Shin Chan is perhaps the most loved new age cartoon character a a
definite
phenomenon in the world of anime. A Japanese series written and illustrated by manga artist Yoshito
Usui,
Shin Chan made its first appearance in a Japanese weekly magazine called Weekly Manga Action, which is
published by Futabasha.
Apparently, Shinnosuke Nohara is the young boy on whom the character of a
5
year old Shin Chan is based. Nohara died in a car accident while trying to save his younger sister.
After his death, the mother Misae experienced a period of deep misery and she started sketching her lost
son. A young Nohara and his mischiefs returned as flashes of memory as a mourning mother crayoned her
dead
child into sketches. Later, when Usai gazed at those beautiful paintings, he was struck by the intensity
of
the despair and hope these sketches simultaneously reflected. As a real boy returned as a manga
character
through some crayoned images, the world immediately caught on to Shin chan’s real story that what soon grew
to
be a phenomenon.
