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In Memoriam: Fallen Stars of 2022
The anime satellite mislaid a hero.
Kazuki Takahashi, the creator of the fashionable Japanese series Yu-Gi-Oh!, died July 4 portion trying to prevention 3 others from drowning, according to the subject paper Stars and Stripes. He was 60.
Major Robert Bourgeau, who was moving arsenic a scuba diving teacher successful the country wherever the manga creator drowned, told the work Oct. 11 that Takahashi attempted to save three people from a riptide successful the waters of Japan's Okinawa Island.
On July 4, Bourgeau said helium heard a pistillate screaming for assistance as she, her 11-year-old daughter and a worker were being swept distant by six-foot waves. He was capable to rescue the young miss and her mom, adding that helium aboriginal instructed the worker however to get retired of the whirlpool to shore.
Unbeknownst to Bourgeau astatine the time, Takahashi—whose beloved manga bid spawned a deed TV bid and film—had besides entered the h2o to assistance those being swallowed by the waves. Bourgeau's scuba diving students caught glimpses of the Japanese creator until helium disappeared nether the waves.
Two days later, the Japan Coast Guard confirmed that Takahashi's body was found adjacent the enactment of Awa, Nago. According to NBC News, helium was recovered wearing snorkeling instrumentality and the Coast Guard said determination were "damages to his assemblage which looked similar they were caused by immoderate benignant of marine animal."
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Takahashi is present being praised for his bravery.
"He's a hero," Bourgeau said of the artist. "He died trying to prevention idiosyncratic else."
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