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is a Japan
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ese manga
Manga

, , are comics and print cartoons , in the Japanese language and conforming to the style developed in Japan in the late 20th century. In their modern form, manga date from shortly after World War II, but they have a long, complex pre-history in earlier Japanese art....
 and anime
Anime

is animation in Japan and considered to be "Japanese animation" in the rest of the world. Anime dates from about 1917.Anime, in addition to manga , is extremely popular in Japan and well known throughout the world....
 series written by Yoshito Usui
Yoshito Usui

is a Japanese people mangaka known for being the author of the popular Japanese manga Crayon Shin-chan....
.

Crayon Shin-chan follows the wacky antics and adventures of five-year-old Shinnosuke "Shin" Nohara and his parents, neighbors, and friends and is set in Kasukabe
Kasukabe, Saitama

is a cities of Japan located in eastern Saitama Prefecture, Japan, approximately 30 kilometers north of Tokyo. Formerly located within Kitakatsushika District, Saitama and Minamisaitama District, Saitama Districts ....
, Saitama Prefecture
Saitama Prefecture

is a Prefectures of Japan of Japan located on the island of Honshu. The capital is the city of Saitama, Saitama.This prefecture is part of the Greater Tokyo Area, and most of Saitama's cities can be described as suburbs of Tokyo, to which floods of residents commute each day....
, Japan
Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
.

on Shin-chan first appeared in a Japanese weekly magazine called Weekly Manga Action
Weekly Manga Action

is a Japanese seinen manga magazine pushlished on a weekly basis by Futabasha since 7 July 1967....
, which is published by Futabasha
Futabasha

is a Japanese publishing company headquartered in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan....
. The anime Crayon Shin-chan has been on TV Asahi
TV Asahi

, also known as EX and , is a television Television network headquartered in Roppongi, Minato, Tokyo, Japan. The company writes its name in lower-case letters, tv asahi, in its logo and public-image materials....
 since April 13 1992, and has also been aired by Adult Swim, the anime television network, Animax
Animax

is a Japanese anime satellite television network, dedicated to broadcasting anime programming. Headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan, its co-founders and shareholders include Sony Pictures Entertainment and the noted anime studios Sunrise , Toei Animation , TMS Entertainment, and production company NAS ....
 across Japan, Hungama TV in India, and in several other countries worldwide.

Many of the jokes in the series stem from Shin-chan's occasionally weird, unnatural and inappropriate use of language
Language

A language is a form of symbol communication in which elements are combined to represents something other than themselves. Language can also refer to the use of such systems as a general phenomenon....
, as well as from his inappropriate behavior.






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is a Japan
Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
ese manga
Manga

, , are comics and print cartoons , in the Japanese language and conforming to the style developed in Japan in the late 20th century. In their modern form, manga date from shortly after World War II, but they have a long, complex pre-history in earlier Japanese art....
 and anime
Anime

is animation in Japan and considered to be "Japanese animation" in the rest of the world. Anime dates from about 1917.Anime, in addition to manga , is extremely popular in Japan and well known throughout the world....
 series written by Yoshito Usui
Yoshito Usui

is a Japanese people mangaka known for being the author of the popular Japanese manga Crayon Shin-chan....
.

Crayon Shin-chan follows the wacky antics and adventures of five-year-old Shinnosuke "Shin" Nohara and his parents, neighbors, and friends and is set in Kasukabe
Kasukabe, Saitama

is a cities of Japan located in eastern Saitama Prefecture, Japan, approximately 30 kilometers north of Tokyo. Formerly located within Kitakatsushika District, Saitama and Minamisaitama District, Saitama Districts ....
, Saitama Prefecture
Saitama Prefecture

is a Prefectures of Japan of Japan located on the island of Honshu. The capital is the city of Saitama, Saitama.This prefecture is part of the Greater Tokyo Area, and most of Saitama's cities can be described as suburbs of Tokyo, to which floods of residents commute each day....
, Japan
Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
.

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Crayon Shin-chan first appeared in a Japanese weekly magazine called Weekly Manga Action
Weekly Manga Action

is a Japanese seinen manga magazine pushlished on a weekly basis by Futabasha since 7 July 1967....
, which is published by Futabasha
Futabasha

is a Japanese publishing company headquartered in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan....
. The anime Crayon Shin-chan has been on TV Asahi
TV Asahi

, also known as EX and , is a television Television network headquartered in Roppongi, Minato, Tokyo, Japan. The company writes its name in lower-case letters, tv asahi, in its logo and public-image materials....
 since April 13 1992, and has also been aired by Adult Swim, the anime television network, Animax
Animax

is a Japanese anime satellite television network, dedicated to broadcasting anime programming. Headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan, its co-founders and shareholders include Sony Pictures Entertainment and the noted anime studios Sunrise , Toei Animation , TMS Entertainment, and production company NAS ....
 across Japan, Hungama TV in India, and in several other countries worldwide.

Many of the jokes in the series stem from Shin-chan's occasionally weird, unnatural and inappropriate use of language
Language

A language is a form of symbol communication in which elements are combined to represents something other than themselves. Language can also refer to the use of such systems as a general phenomenon....
, as well as from his inappropriate behavior. Consequently, non-Japanese readers and viewers may find it difficult to understand his jokes. In fact, some of them cannot be translated into other languages. In Japanese, certain set phrase
Set phrase

A set phrase is an expression whose parts are fixed . It is often possible to express the idea conveyed by a set phrase with a different phrasing, but it is markedness to do so....
s almost always accompany certain actions; many of these phrases have standard responses. A typical gag involves Shin-chan confounding his parents by using the wrong phrase for the occasion; for example, saying "Welcome back!" instead of "I am back!" when he comes home.

