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DMF KeyNotes – Shigeru Mizuki Video Transcript

 

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Daniel’s Music Foundation presents

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DMF KeyNotes

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A Celebration of Individuals with Disabilities

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This week features 

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Shigeru Mizuki, born 1922-2015

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He was a popular cartoonist and historian who lost an arm to a bomb in World War II.

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From an early age, he was labeled an artistic prodigy often featured in the newspaper and local art exhibitions.

[Images (2) – Left: Black & White Photo of Shigeru Mizuki at three-years old, sitting on a rocking horse. Right: Black & White Photo of Shigeru Mizuki, standing in a school uniform, at sixteen years old]


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In 1942, he was drafted into the Imperial Japanese Army and deemed a 'bad soldier' due to his passion for art, which frequently placed him on guard duty as punishment.

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Subsequently sidelined by malaria, the hospital where he was a patient was bombed in an air raid where he lost his left arm.

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After the war, Mizuki continued his passion for art as one of the founders of Japan's comic craze—manga.

[Images (2) – Left: Black & White Photo of Shigeru Mizuk, sitting in chair, smiling with a pencil in his mouth. Right: Black & White Image of Shigeru Mizuki’s animation]


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He became a master of the genre Yōkai, Japanese folk tales of ghosts, goblins, and the supernatural.

[Images (2) – Left: Photo of Shigeru Mizuk, sitting in chair and drawing an animation. Right: Image of Shigeru Mizuki’s animation]


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His long-running comic, 'GeGeGe no Kitaro' went on to be adapted on screen several times, as an anime, live-action, and video games.

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Mizuki's artwork is published worldwide, receiving almost every comic industry award including the Shiju Hosho Medal of Honor.

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His work also provided the roadmap for other iconic animators, such as “Pokémon” and “Yo-Kai Watch.”

[Image - Photo of Shigeru Mizuki, sitting and smiling]


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A noted historian, he also published works relating to world history and his own WWII experience.

[Image - Photo of Shigeru Mizuki standing in front of his animation artwork]


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He would go on to become one of the first soldiers to publicly criticize the Japanese Army.

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“Believe in the world you cannot see.”

[Image - Photo of Shigeru Mizuki sitting with hand on cartoon animation]


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Thank you, Shigeru Mizuki!

[Image - Portrait photo of Shigeru Mizuki, smiling]


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You can thank him too by sharing his incredible story today!

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Photo Credits (in order):

  • 4th Slide - Sketch of Shigeru Mizuki: Iwanihana/Clip 2 Comic

  • 5th Slide - Photo of Shigeru Mizuki: My Anime List

  • 7th Slide - Photo of Shigeru Mizuki: Wikimedia Commons

  • 7th Slide - Photo of Shigeru Mizuki: Wikiwand

  • 10th Slide - Photo of Shigeru Mizuki: IMDB

  • 10th Slide - Image of Shigeru Mizuki animation: Arthur Digital Museum

  • 11th Slide - Photo of Shigeru Mizuki: Hyakumonogatari Kaidankai

  • 11th Slide - Image of Shigeru Mizuki animation: The Japan Times

  • 14th Slide - Photo of Shigeru Mizuki: Getty Images

  • 15th Slide - Photo of Shigeru Mizuki: Japan Focus

  • 16th Slide - Image of Shigeru Mizuki animation: The Comics Journal

  • 17th Slide - Photo of Shigeru Mizuki: Getty Images

  • 18th Slide - Photo of Shigeru Mizuki: Drawn & Quarterly

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