Shigeru Mizuki, R.I.P.

30 Nov

水木しげる (Shigeru Mizuki), the author of “Ge-Ge-Ge-No-Kitaro” (an anime about monsters that I like), has died today.

Shigeru Mizuki (1922 Mar 8 - 2015 Nov 30) with two of his most famous characters.

Shigeru Mizuki (1922 Mar 8 – 2015 Nov 30) with two of his most famous characters.

I wrote a post about his interesting life story on his 88th birthday (Click here to read it).

(The voice actor for the anime of one of Mr. Mizuki’s most famous characters died almost six years ago. (Click here to read a post I wrote about him.)

8 Responses to “Shigeru Mizuki, R.I.P.”

  1. CrazyChineseFamily December 1, 2015 at 4:44 am #

    e-Ge-Ge-No-Kitaro is that old?? Wow didnt knew that at all. Shigeru Mizuki surely created something timeless with this work

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    • tokyo5 December 1, 2015 at 8:22 am #

      Do you know about “Ge-Ge-Ge-No-Kitaro“? Is it well-known there?

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      • CrazyChineseFamily December 2, 2015 at 2:14 am #

        Well I only know about it because of my years of watching tons of anime and trying to find new interesting ones. I doubt it is known very well here

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      • tokyo5 December 2, 2015 at 7:44 am #

        I like it because I’ve always been interested in monsters. Anime, not so much.

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  2. cuteandcurls December 1, 2015 at 2:58 am #

    hi tokyo five, its been a long time since i visited your blog 🙂 Ge Ge Ge No Kitaro is one of my favorite anime, one can never get bored watching it and the theme song is always catchy to hum to 🙂 Rest peacefully Shigeru Mizuki, thank you for creating such an interesting and enjoyable anime for all to watch. I hope one day my 4 year old will enjoy watching Kitaro as much as I do.

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    • tokyo5 December 1, 2015 at 8:25 am #

      >its been a long time since i visited your blog

      Oh, thank you for returning! I update this blog weekly on average. Please continue to visit!
      I also tweet pretty much daily! Feel free to follow my twitter:
      https://twitter.com/five_in_tokyo

      > I hope one day my 4 year old will enjoy watching Kitaro as much as I do.

      Is your child (son? daughter?) already four years old? Time flies!

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      • cuteandcurls December 1, 2015 at 11:44 pm #

        I will definitely visit, I enjoy reading your blogs 🙂 My daughter 🙂 and yes time flies 😦 i just wish i could pause every moment but i couldnt

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      • tokyo5 December 2, 2015 at 1:08 am #

        > i just wish i could pause every moment

        Take a lot of photos and videos!

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