No one, including his family and his publisher, has seen or been in contact with Usui since he left on Friday. Police in his hometown of Kasukabe, Saitama, have launched a search effort, and it has already expanded to other prefectures.
“Crayon Shin-chan” has become an iconic character around the world. The manga began serialization in 1990 in Futabasha’s Weekly Manga Action, but it later moved to the magazine Manga Town. “Crayon Shin-chan” has also been on television as an anime series since 1992, with a feature-length film released every year since 1993.







