Manga artist Takao Saito, who created the longest-running Japanese comic book series of all time, has died aged 84.
Saito’s best-known work was Golgo 13, the tale of a professional hitman, which was first published in 1968 and later adapted into games and films
He died of pancreatic cancer, his publisher Shogakukan said.
Born in western Japan in 1936, Saito had his first manga cartoon published in 1955, while he was working as a barber.
The success of another of his works, 1960’s Typhoon Goro, led him to move from Osaka to Tokyo and launch his own production company.
But his most famous work was Golgo 13, also known as Duke Togo, an assassin who carries out hit jobs around the world.
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