Short answers, pulled from the story.
Crayon Shin-chan was created by Yoshito Usui and first appeared in 1990 in the Japanese weekly magazine Weekly Manga Action, published by Futabasha. It began as a spin-off of a character from Usui's earlier series Darakuya Store Monogatari.
Yoshito Usui died on the 11th of September 2009, after a fall at Mount Arafune. Futabasha initially planned to end the manga in November 2009 but, upon discovering new manuscripts, extended the run until the March 2010 issue. A new manga by members of Usui's team began in the summer of 2010.
The Crayon Shin-chan anime has aired on TV Asahi since the 13th of April 1992, and has produced over 1,200 episodes. It has been dubbed into 30 languages and broadcast in 45 countries.
India's Ministry of Information and Broadcasting banned Crayon Shin-chan in October 2008, citing heavy nudity. The show returned to Hungama TV in 2009 in a censored form, with nudity cut and dialogue altered to better suit Indian audiences.
Funimation's dub, produced after the company acquired the North American license in 2006, heavily Americanized the source material. Characters were renamed, new backstories were invented, and references to figures such as Rudy Giuliani were added. The dub ran for three seasons on Adult Swim, with the third season released in 2011 as the official finale.
As of 2023, both the Crayon Shin-chan and New Crayon Shin-chan series together have over 148 million copies in circulation. By 2015, the original manga run alone had surpassed 55 million copies sold.