Yoshito Usui Creator of Shin-chan is missing
Sat 2009/09/19 09:19 JST
The creator of Shin-chan is reported as missing in the mountains
Yoshito Usui 51 years old, said to his family that he wanted to climb
a mountain called "Arafune", since past friday between Gunma and Nagano
prefecture, police said that his signal was detected for last time near Karuizawa
at 100 km from his house this Monday, the police did multiple calls and his family too, thats a
little silly because the only thing you get is that the cell batteries will die faster
making impossible to find Usui´s cellphone signal and to be able to rescue him
Even though I find Shin-Chan quite crude, I hope he gets found and makes it home safely.
really?! I find Shin-Chan series very entertaining! =O
Oh I hope he's safe.
shin chan series are pure win in my neck of the woods, the ppl here made an awesome work dubbing the episodes
This show provided me with many a laugh. I hope they find him soon.
This is like if Matt Groening suddenly turned up missing. Whoa. Hope he's OK and just being eccentric.
Seems like there's an update...
"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.
According to Usui's family, he said he was "going hiking for a day in Gunma Prefecture" on the morning of September 11. His mobile phone was last detected in the vicinity of Karuizawa, a town about 100 kilometers (about 60 miles) northwest of his Kasukabe home, on Monday. Karuizawa is located in the mountainous eastern part of Nagano Prefecture, near the border of the equally mountainous Gunma Prefecture. In particular, Usui is said to have expressed his intent to climb the Arafune mountain, which towers 1,422 meters (4,665 feet) high at the border between Nagano and Gunma Prefectures. Authorities have been searching this area since September 12.
At 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, the authorities received a report from climbers that "there are remains below a rocky ledge.""
I hope that's not him... Whoever it is though, it's a tragedy.
hope he return safely
More news update, from animenewsnetwork.com;
Update 2: The first person to discover the remains told the MBS television station, "It didn't seem like a place where people can get to. He probably fell there from above." The remains were lying facing down with apparent fractures throughout the entire body, and had seemed to be there for several days. Police from the nearby town of Shimonita will recover the body on Sunday.
Update 3: The Mainichi Shimbun and Zaikei Shimbun papers report that the Sakushi City Fire Department received the emergency call about the remains with tattered clothes at around 10:15 a.m. to 10:25 a.m. on Saturday. The remains were about 100 to 300 meters directly below an Arafune cliff.
It's confirmed. Was quite shocked when I heard about it.
RIP, Shin-chan will live forever in our hearts.
yeah~ Shi Chan's series will end in this february..