Shigeru Mizuki

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Shigeru Mizuki
水木 しげる
Shigeru Mizuki in 1940
Born
Shigeru Mura

(1922-03-08)March 8, 1922
DiedNovember 30, 2015(2015-11-30) (aged 93)
Tokyo, Japan
NationalityJapanese
Known forWriter, penciller, inker, manga artist,
Notable workGeGeGe no Kitaro
Onward Towards Our Noble Deaths
Akuma-kun
Showa: A History of Japan

Shigeru Mizuki (水木 しげる, Mizuki Shigeru, March 8, 1922 – November 30, 2015) was a Japanese manga artist. He was born in Sakaiminato, Tottori. Mizuki was mostly known for his Japanese horror manga GeGeGe no Kitarō.

Mizuki died from a heart attack in Tokyo, Japan, aged 93.[1]

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  • "Drawing from Experience", Japan Times, February 6, 2005, last accessed in March 22, 2012.
  • Mizuki Production website
  • Sakaiminato: The town where you can meet Kitaro Archived 2005-04-21 at the Wayback Machine
  • Shigeru Mizuki Road, Shigeru Mizuki Museum Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine, photos
  • Japan Focus: War and Japan: The Non-Fiction Manga of Mizuki Shigeru
  • Thompson, Jason (May 3, 2013). "Jason Thompson's House of 1000 Manga Shigeru Mizuki". Anime News Network.