It’s clear from minute one of Astro Boy and the God of Comics that writer and director Natsu Onoda Power is in very familiar (and very beloved) territory. Ms. Power – whose 2009 book, “God of Comics: Osamu Tezuka and the Creation of Post World War II Manga,” was the first full-length study of Tezuka and his work in English – has delivered a play that practically bursts with reverence for the Astro Boy character (who made his debut in a 1951 Japanese manga) and his creator (the titular “God of Comics”). [Read more...]