Osamu Tezuka

The author avatar of Osamu Tezuka. Tezuka often inserted himself into his stories, in a variety of roles. Sometimes, the manga Tezuka would be a direct representation of the author Tezuka: in Metamorphose, he shows up to abruptly re-write the story, in response to "reader" complaints; in Nanairo Inko, he directly interacts with the fictional characters; and in the collected editions of Astro Boy, he appears in prefaces to introduce chapters and explain their publication history. Other times, Tezuka would appear in…