Prolific horror manga creator Kazuo Umezu died last week on October 28.
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The Asahi Shimbun paper’s 27th Annual Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize awards honored Umezu with a special prize for the work in 2023.
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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.”
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Umezu’s art company UMEZZ issued a statement regarding his death, saying “Umezu wanted to spread his work throughout the world, to be read by all forever.