Shigeru Mizuki
Writing · Production Consultant · Comic Book · Original Story
Born Nov 8, 1922 · Osaka, Japan
Active 1968–2015 · Awards: Medal with Purple Ribbon, Person of Cultural Merit, Asahi Prize, honorary citizenship, honorary citizen of Tokyo, Will Eisner Hall of Fame, Angoulême International Comics Festival Prize for Inheritance
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 StoryAkuma Kun (2023) — Original StoryThe Birth of Kitaro: The Mystery of GeGeGe (2023) — Original StoryGeGeGe no Kitaro (2018) — Comic BookGraveyard Kitaro (2008) — Comic Book · CreatorKirato Saw Honorable Death With No Surrender ~ Mizuki Shigeru's War (2008) — Original StoryKitaro and the Millennium Curse (2008) — Comic BookCackling Kitarou (2007) — CreatorThe Great Yokai War (2005) — Production ConsultantGegege no Kitaro: Yokai Express! The Phantom Train (1997) — CreatorGegege no Kitaro: Ghost Night Game (1997) — CreatorCackling Kitarou (1996) — CreatorGegege no Kitaro: The Great Sea Beast (1996) — CreatorKappa: A River Goblin and Sampei (1993) — AuthorGegege no Kitaro: The Great Yokai War (1986) — CreatorMonster Heaven (1986)Gegege no Kitaro: The Strongest Ghost Army! Landing in Japan!! (1986) — Comic BookCackling Kitarou (1985) — CreatorGegege no Kitaro (1985) — CreatorGegege no Kitaro: The All Seeing Eye (1980) — Graphic Novel · Original StoryGodzilla vs. Gigan (1972) — Creature DesignCackling Kitarou (1971) — CreatorCackling Kitarou (1968) — Original Story · CreatorSpooky Kitaro (1968) — Original Story