Found dead on a beach in Japan in July, artist Kazuki Takahashi, creator of the popular “Yu-Gi-Oh!” Manga, may have drowned while trying to perform a heroic deed. A witness reported that he was in the waters off Nago, Okinawa prefecture, saving people from a strong current.
Major Robert Bourgeau told the military website Stars & Stripes, which collects news from the U.S. Department of Defense, that he was near the site with two underwater students at around 2:00 p.m. on July 4, and a woman asked for help because 11-year-old daughter and an American soldier were stranded at sea. The waves were around 1.80m and made it difficult to get out. Bourgeau and one of his students got into the water, while the third called the emergency services.
Bourgeau managed to rescue the child, but the mother, in the meantime, went to sea too and was trapped. At one point, Takahashi appeared and he too went into the water to help but disappeared under the waves.
The witness called him a hero: “He died trying to save someone”.
The child, the mother and the soldier, as well as the major and his students, managed to escape. Takahashi was never seen and the body was found two days later.
The body of Takahashi, who was 60, was identified after a car rental company called Okinawa police. She had lost contact with the artist, who had hired her services and was traveling alone in the region.
Forensics found bite marks on his body from sharks and other marine animals. The bottom line is that this happened after he died by drowning.
Takahashi began drawing manga in 1982. His first major work was “Fighting Hawk”, released in 1990, and the following year he created “Tennenshokudanji Buray”, which came out in two volumes and was published between 1991. and 1992. But neither manga prepared him for the “Yu-Gi-Oh!” created in 1996.
Published from September 1996 to March 2004, the manga tells the story of a boy named Yugi Mutou, who solves an ancient puzzle and awakens an alter-ego within his body who begins to resolve conflicts using various games.
The manga has been adapted into several anime series. The first was produced by Toei Animation in 1998, while the others were developed by NAS, Gallop and Bridge. The most remembered is “Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters”, which aired for five seasons between 2000 and 2004. The most recent is “Yu-Gi-Oh! Go Rush !!”, released last April.
In addition to the series, “Yu-Gi-Oh!” had four animated feature films and his card game entered the Guinness Book of Records as the biggest hit in its class (trading cards), with over 25 billion cards sold.
In 2015, Kazuki Takahashi received Comic-Con International’s Inkpot Award for his career contributions in comics.
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