Crayon Shinchan…Where are you?

It is a bad time for Shinchan fans. Apparently, it´s creator is missing…

Yoshito Usui, cartoonist of the popular “Crayon Shinchan” series adapted for TV and film, has been missing since Friday, Saitama prefectural police said Wednesday.

Before he left home in Kasukabe, Saitama Prefecture, on Friday morning, Usui, 51, told his family he was going hiking in the mountains in Gunma Prefecture and would return by the evening, according to the police.

His family reported him missing the next day and the Saitama police have been searching for him in cooperation with the police in Gunma and Nagano prefectures.

Usui started drawing “Crayon Shinchan,” the story of kindergarten boy Shinnosuke Nohara living in Kasukabe, in a comic book magazine published by Futabasha Publishers Ltd. in 1990.

The city of Kasukabe issued a special residence card for the Nohara family in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the municipality and also has been using Shinchan since April as the city’s mascot for its childrearing support campaign.

Source: Kyodo News via Breitbart

Lets hope Mr. Usui can be found and in good health. His family, friends and fans needs him!