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Manga fans around the world are mourning the death ofYu-Gi-Oh! creator Kazuki Takahashi. He was 60.
“We are investigating the case as both a possible accident or crime,” said an official for the city of Nago, reported theBBC.
Takahshi’s officialTwitter accountposted a moving tribute to the manga artist on Thursday.
Takahashi, whose real name was Kazuo, started his career as a manga artist, according toThe New York Times. He found success after a story he wrote about a spiky-haired boy named Yugi and his magical gaming powers gained a following.
Yu-Gi-Oh!went on to become a global craze that spawned trading cards, a long-running anime series, books, movies and video games.
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The latestYu-Gi-Oh!game,Master Duel, released earlier this year on PC, Switch, Xbox and PlayStation, recently “pulled in over 200,000 concurrent players on Steam,“according to Kotaku, a gaming and news website.
And fans on social media agree. Anime YouTuber Matt Crawford shared his condolences, and added that being a fan of the franchise helped to open his eyes to other parts of the world, too.
“Just woke up and the first thing I see is Kazuki Takahashi has passed away at age 60,” Crawfordposted. “YUGIOH! was easily my favorite card game growing up and still is to this day. In a strange way it also got me interested in studying Ancient Egyptian culture. Rest In Peace.”
source: people.com
