Shin-chan creator falls to death in mountains
Published by pmflood1 on September 20, 2009
Update:
On Sunday, authorities have identified the body discovered at Arafune mountain as that of missing Crayon Shin-chan manga creator Yoshito Usui through dental records and other means.
The body was discovered 120 meters below the mountain’s Tomoiwa cliff and reported at about 10:25 a.m. on Saturday by a male climber. Usui’s backpack, camera, and other items had fallen about 50 meters away. Inside Usui’s backpack was his mobile phone, wallet, and clothes. A police helicopter from Gunma Prefecture airlifted the body on Sunday afternoon. Police from the nearby town of Shimonita concluded that the 51-year-old creator died from collapsed lungs and other injuries sustained across his entire body sometime in the afternoon of September 11.
According to Usui’s family, Usui had said that he was “going hiking for a day in Gunma Prefecture,” as he often did, on the morning of September 11. His mobile phone was last detected in the vicinity of Karuizawa, a town about 100 kilometers (about 60 miles) northwest of his Kasukabe home, on Monday. Karuizawa is located in the mountainous eastern part of Nagano Prefecture, near the border of the equally mountainous Gunma Prefecture.
In particular, Usui was said to have expressed his intent to climb the Arafune mountain, which towers 1,422 meters (4,665 feet) high at the border between Nagano and Gunma Prefectures. According to Gunma Prefecture’s police, there are no guardrails near the top of Tomoiwa cliff, but the established climber’s trail is too far from the cliffside for someone to fall. Authorities had been searching this area since his wife reported his disappearance on September 12, after he did not return the night before.
The editorial staff at Futabasha’s Manga Town magazine has stated on Sunday night that the “future publication [of Crayon Shin-chan] is to be determined.” Futabasha said it was “going through great shock, now that the worst outcome has come to past. There are no words to express the anguish of the surviving family, but we just pray for his happiness in the next world.”
(Yoshito Usui on the right)
Yoshito Usui April 21, 1958 – September 11, 2009
Original Story:
51-year-old Crayon Shin-chan manga creator Yoshito Usui has been missing since Friday, and his family asked the police in his hometown of Kasukabe to launch a search effort on Saturday, according to the Sankei Shimbun paper’s source who is connected to the search. Police in Usui’s home prefecture of Saitama (northwest of Tokyo) have contacted the police in other prefectures to expand the search. Usui’s publisher Futabasha told Sankei Shimbun, “He has not been in contact [with us], so we are very worried.”
Crayon Shin-chan follows the exploits of Shinnosuke Nohara, a mischievous (fictional) kindergartner in Usui’s own Kasukabe City. Usui launched the manga in Futabasha’s Weekly Manga Action magazine in August 1990, and he has continued to work on the series after moving it to Manga Town and other Futabasha magazines. Shin’ei Doga has been adapting it into a top-5-rated television anime series since 1992, and the television series has itself inspired 17 anime films.
CMX Manga has been releasing Yoshito Usui’s original Crayon Shin-chan manga in English in North America. Funimation has been adapting the Shin-chan television anime series into dubbed English, and the Adult Swim network used to run episodes every Sunday morning.
Update: The Yomiuri Shimbun and Mainichi Shimbun newspapers report that Usui had said on Friday morning that he was “going hiking for a day in Gunma Prefecture” north of his home by himself, as he often did. When he did not return that night, his wife contacted the authorities on Saturday. His family called his mobile phone, but the calls went unanswered.
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Shin Chan is one of my favorite shows. I hope they find him in good health. And it’d be great if Anime Media Started uploading episodes.
damm i thought anime-media was adding shinchan to anime archives. i want shinchan subbed sooo muuuch.(sub not dubb)
english dub is better than jap
this series sucks so bad its poorly animated and has pretty much no purpose to it. Please don’t upload it to anime-media it would be a waste of space seriously
<3 Shin Chan .__. and it should not be high animated or something, its perfect like it is! The idea and the fun behind it makes it immortal!
thetruth… despite your dislike for the series, this post was about a MISSING PERSON. not uploading the anime itself. And although your allowed your opinion 100%, this isn’t the audience for it.
So sorry didn’t mean to make a fuss I just wanted to state my mind. I usually don’t even read those long paragraphs at the beggining but I guess I should now. I hope they find the guy even though his series is retarded
You forgot to add the fact he went “mountain climbing”. He has a working cellphone with him, but he just doesn’t answer it, no matter who calls.
