Crayon Shin-chan | |
Cover of the first Crayon Shin-chan tankōbon.
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クレヨンしんちゃん (Kureyon Shin-chan) |
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Genre | Black comedy, slice-of-life, slapstick |
Manga | |
Written by | Yoshito Usui |
Published by | Futabasha Publishers |
English publisher | |
Demographic | Seinen |
Magazine | Weekly Manga Action (1990–2000) Manga Town (2000–2010) |
Original run | August 1990 – February 5, 2010 |
Volumes | 50 |
Anime television series | |
Directed by |
Mitsuru Hongo (1992–1996) Keiichi Hara (1996–2004) Yuji Muto (2004–present) |
Music by | Toshiyuki Arakawa |
Studio | Shin-Ei Animation |
Licensed by |
North America: LUK Internacional (?–present) |
Original network | TV Asahi (1992–present) |
English network | |
Original run | April 13, 1992 – present |
Episodes | 920 |
Manga | |
New Crayon Shin-chan | |
Written by | UY Team |
Published by | Futabasha |
Magazine | Manga Town |
Original run | August 2010 – present |
Volumes | 6 |
North America:
Funimation
(2006–present)
Americas, Europe:
Vitello Productions
(2002–2003)
phuuz entertainment inc.
(2003–2005)
Crayon Shin-chan (Japanese: クレヨンしんちゃん Hepburn: Kureyon Shin-chan?), also known as Shin Chan, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yoshito Usui. It follows the adventures of the five-year-old Shinnosuke "Shin" Nohara and his parents, baby sister, dog, neighbours, and friends and is set in Kasukabe, Saitama Prefecture.
Due to the death of author Yoshito Usui, the manga in its original form ended on September 11, 2009, as announced in a broadcast of the anime on October 16, 2009. Although the series formally ended on February 5, 2010, it was announced on December 1, 2009 that a new manga would begin in the summer of 2010 by members of Usui's team, titled New Crayon Shin-chan (新クレヨンしんちゃん Shin Kureyon Shin-chan?).
An anime adaptation of the series began airing on TV Asahi in 1992 and is still ongoing. The show has now been dubbed in 30 languages, has over 900 episodes and 24 full-length films.
Crayon Shin-chan first appeared in a Japanese weekly magazine called Weekly Manga Action, which is published by Futabasha. The anime Crayon Shin-chan has been on TV Asahi since April 13, 1992, and on several television networks, worldwide.