Author of Crayon Shin-chan found dead in the mountains...

Quote from: AnimeNewsNetwork 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."

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i want you guys to tell us how you feel about this Lost !

i saw this on the chinese news from the channel that my grampspa watch, yeah too bad :/ crayon shin-chan is good :/ lets pray...

Originally Posted by Zero-Shadow i saw this on the chinese news from the channel that my grampspa watch, yeah too bad :/ crayon shin-chan is good :/ lets pray...

May his soul rest in peace.
i'm a big fan of shin chan and i'm very touched by this lost

Another great man lost this year. 2009 has been the lost of many artists indeed.
I grew up with Crayon Shin Chan's crudeness and hilarious dailies.
It is always englightening and funny to know that somewhere there is a kid more notorious than Calvin in Calvin and Hobbes and it is like one of the prime exports of Japanese manga culture long before the stupid moe fad came about. This was the good stuff offered like Maruko-chan, Hentai Kamen and such, they were old and they were good.

I wish I can attend his funeral, I'd bring along my collection of Shin-chan books there, as a memorial of sorts I suppose. Condolences to the man's wife, he lived, and never died in my heart.

(judging by the lack of responses it is clear to me SH has very little taste beside for the cute girls with big eyes and pretty hair)

what!! so sad....

I've watch Crayon shin chan since I was a kid..

his manga is awesome and hilarious....

let's pray together.. may his soul rest in peace..

hope he R.I.P, may his work being read by everyone in the world

T^T I grew up with crayon shin chan as well...It really is something to know that something that has been around for what seems like forever end. I wonder what they're going to do with the manga...nya

I wish him peace in the other world.

*shocked* . . .
Although I haven't read or watched Crayon Shin-chan in a while- I remember I grew up with Shin-chan like many of the members here, I recall watching it on TV- it made me laugh when things weren't going so well.

We're not only losing a wonderful artist but a great guy with a good humour. My prayers and condolenscences go out to his family and friends in particular. As for the publishing company I hope they are understanding towards them, that everything will work out smoothly. ><

R.I.P Usui Yoshito

Well...crud. Y'know, it took me a while to warm up to Shin-chan... (I'll admit the art style caught me a little sideways) but I ended up liking it.

I always feel a pang whenever the industry loses someone, since everyone works so hard to contribute to it. Satirists, in my opinion, are the most valuable contributors.

I just hope his contributions will not go unnoticed or unappreciated.