Thousands of manga fans flocked to the funeral Monday of Japanese cartoonist Yoshito Usui, whose cheeky schoolboy character Shin-chan delighted millions. (more…)
Posts Tagged ‘hiking’
3000 fans at Yoshito Usui’s funeral
December 1st, 2009 
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Posted in Japan 
Tags: anime, cartoon, Dead, Died, Funeral, hiking, manga, Shin Chan, Shinnosuke, Tetsuya Chiba, Tokyo's Aoyama Funeral Hall, Yoshito Usui 
No Comments »Body Identified as Crayon Shin-chan’s Yoshito Usui
September 22nd, 2009 townhawk 
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. The body was discovered 120 meters below the mountain’s Tomoiwa cliff and reported at about 10:25 a.m. on Saturday by a 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. (more…)
Male remains found in Gunma Prefecture Mountains
September 19th, 2009 townhawk 
Male remains have been discovered on Saturday morning in the mountains of Gunma Prefecture, the same general area where Crayon Shin-chan creator Yoshito Usui was reportedly going hiking on September 11 when he went missing. Authorities have not identified the remains yet, but they told the TBS television station that the clothing on the remains resemble those of Usui. (more…)
Posted in Japan Tags: comic, Crayon Shin-chan, creator, Dead, Gunma Prefecture, hiking, Japan, Japanese, mountain, Yoshito Usui. missing No Comments »
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