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'Crayon Shin-chan' creator missing

SAITAMA (Kyodo) Yoshito Usui, the cartoonist who created the popular "Crayon Shin-chan" series adapted for TV and film, has been missing since last week, the Saitama Prefectural Police said Wednesday. Before he left his home in Kasukabe, Saitama... ...full story at Japan Times

from Japan Times on Wed, Sep 16 2009

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