Crayon Shin-chan Mangaka Killed in Clifftop Fall
- Categories: Manga, News
- Date: Sep 21, 2009 03:55 JST
- Tags: Crayon Shin-chan, Gunma, Mangaka, Obituaries, Saitama
Yoshito Usui, author of the famous manga Crayon Shin-chan, has been found dead on mount Arafune, apparently after a hiking trip gone wrong.
The 51-year-old author’s body was reported lying under the Tomoiwa cliff by a male hiker. His personal belongings was found near his body, including his backpack and mobile phone. He had been reported missing a week prior.
His remains were airlifted from the scene for autopsy, with police concluding he died of a collapsed lung and other injuries incurred during the fall, confirming the identity of the corpse with dental records.
The precise circumstances surrounding his death are not known, but police do not seem to be considering foul play or suicide likely explanations; attention focuses on the precarious and unfenced nature of the trail, although it is said to have long been accident free.
The publishers of the manga has extended their condolences to the family, and will review the uncertain future of Crayon Shin-chan’s publication.
Via Mainichi.
R.I.P.
;_;
Ouch, that is quite a tall cliffside. ='( Hope the family gets through this well.
Wow, this is pretty sad... I liked his work too! Really sobering reality here.
Rest In Peace man, legend of Comedy Anime!
R.I.P. funniest anime ever watched
I'm glad he's dead, that manga/show was so shitty.
Well that's great, just because you didn't like the manga this guy made you're happy that he's dead? That's like me wishing death upon you because I disagree with your comment.
don't feed the troll
Where the hell was action bastard?
Oh man, I always through it's ok to hate someone for his work because you don't like it.. but actaully being glad for a death.. you must be a heartless fella, he have done nothing to you except writting that manga + you can choose to not read / watch it. I think you fail on making that comment.. I wish your life is better than that bitterness you show on that comment
the trolls won't go away if you keep feeding them
...and we're still feeding it...
Trolls will be continue to be trolls. Except with mouths full of dick.
Thank god he dead now.
The troll is dead?
YAAAAAY THE TROLL IS DEAD!
shitty troll is shitty
aww man i loved this series. im gonna miss it
R.I.P, read first volume while in elementary school, 2nd or 3rd grade dont remember, but i know i enjoyed it and made me laugh lots
I'll be glad when LDC is dead, that post was so shitty. Somebody tell me when it happens so I can hold a party.
^QFT & the great sake of Justice
For great justice.
LDC, you're tsudere, ain't you?
*tsundere
Attention Troll =/= Tsundere
Oh, Many thanks for that, Anon.
Hey LDC, why don't you and your whole family go to hell cuz you are a dumb fuck? =)
-1
+1 dead puppy
sankaku commentors became strange these days. Someone died and the one guy laughing is being flamed. This seems just wrong in a place like this. It's perfectly alright to make stupid/funny comments, so keep up the bad work LDC
its because someone died that sankaku goers, including myself, actually cared about.
your mom was shitty. =)
Interestingly wishing death to LDC and his family is morally far worse than him being disrespectful towards a stranger's death.
Wishing death to LDC's family(only) is morally as worst as him being disrespectful towards a stranger's death.
fix'd
Then again, LDC is also a stranger to almost everyone here so can we just simply be disrespectful to his future death too..?
could care less, LDC didn't make crayon sinchan.
I hope he dies so we can disrespect his death too.
Though this is an obvious troll, I slightly agree with you. It's horrible he died, but I can't say I'm not a tiny bit happy there won't be more of a manga I hate.
I agree, sorry to see that he died and in such a lonely place, far from friends and famly.
But I really thought he artistry was bottom of the barrel, the humor was truly genius and funny as hell, but the really sucked.
Sorry, but that's how I see it....
"but the drawing really sucked."
*fixed*
the drawing was unique...he has his own style, u should learn how to respect that
9/10
Successful troll is successful
You obviously fail enough to not understand the themes between the lines.
I feel sorry for you man
fu£k you then ..... just die alreasy
If you don't like it, don't read/watch it you asshole...
I agree. Hearing about this made me smile a lot.
You're gonna regret saying that.
That comment should be deleted. Not fun & tasteless.
Shin-chan was the biggest crap i have ever seen, but its sad that he died.
Really, no lie.
2009
THIS FUCKIN YEAR
I'm sure it's only going to get much fcking worse. ;__;
R.I.P
T.T
I remember liking his work and lmao when I was reading the manga.
Wait, what?!
Although Shin-chan's design was crude at best, I still loved its cheesy comedy. Action Bastard is one sad panda tonight...
RIP
Looks very much like suicide.
agreed
He was killed. Stallone did it in Cliffhanger 2!!