During the beginning of the series, the TV show was mostly based on the storyline in the original manga
Manga

, , are comics and print cartoons , in the Japanese language and conforming to the style developed in Japan in the late 20th century. In their modern form, manga date from shortly after World War II, but they have a long, complex pre-history in earlier Japanese art....
. As the show progressed, more and more episodes became anime-original
Filler (media)

In media, filler is material that is combined with material of greater relevance or quality to "fill out" a certain volume....
.

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English-language adaptations


English anime

An English subtitled version of Crayon Shin-chan ran on KIKU-TV in Hawaii
Hawaii

File:Pahoehoe and Aa flows at Hawaii.jpgThe State of Hawaii is a U.S. state in the United States, located on an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of Australia....
 from April 1, 1993 - December 1, 2001.

Vitello/Phuuz Production
The Shin-chan anime had an English dub produced by Vitello Productions in Burbank, California
Burbank, California

Burbank is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. The population was 100,316 at the United States Census, 2000.Burbank is located in the eastern region of the San Fernando Valley, north of Downtown Los Angeles, California....
 in 1994. The dub, with character names changed, ran on Fox Kids (now JETIX) in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
, and on RTÉ Two
RTÉ Two

RT? Two is Republic of Ireland's second-oldest television channel, operated by Irish state broadcaster Radio Telef?s ?ireann. RT? Two is almost universally available throughout the island of Ireland on the Very high frequency and Ultra high frequency bands, and is also available via satellite television to Irish subscribers of Sky Digital ....
 in the Republic of Ireland
Republic of Ireland

Ireland is an Island country in north-western Europe. The modern Sovereignty state occupies about five-sixths of the island of Ireland, which was partitioned by the British on 3 May 1921....
 in the early 2000s. The dub is of American origin, with actors and actresses such as Kath Soucie
Kath Soucie

Katherine Soucie is an United States voice actor. She is sometimes credited as Kath Souci or Kath E. Soucie....
, Russi Taylor
Russi Taylor

Russi Taylor is an US voice actress. She is the current voice actress for The Walt Disney Company's Minnie Mouse character. She has held this role since 1986, longer than any other voice actress....
, Grey DeLisle
Grey DeLisle

Grey DeLisle is an United States Singer-songwriter, and voice acting of Irish people, Dutch , and Hispanic common descent....
, and Pat Fraley
Pat Fraley

Patrick Fraley is an United States voice actor....
 playing major roles (Soucie plays Shin himself, and his mother). Despite the American origin, this dub was never licensed in North America
North America

North America is the northern continent of the Americas, situated in the Earth's northern hemisphere and almost totally in the western hemisphere....
. The dub is edited for content; many scenes—including the frequent appearance of Shin's naked buttocks
Buttocks

The buttocks are rounded portions of the anatomy located on the posterior of the pelvic region of the apes, including humans and many other bipeds or quadrupeds....
, humor relating to breast
Breast

The breast is the upper ventral region of an animal?s torso, particularly that of mammals, including human beings. The breasts of a female primate?s body contain the mammary glands, which secrete milk used to feed infants....
-size, transsexualism and other sexual concepts—remain in the finished product. RTÉ Two has not shown the series since 2003, and Jetix only usually shows it as shorts in between programs, with more edits. Vitello's dub was succeeded by Phuuz Entertainment inc. in 2003, which featured a new cast of voice artists.

English FUNimation version

FUNimation Entertainment
FUNimation Entertainment

Funimation Entertainment is an American entertainment company. Originally founded in 1994 by Gen Fukunaga, the company became a subsidiary of Navarre Corporation on May 11, 2005....
 acquired the license for the Shin-chan anime in the US as of 2005. As per all international licenses for the series, TV Asahi remained a licensing partner for North America. The new dub received a month-long test run on Cartoon Network on the Adult Swim
Adult Swim

Adult Swim is an adult-oriented cable television network that shares channel space with Cartoon Network in the United States and broadcasting in countries such as Australia and Japan....
 programming block. Season 1 returned to Adult Swim on April 9, 2007, at a 12:30 am EDT timeslot.

The new dub features a Texas
Texas

Texas is a U.S. state located in the South Central United States, nicknamed the Lone Star State. Texas is the second largest U.S. state in both area and population, spanning , and with a growing population of 24.3 million residents....
-based cast of voice actors, and English scripts written by television writers Jared Hedges
Jared Hedges

Jared Hedges is a writer/producer for television and video games. He was born in 1980 in Dallas, Texas, and majored in screenwriting at the University of Southern California....
, Joel Bergen, Alex Muniz, and a few part-time writers. Comic and television writers Evan Dorkin
Evan Dorkin

Evan Dorkin is an United States comics artist and writer. His most well-known works are the comic books Milk and Cheese and Dork. His comics often poke fun at fandom, even while making it clear that Dorkin is a fan himself....
 and Sarah Dyer
Sarah Dyer

Sarah Dyer is a comic book writer and artist with roots in the Zines of the late eighties and early nineties....
 also contributed to the early scripts (episodes 1-6 and 8) for polish/punch-up. The dub is directed by Zach Bolton, and occasionally Laura Bailey
Laura Bailey (voice actress)

Laura Dawn Bailey is an American actress and voice actress. Best known for her anime roles , she has also supplied voices in video games and worked as staff on several anime series....
.

