Not to worry if you don’t know much about Japanese cartoon artist Osamu Tezuka, better known as “The God of Comics” by his adoring fans. Studio Theatre can explain everything you need to know in 70 minutes in its taut, whimsical “Astro Boy and the God of Comics.”

Born in 1928 in Osaka, Japan, Tezuka studied medicine, but his real love was drawing. He became a well-known manga artist while still in medical school, creating his most famous character, Astro Boy, in 1952. A crime-fighting boy robot with a heart of gold, Astro Boy was a hit in print and even more so later on television.