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Zack Davisson @zackdavisson.com · 28/09/2026

I got asked to write for Global Literature in Libraries for their #worldkidlit Month and I wrote on--surprise!!!--Shigeru Mizuki! @dandq.bsky.social glli-us.org/2026/09/28/w...

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#WorldKidLit Month Focus on Japan: Shigeru Mizuki—The Yokai Professor

Today’s post comes to you from Zack Davisson: Every kid in Japan grows up on Shigeru Mizuki. He is the Yokai Hakase—the Yokai Professor—who educates the children of Japan on the folklore that is so…

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Roger “Frying Tiger” Long @frytiger.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Who could have guessed? (Grin)

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Jules Winter @roq11.bsky.social · 8h

That was very interesting, thank you! I had no idea that Shigeru Mizuki had lost an arm in the war. And you translated Showa!! It’s one of my very favorite manga but I’ve yet to read his other work (for now I have one about his grandmother on my tbr pile).

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