Awards
Mizuki has won numerous awards and accolades for his works, especially Ge Ge Ge no Kitaro. Among these are:
- 1990 Received Kodansha Manga Award for Komikku Shōwa-Shi.
- 1991 Received Shiju Hōshō Decoration.
- 1995 For the 6th Annual Tokyo Peace Day, he was awarded with an exhibition of his paintings, entitled "Prayer for Peace: Shigeru Mizuki War Experience Painting Exhibition"
- 1996 Received Minister of Education Award.
- 1996 His hometown of Sakaiminato honored him with the Shigeru Mizuki Road, a street decorated with bronze statues of his Ge Ge Ge no Kitaro characters and other designs relating to his works.
- 2003 Received Kyokujitsu Shō Decoration.
- 2003 Sakaiminato honored him again with the Shigeru Mizuki International Cultural Center.
- 2003 Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize Special Award for his works.
- 2007 Received the Best Album award for NonNonBā at the Angoulême International Comics Festival.
- 2010 Received the Person of Cultural Merit award.
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