FUNimation's dubbing of "Shin Chan" takes many liberties with the source material. Since most episodes do not feature extensive continuity, FUNimation has chosen to take advantage of this by producing episodes of the series out of their original order. As a result, characters such as Ai are introduced much earlier than in the series' original Japanese run.

The FUNimation dub is adult-oriented, with many sexual references, dark humor, and references to current popular American culture, the latter of which makes the series appear to be set in the "present day" (2007), rather than in 1992 (the year the series was first broadcast in Japan). For example, in one scene, Ai and Penny argue over which one of them is Jessica Simpson
Jessica Simpson

Jessica Ann Simpson is an United States singer, actress, and reality television who rose to fame in the late 1990s. She has achieved seven Billboard Top 40 hits, and has three gold and two multi-platinum RIAA-certified albums....
 (whose first album wasn't released until the late 90s) and which one is Ashlee Simpson
Ashlee Simpson

Ashlee Nicole Wentz , now professionally known as Ashlee Simpson-Wentz, is an American pop rock singer-songwriter, and occasional actor. Simpson-Wentz, who is the younger sister of pop singer Jessica Simpson, rose to prominence in mid-2004 through the success of her number-one album Autobiography and the accompanying reality televi...
 (whose first album wasn't released until the mid-2000s), which is very different from the original Japanese script that dealt with many social issues within Japan at the time. At least two episodes reference Rudy Guliani and his unsuccessful bid for President.

The show also created new, previously non-existent backstories, as well as significantly different personalities for the characters, including, but not limited to, Penny Milfer's father (who has yet to appear in the series) being physically abusive toward both his wife and daughter, a running gag that the show uses for black humor. The Principal of Shin's school ("Super Happy Fun Time American School" in the dub) has also been substantially changed, becoming a half Gypsy, half Peruvian man with a complicated prior life that includes a stint as a magician, in which he accidentally killed/castrasted scores of audience members. Miss Polly, one of the teachers, has been rewritten as a kinky nymphomaniac, while Shin's schoolmate Georgie (Kazama in Japanese) has been turned into an absurdly hawkish conservative.

The use of modern American pop culture references to a show otherwise dated by the times was also used in Geneon's dub of the Lupin the 3rd 1977 series. Most episodes of the American dub have received a rating of TV-14, for its relatively strong suggestive dialogue (D) and coarse language (L). However, some episodes are rated TV-MA for more offensive language, stronger sexual dialogue, and objectionable humor/content deemed too strong for a TV-14 rating. Outlines of the episodes used by FUNimation can be found online.

FUNimation episodes are streamed online weekly at Adult Swim's free broadband service, Adult Swim Video, although it is not available worldwide as the Internet Broadcasting rights prevent broadcasting to audiences outside of the continental US. Also, the tenth episode that was dubbed is available at AdultSwim.com for free as an interactive video. In addition to watching the episode, one can watch video commentary from the FUNimation staff, booth recordings, script comparisons, bios, show artwork, and other special features. The episode can be viewed online.

The first thirteen episodes were released on DVD May 13, 2008, by FUNimation Home Entertainment. Season 2 began airing on Adult Swim on April 12, 2008, and continues with new episodes each week on Saturday nights. While initially airing at 1:30-2:00 am ET/PT, it was later moved to 11:00-11:30 pm ET/PT. However, this only lasted for two weeks, after which the show was pushed back to the midnight slot on August 9, 2008. As of November 8, 2008, reruns of the program air on Sunday nights at 2:30 am ET/PT, but was pushed to 2am on January 18, 2009.

English manga

ComicsOne
ComicsOne

ComicsOne was an United States distributor of Asian Comics , established in 1999. ComicsOne was based in Fremont, California. ComicsOne also served as the distributor for videos and merchandise related to its licensed titles....
 has translated ten volumes of Shin-chan into English
English language

English is a West Germanic language that originated in Anglo-Saxon England and has lingua franca status in many parts of the world as a result of the military, economic, scientific, political and cultural influence of the British Empire in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries and that of the United States from the mid 20th century onwa...
 and released it in the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
. Occasional pop culture references familiar to Americans, such as Pokémon
Pokémon

is a media franchise owned by the video game company Nintendo and created by Satoshi Tajiri around 1995. Originally released as a pair of interlinkable Game Boy line Console role-playing game video games, Pok?mon has since become the second most successful and lucrative video game-based media franchise in the world, behind only Nintendo's own...
 and Britney Spears
Britney Spears

'Britney Jean Spears' is a Grammy Awards-winning American pop music singer, dancer, actress, and glamour model.Raised in Kentwood, Louisiana, Louisiana, Spears first appeared on national television in 1992 as a contestant on the Star Search program, and went on to star in Disney Channel's television series The New Mickey Mouse Club#199...
, were added to increase the appeal to American audiences. The manga is mirrored from its original to read from left to right. Starting with the sixth volume, many of the names were changed to the ones used in the Phuuz English version of the anime, even though the anime never appeared in North America. This translation is rated Teen.

