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Shigeru MIZUKI

水木 しげる
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) Left arm severely injured (later amputated) 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
(2025) He was posthumously inducted into the Will Eisner Hall of Fame.
Date of death: 2015-11-30
Review:
Yokai: The Art of Shigeru Mizuki Artbook Review (Nov 6, 2024)
News: Show:
Kitaro Manga Creator Shigeru Mizuki Inducted Into Eisner Hall of Fame (Feb 25, 2025)
Gundam SEED FREEDOM Back at #1, Demon Slayer: Hashira Training Arc Drops to #2 (Feb 13, 2024)
Gundam SEED FREEDOM Opens at #1 in Japan, Live-Action Golden Kamuy Drops to #2 (Jan 29, 2024)
Live-Action Golden Kamuy Film Opens at #1 With 533.8 Million Yen (Jan 25, 2024)
SPY×FAMILY Code: White Stays at #1, Kitarō Tanjō: Gegege no Nazo Rises to #6 (Jan 16, 2024)
New Akuma Kun Anime Series' Teaser Unveils 4 More Cast Members (Apr 29, 2023)
Kitarō Tanjō: Gegege no Nazo Film Reveals Main Staff, Teaser Visual (Nov 28, 2021)
Drawn & Quarterly to Publish Yoshiharu Tsuge's Red Flowers, Shigeru Mizuki's Tono Monogatari Manga (May 14, 2020)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, October 29-November 4 (Oct 31, 2017)
Mizuki Productions Posts Discovered Plot Details For Unreleased Shigeru Mizuki Work (Jul 13, 2017)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, April 2-8 (Apr 4, 2017)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, October 9-15 (Oct 11, 2016)
Assassination Classroom, A Bride's Story, Master Keaton, Mizuki's Showa, A Silent Voice, Sunny Manga Nominated for Eisner Awards (Apr 19, 2016)
Love Live! Film, Shirobako Win Tokyo Anime Award Festival's Top Prizes (Mar 21, 2016)
Kitaro's Shigeru Mizuki, Singer Ichiro Mizuki Win TAAF's Lifetime Achievement Award (Feb 5, 2016)
In Memoriam (Dec 31, 2015)
Kitaro, NonNonBâ Manga Creator Shigeru Mizuki Passes Away (Nov 29, 2015)
Drawn & Quarterly Offers 7 More Volumes of Shigeru Mizuki's Kitaro Manga (Jun 3, 2015)
Gegege no Kitarō's Shigeru Mizuki Ends Autobiographical Manga Watashi no Hibi (Updated) (May 9, 2015)
Drawn & Quarterly Adds Shigeru Mizuki's Hitler, Tadao Tsuge's Trash Market Manga (Jul 27, 2014)
Attack on Titan, Sunny, Showa: A History of Showa Japan Get Harvey Nods (Jul 16, 2014)
Kitaro's Shigeru Mizuki Launches Autobiographical Essay Manga (Dec 9, 2013)
Update: Free London Screening about Kitaro Manga Artist November 19 (Oct 31, 2013)
Free London Screening about Kitaro Manga Artist November 19 (Update) (Oct 30, 2013)
Urasawa's 20th Century Boys Wins 2nd Eisner Award (Jul 20, 2013)
Complete Shigeru Mizuki Manga Collection Planned In Japan (Feb 10, 2013)
Drawn & Quarterly Adds Shigeru Mizuki's Showa Manga (Feb 4, 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)
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)
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)
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)
Interest:
Details Revealed for Gegege no Kitarō Creator Shigeru Mizuki's Large-Scale Exhibition in Tokyo (Jun 17, 2022)
Coloring Book Commemorates 100 Years Since Gegege no Kitarō Creator Shigeru Mizuki's Birth (Jan 29, 2022)
New Shigeru Mizuki Yokai Book Includes Previously Unreleased Work (Nov 5, 2018)
GeGeGe no Kitaro Creator Shigeru Mizuki's Essay Discusses Depicting War in Manga (Sep 13, 2017)
TV Program Offers Peek Into GeGeGe no Kitarō Creator's Unpublished Diary (Dec 28, 2016)
