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Manga Writer Tadashi Kawashima Passes Away

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Tadashi Kawashima, best known to Americans as the writer behind the Alive: The Final Evolution manga series, passed away on Tuesday, June 15. Kawashima suffered from liver cancer and died at age 42.

Monthly Shonen Magazine editors now reveal that Kawashima completed the Alive manga this past February from his sickbed, and even started writing a new series shortly before his death.

Source: Anime News Network

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