Guyver Creator Yoshiki Takaya Says He May Never Draw Manga Again
Takaya's statement suggests that the long-running Guyver manga, already on hiatus since 2016, may never resume.
Reporting from 1 source: Anime News Network.
Yoshiki Takaya, creator of Bio-Booster Armor Guyver, said in a message included with a Blu-ray release that he suffered a cerebral infarction and has partial paralysis. He apologized to fans, saying he does not believe he will ever be able to draw manga again.
The message appears in Toy Robot's Blu-ray Disc release of the 1994 live-action film Guyver 2: Dark Hero, based on Takaya's manga. In it, Takaya said paralysis remains on the right side of his body and that his concentration, judgement, and short-term memory have declined. He did not say when the cerebral infarction occurred.
Bio-Booster Armor Guyver launched in Tokuma Shoten's Shonen Captain magazine in 1985 and ran in several Kadokawa magazines through the years before going on hiatus in 2016.
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