It was lupus.
it's never lupus
Can't wait until tomorrow.
except when it IS lupus
He told his family he was going for a hike up the mountain which he has done before, it was an accident.
Rest in Peace...
A wild Pokemon killed him
True story..
Those nine-tails are evil bastards aren't they?
na, its the clefairies,
nah, its togepi
I'm sure it was a flying Latios that caught him off-guard and fell of the cliff....
It could be a poisonous Caterpi...
I will miss his manga... even don't read it all yet...
Very dangerous Magikarp!!!
Blinded by too many Zubats?
fucking lickitung...
abrakadabra?
He probably threw a pokeball and was stupid enough to throw it at a rock thinking it was geodude and it rebounded and hit his head. he fell backwards and down the cliff he goes
RIP
Fuck yeah seaking? But it's prolly a ditto that scared him off the cliff.
wtf?
no. He was pushed by Shin-chan.
No. Shin-chan gave him a butt slam, & tosses him off the cliff.
We'll never forget about you, Action Bastard.
*rings bell, claps twice* NAMU~.
+ fucking 1 man...
uhm....
Wow,that is a sad loss for the anime/manga community. Shin-chan was the best ;_;
Did they burn all of his work or why are you using the past tense for shin-chan, which sucked anyway?
Well,he's gone,so Shin-Chan is past tense now.Shin-Chan was good comedy,and funny anime/manga is so scarce nowadays as it is.All the moe-shit is taking over sadly.
*cough*k-on
quite a way to end an overdone manga, his previous works was much better
Fail.....just so much fail -90000/10
face it you fanboi, it the same old shit after 40 volume of it
my god no wonder you have no friends
@Anonymous 04:03: Just because the original author is dead or refuses to continue the series doesn't mean the publisher might not have the series continued!
I don't know what the legal situation is Japan, but in the U.S. some comics have been continued under new authors. Those authors aren't necessarily "good" authors, just people who can mimic the original style. They are told what to draw by the publisher-hired scriptwriters.
Off-the-top of my head examples: "Blondie" and "Sally Forth".
It's sad this guy is dead. Perhaps, like Humpty-Dumpty, he was pushed off the edge.
It doesn't work like that in Japan; the authors own their work in Japan.
whoever called that Artefact would make an article ding ding you win!
Um, no... look at the author you twit.
Just read this news earlier this morning on Nigihana, and I got to say I didn't want to believe the story. But now with some more evidence it seems all to real to be made up.
A sad loss indeed....
u suk cocks
u do too, biatch!
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
;___________;
I can't belive people make fun about dead people. Go back to kindergarten you TTGL otakus. Seriously!
We're mourning a HERO you asshole now shut up and laugh with us. But to be blunt it is possible to mourn with humor and laughter i do.
woope forgot to say what i meant to post upon reading we shall sorely miss us and our sick twisted love of shin and action bastard.
Insulting TTGL?
................Fail fail fail fail Fail fail fail -9999999999999999999/10
Lol old-school faggot. Go back to drowning yourself in Getter Robo.
R. I. P.
A great loss to the anime/manga community I like Shin-chan.
Though looking at the location shown I wonder if the title should be rock climbing accident.
Though they say one should bring a buddy when they go rock climbing or do any extreme hiking.
Ass dance in memory.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Fuck you 2009
Suteki na mountain!
why would they need dental record. it's not like as if he was burnt unrecognizable
Depends on how far he fell... With cliffs like that, I'm surprised they could find the teeth...
He was missing for a week. A week in the wild already makes a corpse quite decomposed. Nature decomposes a body far faster than if the body was kept in a mortuary.
lets not forget the coyotes and carnivorous rabbits!
Nothing is lost, really...
don't be a faggot
D.E.P. (R.I.P.)
That mountain doesn't even look like the hiking type >,<
R.I.P
Now I really hope that kentaro miura doesn`t suffer a similar fate...
+1
-1, biatch!
this is really sad. rest in peace.
Damn. No more action kamen randomness?! ;_; R.I.P.
=[ Japan has become such a dangerous place...
R.I.P.
First Celebrities and Actors, then Bans on rape eroge,
and now Manga Artists...
Wonder what the rest of 2009 has in-store for us...
THE APOCALYPSE...oh wait, we still got a few years for that one.
hate the anime and manga but still pretty sad
RIP.. i remember watching the show as a kid
Haha oh wow. What a unexpected cliffhanger in there.
I see what u did thar...