Since then, American publisher DrMaster
DrMaster

DrMaster Publications Inc. is an United States distributor of Japan comics and Chinese-language comics with offices in the United States, Taiwan and Japan....
 took over the licenses of several manga series, including Crayon Shin-chan, from ComicsOne. No new volumes of Crayon Shin-chan were released under the DrMaster imprint.

On July 28, 2007, DC Comics' manga division CMX
CMX (comics)

CMX is a division of Wildstorm Productions, an imprint of DC Comics which in turn is owned by Time Warner. It is DC's line of manga translations....
 announced the acquisition of the Crayon Shin-chan manga. The CMX version is rated Mature instead of Teen from ComicsOne, because there is no censorship in this version, and so there is nudity, sexual humor, and bad language.

The first volume was released on February 27, 2008, with uncensored art, and the style of jokes that frequent the Adult Swim dub with some throw backs to the original version, such as his original greeting.

Shin-chan in other countries

Crayon Shin-chan is also very popular in many other countries, especially East Asian countries where many of the jokes can be translated (that is, if they aren't censored).

In China
China

China is a Culture of China, an ancient civilization, and, depending on perspective, a national or multinational entity extending over a large area in East Asia....
, the show and title La Bi Xiao Xin can be viewed on local channels mostly uncensored and well translated. Despite the fact that legal DVD sets and comics are published, most manga/videos bought in China are counterfeits as with Shinchan merchandise. Shinchan merchandise are especially popular among teenagers who often have them as accessories. (eg. cell phone straps) His visage can also be seen next to Doraemon
Doraemon

is a Japanese manga series created by Fujiko F. Fujio which later became an anime series and Asian Media franchise. The series is about a Robot named Doraemon, who time travel from the 22nd century to aid a schoolboy, ....
, Garfield
Garfield

Garfield is a daily-syndicated comic strip created by Jim Davis . Published since June 19, 1978, it chronicles the life of the title character, the cat Garfield ; his owner, Jon Arbuckle; and the dog, Odie....
, Pokémon
Pokémon

is a media franchise owned by the video game company Nintendo and created by Satoshi Tajiri around 1995. Originally released as a pair of interlinkable Game Boy line Console role-playing game video games, Pok?mon has since become the second most successful and lucrative video game-based media franchise in the world, behind only Nintendo's own...
 and Disney
The Walt Disney Company

The Walt Disney Company is the largest media and entertainment corporation in the world. Founded on October 16, 1923, by brothers Walt Disney and Roy O....
 characters in video and toy stores.

In Taiwan
Taiwan

Taiwan is an island in East Asia. "Taiwan" is also commonly used to refer to the country governed by the Republic of China and to the ROC itself, which governs the island of Taiwan, Orchid Island and Green Island, Taiwan in the Pacific Ocean off the Taiwan coast, the Penghu islands in the Taiwan Strait, and Kinmen and the Matsu Islands...
, the publisher of Crayon Shin-chan is Tong Li Comics. A Chinese subtitled version of Crayon Shin-chan in Japanese premiered in Taiwan on ETTV on April 13, 1992

In Vietnam
Vietnam

Vietnam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam , is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by People's Republic of China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea to the east....
, the series' first 5 books were released in July and August 2006. However, Crayon Shinchan received a bad reaction from the Vietnamese society due to some impertinent scenes contained within the books, especially the sex-related stories (starting from The Workers Newspaper). Even VTV (one of the two nationwide broadcasting systems) criticized the series on its main news program. Due to intense social pressure, Kim Dong publisher (distributor of Crayon Shinchan in Vietnam) must stop releasing the series.

In South Korea
South Korea

South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea , ), often referred to as Korea and the "names of Korea#Revival of the names", is a Semi-presidential system republic in East Asia, located in the southern half of the Korean Peninsula....
, the show and comics, titled ??? ??? (Zhang Gu the Unstoppable, literally), are also tremendously popular. Shin-chan's name is changed into "Shin Zhang Gu", which is coined by his original Japanese name and the Korean words "Zhang gu" for "protruding forehead." In Korea, the animated version is severely censored - compared to the original Japanese version. Most South Koreans consider it a kids' cartoon, since many toys and website games there center around ?? and is represented as an icon for childish fun there. Scenes revealing Shin-chan's genitals are mostly censored, with exception to few scenes in which exposure is inevitable, and only few scenes with his buttocks shown remain. Some episodes explicitly displaying adult material are censored, and all mature-themed jokes in the original Japanese version are dubbed into rated-G jokes in Korean to make the series more suitable for children, who were considered the main audience for the show in Korea. However, the comic book version is mostly uncensored, labeled as "for 19 or above."

Shin-chan is one of the most popular anime characters in Indonesia
Indonesia

The Republic of Indonesia , is a transcontinental country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Comprising Islands of Indonesia, it is the world's largest Archipelago state....
. The Indonesian actor who dubbed Shin-chan's voice (a man aged about twenty but looks like a 12 year old because of a genetic defect), Ony Syahrial, has released multiple records and is even said to resemble Shin-chan. The anime itself was extremely popular yet controversial. It is the first animated show to have a BO (an Indonesian equivalent to the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 rating "PG"). All the dubbers of the anime found success thanks to the show.

