There are mangaka who, despite their age, work continuously on their works and, thanks to unwavering devotion, carry them on even with difficulty and fatigue. Takao Saito was one of them. The author, born in November 1936, made his debut with Kuki Danshaku in 1955, but his most famous work is Golgo 13, with which he won the Shogakukan Prize.
Unfortunately, Takao Saito passed away on September 24, 2021 at the age of 84 because of pancreatic cancer. However, the prolific mangaka has decided not to leave his magnificent work unfinished despite his death. Indeed it has left Saito Production to continue running Golgo 13. recently arrived at Volume 201, beating Kochikame for longest manga ever; a decade-long head-to-head relationship between his manga and Akimoto’s.
there Shogakukan revealed that Saito himself urged that the manga go on without him, entrusted the production to a group of artists selected along with the editorial staff of Big Comic Magazine and a number of screenwriters. Despite the length, Golgo 13 has actually been more active than ever with a spin-off announced a few months ago, the first for the series.
Takao Saito has succeeded in creating an immortal work and that will go on and carry on his memory.
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