Crayon Shin-chan
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Crayon Shin-chan (Japanese: クレヨンしんちゃん, Hepburn: Kureyon Shin-chan) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yoshito Usui. Crayon Shin-chan made its first appearance in 1990 in a Japanese weekly magazine called Weekly Manga Action, which was published by Futabasha. Due to the death of author Yoshito Usui, the manga in its original form ended on September 11, 2009. A new manga began in the summer of 2010 by members of Usui's team,[5] titled New Crayon Shin-chan (新クレヨンしんちゃん, Shin Kureyon Shin-chan).
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Crayon Shin-chan | |
クレヨンしんちゃん (Kureyon Shin-chan) | |
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Genre | Comedy, slice of life[1] |
Created by | Yoshito Usui |
Manga | |
Written by | Yoshito Usui |
Published by | Futabasha |
English publisher | |
Imprint | Action Comics |
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Demographic | Seinen |
Original run | August 1990 – February 2010 |
Volumes | 50 (List of volumes) |
Anime television series | |
Directed by |
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Music by | Toshiyuki Arakawa |
Studio | Shin-Ei Animation |
Licensed by |
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Original network | ANN (TV Asahi) |
English network |
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Original run | April 13, 1992 – present |
Episodes | 1,230 (List of episodes) |
Manga | |
New Crayon Shin-chan | |
Written by | UY Team |
Published by | Futabasha |
Imprint | Action Comics |
Magazine | Manga Town (2010-2023) |
Demographic | Seinen |
Original run | August 2010 – present |
Volumes | 11 (List of volumes) |
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An animated television adaptation began airing on TV Asahi in 1992 and is still ongoing on several television networks worldwide and has over 1000 episodes. The show has been dubbed in 30 languages which aired in 45 countries.[6] As of 2015, both the Crayon Shin-Chan and New Crayon Shin-Chan series have sold over 58 million copies, making it among the best-selling manga series in history.