Kazuki Takahashi, the author of the manga “Yu-Gi-Oh! ", is dead

The Japanese media, including the famous NHK channel, announced the sad news this Thursday: Kazuki Takahashi, the author-designer of the famous manga

, died Wednesday at the age of 60.

It was found off the town of Nago.

“He was wearing a t-shirt, a [diving] mask, a snorkel and flippers,” a member of the coast guard told AFP.

An investigation is underway.

The theses of an accidental death, during a dive, or criminal are for the moment both considered.

Born in 1961 and mangaka since 1991, Kazuki Takahashi was mainly known for

, manga available in card games and cartoons.

We learned this morning with sadness of the death of Kazuki Takahashi, the author of Yu-Gi-Oh!, our thoughts are with his family and loved ones 🙏 pic.twitter.com/bxXt7AHeMM

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A cult work and derivative products

Published in Japan between 1996 and 2004, for a total of 38 volumes, and published in France by Kana,

tells the adventures of young Yugi, a shy but expert in games high school student, who unleashes a dark personality by solving the Millennium puzzle.

The series is mainly based on duels by cards and monsters interposed, under the influence of

and

.

The success is such that the work will know many adaptations, derivatives and, of course, card games.

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