Mizuki’s Showa 1939-1944: A History of Japan and Showa 1944-1953: A History of Japan manga won the 2015 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award for Best U.S. Edition of International Material—Asia.
The play will borrow elements and characters from Mizuki’s works, but will also draw from interviews, essays, and episodes of his life.
The story will not be based on any one of Mizuki’s stories, and will not be a biography of the author.
The play will begin its run at the Tokyo Metropolitan Theater Playhouse in October, and will also run in Matsumoto, Osaka, Toyohashi, Miyazaki, Kitakyushu, and Niigata.