Shin-chan found a devoted following in Spain
Spain

Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
, where the show is broadcast through Cartoon Network, Antena 3
Antena 3 (Spain)

Antena 3 de Television, S.A., is a Spain television station and media company, present in the television, radio and movie theater industries. It was the first private station in Spain, commencing broadcasts in 1990....
 and several autonomic channels in four different languages: Catalan
Catalan language

Catalan is a Romance languages, the national language and official language of Andorra, and a official language in the Autonomous Communities of Spain of the Balearic Islands, Catalonia and Valencian Community and in the city of Alghero in the Italy List of islands in the Mediterranean of Sardinia....
, Basque
Basque language

Basque is the language spoken by the Basque people who inhabit the Pyrenees in North-Central Spain and the adjoining region of South-Western France....
, Galician
Galician language

Galician is a language of the Iberian Romance languages branch, spoken in Galicia , an Autonomous communities of Spain located in northwestern Spain, as well as in small bordering zones in the neighbouring autonomous communities of Asturias and Castile and Le?n and in Northern Portugal....
 and Spanish
Spanish language

Spanish or Castilian is a Romance languages that originated in northern Spain, and gradually spread in the Kingdom of Castile and evolved into the principal language of government and trade....
. The show is uncensored, and in Barcelona (for instance) you can see children wiggling their buttocks and saying "Culet! Culet!" (in the show, Shin-chan says "Buttocks! Buttocks!" when he performs his trademark buttock dance) and is slowly replacing Dragon Ball as an iconic Japanese reference for younger people. In addition, many food products (candies, doughnuts and so on) use Shin-chan on the product packaging. It has proved so successful that several Shin-chan movies have seen a theatrical release nationwide. Also, Spain
Spain

Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
 is the only country outside Japan
Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
 where a Game Boy Advance
Game Boy Advance

The is a 32-bit Handheld game console developed, manufactured and marketed by Nintendo; resembling Sega's 8-bit Game Gear. It is the successor to the Game Boy Color....
 game based on the character was released (in 2005 by publisher Atari
Atari

Atari is a corporate and brand name owned by several entities since its inception in 1972. It is currently owned by Atari Interactive, a wholly owned subsidiary of the French publisher Infogrames ....
), with a sequel to follow in Q3 2006 . Despite its success, some TV channels had to move the show to night programming, or drop it completely, after complaints by parents' associations who claimed Shin-chan was not appropriate for children, the biggest followers of the show. Yoshito Usui
Yoshito Usui

is a Japanese people mangaka known for being the author of the popular Japanese manga Crayon Shin-chan....
 visited Barcelona in 2004 in order to promote the Spanish release of the manga, when the show was already airing on Catalonia's public television channel TV3
TV3 (Catalonia)

TV3 is the name of Catalonia's first public broadcasting Television station. It belongs to Televisi? de Catalunya , a subsidiary of the Corporaci? Catalana de R?dio i Televisi?....
. Usui was so impressed by Shin-chan's popularity he decided to thank his Spanish followers by making an episode that takes place in Barcelona. A curious fact is that the episode is extremely accurate to real life Barcelona (Taxi cabs are in the same specific livery as you can find them in Barcelona), making the episode quite interesting.

The show is also very popular in the Netherlands
Netherlands

The Netherlands is a country that is part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It is a parliamentary democratic constitutional monarchy. The Netherlands is located in North-West Europe, and bordered by the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east....
. Since its start in 2003 on the local Fox Kids
Fox Kids

Fox Kids was the Fox Broadcasting Company's United States children's programming division and brand name from September 8, 1990 until September 7, 2002....
 / Jetix channel, it was at first mostly popular among kids aged 6-12, but shortly acquired a huge following among teens and even young adults. Due to the many sexual jokes and naked buttocks (even though in an edited and sometimes even censored form), and Fox Kids / Jetix being mainly a kids' channel, the broadcaster started getting complaints from parents. Putting the facts together that the show appealed to an almost completely different target group, and the many complaints from parents, the channel reduced the amount of airing slots to once or twice a week, and eventually to one episode short (ten minutes) a week, before being completely phased out. Shin's popularity remains, but adult- and teen-oriented channels remain hesitant of airing the series, due to cartoons having a reputation in the Dutch culture as being 'just for kids', no matter if there's sexual content or not.

In Malaysia
Malaysia

Malaysia is a federation that consists of States of Malaysia in Southeast Asia with a total landmass of . The capital city is Kuala Lumpur, while Putrajaya is the seat of the federal government....
, Shin-chan's comic is titled as Dik Cerdas, which roughly means "brilliant kid". Shin-chan's voice in the Malay language version of the anime is voiced by a 15-year-old. Like in South Korea, pictures revealing Shin-chan's genitals were all censored by cutting the scenes. Mandarin versions, however, are not as heavily censored. They are rarer, however, and can only be found in places with a high percentage of Chinese speakers.

This show was broadcast in the Philippines
Philippines

The Philippines, officially known as the Republic of the Philippines, is a country in Southeast Asia with Manila as its capital city. It comprises 7,107 islands in the western Pacific Ocean....
, uncensored and dubbed in Filipino
Filipino language

The Filipino language is the national language and an official language of the Philippines as designated in the 1987 Philippine Constitution. It is an Austronesian language that is the de facto standard language of Tagalog language....
. Shin-chan was voiced by Andrew E.
Andrew E.

Andrew Espiritu , better known as Andrew E., is a Filipino people Rap music artist & comedic actor. He is known for his first single and film Humanap Ka Ng Panget in 1991....
, a local rapper notorious for his suggestive lyrics. Shin's mother's name was changed to "Carmen", father's name was changed to "Bert", and Shin's dog was renamed "Puti", meaning "white".

