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Shigeru MIZUKI

水木 しげる

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Family name (in kanji): 水木 
Given name (in kanji): しげる 
Birth name: Shigeru (茂) Mura (武良) 
Date of birth: 1922-03-08 
Hometown: Sakaiminato, Tottori, Japan 
Chronology:
(1943) Drafted into Japanese Imperial Army 
(1944) Severely injured (later amputated) his left arm in an Allied bombing at Rabaul, Papua New Guinea 
(1957) Rocketman published 
(1965) Terebi-Kun Published 
(1968) Ge Ge Ge no Kitaro Animated 
(1973) Soin Gyokusai Seyo Written 
(1994) Komikku Showa-shi Written 
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Complete Shigeru Mizuki Manga Collection Planned In Japan (Feb 10, 2013)
Hayao Miyazaki Receives Japanese Cultural Merit Honor (Oct 30, 2012)
Mizuki's Manga Onward Towards Our Noble Deaths Wins Eisner Award (Jul 14, 2012)
Drawn & Quarterly Adds Shigeru Mizuki's Gegege no Kitaro Manga (Jun 6, 2012)
Drawn & Quarterly Adds Yoshihiro Tatsumi's Fallen Words Manga (Dec 12, 2011)
Drifting Life, St. Young Men, More Nominated at France's Angoulême (Dec 7, 2011)
The Best and Worst Manga of 2011 (Jul 23, 2011)
North American Anime, Manga Releases: April 24-30 (Apr 26, 2011)
Urasawa, Tezuka's Pluto Wins at France's Angoulême (Jan 30, 2011)
Japan's Animation TV Ranking, December 27-January 2 (Jan 16, 2011)
Pluto, The Caterpillar Nominated at France's Angoulême (Nov 17, 2010)
Nintama, GeGeGe no Nyōbō Film Footage Streamed (Nov 5, 2010)
Leiji Matsumoto, Shigeru Mizuki Earn Government Honors (Nov 5, 2010)
Japan's Animation DVD Ranking, October 18-24 (Part 2) (Oct 26, 2010)
Japan's Animation DVD Ranking, October 18-24 (Part 1) (Oct 26, 2010)
Japan's Animation TV Ranking, September 20-26 (Oct 16, 2010)
Japan's Animation TV Ranking, September 13-19 (Oct 7, 2010)
Tomie Unlimited Restarts Manga-Based Horror Film Series (Sep 27, 2010)
Japan's Animation TV Ranking, September 6-12 (Sep 19, 2010)
Japan's Animation TV Ranking, August 30-September 5 (Sep 12, 2010)
Japan's Animation TV Ranking, August 23-29 (Sep 6, 2010)
Japan's Animation TV Ranking, August 16-22 (Sep 5, 2010)
Japan's Animation TV Ranking, August 9-15 (Aug 28, 2010)
Japan's Animation TV Ranking, August 2-8 (Aug 22, 2010)
Japan's Animation TV Ranking, July 26-August 1 (Aug 16, 2010)
To Love-Ru/Pokémon Promos, GeGeGe Film's 1st 9 Minutes Posted (Aug 11, 2010)
Japan's Animation TV Ranking, July 19-25 (Aug 5, 2010)
Japan's Animation TV Ranking, July 12-18 (Jul 28, 2010)
D&Q Adds Onward Towards Our Noble Deaths, NonNonBa (Jul 24, 2010)
Japan's Animation TV Ranking, July 5-11 (Jul 18, 2010)
Japan's Animation TV Ranking, June 28-July 4 (Jul 12, 2010)
Japan's Animation TV Ranking, June 21-27 (Jul 10, 2010)
Japan's Animation TV Ranking, June 14-20 (Jul 6, 2010)
Japan's Animation TV Ranking, June 7-13 (Jun 27, 2010)
Japan's Animation TV Ranking, May 31-June 6 (Jun 21, 2010)
Japan's Animation TV Ranking, May 24-30 (Jun 12, 2010)
Japan's Animation TV Ranking, May 17-23 (Jun 6, 2010)
Japan's Animation TV Ranking, May 10-16 (May 23, 2010)
Japan's Animation TV Ranking, May 3-9 (May 17, 2010)
Japan's Animation TV Ranking, April 26-May 2 (May 15, 2010)
