Shigeru Mizuki
There were a variety of popular stories and themes in "kamishibai", which are now seen in contemporary manga and anime, including one of the first illustrated costume superheroes in the world, "Ōgon Bat" ("Golden Bat") in 1931, superheroes with secret identities like "Prince Ganma" (whose alter ego was a street urchin) and the popular genre of "gekiga" or "drama pictures". Many prolific "manga" artists, like Shigeru Mizuki, were once "kamishibai" artists before the medium went out of vogue in 1953.