Shigeru Mizuki
Japanese manga artist (1922-2015) · Japan · On the map · Writers · Died at 93
Shigeru Mura , best known by his pen name Shigeru Mizuki , was a Japanese manga artist, illustrator and folklorist. He is best known for popularizing and reviving interest in yōkai, supernatural creatures from Japanese folklore, especially through his most famous series GeGeGe no Kitarō.
Shigeru Mizuki is read about 825 times a day, in 23 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 13 November 2026
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- Isamu Tanonaka Also in Gegege no Kitaro (1985)
Junichi Sato Directed Devil Boy (1989)
Ryoichi Ikegami Studied under Shigeru
Keiko Yamamoto Also in Gegege no Kitaro: Clash!! The Great Rebellion of the Yokai from Another Dimension (1986)- Tan Takaiwa Produced Gegege no Kitaro: Ghost Night Game (1997)
Yūko Mita Also in Gegege no Kitaro (1985)
Hiroko Emori Also in Gegege no Kitaro (1985)
Yōko Matsuoka Also in Gegege no Kitaro: The Great Sea Beast (1996)- Kei Tomiyama Also in Gegege no Kitaro (1985)
Chinami Nishimura Also in Gegege no Kitaro: The Great Sea Beast (1996)
Yasunori Masutani Also in Gegege no Kitaro: The Great Sea Beast (1996)
Masato Hirano Also in Gegege no Kitaro: Clash!! The Great Rebellion of the Yokai from Another Dimension (1986)- Kōhei Miyauchi Also in Gegege no Kitaro (1985)
Katsuhide Motoki Directed Kitaro and the Millennium Curse (2008)
Kenji Nakamura Directed Gegege no Kitaro: Youkai Japan Rally 3D (2008)
Michitaka Kobayashi Also in Gegege no Kitaro (1985)
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