A big one is gone, they find the body of Kazuki Takahashi floating on the coast; the cartoonist and creator of the manga ‘Yu-Gi-Oh!’ left this world at the age of 60
Kazuki Takahashi, Japanese comic creator and author of the manga "Yu-Gi-Oh!" was found dead last Wednesday morning in the Japanese city of Nago , his body was found floating off the coast in Okinawa prefecture; via while his identity had not been confirmed until today, a coastguard spokesman explained to Efe .
Today, Thursday, the National Coast Guard reported his identity, and stated that he was wearing a snorkel and fins. Meanwhile, the authorities are investigating the cause of death of the 60-year-old cartoonist through the autopsy , which has already been completed; however, he has no visible injuries, and his remains will be sent to his family in Tokyo .
According to the reports that exist in this regard, it was a person who discovered the body while passing by a beach, which at that time was approximately 300 meters from the coast, although the local Okinawa newspaper called Times would have assured that his death It would be a day or two ago.
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The career of this great artist would begin in 1982; however, Takahashi would not gain fame or popularity until the creation of his anime Yu-Gi-Oh!, which he carried out with the help of the Japanese magazine Weekly Shonen Jump , which would publish it between 1996 and 2004 after 38 volumes.
After its indisputable success, animated series, spin-offs and films were made, as well as some amazing video games; It was even said that it had inspired a collectible card game that would have been sold worldwide, in such a way that in 2011 it would be part of the Guinness Records for being the best-selling game with more than 25 billion. For the year 2013 it was established with the largest tournament of card games.
For context, in Yu-Gi-Oh! tells the story of Yugi Mutō , a teenager who had received as a gift from his grandfather a puzzle that turned out to be one of the seven ancient objects that promises a wish as long as it is completed.
However, the only thing he really wants is to have good friends, but soon he is possessed by an Egyptian pharaoh, whose spirit is more than five thousand years old. So, we say goodbye to a great that we will surely miss a lot.
*With information from EFE.