In Latin America
Latin America

Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages ? particularly Spanish language and Portuguese language, and variably French language ? are primarily spoken....
, Shin-chan was originally shown on Fox Kids / JETIX in 2003, but was later moved to a new channel at the time, Animax
Animax

is a Japanese anime satellite television network, dedicated to broadcasting anime programming. Headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan, its co-founders and shareholders include Sony Pictures Entertainment and the noted anime studios Sunrise , Toei Animation , TMS Entertainment, and production company NAS ....
, in mid-2005. There, the episodes are shown weekdays, 3 to 4 times a day, and are dubbed over the English
English language

English is a West Germanic language that originated in Anglo-Saxon England and has lingua franca status in many parts of the world as a result of the military, economic, scientific, political and cultural influence of the British Empire in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries and that of the United States from the mid 20th century onwa...
 edited versions of the anime.

In India
India

India, officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, the List of countries by population country, and the most populous liberal democracy in the world....
, Shin-chan is aired on Hungama TV
Hungama TV

Hungama TV is a TV channel for kids in India. Originally a subsidiary of UTV Software Communications, the channel was sold to Disney in 2006. The channel retained its own identity and is helping to increase Disney's presence in India....
. Recently it has also started to air on Space Toon Kids India. Shin-chan is growing in fame rapidly in India. Bo is renamed to Suzuki. To promote other shows on Hungama TV, the show parodies other shows like Doraemon, which airs just before Crayon Shin-chan. Because it is dubbed in Hindi, the Japanese songs are changed into popular Bollywood
Bollywood

Bollywood is the informal term popularly used for the Mumbai-based Hindi film industry in India. The term is often used to refer to the whole of Cinema of India....
 numbers. Hungama TV has started airing new episodes from 1 January, 2008. The Indian version is one of the closer versions to the original show because of little or no censorship in some later episodes. However, beer has been renamed to juice in later versions. Also, whenever Shin-chan gets naked, the groin area is either blurred by pixels or the screen is simply zoomed to the other side to remove the nakedness. Shin-chan has been recently banned on Hungama TV
Hungama TV

Hungama TV is a TV channel for kids in India. Originally a subsidiary of UTV Software Communications, the channel was sold to Disney in 2006. The channel retained its own identity and is helping to increase Disney's presence in India....
 in India in October 2008 because it was affecting the children who watched it.

In Poland
Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe. Poland is bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian Enclave and exclave, to the north....
, Shin-chan was aired on Fox Kids
Fox Kids

Fox Kids was the Fox Broadcasting Company's United States children's programming division and brand name from September 8, 1990 until September 7, 2002....
 / Jetix at 11 P.M. in a Polish dub. The Polish version is based on American version and is uncensored.

Theme Songs


Opening Themes

  • Japan
    • April 13, 1992 - September 21, 1992
    • Lyricist: Yoshito Usui
      Yoshito Usui

      is a Japanese people mangaka known for being the author of the popular Japanese manga Crayon Shin-chan....
       / Composer: Tetsuro Oda / Arranger: Masao Akashi / Singers: TUNE'S
    • Episode Range: 1-21
    • October 12, 1992 - July 5, 1993
    • Lyricist: Daiko Nagato / Composer: Tetsuro Oda / Arranger: Takeshi Hayama / Singers: B.B.QUEENS
    • Episode Range: 22-57
    • July 12, 1993 - September 25, 1995
    • Lyricist: Reo Rinozuka / Composer: Yasuo Kosugi / Arranger: Michiaki Kato / Singer: Shinnosuke Nohara (Akiko Yajima
      Akiko Yajima

      is a female seiyu from Kashiwazaki, Niigata, Niigata Prefecture. Her real name is ....
      )
    • Episode Range: 58-160
    • October 9, 1995 - September 27, 1996
    • Lyricist: Poem-dan / Composer/Arranger: Takashi Kimura
      M.O.V.E.

      m.o.v.e is a 3-member Japanese musical group. The group consists of Yuri [] on vocals, Motsu [] on the rapping, and T-Kimura [] as the producer....
       / Singer: Shinnosuke Nohara (Akiko Yajima)
    • Episode Range: 161-202
    • September 11, 1996 - March 20, 1998
    • Lyricist: C's / Composer/Arranger: Satoru Sugawara / Singer: Puppy
    • Episode Range: 203-268
    • April 10, 1998 - May 26, 2000
    • Lyricist/Arranger/Composer: motsu
      M.O.V.E.

      m.o.v.e is a 3-member Japanese musical group. The group consists of Yuri [] on vocals, Motsu [] on the rapping, and T-Kimura [] as the producer....
       / Singers: Shinnosuke Nohara (Akiko Yajima) and Action Mask (Tessho Genda
      Tessho Genda

      is a seiyu, or voice actor who was born in Okayama Prefecture, Japan on May 20, 1948. He is employed by the talent management firm 81 Produce. When he debuted, he used his real name, ....
      )
    • Episode Range: 269-358
    • June 2, 2000 - January 11, 2003
    • Lyricist/Composer: LADY Q / Arranger: Toshiya Mori / Singers: LADY Q and Shinnosuke Nohara (Akiko Yajima) and Misae Nohara (Miki Narahashi
      Miki Narahashi

