Yoshito Usui

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Yoshihito "Yoshito" Usui ( Japanese 臼 井 儀 人 , Usui Yoshito ; born April 21, 1958 in Shizuoka , Japan ; † September 11, 2009 on Mount Arafune in Shimonita , Kanra-gun , Gunma Prefecture ) was a Japanese manga artist , who is best known for Crayon Shin-chan .

Life

Yoshito Usui attended high school in Kasukabe , where he lived until his death, and after graduating in 1977 began training at a technical college for design, which he dropped out early and in 1979 took a job at an advertising agency. He published his first manga as a professional draftsman in 1987 in the weekly manga magazine Manga Action , for which he mainly worked in the following time. From 1990 onwards, his greatest success to date was also published in this magazine, Crayon Shin-chan . The satirical comedy manga, which is about the everyday life of a five-year-old boy who makes his parents and his fellow human beings a hell of a lot, caused a sensation in Japan, was implemented as an anime television series with so far over 700 episodes and 19 movies translated into numerous languages. From 2003 the manga ran in another magazine of the Futabasha publishing house, Manga Town . The series finally ended in 2010, with a total of 50 volumes.

Despite the huge success of Shin-chan , which is often compared to Momoko Sakura's Chibi Maruko-chan , mainly because of the similar drawing style, Usui's other works received little attention.

On September 11, 2009, Usui did not return from a hike in nearby Gunma Prefecture. His body was discovered on September 19, 2009 about 120 meters below the Tomoiwa steep face on the 1423 m high Arafune mountain and recovered on September 20, 2009 with the help of a helicopter.

Works

  • Atashira Haken Queen ( あ た し ら 派遣 ク イ ー ン , Atashira Haken Kuīn , dt. "Our temporary worker queen ")
  • Crayon Shin-chan (ク レ ヨ ン し ん ち ゃ ん , Kureyon Shin-chan ), since 1990
  • Darakuya Store Monogatari ( だ ら く や ス ト ア 物語 , Darakuya Sutoa Monogatari , German "The Story of the Darakuya Store")
  • Hiraki Naotchau zo! ( ひ ら き な お っ ち ゃ う ぞ! , Eng. "The closet is repaired!")
  • KK Kurubushi Sangyō 24-ji ( (株) く る ぶ し 産業 24 時 )
  • Mix Connection ( み っ く す ・ こ ね く し ょ ん , Mikkusu Konekushon )
  • OL Gumi (お ー え る グ ミ , Ōeru Gumi )
  • Scramble Egg ( す く ら ん ぶ る え っ ぐ , Sukuramburu Eggu )
  • Shiwayose hook Gaisha KK ( し わ よ せ 派遣 会 社 (株) , dt. "The problem-moving agency")
  • Super Mix ( す ぅ ぱ あ ・ み っ く す , Supā Mikkusu )
  • Super Shufu Tsukimi-san ( ス ー パ ー 主婦 月 美 さ ん , dt. "Super housewife Tsukimi")
  • Unbalance Zone ( あ ん Ba ら ん す ゾ ー ン , Anbaransu Zōn )
  • Usui Yoshito Connection ( 臼 井 儀 人 こ ね く し ょ ん , Usui Yoshito Konekushon )
  • Usui Yoshito no Buchikama Theater ( 臼 井 儀 人 の ぶ ち か ま シ ア タ ー , Usui Yoshito no Buchikama Shiatā )
  • Usui Yoshito no Motto: Hiraki Naotchau zo! ( 臼 井 儀 人 の も っ と ひ ら き な お っ ち ゃ う ぞ! ): Anthology

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Crayon Shin-chan Manga Creator Usui Missing Since Friday. In: AnimeNewsNetwork. September 15, 2009, accessed September 21, 2009 .
  2. ↑ ク レ ヨ ン し ん ち ゃ ん ： 遺体 は 作者 の 臼 井 さ ん と 確認 . In: Mainichi.jp. Mainichi Shimbun , September 21, 2009, archived from the original on September 23, 2009 ; Retrieved September 21, 2009 (Japanese).
personal data
SURNAME Usui, Yoshito
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 臼 井 儀 人 (Japanese, pseudonym); Usui, Yoshihito (real name); 臼 井 義 人 (Japanese, real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese manga artist
DATE OF BIRTH April 21, 1958
PLACE OF BIRTH Shizuoka , Japan
DATE OF DEATH September 11, 2009
Place of death Shimonita , Kanra-gun, Gunma Prefecture, Japan