It has been confirmed that USUI Yoshito, the creator of Crayon Shin-chan is dead after falling 120 meters (in the mountains) and sustaining damage to the lungs and other areas, which probably occurred sometime in the afternoon of September 11th.

There are plans for two more chapters of Crayon Shin-chan, as USUI Yoshito submitted the art for two chapters before his death. The anime series still has an unknown status.

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A just ruler amongst tyrants

Wow, that sucks. Well, hopefully his work that hasn't been released have a little memorial page.

Whilst Crayon Shin-chan wasn't on my own reading list, I know many people who loved it (and the anime). Usui Yoshito had a truly original art style which is instantly recognisable and an original approach to humor, both of which are rare talents in the often generic world of manga. RIP.

I was hoping that he had just disappeared like Senator Mark Sanford and that he would come back on his own volition in a couple of weeks.

And to die like that...
Shit...

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"Officially, this machine doesn't exist, you didn't get it from me,
and I don't know you. Make sure it doesn't leave the building."

*sob sob sob* T^T

I thought the same...

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Hrodulf and Bjornolfr, you will not be forgotten.

And if the world were black and white,
you would be my rainbow in shades of grey.

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If I had a fantasy self, it'd be a tentacle monster.

could it be murder? who knows...

That's horrible. I understand how his family must be feeling right now.

yeah, that made me think of all those meitantei conan plots that went like that........
I still can't believe it though....;_;

i always love crayon shin chan since i was a kid.. cannot believe he gone.. same with fujio fujiko..

ah darn.. so this is how shin chan gonna end..let hope this kind of sudden death wont happen to our other favourite mangaka...
imagine if a manga like onepiece end just like that >.<...

You should not say something like that. We are talking about someone's life here, you are being disrespectful towards his fans and family members.

I don't mean to offend you but it just makes me mad when people start to type things like "Omg he died?? =( Well thank god -insert name- IS alive."

I grew up watching Shin-chan and my parents loved watching it too. May he rest in peace.

R.I.P. Usui Yoshito. I will miss your work dearly. You are respected.

Oh my God, I don't know what to say... I've been watching/reading 蜡笔小新 since I was six and didn't know anime from cartoons... R.I.P.

He lived just like he wanted to, he died without regrets. He will be remembered.


SeeYa

Gorath

of course it's not murder, people die in mountain accidents all the time. All you need is bad weather, a gust of wind, or just putting one foot wrong and that's it, you're fucked. And that's just in countries with little mountains like the UK. Presumably he died doing something he loved while knowing the risks.

At least for his family/friends it wasn't that long before they found him though.
RIP Usui Yoshito.