Osamu Tezuka was born on November 3, 1928 in Osaka. He grew up in an open-minded family, reading comics and watching Walt Disney movies. He studied medicine, but finally chose the professions he preferred: manga and animation. His works in both fields had a great impact on the formation of post-war Japanese youth. He changed the concept of Japanese comics by introducing new styles and came to produce more than 700 works and more than 150,000 pages before his death, at age 60, on February 8, 1989. The use of pioneering techniques, abundance of his production and his innovative treatment of the genres made him worthy of qualifications such as "father of manga" and "god of manga". Tezuka's work earned him numerous lifetime awards. Its publication in other countries, after his death, has also given him several prizes posthumously. Author of a practically untouchable work, his titles include creations such as Buddha (Planeta DeAgostini, 2002-2003), Astroboy (EDT, 2003-2008), Adolf (Planeta DeAgostini, 2010), Fénix (Planeta DeAgostini, 2013), The book of human insects (Astiberri, 2013) and Alabaster (Astiberri, 2014).