Manga Action
"Crayon Shin-chan", written and illustrated by Yoshito Usui, debuted in Futabasha's "seinen" manga magazine "Weekly Manga Action" in 1990. It started as a spin-off of the character Shinnosuke Nikaido (二階堂信之介) of another series by Yoshito Usui, Darakuya Store Monogatari (だらくやストア物語). The chapters were collected into 50 tankōbon volumes, which were published under Futabasha's "Action Comics" imprint, from April 11, 1992 to July 10, 2010.