Akira Tago of the Professor Layton Series Passes

<p>The man behind all the satisfying puzzles in the <em>Professor Layton<&sol;em> series&comma; Akira Tago&comma; has passed from interstitial pneumonia on March 6&period; He was 90 years old&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Best-selling author&comma; professor&comma; psychologist&comma; and puzzle designer&comma; Tago was best known for his series of quiz books &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Atama no Taiso” &lpar;brain exercises&rpar;&period; His first in the series was published in 1966 to great success&comma; selling more than 2&period;65 million copies&period; Today&comma; 23 volumes of his quiz books exist&comma; and the series with its offshoots have sold over 12 million copies&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Fans of the <em>Professor Layton<&sol;em> series will remember Tago for the hundreds of clever puzzles offered in the handheld adventures &&num;8211&semi; adventures that follow a witty <span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">archaeology <&sol;span>professor as he solves mysteries one logic puzzle at a time&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>Professor Layton<&sol;em> surely tips his hat to the &&num;8220&semi;Puzzle Master&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Akira Tago&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Source&colon; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;ca&period;ign&period;com&sol;articles&sol;2016&sol;03&sol;16&sol;akira-tago-professor-laytons-puzzle-master-dies-aged-90" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">IGN<&sol;a> via <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;japantimes&period;co&period;jp&sol;news&sol;2016&sol;03&sol;15&sol;national&sol;psychologist-best-selling-author-of-atama-no-taiso-series-akira-tago-dies-at-90&num;&period;VumTm7eFPIW" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">Japan Times<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;