Shigeru Mizuki
Writing · Production Consultant · Comic Book · Original Story
Born Nov 8, 1922 · Osaka, Japan
Active 1968–2015
Shigeru Mura, also known as Shigeru Mizuki, was a Japanese manga artist and historian. He was known for his yōkai manga such as GeGeGe no Kitarō and Akuma-kun, as well as for his war stories based on his own war manga such as Shōwa-shi.
Filmography
Stage Play 「Spooky Kitaro」 (2025) — Original StoryGodzilla vs. Gigan (1972) — Creature DesignThe Great Yokai War (2005) — Production ConsultantAkuma Kun (2023) — Original StoryThe Birth of Kitaro: The Mystery of GeGeGe (2023) — Original StoryGraveyard Kitaro (2008) — Comic Book · CreatorGeGeGe no Kitaro (2018) — Comic BookCackling Kitarou (2007) — CreatorKirato Saw Honorable Death With No Surrender ~ Mizuki Shigeru's War (2008) — Original StoryCackling Kitarou (1968) — Original Story · CreatorCackling Kitarou (1971) — CreatorCackling Kitarou (1985) — CreatorCackling Kitarou (1996) — CreatorGegege no Kitaro: The Great Yokai War (1986) — CreatorGegege no Kitaro: The All Seeing Eye (1980) — Original Story · Graphic NovelSpooky Kitaro (1968) — Original StoryGegege no Kitaro (1985) — CreatorMonster Heaven (1986)Gegege no Kitaro: Yokai Express! The Phantom Train (1997) — CreatorGegege no Kitaro: Ghost Night Game (1997) — CreatorGegege no Kitaro: The Great Sea Beast (1996) — CreatorKitaro and the Millennium Curse (2008) — Comic BookGegege no Kitaro: The Strongest Ghost Army! Landing in Japan!! (1986) — Comic BookKappa: A River Goblin and Sampei (1993) — Author