      Miki Narahashi is a seiyu who works for Arts Vision. Narahashi was born in Tokyo....
      )
    • Episode Range: 359-458
  8. "PLEASURE"
    • January 18, 2003 - October 16, 2004
    • Lyricist: Chihiro Kurosu / Composer: Kaori Hosoi / Arranger: Nobuyuki Shimizu
      Nobuyuki Shimizu

      Nobuyuki Shimizu is a video game composer who has made music for games on multiple platforms....
       / Singer: Tomomi Kahala
      Tomomi Kahala

      , is a Japanese J-pop singer. She is famous for working with Tetsuya Komuro who gave her much success in the 1990s, which ironically led to her deep dip in popularity after 1999, the year in which she released her first non-TK produced album, One Fine Day ....
    • Episode Range: 459-508
    • October 22, 2004 - February 23, 2007
    • Lyricist: Yuji Muto / Composer/Arranger: Yasunari Nakamura / Singer: Shinnosuke Nohara (Akiko Yajima)
    • Episode Range: 509-594
    • March 9, 2007 - June 15, 2007
    • Lyricist: Yuji Muto / Composer: Yasunari Nakamura / Arranger: Takafumi Iwasaki / Singer: Shinnosuke Nohara (Akiko Yajima) and Crayon Friends from AKB48
    • Episode Range: 595-602
    • June 22, 2007 -
    • Lyricist: Yuji Muto/ Composer: Yasunari Nakamura / Arranger: Takafumi Iwasaki / Singer: Shinnosuke Nohara (Akiko Yajima) and Crayon Friends from AKB48
    • Episode Range: 603-???


Ending themes

  • Japan
    • April 13, 1992 - September 21, 1992
    • Lyricist/Composer: Toshiyuki Arakawa / Arrangers/Singers: Daiji MAN Brothers Band
    • Episode Range: 1-21
    • October 12, 1992 - July 5, 1993
    • Lyricist/Composer/Singer: Hiromi Yonemura / Arranger: Itaru Watanabe
    • Episode Range: 22-57
    • July 12, 1993 - May 30, 1994
    • Lyricist: Yui Nishiwaki / Composer: Hideo Saito / Arranger: Hiroshi Shinkawa / Singers: Sakurakko Club Sakura Gumi
      Sakurakko Club

      Sakurakko Club is short for "Sakurakko Club Sakura-gumi" and was a J-pop idol group in the early '90s. "Sakurakko Club" was also the name of the television show on which they appeared alongside such groups as SMAP and TOKIO....
    • Episode Range: 58-99
    • June 6, 1994 - August 29, 1994
    • Lyricist: Moichi Kato / Composers/Arrangers: Ozutairiku and Yasuhiko Hoshino / Singers: Yuko and Shinnosuke Nohara (Akiko Yajima
      Akiko Yajima

      is a female seiyu from Kashiwazaki, Niigata, Niigata Prefecture. Her real name is ....
      )
    • Episode Range: 100-112
    • September 5, 1994 - September 18, 1995
    • Lyricist: Marron Koshaku / Composer/Arranger: Takashi Kimura / Singers: Marron Koshaku and Shinnosuke Nohara (Akiko Yajima)
    • Episode Range: 113-160
  6. "REGGAE"
    • October 9, 1995 - May 24, 1996
    • Lyricist/Singer: KOTONE / Composers: KEISUKE and Yoichi Yamazaki / Arranger: Yuzo Hayashi
    • Episode Range: 161-188
    • June 7, 1996 - September 13, 1996
    • Lyricist: Moichi Kato / Composers: Ozutairiku and Yasuhiko Hoshino / Arrangers: Daisaku Kume and Kiyohiko Semba / Singers: Haruo Minami
      Haruo Minami

      Haruo Minami was an enka singer in postwar Japan.He was born Bunji Kitazume in Nagaoka, Niigata. He is known for popularizing the saying "Okyakusama wa kamisama desu" ....
       and Shinnosuke Nohara (Akiko Yajima)
    • Episode Range: 189-202
    • October 11, 1996 - September 26, 1997
    • Lyricists: Aki Okui and Lemon Saito / Composer/Singer: Aki Okui / Arranger: Akitoshi Onodera
    • Episode Range: 203-248
    • October 17, 1997 - November 20, 1998
    • Lyricist/Composer/Arranger: RYUZI / Singer: Nanase Ogawa
    • Episode Range: 249-297
    • November 27, 1998 - March 2000
    • Lyricist/Composer: KAORU / Arrangers: Tsuyoshi Yamanaka and L'luvia / Singers: L'luvia
      L'luvia

      L'luvia was a Japanese Rock music Musical ensemble of the Visual Kei style. They debuted in 1998. 1st single "??????????" is used as the 10th ending theme of the Japanese Anime TV series Crayon Shin-chan....
    • Episode Range: 298-358
    • June 2, 2000 - March 2001
    • Lyricist/Composer: Ke-chan / Singer: Kamaboko
    • Episode Range: 359-397
    • June 1, 2001 - September 14, 2002
    • Lyricist/Composer: Tsunku
      Tsunku

