| Kodansha announced that Kawashima Tadashi, the story author of manga Alive, passed away on June 15th due to liver cancer. He was 42 years old. When the cancer was found, he was in the middle of Alive serialization. However, Kawashima kept on writing the story and finally completed the series while struggling against the illness. He was eager to start a new series. Source: Kodansha related topic: ALIVE Anime Officially Canceled |
dtshykJun 17, 2010 7:25 PM
| Wow, right after Alive was cancelled. RIP. |
| Wow just wow... I can't believe he died, Alive was awesome.... R.I.P |
| Not long after Alive was finished eh ? Too bad he couldn't live longer to see the anime, which i don't know when |
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| wow, he was so young. so sad. RIP! |
| RIP. The manga's called Alive but he's dead.. damn. |
| Too bad, Alive was awesome manga! RIP Kawashima Tadashi |
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AlexSadist-sama said: RIP. The manga's called Alive but he's dead.. damn. Hope he's in a better place... |
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| better then the fate of Guin Saga |
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| And he never got his anime ;__; |
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| i always put off reading alive, guess now is a good time to start, in memory of the fallen story author |
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| Great author. RIP~ |
| He was a fantastic author. R.I.P. We'll miss ya man! :( |
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| Awwww :( |
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| wish some mangakas had the same commitment like he did!!!! Even if they are sick they are still willing to go the extra mile for his/her fans :) glad he finished Alive, and I can't wait for it to be finished translated. |
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| Now I feel bad about putting Alive on hiatus. It's so sad that he died so young. |
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| Seems like alot of manga authors die young.. R.I.P. |
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| Wow, 43 years old.... RIP Tadashi Kawashima.... ;___; |
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| Wow...what a tragic loss. |
| .RI.P :( |
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AlexSadist-sama said: RIP. The manga's called Alive but he's dead.. damn. lol'd |
| RIP |
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| 43 is too young R.I.P Tadashi Kawashima |
| At least he was able to finish the manga. I feel bad for him that he never got to see an anime adaptation. |
| too bad the anime adaptation got canceled |
| Wow...anime cancel...then cancer..which then passes away =/ sad.. may he rest in peace. |
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| RIP! ; ___; At least he was able to finish it.. though it's a shame he'll never see an anime for it. :'( Way too young! |
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| For all we know the fact he died might give the idea of an anime adaptation a second wind. Humans are rather morbid like that. |
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| wow, right at he end the manga D: RIP |
| so sad... too bad they didn't animate it while he was still alive, it kept being pushed. At least it was probably very fulfilling for him to have finished the manga. I put it on my PTR list, it sounds really interesting. |
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| It's always sad when a Manga Artist passes away, since we won't see their art styles anymore. Especially if it was unique. I never read Alive but it still saddens me when a Manga Artist dies, at a young age too. At least he was able to finish what he started. RIP! |
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| He may be dead but his manga lives on. |
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| RIP |
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| Rest in peace, Kawashima-sensei. More of the reason to never animate the Alive manga. |
Leon-Gun said: For all we know the fact he died might give the idea of an anime adaptation a second wind. Humans are rather morbid like that. very true |
| OMG , R.I.P he waisted his last moment of his life for their fans T^T |
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| Sayonara. |
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| This is really ironic... I hope he'll rest in peace~ |
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| RIP MAN ALIVE WAS A GOOD MANGA |
| Dear god! A super loss... ): RIP |
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| That's shocking. I couldn't believe he passed away. I followed his blog not long ago and he didn't mention about his cancer. Or did he? Glad he finished writing Alive though. Hopefully Alive can be animated soon. RIP Kawashima Tadashi. |
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| Alive was really good. I'm glad he finished serialization before he passed away. RIP. |
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| baaaaaaaw ;__; |
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