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Japanese cartoonist Shigeru Mizuki dies at 93

TOKYO, Nov. 30 Kyodo - File photo taken in May 2014 shows Japanese cartoonist Shigeru Mizuki (L) and his wife Nunoe Mura posing for a photo with Kitaro, the main character of his popular horror comic series " Gegege no Kitaro," in Tokyo. Mizuki died of multiple organ failure on Nov. 30, 2015, at age 93.

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Imperial garden party

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito (L front) talks with cartoonist Shigeru Mizuki (C front), author of the popular comic series ''Gegege no Kitaro,'' and Mizuki's wife Nunoe Mura (R) during the autumn imperial garden party at the Akasaka Imperial Garden in Tokyo on Oct. 13, 2011. About 2,000 people were invited to the party hosted by the emperor and Empress Michiko.

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Buzzward award

Tokyo, Japan - Recipients of this year's buzzword awards and judges pose for photos at an event in Tokyo organized by publisher Jiyukokuminsha, on Dec. 1, 2010. Nunoe Mura (6th from L, front), whose autobiography ''GeGeGe no Nyobo (Wife of the GeGeGe Cartoonist),'' became a smash hit television drama, received the award as ''GeGeGe'' was selected as the top buzzword.

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'GeGeGe' wins buzzword award

TOKYO, Japan - Nunoe Mura, whose autobiography ''GeGeGe no Nyobo (Wife of the GeGeGe Cartoonist)'' was turned into a smash hit NHK drama, receives the year's top buzzword award for the term 'GeGeGe,' at an event in Tokyo organized by publisher Jiyukokuminsha on Dec. 1, 2010.

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Japanese cartoonist Shigeru Mizuki dies at 93

File photo taken in March 2012 shows Japanese cartoonist Shigeru Mizuki (center L) and his wife Nunoe Mura (center R) throwing rice cakes during a ceremony to mark the reopening of the Mizuki Shigeru Kinenkan museum in Sakaiminato in Tottori Prefecture, western Japan. Mizuki died of multiple organ failure on Nov. 30, 2015, at age 93. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese cartoonist Shigeru Mizuki dies at 93

File photo taken in May 2014 shows Japanese cartoonist Shigeru Mizuki (L) and his wife Nunoe Mura posing for a photo with Kitaro, the main character of his popular horror comic series " Gegege no Kitaro," in Tokyo. Mizuki died of myocardial infarction on Nov. 30, 2015, at age 93. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Imperial garden party

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito (L front) talks with cartoonist Shigeru Mizuki (C front), author of the popular comic series ''Gegege no Kitaro,'' and Mizuki's wife Nunoe Mura (R) during the autumn imperial garden party at the Akasaka Imperial Garden in Tokyo on Oct. 13, 2011. About 2,000 people were invited to the party hosted by the emperor and Empress Michiko. (Kyodo)

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'GeGeGe' wins buzzword award

TOKYO, Japan - Nunoe Mura, whose autobiography ''GeGeGe no Nyobo (Wife of the GeGeGe Cartoonist)'' was turned into a smash hit NHK drama, receives the year's top buzzword award for the term 'GeGeGe,' at an event in Tokyo organized by publisher Jiyukokuminsha on Dec. 1, 2010. (Kyodo)

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Buzzward award

Tokyo, Japan - Recipients of this year's buzzword awards and judges pose for photos at an event in Tokyo organized by publisher Jiyukokuminsha, on Dec. 1, 2010. Nunoe Mura (6th from L, front), whose autobiography ''GeGeGe no Nyobo (Wife of the GeGeGe Cartoonist),'' became a smash hit television drama, received the award as ''GeGeGe'' was selected as the top buzzword. (Kyodo)

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"World Yokai Summit" in Japan

Nunoe Mura (bottom L), widow of the late Shigeru Mizuki, author of the popular yokai comic and animation series called "GeGeGe no Kitaro," poses with characters from the series during the opening ceremony for an exhibit of bronze statues of yokai, or spirits and monsters in Japanese folklore, in Mizuki's hometown Sakaiminato, Tottori Prefecture, on July 18, 2017. The exhibit titled "World Yokai Summit" will be held until July 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo