Anon12/02/25, 11:29No.23650190
Legend of the Galactic Heroes Novelist Yoshiki Tanaka Suffered Debilitating Hemorrhage Last YearHiroaki Adachi, the head of the Wright Staff company which manages the business affairs of The Legend of the Galactic Heroes and The Heroic Legend of Arslan novelist Yoshiki Tanaka, reported on Sunday that Tanaka had suffered a debilitating cerebral hemorrhage exactly one year ago on November 30, 2024. Tanaka had collapsed that day and was rushed to a hospital. The author has been focusing on rehabilitation since moving into a nursing facility sometime before this past summer.
According to Adachi, Tanaka had collapsed at a convenience store near his office, so a store worker quickly called emergency services. Adachi credited Tanaka's survival to the fortunate coincidence that his collapse happened at the store with other people around, and not at his office when he was all alone on a Saturday. However, the hemorrhage left him with damage to his brain that affected his motor functions.Since Tanaka's longtime office was not designed to accomodate people with disabilities, he and his staff were forced to clear out his library of ten of thousands of publications and move out of that office.Nevertheless, Adachi reported that Tanaka has not lost the creative will, as he "still has more he wants to write," and continues to do so in composition notebooks. Adachi asked Tanaka's fans for their patience and understanding, as Tanaka cannot release new works or hold autograph sessions and other events for now — although Tanaka is still striving hard for his eventual return.