Red is his father) with villainous tendencies, to a royal figure (in Buddha and Princess Knight). Such was his role as King Bimbisara who retains Makube Rock's ambitious and self-preserving nature but also appears in a positive light as the only character wise and clearsighted enough to immediately recognise Siddhartha's greatness and grants him his name Buddha - The Enlightened One. In the adaptations after Tezuka's death Rock appears in works such as the 2001 Metropolis movie and the 2005 Black Jack: The Two Doctors of Darkness as a mixture of all of his roles. Setting off as an antagonist who ruthlessly strives to achieve his goal he is eventually pictured redeeming himself after dying for his fiancee Midori in Black Jack while he dies trying to save his father in Metropolis. This trait was never seen in Tezuka's works where he only repents and faces death bravely but never finds redemption by willingly sacrificing his life. Prominent roles and appearances Rock was most recently seen in the animated version of Tezuka's Metropolis (the manga for which he did not appear in) and in the recent Astro Boy series (as the secret identity of villain Deadcross). He also appeared in the 2005 Black Jack: Two Doctors of Darkness movie. A character named Rock (but of a different appearance and personality) also appeared in the 1980 animated Phoenix 2772. In addition, Rock's character (sans sunglasses) was used to portray the young King Bimbisara in Tezuka's sprawling Buddha. Rock has appeared in more than 60 different manga and animated works, in the live action Vampire TV series, and in the Astro Boy: Omega Factor video game. "Rock Holmes" in Detective boy Rock Holmes - 1949 "Rock" in Nextworld - 1951 "Rock" in The Adventure of Rock - 1952 "Rock" in X-Point on the South Pacific - 1953 "Rovel" in Astro Boy /Führer ZZZ - 1954 "Kenta" in Astro Boy /Duel on the Alps - 1956 "Vassanio" in Merchant of Venice - 1959 "Mamoru Hoshino" in Captain Ken - 1960 "Rob" in Galaxy Boy Troop - 1963 (both as an animated character and a marionette) "Makube Rock" in The Vampires - 1966-69 "Prince Frank" in Princess Knight TV series - 1967-1968 "Rock" in Phoenix "Future" - 1967 "Rock Holmes" in Alabaster - 1970 "King Bimbisara" in Buddha - 1972-1982 "Akudo" in Black Jack: Where is a Doctor! - 1973 (son of Duke Red)