Japan's Animation TV Ranking, April 19-25 (May 9, 2010)
Japan's Animation TV Ranking, April 12-18 (May 4, 2010)
Japan's Animation TV Ranking, April 5-11 (May 3, 2010)
Japan's Animation TV Ranking, March 29-April 4 (Apr 26, 2010)
Kitarō Airport's Nickname Made Official (Apr 13, 2010)
TV Drama of GeGeGe Author's Wife Gets Anime Opening (Mar 7, 2010)
Gegege no Kitarō Voice Actor Isamu Tanonaka Passes Away (Jan 15, 2010)
The Legends of Tono from Gegege's Mizuki Gets Animated (Dec 27, 2009)
Shōgaku Gonensei, Shōgaku Rokunensei, ChuChu to End (Oct 26, 2009)
Art from Kitarō's Mizuki on Display in San Francisco (Oct 17, 2009)
Japan's Animation TV Ranking, July 27-August 2 (Aug 24, 2009)
GeGeGe no Nyōbō Book by GeGeGe Author's Wife Gets Film (Apr 21, 2009)
Gegege no Kitarō Anime to Reportedly End This Spring (Feb 9, 2009)
Mizuki's Opération Mort Wins Angoulême's Heritage Award (Feb 2, 2009)
Japanese Animation DVD Ranking, January 13-19 (Jan 20, 2009)
Japanese Animation DVD Ranking, January 6-12 (Jan 13, 2009)
Japanese Box Office, December 27-28 (Jan 4, 2009)
Gegege no Kitarō's Shigeru Mizuki Wins Asahi Prize (Jan 1, 2009)
Japanese Anime TV Ranking, December 15-21 (Dec 30, 2008)
Japanese Box Office, December 20-21 (Dec 29, 2008)
Manga Nominated for France's Angoulême Comics Awards (Nov 22, 2008)
Gegege Creator Mizuki's "War and Japan" Translated (Sep 23, 2008)
BCI Eclipse to Ship Live-Action Kitaro in N. America (Sep 17, 2008)
Shokotan Interviews Gegege no Kitarō Creator Mizuki (Sep 15, 2008)
Japanese Box Office, August 23–24: DMC at #2 (Sep 2, 2008)
Japanese Box Office, August 16–17: Ponyo's 5th #1 (Aug 19, 2008)
Japanese Box Office, August 9–10: Ponyo's Month at #1 (Aug 12, 2008)
Japanese Box Office, August 2–3: Ponyo's 3rd Week at #1 (Aug 11, 2008)
Japanese Box Office, July 26–27: Ponyo Keeps Top Spot (Aug 4, 2008)
Kitaro Films, WWII Anime to Play at Locarno Film Fest (Jul 31, 2008)
Japanese Box Office, July 19–20: Ponyo Opens at #1 (Jul 23, 2008)
Japanese Box Office, July 12–13: HanaDan's 3rd #1 Week (Jul 21, 2008)
2008 Gegege no Kitarō Movie's Trailer Posted (Jul 15, 2008)
Anime Expo 2008: Artist's Alley (Jul 6, 2008)
Gegege no Kitarō's Mizuki to Start Tōno Monogatari (Jun 25, 2008)
2nd Live-Action Gegege no Kitaro Film's Trailer Posted (Jun 20, 2008)
Gegege no Kitarō Anime Film's Site Opens with Teaser (May 12, 2008)
2008 Gegege Anime Film to Have 6 Versions Screened (May 12, 2008)
Live-Action Kitarō Sequel's 2nd Teaser Streamed (Apr 22, 2008)
Uniqlo's Shonen Sunday, Shonen Mag Shirt Images Posted (Mar 22, 2008)
GeGeGe no Kitarō Anime Movie to Open in Japan in December (Mar 17, 2008)
GeGeGe no Kitarō's Mizuki to Exhibit Art in Washington, D.C. (Mar 4, 2008)
Gegege no Kitarō Live-Action Sequel's Teaser Streamed (Mar 1, 2008)
Gegege no Kitaro Live-Action Sequel to Open in Summer (Jan 7, 2008)
31st Japan Academy Prize Nominees Announced (Dec 19, 2007)
GeGeGe no Kitarō's Original Manga to be Animated (Aug 27, 2007)
Non Non Ba to Ore Wins "Best Comic Book" Award (Feb 8, 2007)
Sony pushes Manga on cell phones (Aug 30, 2005)
2003 Tezuka Award Winners (Apr 24, 2003)
Shigeru Hall to Open (Mar 3, 2003)
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