1. Shigeru Mura, known as Shigeru Mizuki, was a Japanese manga artist and historian.
15 Facts About Shigeru Mizuki
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Shigeru Mizuki was known for his yokai manga such as GeGeGe no Kitaro and Akuma-kun, as well as for his war stories based on his own war manga such as Showa-shi.
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Shigeru Mizuki was born in Osaka, grew up in Sakaiminato, Tottori, then moved to Chofu, Tokyo, where he remained until his death.
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Shigeru Mizuki displayed from an early age a particular talent for art.
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The result of Shigeru Mizuki's wartime experience was a concurrent sense of pacifism and goodwill.
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Shigeru Mizuki acknowledged that he considered remaining behind, but was shamed by a military doctor into returning home to Japan first for medical treatment to his arm and to face his parents, which he did reluctantly.
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Shigeru Mizuki's injuries did little to help, nor did the fact that his older brother, an artillery officer, was convicted as a war criminal for having prisoners of war executed.
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Shigeru Mizuki decided that he liked "Shigeru Mizuki" as a pen name.
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Shigeru Mizuki published numerous works afterwards, both dealing with the military and with yokai.
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Shigeru Mizuki has written many books on both subjects, including an autobiography about his time on New Britain Island and a manga biography of Adolf Hitler in 1971.
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The work serves as a counterpoint to revisionist manga like the works of Yoshinori Kobayashi and by extension a way for Shigeru Mizuki to express his anger at those responsible for all of Japan's victims.
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In 2005, Shigeru Mizuki appeared in a cameo role in Yokai Daisenso directed by Takashi Miike, a film about Yokai inspired by his work as well as the work of Aramata Hiroshi.
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Shigeru Mizuki appears towards the end of the film in the role of the Great Elder Yokai: a pacifistic character who condemns the warring ways of the film's antagonist and reaffirms the role of Yokai as peaceful, playful creatures.
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On November 30,2015, Shigeru Mizuki died of heart failure in a Tokyo hospital after collapsing at his home from a heart attack.
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Shigeru Mizuki has won numerous awards and accolades for his works, especially GeGeGe no Kitaro.