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Kazuki Takahashi Quotes

1961–2022

Kazuo Takahashi (October 4, 1961 - July 4, 2022), known professionally as Kazuki Takahashi, was a Japanese manga artist. He made his serial manga debut in 1986, and is best known as the author of Yu-Gi-Oh!, published in Weekly Shōnen Jump from 1996 to 2004.

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I'm currently obsessed with the yellow mouse. There are three large ones in my workplace. Very cute.
今、例の黄色いネズミにハマってます。仕事場にも大きいのが、３つほどあります。とてもかわいい。

I heard that sniffing lavender during insomnia can promote sleepiness. I gave it a try and it worked well. I also wonder about the nightcap.
眠れない時にラベンダーの香りを嗅ぐとよく眠れると聞いたので試したらよく眠れました。でもその前の寝酒が効いたのかな

I've attended the Tezuka Award ceremony and felt all the award winners' passion towards manga. Please do you best and give out your best for your creativity.
手塚賞の授賞式に出席。受賞者の皆さんの漫画に対する熱い情熱をとても感じました。今後もいい作品を作って頑張って下さい。

Takahashi's thoughts on Toshimasa Takahashi, the manga editor of Tokio no Taka. Shonen Jump magazine – February 24, 2003, issue 11.

I had nightmares three times...I got addicted to some scary games. I can't stop doing it.
３回悪夢を見ました…いえ、恐いゲームにハマっちゃったせいなんですけど。やめられないんですよね。

There’s a character called Blue is well known in the US. She’s adorable but unable to make it in Japan. I’m blue…
ブルーというアメリカで人気のあった、かわいいキャラがあまり日本に入らず、ブルー

It was my first time I participated in the cover shoot for the new year's issue. I was nervous being surrounded by senior authors.
新年発売号の表紙撮影に初めて参加。先輩作家の方たちに囲まれて、緊張しました。

What! Inoki Festival, PRIDE, and K-1 will be broadcast simultaneously on all stations during this new year eve! As a martial arts fan, this is very troublesome!!
なに！今年の大晦日は猪木祭・PRIDE・Ｋ－１を各局同時放映～！格闘技ファンとしては非常に困る～～！！

I have Final Fantasy VIII on hand, but I haven't played Final Fantasy VII either. I want to try Final Fantasy VIII soon!!
ＦＦⅧが手もとにありますが、Ⅶもやってません。速くⅧがやってみたいですっ！！

It's quite interesting to look at the American version of the Yu-Gi-Oh! comics' sound effects. For example, "Boom!" is translated as "CHOOM"!!
アメリカ版の遊☆戯☆王コミックを見たら、効果音の表現がかなり面白い。ちなみに「ドン！」は「ＣＨＯＯＭ」なのだ！！

I've been receiving a lot of overseas fan letters lately, and it's quite fun to see all kinds of original monsters are coming out together. Children are all the same across the world!
最近よく届く海外からのファンレターも、いろんなオリジナルモンスターを考案してくれて楽しいです。子供は万国共通だなー！

It is said that everything that exists in this world is made up of two contradictory qualities. Darkness and light, outer and inner, good and evil, heaven and earth... Those are the themes of Yu-Gi-Oh!
森羅万象、この世界に存在するすべてのものは、二つの相反する性質で作られていると言われています。光と闇、表と裏、善と悪、天と地、それらは『遊☆戯☆王』のテーマでもあります。

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Kazuki Takahashi (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.