If you add news article’s on here, do it correctly with all the facts.
so how about if they dont find himd they ad Shin Chan to the archives and if they do we dont :D. and @thetruth you really have no sense of humor or taste in anime if you call this show stupid its not poorly animated its a style of animation. Just like squigglevision ala Home Movies though they stopped using it after the first season cause people like you bitched about it. Anyway it really shows ur character about how u can badmouth someone Else’s work when your just sitting at a computer not doing anything Proactive with your life. Stay classy dude ^^
@crim
Actually taste doesn’t have to do with it the show is poorly put together and in poor taste. By the way they are called opinions and different people have them learn to deal with it.
@rakownz
That was his opinion….you need to learn to deal with it punk, nyerk nyerk.
@nyerknyerk
Actually that was an opinion as well that you just opposed so good sir I say to you…. NO U!
PS. NYERK NYERK
fuck yeah he missing maybe he playing hide n seek dumbass news ppl haha fuck yeah
@rakownz you tell me how its poorly put together and what you didn’t understand , sure some of the shows humor isn’t really well translated but i see no problem with it. if i didn’t understand one joke it didn’t throw the entire show off for me. different people have different tastes/opinions I wasn’t bashing thetruths opinion I was showing that what some people think as bad production could be a different style of animation if that isn’t the answer then its a meaning that’s most-likely lost in translation not to mention how he didn’t even read the headline just rushed to post an opinion on how he disliked like the show.
PS. I liked the show and i hope the guy is alright. that’s my “opinion”
Also keep this in mind its “only the internet”
this was made in the early 90’s…so the animation is expected to be a little outdated…but anyways this series is epic and makes me laugh, dont nark on it if you dont get it :\
chin-chan was one of my favorite anime…..
yea but thats how japanese anime humor is suppose to be you gotta love it
This guy’s probably just doing the ass-dance in the mountains and lost track of time.
im a dumbass who has stupid opinions and i suck hairy shin-nuts and im quite pleased with myself
p.s. NYERK NYERK
well they found him yesterday dead at the bottom of a mountain people are thinking it is suicide as his work had gotten very dark and depressing in the resent years its a big loss…
So, were all those people at the top responding to him being missing? Because the title says he’s dead now.
Another wonderful creator at their end.
Well That is sad that he died… but I will not cry, shin-chan is a crap
@tommmy: agreed, that show fucking sucked >_>
Hahaha, how can u say this show is stupid. You guyz have no humor at ALL!.
I’ll stay on topic though.
R.I.P Yoshito Usui
Can’t say I know of the show, but still a sad situation. Hope that the show continues in his honour at least (whatever the show is :S). R.I.P.
though ive never been a fan or liked shin-chan, as another human as well as artist it is sad and i hopes he rests in peace.
even though i completely hated the show i must say this is very sad the shin chan fans must feel like what i felt like when i found out that the creator of trinity blood died D:
R.I.P
this is still sad
I don’t really watch shin-chan, but my friend liked it
RIP Yoshito Usui
Man! There goes an amazing talent in the manga world. He was one of the greats in comedy based manga. He will be missed=[
This is a terrible loss that even we,at William’s Street Studio’s,greave for.There is no true reason why the creator had to die, and we say to the family,that we do wish them for the best.In high hopes in regard to everyone,even the SHIN CHAN team,that they fare well in the coming day’s.
I remember when I used to watch this series with my siblings when we were in grade school… just a trip down memory lane… RIP Yoshito Usui… :(( :(( :((
Thanks for bring us your wonderful work
And the memories we all shared watching the anime (or manga)
We’ll miss you, Usui
Thought I dont appreciate ~the marketing exploiration
that many has fully utilize with the recent sudden news
I’ll still be looking forward to the finale
Or Final Movie Production with my naive little brother oversea
damn R.I.P. reallt
i watched shin-chan many times and found it hilarious it had no purpose but to make us laugh and thats all that was needed. it did not need to be highly animated..it was just funny to watch r.i.p.
RIP Yoshito Usui
Regardless of the series and my opinion of it, DAMN THAT SUCKS. D: I wish his family well and better fortune.
i used to watch Shin-Chan when i was a kid
RIP Yoshito Usui
Thank you for making us all laugh with Shin-Chan Yoshito Usui R.I.P.
haha the mother fucker died
good!
looked like he didnt have a life anyways so who cares?
stfu he was great! he probably had a better life then u .. -.-
rest in peace son >
R.I.P. a master of manga has died!
