A story about a five-year-old boy with a precocious eye for the opposite sex and an uncanny knack for infuriating his mother, the series has sold 600,000 copies so far. Many Japanese comic book artists have come to Taiwan for signing sessions, including Usui Yoshito, author of Crayon Shin-chan.
民國八十四年，日本漫畫掀起一股熱潮，當紅的《蠟筆小新》一集狂賣六十萬本，包括《蠟筆小新》作者臼井儀人等多位日本漫畫家親自來台舉辦簽名會。