Kazuo Umezu, Prolific Manga Creator of Horror & Other Genres, Dies at 88

Prolific horror manga creator Kazuo Umezu died last week on October 28.

The Asahi Shimbun paper’s 27th Annual Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize awards honored Umezu with a special prize for the work in 2023.

The work, four years in the making, debuted in January 2022 at an art exhibition featuring Umezu’s work titled “Kazuo Umezz The Great Art Exhibition.”