Kazuki Takahashi, the creator of Yu-Gi-Oh, has died at the age of 60.
It's reported the anime artist was discovered a float in the waters off Nago, Japan, yesterday morning.
Takahashi was the key artist for several Manga and Anime series, including the beloved Yu-Gi-Oh which hit screens in 1996 and later went on to become one of the most popular trading card games of the 90s and 2000s thanks to the success of the anime series Yu-Gi-Oh and Yu-Gi-Oh: GX
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According to Japan Times, he was found by emergency services wearing snorkelling gear, and Coastguard officials confirmed the body as Takahashi's.
Local authorities in Japan are now probing his cause of death.
'Yu-Gi-Oh' creator Kazuki Takahashi has passed away at age 60 pic.twitter.com/P4atz3QKfW
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