Ahhh that sucks. Shin-chan was one of the first anime i watched. It rocked. R.I.P
Where can I find photos of the cadaver? I'm eager to see how its look after that fall. ^_^U
more like clifftop fail
R.I.P
We will miss him
T-T
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
I personally don't really care for Crayon Shin-chan, but it's done a lot for the anime world =(
i will never forget the elephant...
RIP
No more Zou-san... ;_;
Rest in peace. Salute.
R.I.P Even though i don't like the manga/anime, he's still a great mangaka.
Well at least we dont need to suffer through any more shin chan crap. Such an awful manga/anime
Shut up.
But isn't ironic, the author of Shin-chan dies at a cliff that looks like an ass? He's probably ass-dancing his way up to heaven right now.
O_o wow I mean, wow, it really looks like an ass. With a butt crack and everything...
just as planned?
Er, unless you are a retarded kid that gets bound and forced to watch the anime and read the manga, i don't see how any manga/anime that you dislike affects you. Do you need to be taught to not pick up a book/show that you dislike?
>_> I couldn't believe the article title when I first saw it. I was like "no way!"
Shin's ass dance always had me cracking up. It sucks that the author had to die like that...I wonder what's going to happen to the manga.
Shin-chan is going to a school trip a then he do the dance of nopants and falls from a clif.
How sad. My heart goes out to his family.
Ouch, I send my condolences to his fans. TO truly understand what I mean imagine if your favorite author for example Masashi Kishimoto, Eiichiro Oda, Takehiko Inoue, or Akira Toriyama suddenly died without their works being completed.
We need the Den-liner for this..
Rest in Peace.
Never hike alone unless you are 100% sure the area is completely safe and that if you got hurt, someone would find you right away.
People don't consider hiking a risky activity, it's just walking, right? Well hiking often involves climbing and the trails are almost always low/no maintenance and can be pretty dangerous if you're not careful.
NOOOOOOO, I remembered reading Crayon Shin-chan when I was small =(... that's really sad that he died. Rest in peace.
Looks like a job for detective Conan. han nin wa o-mae da!
Just as planned.
Keikaku doori!
Omoidoori omoidoori omoidoori!
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Goodnight, sweet prince.
Its a shame
Rest in peace
Condolences to Usui-san's family.
A very sad news for Crayon Shin-chan's fans. =(
Rest in peace... I love the Shin Chan series and have most of the manga. It seem a whole less funny reading Shin Chan today :'(
Shin-chan may not has good quality of animation or art, but it brought laughter to a lot of fans. Sad to see another star fallen.
I absolutley HATED the series, but I'm sad that he's dead. Poor guy.
I was a fan of Shin-Chan before, so my condolences yo his family.
I ve been reading the series ever since I was a kid: ( I feel as sad as when the Doremon artist died when I was in junior high : (
R.I.P. w/ all respect for the family and your legacy.
This is so sad...
Arte, I'm not precisely an English major, but isnt' it "His personal belongings were found near his body", and "The publishers of the manga have extended their condolences to the family"?
Author: linkinstreet
My first language was never English anyways.=
Me neither, but i don't care, thanks for the news.
That's a common error for many people who only speak English, so it's not a big deal.
Killed by the thing he loved the most.
His manga is nice...
Well everyone like me who watched this series during their childhood days will sure be sad about this. R.I.P.
more like clifftop FAIL~! ohohohohoho ahhhh seriously though RIP
And nothing of value was lost. I remember that strip from various genuine Japanese manga I'd buy here in Toronto.
The entire thing was this fat kid - Cartman before Cartman? - SCREAMING at the top of his lungs in every panel.
Real crap, unless I missed some brilliant dialog.
Nostalgic value mean anything for you, especially because the manga has been around for 30 years and uses typical Japanese family issues as its focus?
Also why is it that Mangaka die pre-maturely, is it some kind of conspiracy?
I loved the manga. It's full of childish humour that when you read it, you will remember back your childhood. Yes it might be over the top, but honestly it's a kid. I've handled kids before and believe me, most of them can be like that. Thus which is why I loved the manga. It was a direct, straightforward, simple and lovable.
I was always driving my parents to the point of insanity, Shin-chan is a perfect example of a kid. People just don't want to remember how shitty they were as kids or try to embellish their memories.
I'm gonna miss his manga. Crayon Shin-chan is one of the first manga I have read.Well I can't remember which one is my first anyway.
Freakin hate the anime, Fukken love the original manga.
Goodbye, so long and rest in peace Yoshito Usui.. T-T
Just gotta say... R.I.P !!
you know that he was a member or a strange sect and that he never went for a hike with out telling someone. some people actually think he was killed by the sect since he was a big contributer(money).
R.I.P.
Sad though it be that an artist dies, but it's been noted that this happens in three. He (to my recollect) will the second to pass away this year.
