Yokai to Aruku Document Mizuki Shigeru (Shincho Bunko)

[Machine Translation] I began to understand the fun of life after I turned 65," says a late-blooming cartoonist. The late-blooming manga artist says. Shigeru Mizuki, who came into the world after turning 40 after a life of exile, has gained unparalleled popularity in a wide range of fields. Mizuki's background as a "Nonnomba," which led him to the world of yokai, his near-death experience in the war zone of Rabaul, his reverence for Goethe, with whom he enjoyed his life, and the unknown episodes with Osamu Tezuka. This is the definitive biography of the unidentified master.

「人生の面白さは65歳を過ぎてからわかるようになった」。遅咲きの漫画家は語る。窮亡生活を経て40歳を過ぎて世に出た後、いまや並ぶ者のない、幅広い人気を得た水木しげる。水木を妖怪の世界に導いた"のんのんばあ"の出自、戦地ラバウルでの死と隣り合わせの体験、人生を謳歌したゲーテへの敬愛、手塚治虫との知られざるエピソード。正体不明の巨匠の素顔に迫る決定版評伝。