Shigeru Mizuki

WriterCrewArtActorProduction Nov 8 (died age 93) Osaka, Japan 1968–2025 (57 year career)

6.6 avg rating

Biography

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.

Known For

Film

Godzilla vs. Gigan

Creature Design

Film

The Great Yokai War

6.3 2005

Film

Akuma Kun

Original Story

Film

The Birth of Kitaro: The Mystery of GeGeGe

Original Story

Film

GeGeGe no Kitaro

Comic Book

Film

Graveyard Kitaro

Comic Book

Film

Gegege no Kitaro: The Great Yokai War

Creator

Film

Cackling Kitarou

Original Story

Filmography

Acting (9)

Movies (4)

The Great Yokai War

2005

6.3

Ishoku Manga-shi 33-nen no Kiseki ~ Garo no Jidai o Yomu

1997

as Self

Monster Heaven

1986

7.0

Monday Drama Land: Akuma-kun

1986

Television (5)

Shinbi-no Kyojin-tachi

2021

as Self

NHK Visual Archives: Reconnecting with Their Legacy

2007

as Self

NonNonBa

1991

NHK Special

1989

as Self

8.0

Watashi no Seishun Note

1985

as Self

Crew (35)

Movies (30)

Stage Play 「Spooky Kitaro」

2025

Original Story

The Birth of Kitaro: The Mystery of GeGeGe

2023

Original Story

7.4

Damedayo

2023

Comic Book

Gegege no Kitaro: The Spirit's Whereabouts

2018

Comic Book

Shigeru Mizuki's Tales of Tono

2010

Comic Book

Gegege no Kitaro: Youkai Japan Rally 3D

2008

Comic Book

Kitaro and the Millennium Curse

2008

Comic Book

5.1

Gegege no Kitaro: Japan Explodes!!

2008

Creator

4.7

Kirato Saw Honorable Death With No Surrender ~ Mizuki Shigeru's War

2008

Original Story

10.0

The Great Yokai War

2005

Production Consultant

6.3

Gegege no Kitaro: Kitaro's Ghost Train

1999

Original Story

5.2

Gegege no Kitaro: Ghost Night Game

1997

Creator

6.5

Gegege no Kitaro: Yokai Express! The Phantom Train

1997

Creator

7.0

Spooky Kitaro: The Great Sea Beast

1996

Creator

5.7

Kappa: A River Goblin and Sampei

1993

Author

5.0

Devil Boy: Welcome to Devil Land!!

Creator

Devil Boy

Author

The Space Insect

Original Concept

Monday Drama Land: Akuma-kun

1986

Original Story

Gegege no Kitaro: The Great Yokai War

1986

Creator

7.4

Gegege no Kitaro: The Strongest Ghost Army! Landing in Japan!!

1986

Comic Book

6.0

Gegege no Kitaro: Clash!! The Great Rebellion of the Yokai from Another Dimension

1986

Comic Book

6.0

Spooky Kitaro

1986

Characters

Monday Drama Land: Gegege no Kitaro

Creator

Gegege no Kitaro

Creator

Spooky Kitaro: The All Seeing Eye

1980

Graphic Novel

7.0

Spooky Kitaro: The All Seeing Eye

Original Story

Godzilla vs. Gigan

Creature Design

Kappa no Sanpei: Ghost Operation

1968

Creator

Spooky Kitaro

1968

Original Story

6.5

Television (5)

Akuma Kun

Original Story

GeGeGe no Kitaro

Comic Book

Graveyard Kitaro

Comic Book

Ehon Yose

Art Direction

Cackling Kitarou

1968

Original Story

8.2