Following the July-announced winners of the latest round of Eisner Awards , the 2025 inductees into the Eisner Hall of Fame have been announced. A total of 21 individuals were selected this year, nine of which are still living, and among the late creators is revered manga author Shigeru Mizuki. Mizuki was a pioneer in the manga world, creating stories based on his World War II experiences as well as more fantastical series. He tapped the supernatural world of yokai to great effect for his most famous series, Hakaba Kitaro , which picked up after the work of writer Masami Ito and Keiyo Tatsumi and would eventually be renamed GeGeGe no Kitaro . The yokai boy Kitaro would go on to inspire anime , live-action films and video games over the decades that followed. Shigeru Mizuki passed away in 2015 at the age of 93 . He has received two Eisner Awards, one for Showa: A History of Japan...