cast in some equally morally sound role - as a conscientious ship's captain, school teacher or newspaper reporter, etc.