Kaoru Kurimoto; who penned the story of 'Guin Saga' died early this year. So I wonder who will be the third. It's a rather dark thought on my part, but it has happen quite often movie actors too.
everyone that we know is dying -_-'
R.I.P.
Now, someone has to take over the job to finish this classic properly for the sake of Usui-san's legacy.
Shitty dead for a shitty mangaka
Holy shit! i loved that show when they started airing it RIP!
oh...
noooo!!!
I haven't even watched you show yet!!!
noooo!!!
go back!!!
This is very sad news. I hope the best fr his family :C
Lol.
Girls gets raped, everyone laughs.
Artist dies, everyone is sad.
Hypocrites are right up there with the terminally idiotic on my depopulation list.
Along with people who make gigantic leaps in their assumptions, am I right?
real hypocrite is one whose depopulation list is useless
What happens when an artist dies, while raping a girl?
Tragicomedy?
No it's called FAIL
At least the girl would still be alive...
This is why I rock the hikikomori lifestyle; every time you walk out your front door, you risk falling off a cliff, or getting hit by a bus or some shit. Just watching a few vids on TheYNC should convince you to never leave your home again if you can help it.
Most serious accidents happen at home, people just focus more on outside or peculiar incidents.
Nooo...!
pretty creepy huh imagine your going on a hike and coming across a corpse.
Well considering how Japanese people love to hang themselves in forests I think they would be less surprised than we are (although they probably still don't really expect to find dead people).
Rest in Peace, I was never a big fan but I did thoroughly enjoy the series when I was younger.
R.I.P.
Ok... One rule in hiking is to never go alone. It's mostly basic. So where's his hiking buddy? For now it's pointing more on the foul play side.
In an unrelated news, Seth MacFarlane drowned in a bowl of soup.
And Michael Bay tried to do auto-fellatio, but cracked his spine and died
Moron americunts... dont even realize than the shitty show they see on tv... has nothing to do with the original work.
Then again... its quite sad, Shinnosuke and his family had such fun adventures...
This is like the Simpsons suddenly were canceled forever.
Heck.
No matter his manga is nice or not, let him RIP...
Was already concerned and worried the worst might happened when it was reported that he went hiking alone.
A most unfortunate tragedy. Rest In Peace, the mischieves of Shin-chan will forever live on in our memories.
PS To all the anon trolls out there who show such blatant disrespect to the deceased in a pathetic attempt to grab attention: Please, FUCK OFF.
And nothing of value was lost.
Naw man. That's just plain comedy.
Shin-chan was a great anime, R.I.P T_T
Ooooooooo NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SOB i am fan from crayon shincan >..<
RIP Yoshito Usui
R.I.P.
And trolls, keep trolling.
Damn, don't tell me the manga will stop. Even if it's continue by someone, I wonder it'll be interesting...
Highly doubt that. All those so-called Doraemon sequels and spin-offs turned suck after Fujiko's death, for example.
Well, this was a great loss. I got quite a lot of memories from Shin-chan. :V
rest in peace
Sad news.
I don't know much of Shin-chan, but acknowledge it's importance.. far too many mangaka's I like were inspired by it.
RIP
I never watched this, guess is time to do so.
Gee, what a way to die, unprepared, R.I.P. !
Thank you for all the good laughs you have given me, thank you !
When I first heard that he was missing, I hoped he'd be found safe and sound. But when I heard the latest news of his death, my heart sank!
This guy created a very funny Anime and a funnyset of characters!
I used to watch "Shin-chan" on Adult Swim on Saturday nights.
My deepest condolences to his family, friends and colleagues. And especially to all Shin-chan fans everywhere.
May the great Yoshito Usui rest in peace.
RIP,,,
i used to watch shin-chan back then and had some funny memories of it with my classmates,
:'[
my condolence
*Salutes*
my condolences.
my condolences
Sorry, he is dead and it seems every Japanese Otaku will follow him to the Cliff, and He will be remember when they all jump off the Cliff in the Memory of Yoshito Usui .
Yoshito Usui, good bye to you In my memory of you I have to say your a fucking Asshole.
i've read many of ur comments, its seems that ur a very negative person...
i dunno wat made u like this. but i feel sorry for u
Imagine what he was thinking when he was falling down....
RIP sensei, we shall miss u
im sry for the negative comments posted by many dipshits around...but they are called dipshits for a reason
Pity. I liked Shin Chan.
RIP
Loved this show... never missed it when I was living in Japan. Sorry to hear of the author's passing.
HAHAHAHAHAH thank fuck i hated that show
I just started reading the manga a few days ago and found it hilarious. Now I come here and read this ;_;