Crayon Shin-chan

Crayon Shin-chan
Cover of the first Crayon Shin-chan tankōbon.
クレヨンしんちゃん (Kureyon Shin-chan)
Genre	Black comedy, slice-of-life, slapstick
Manga
Written by	Yoshito Usui
Published by	Futabasha Publishers
English publisher	NA ComicsOne (former) CMX Manga (former) One Peace Books
Demographic	Seinen
Magazine	Weekly Manga Action (1990–2000) Manga Town (2000–2010)
Original run	August 1990 – February 5, 2010
Volumes	50 (List of volumes)
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: Funimation (2006–present) Americas, Europe: Vitello Productions (2002–2003) phuuz entertainment inc. (2003–2005) EMEA: LUK Internacional (?–present)
Original network	TV Asahi (1992–present)
English network	AU Vitello, Phuuz: Fox Kids, Fox8 CA Funimation: Razer EU LUK Internacional: Nintendo eShop (2016–present) IE Vitello: RTÉ2 IN Hungama TV, Amazon Video (2016–present) UK Vitello, Phuuz: Fox Kids, Jetix (2002–2009) LUK Internacional: Nintendo eShop (2016–present) US English subtitled: KIKU (1992–2001), Funimation: Adult Swim (2006–2009) ZA LUK Internacional: Nintendo eShop (2016–present)
Original run	April 13, 1992 – present
Episodes	920(List of episodes)
Manga
New Crayon Shin-chan
Written by	UY Team
Published by	Futabasha
Magazine	Manga Town
Original run	August 2010 – present
Volumes	6 (List of volumes)

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.