Following the trail of manga artist Shigeru Mizuki’s widespread appeal in Japan leads back to the city of Chofu in Tokyo, where the distinction between Mizuki’s worlds, real and imagined, often blurs.The worlds created by Mizuki and the names of the characters that populate them have become household in Japan while his influence has been felt across the globe, from the jungles of Papua New Guinea to awards committees in Europe. It’s in Chofu, though, that Mizuki lived for the duration of his career as a creator of manga, a career which spanned over half a century and told many stories f…READ FULL ARTICLE