Daisuke Satō
was a Japanese board game designer, novelist, and
manga writer. He was known for his alternate history novels ''Seito'' and ''Red Sun Black Cross,'' among others. He wrote the story for his manga ''Imperial Guards'' (with illustrator Yū Itō) and ''
Highschool of the Dead'' (with illustrator
Shōji Satō). ''Imperial Guards'' was nominated for the
Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2007 and for the first
Manga Taishō in 2008. He died on March 22, 2017, from
ischaemic heart disease. After Daisuke's death, the decision was made to leave ''Highschool of the Dead'' unfinished.
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