残りの天国
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May he Rest IN Peace may he have a lived a wonderful life up until the moment he passed on may GOD have mercy on his soul and may God watch over his soul. My thoughts and prayers go out to his family who are mourning for his lost.
R.I.P Yoshito Usui
残りの天国 = R.I.P?
R.I.P. you and your anime will be missed greatly…
how upsetting. he couldn’t live to see the anime adaptation of his show get a proper release in the states. i won’t lay a finger on the shin chan anime unless funimation adds a japanese audio track (and they won’t so no money from me) FUNIMATION “REVERSIONING” IS CENSORSHIP!!
R.I.P
I can’t believe the amount of insensitive people here! A legend dies, and then people criticize his work!Each manga artist has their own art style, and usui’s was very, very unique, and it worked. The plot, and all other factors are down to a matter of personal opinion, but for god’s sake, if you’re going to criticize, do it elsewhere.
GOOD RIDDANCE AND GOODBYE YOU FAGGOT BURN IN HELL. GOD BLESS THE QUEEN.
im glad this motherfucker is dead he had no taste in animation!! and what a bitch way to go out falling off of a mountain LMFAO couldnt have wished for a better death for him myself lol. FUCK HIM I HOPE HE ROTS IN HELL
its always sad to hear someone has passed. i will pay my respects by enjoying what he created.
also i cant believe how disrespectful some of the people are here. but oh well i have to remember ITS ONLY THE INTERNET
while i hated this show i really have to say that im glad the show will stop being produced but am really sad that someone had to die for it to happen. RIP JAPANESE GUY I NEVER KNEW!!!
R.I.P. you will be greatly missed even if your show sucked.
I should say something memorable.. but im no good at things like this..
Simply put, his creations were for kids, those of you that call it “Shit” and “Crap”, exc exc, are theirfor calling yourself Children, adults who are nothing but 4 yr olds with a kinky cartoon complex…
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RIP Man, I remember watching Shin when i was a kid too… I hope it wasin’t suicide, he just slipped i would think, people die from slipping up, making mistakes while rock climbing quite alot..
Also, just a side note… God Bless the Queen? I take it your from the UK? I doubt she would have wanted a mear manga writer dead.. idiooooot.
omg.. that’s sad.. It’s so weird to watch shin-chan now and know that the one who created it is dead.. RIP Yoshito Usui.
Maybe they will do some more of shin-chan anime series and stuff but no one can continue the manga.
Rumor has it the queen takes it in the shitter after eating corn the day before. At least that’s what her son said. Gotta love those inbred british royalty…or not.
RIP Usui-sama. Your work was an inspiration to countless others.
This is just fuck up, the guy loses his life on 9/11 the same day as the 8th anniversary of the bombing of the twin towers in New York City. I think the day of September 11 is cursed in general because so many good people are lost on it every year.
oh yeah R.I.P Yoshito Usui
>Bandwith Exceeded
And that’s what you get for not knowing better than using a fail hosting site like PhotoBucket.
Rest in peace Mr Usui..
its good to hear they found him.
Sayonara Mr.Usui! Rest in peace…
Ive never liked Shin chan, it was like a goofy japanese Simpsons (lol weird right?) but it suck the dude died in such a crappy way. How does one exactly “fall” off of a mountain?
To a man who made the ass dance possibly
Rest in peace Mr. Usui and keep on doing what you do
RIp sniff RIP
R.I.P, he’s with all the comic book, and manga creators now.
Its extremely sad to fact of just how hateful and jealous all the ppl who are taking the time badmouth this guy and his show……….. may i ask you all this what have you done with your life thats worth while? And go ahead and bad mouth my opinion just think about how you feel if some one love fell off a cliff…….. saying things like i hope he burns in hell shows that you have no life and are true trash a worth less sack of flesh and if i ever meet any of you Trash Human I will slit ur throat my damn self just remember you never who will end ur life!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
uh TwilightOfChaos what have u done with your life other than bitch at people? If you have the time to bitch about everyone else you no better than the people that are making fun of the guy and his show. Next time think before you post an immature response like that again.
