For the Japanese cinematographer, see Takao Saito (cinematographer). For the Japanese politician, see Saitō Takao (politician).
Takao Saito
Saito in 2017
Born
(1936-11-03)November 3, 1936
Wakayama Prefecture, Japan
Died
September 24, 2021(2021-09-24) (aged 84)
Occupation
Manga artist
Years active
1955–2021
Known for
Golgo 13
Awards
Shogakukan Manga Award (1976, 2005)
Japan Cartoonists Association Award (2002)
Medal with Purple Ribbon (2003)
Order of the Rising Sun, 4th Class, Gold Rays with Rosette (2010)
Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize (2019)
Takao Saito (Japanese: 齊藤 隆夫, Hepburn: Saitō Takao, November 3, 1936 – September 24, 2021[1]) was a Japanese manga artist,[2] although he rejected the term and considered his work gekiga.[3] He was best known for Golgo 13, which has been serialized in Big Comic since 1968, making it the oldest manga still in publication.[4][5]Golgo 13 holds the Guinness World Record for "Most volumes published for a single manga series" and, in accordance with Saito's wishes, it continues to be serialized following his death from pancreatic cancer in September 2021. Saito won several awards in his 66-year career, including the Shogakukan Manga Award twice, and received the Medal with Purple Ribbon and Order of the Rising Sun from the Japanese government for his contributions to the arts.
^「ゴルゴ13」漫画家のさいとう・たかをさん死去 84歳 連載は継続. Mainichi Shimbun (in Japanese). September 29, 2021. Retrieved September 29, 2021.
^Onoda Power, Natsu. God of Comics: Osamu Tezuka and the Creation of Post–World War II Manga. University Press of Mississippi, 2009. p. 96. Great Comics Artists. ISBN 978-1-60473-221-4.
^Lewis, Leo (October 16, 2015). "Interview: 'Golgo 13' creator Takao Saito". Financial Times. Retrieved December 12, 2019.
^"Golgo 13 Author Saito Discusses Manga's Hypothetical Ending". Anime News Network. November 16, 2013. Retrieved April 8, 2015.
^"Artists Celebrate 45 Years of Golgo 13". Anime News Network. November 13, 2013. Retrieved April 8, 2015.
TakaoSaito (Japanese: 齊藤 隆夫（さいとう・たかを）, Hepburn: SaitōTakao, November 3, 1936 – September 24, 2021) was a Japanese manga artist, although he rejected...
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formed in Tokyo with eight members, including Tatsumi, Matsumoto, and TakaoSaito. The group wrote a sort of "Gekiga Manifesto" that was sent to various...
of Stark, she acts like a childish normal teenager. Director Keiichiro Saito added that Fern appears to have several changes in the narrative as her...
style known as komaga, together with the manga of Yoshihiro Tatsumi and TakaoSaito, was the catalyst of the gekiga movement. Matsumoto was born in 1934...
assistant for two and a half years. From a young age Ikegami had admired TakaoSaito and Yoshiharu Tsuge, so he was delighted to work with Tsuge as Mizuki's...
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with innovative photography by Kazuo Miyagawa (who shot Rashomon) and TakaoSaito, the film premiered in April 1961 and was a critically and commercially...
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Tatsuo Matsumura Kyoko Kagawa Hisashi Igawa George Tokoro Cinematography TakaoSaito Masaharu Ueda Music by Shinichiro Ikebe Production companies Daiei Dentsu...
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