Anime, Manga Stars Come Out to Pay Respects to Late Shigeru Mizuki (Feb 2, 2016)
Other articles: Show:
This Week in Anime - Shigeru Mizuki (Nov 16, 2023)
The Fall 2021 Preview Guide - Digimon Ghost Game (Oct 3, 2021)
Anime vs. The NES (May 1, 2020)
Answerman - Does Being Nominated or Winning an Eisner Award Impact Manga Sales? (Jul 26, 2019)
The List - 6 Spooky New Anime for October 2018 (Oct 13, 2018)
The Mike Toole Show - Tatsumi's Testament (Jun 30, 2013)
Jason Thompson's House of 1000 Manga - Shigeru Mizuki (May 3, 2012)
Brain Diving: Can't Kamishibai Me Love (Nov 16, 2010)
Brain Diving: The Youkai Show (Nov 9, 2010)
Hey, Answerman! - Pilloried Talk (Oct 15, 2010)
Brain Diving: The Age of Manga (Oct 5, 2010)
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Onward Towards Our Noble Deaths (manga) : Afterword

Staff in:
Akuma-kun (manga) : Story & Art
Akuma-kun (manga 2) : Story & Art
Akuma-kun (manga 3) : Story & Art
Akuma-kun (movie) : Original Manga
Akuma-kun (TV) : Original creator
Akuma-kun (TV 2023) : Original creator
Akuma-kun Fukkatsu Sennen Ōkoku (manga) : Story & Art
Akuma-kun Seikimatsu Taisen (manga) : Story & Art
Akuma-kun: Yōkoso Akuma Land e!! (movie) : Original Manga
(The) Birth of Kitaro: The Mystery of GeGeGe (movie) : Original creator
GeGeGe no Kitarō (manga by Matsumoto) : Original creator
Gegege no Kitarō (movie) : Original creator
Gegege no Kitarō (TV 1/1968) : Original creator, Theme Song Lyrics (OP, ED)
Gegege no Kitarō (TV 2/1971) : Original creator
GeGeGe no Kitarō (TV 2018) : Original creator
Gegege no Kitarō (TV 3/1985) : Original creator, Theme Song Lyrics (OP)
Gegege no Kitarō (TV 4/1996) : Original creator, Theme Song Lyrics (OP, ED)
Gegege no Kitarō (TV 5/2007) : Original creator, Theme Song Lyrics (OP)
GeGeGe no Kitarō ~Kappa no Terraforming (movie) : Original creator (GeGeGe no Kitarō)
Gegege no Kitarō: Daikaijū (movie) : Original creator, Theme Song Lyrics
Gegege no Kitarō: Gekitotsu!! Ijigen Yōkai no Daihanran (movie) : Original creator
Gegege no Kitaro: Jigoku Hen (TV 3-1/1988) : Original creator, Theme Song Lyrics (OP)
Gegege no Kitarō: Nippon Bakuretsu!! (movie) : Original creator
Gegege no Kitarō: Obake Nighter (movie) : Original creator, Theme Song Lyrics
Gegege no Kitarō: Saikyō Yōkai Gundan! Nihon Jōriku!! (movie) : Original creator
Gegege no Kitarō: Yōkai Daisensō (movie) : Original creator
Gegege no Kitarō: Yōkai Tokkyū! Maboroshi no Kisha (movie) : Original creator, Theme Song Lyrics
Hakaba Kitarō (TV) : Original creator
Hitler (manga) : Story & Art
Kappa no Sanpei (movie) : Original creator, Theme Song Lyrics (ED)
Kitaro (manga) : Story & Art
Kitaro (live-action movie) : Original creator, Theme Song Lyrics (OP)
Kitaro and the Millennium Curse (live-action movie) : Original Manga, Theme Song Lyrics (OP)
Kitarō tai Akuma-kun (manga) : Story & Art
Kitarō Tanjō: Gegege no Nazo Shinsei-ban (movie) : Original creator
NonNonBâ (manga) : Story & Art
Nostradamus Dai-Yogen (manga) : Story & Art
Onward Towards Our Noble Deaths (manga) : Story & Art
Pom Poko (movie) : Special Thanks To
Showa: A History of Japan (manga) : Story & Art
Tono Monogatari (manga) : Story & Art
Tono Monogatari (movie) : Original Manga
Watashi no Hibi (manga) : Story & Art
Yo-kai Watch Shadowside: Oni-ō no Fukkatsu (movie) : Original creator (Kitarō character)
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