@question to answer your ur question im in the process of making my own show and im almost done i just have to go thru the publishing companies…………….. so you can suck my motherfucking dick wat have you done with ur life so y dont you think before you respond cause my life going great and my goal is right there…………. and yeah i bitch all i want……………. and are you not doing the same thing im doing by responding to my post you fucking cocksucker but hey thats ur opinion…………. but hey yeah maybe it was a lil immature of me but if you think for second that i give fuck i dont so fuck you fuck ur mom and fuck ur life i doing me…. are you doing you………. as a writer, a artist, and a guy with creative mind that loves all art, i doing something with my life and im living it to the fullest!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
to answer your question TwilightOfChaos I’m actually doing a real job unlike you. I am a neurologist and I actually have a steady flow of pay unlike you and your shitty ass show your trying to make. SO I might have bitched a little but at least I wasn’t pointing fingers at everyone like you were. So why don’t you go back to your middle school classes and think before you decide to challenge an adult to an argument you immature little 13 year old fuck.
man wtf is this TwilightOfChaos problem? Hes so immature giving us all a blast of shit for exspressing ourselves go to hell you writer/artist. Oh and by the way writers and artists are usually gay so i think i figured out why he has a bug up his ass loolololololol
RIP i hope he has a wonderful afterlife. I agree with the guy above me I think he is gay also.
i know this is bad i used to always watch shinchan
@Question i see you still worry bout mine and first off i am a grown ass man and ima do wat the fuck i want!!!!!! if you so savage about the situation then why dont you tell me where you live so i can come and put that pistol in your mouth…………. @wtfishisdeal o wats my problem why are you worried bout mine………. I would love to meet you guys in person so i can slit your throats myself…………… and your giving me my entertainment i have my bachelors degree been out of school so suck this dick
“…i have my bachelors degree been out of school…” What a nice, literate statement from a college graduate. R.I.P. Yoshito.
Man you need to grow up if your a grown ass man because you sound to me like a little whinny ass pussy that gets made when you don’t get your way. And by the way I could care less about your career that’s going nowhere so you can just go get fucked and slit your own damn throat.
Hey nice English “college graduate” where do you go to school so place for the fucking retarded. Your definitely gay dude so don’t take your frustration out on us just because you can get pussy or in your case cock. So why don’t you just go back home and get molested by your parents like you have your entire life.
This is pathetic guys.. Someone dies and all you can do is argue and talk trash to one another. Is that how you act on a post dedicated to someone that has died and affected many people even at their childhood.. Pathetic..
And by the way… Rest in peace. Most of us can tell you were a good person just by reading your manga Yoshito Usui.
Hey Memories why don’t you shut the fuck up!! I can bitch if I want you mother fucker.I wish I knew where you lived so i could rape you and slit your throat you tiny dick mother fucker.
@ TwilightOfChaos: You’re a sick bastard, you know that. You can keep your fucking comments to yourself. No on even notices your insults because there are already tons of assholes making fools of themselves like you.
hey reina why dont you go and get a huge fucking dildo and shove it up your ass till it comes out your mouth. then call me so I can fuck your dead corpse and cum on your face lol. So why dont you shut the fuck up and keep your comments to yourself you stupid ass cunt whore
Wow… There -is- a god, as my prayers were answered!
if your talking about this creator dying yes there is a god but on the other hand his series continues so their is no god unfortunately
There is a god, and i dont think he liked what you said so want YOU keep your comments to yourself.
why dont*
Both of you.
hey ken if theirs a god how come im not being struck by lightening or dieing in a accident by speaking badly of his name. How come there’s so many corrupt and evil people in this world if their is a god? Why is there diseases that cause us to die horrible deaths if god loves us so much huh? This idea that god loves us and nurtures us all is a bunch of bullshit i mean look at the world we live in today it going to fucking hell. I mean if god created us in his image then god must be a evil mother fucker.
Apparently…. twilight is a loser with no life… i mean seriously… what is your problem??? Your so rude!!!
hey !!! why dont you go fuck yourself
Why are you still here? Can’t you just respect other people choices? Yoshito Usui is dead. some are cheering. And other are crying. I don’t care what you do, but don’t diss other people, they have feelings too.
And if you believe that God created this world, so be it. But why would you believe that He created this “bullshit”? I know, this world is just full of hate. But look on the other side. If we didn’t know what hate was, we never knew what the feeling of love is. And if this way of living minds you, why are you still here? Go and help Unicef or something, cause you can change the world too.
two things FishyLicious, your a homosexual and you suck peoples cocks for crack. I hope you die with your fucking change the world shit that isnt true. I wish I knew where you lived so I could get a bunch of people to rape you and give you aids. Afterward I would get dogs to rape u constantly and then afterward i would piss on you and slit your throat.