Shigeru Mizuki

Shigeru Mizuki was a Japanese mangaka, specialized in the Japanese horror genre yōkai and World War II themes. He was born as Shigeru Mura in Sakaiminato in Tottori prefecture, the basis for his career was layed during his childhood, when he picked up drawing and listened to local ghost stories. He studied fine arts in Musashino and was drafted into the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. He served in Papua New Guinea, where he lost his left arm. Back in Japan, he worked as a movie operator until making his debut as a cartoonist in 1956.…Wikipedia