      , real name , is an extremely prolific Japanese record producer, songwriter, and vocalist.He is best known for having two major roles in the Japanese music landscape: first as the lead singer of the popular rock group Sharan Q, and now as the Record producer, primary songwriter, and main Recording studio backing vocalist for idol supergroup Morni...
       / Arrangers: Yuichi Takahashi and Tsunku / Singers: Shekidoru
    • Episode Range: 398-451
    • November 2, 2002 - September 27, 2003, October 16, 2004
    • Lyricists: Yoshito Usui
      Yoshito Usui

      is a Japanese people mangaka known for being the author of the popular Japanese manga Crayon Shin-chan....
       and Yuri Asada / Composer: Yasuo Kosugi / Arranger: Hideo Saito / Singers: Shinnosuke Nohara (Akiko Yajima) and Misae Nohara (Miki Narahashi
      Miki Narahashi

      Miki Narahashi is a seiyu who works for Arts Vision. Narahashi was born in Tokyo....
      )
    • Episode Range: 452-508
    • October 22, 2004 - December 16, 2005
    • Lyricist/Composer: Rio / Arranger: Papa Daisuke / Singers: Yanawarabaa
    • Episode Range: 509-552


  • English
  1. "Party Join Us"
    • Singer: Brina Palencia
      Brina Palencia

      Brina M. Palencia is an United States of Honduran parents voice actress who primarily works on the properties of Funimation. Brina attended the University of North Texas....
    • Episode Range: 1-current
    • (originally the fifth ending theme)


Movies

  • July 24, 1993:
    • Theme Song:
    • Lyricist: Shizuru Ohtaka / Composer: Osamu Masaki / Arranger: Yuzo Hayashi / Singer: Mew (Miyuki Kajitani)
  • April 23, 1994:
    • Theme Song:
    • Lyricist: AIKO / Composer: Akira Shirakawa / Arranger: Mari Konishi / Singer: Kyoko Kishi
  • April 15, 1995:
    • Theme Song:
    • Lyricist: Nozomi Inoue / Composer: Yasuo Kosugi / Arranger: Yuzo Hayashi / Singer: Sachiko Sugimoto
  • April 13, 1996:
    • Theme Song: "SIX COLORS BOY"
    • Lyricist: Makoto Asakura / Composer/Arranger: Daisuke Asakura
      Daisuke Asakura

      is a male J-pop artist.His childhood consisted of piano lessons and the expectations to follow the family trade of plumbing.Asakura began his career with landing a job at Yamaha right after high school....
       / Singer: Akiko Hinagata
      Akiko Hinagata

      is a Japanese people actress and former gravure idol. She made her acting debut in 1992 in the Tokyo Broadcasting System drama Obenkyo. In 1994, she was chosen Fuji Television Visual Queen....
  • April 19, 1997:
    • Theme Song:
    • Lyricist/Composer/Arranger/Singer: Kazuo Zaitsu
  • April 18, 1998:
    • Theme Song: "PURENESS"
    • Lyricists: IZAM, SAKA Chan / Composers: KUZUKI, SHAZNA / Arrangers: Nobuhiko Sato, Kazuhisa Yamaguchi, SHAZNA / Singers: SHAZNA
      Shazna

      Shazna is a visual kei band with strong pop influences, that formed in 1992 and became popular in the late 1990s. The band started on the relatively harder side of rock, but ended up switching to a softer more Pop music sound as they became widely popular in the 1990s....
  • April 17, 1999:
    • Theme Song:
    • Lyricist: Rokusuke Ei
      Rokusuke Ei

      is a Japanese lyricist, composer, author, essayist and TV personality.Ei wrote the lyrics to the song "Sukiyaki ", which has been used in several English language films....
       / Composer: Taku Izumi / Arranger: Mumon Toyama / Singers: The Nohara Family & Onsen Wakuwaku '99
  • April 22, 2000:
    • Theme Song:
    • Lyricist: Takashi Matsumoto / Composer: Toshiaki Matsumoto / Arranger: Motoyoshi Iwasaki / Singer: Sachiko Kobayashi (Chorus: Otowa Yurikago-kai)
  • April 21, 2001:
    • Theme Song:
    • Lyricist: Mitsuko Shiramine / Composer/Arranger: Motoyoshi Iwasaki / Singer: Sachiko Kobayashi
  • April 20, 2002:
    • Theme Song:
    • Lyricist/Composer/Singer: Dance?Man
      Hideki Fujisawa

      is a Japanese people musician, better known by the stage name . He is very secretive about his identity to the public. He is always seen wearing a huge afro wig and sideburns, matched with sunglasses....
  • April 19, 2003:
    • Theme Song:
    • Lyricist: Sayuri / Composer: Takafumi Iwasaki / Arranger: Hideo Saito / Singers: The Nohara Family All Stars (Akiko Yajima
      Akiko Yajima

      is a female seiyu from Kashiwazaki, Niigata, Niigata Prefecture. Her real name is ....
      , Miki Narahashi
      Miki Narahashi

      Miki Narahashi is a seiyu who works for Arts Vision. Narahashi was born in Tokyo....
      , Keiji Fujiwara
      Keiji Fujiwara

      is a male seiyu from the Tokyo Metropolitan area who is affiliated with Air Agengy. His blood type is A.His best known projects include Crayon Shin-chan as Hiroshi Nohara, Eureka Seven as Holland, Fullmetal Alchemist as Lieutenant Hughes, Zoids: Chaotic Century as Irvine, Final Fantasy VII Advent Children as Reno, Kingdom...
      , Satomi Koorogi
      Satomi Koorogi

      is a female seiyu from Musashino, Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. She is affiliated with Production Baobab....
      , Mari Mashiba
      Mari Mashiba

      is a seiyu who is affiliated with Production Baobab....
      )
  • April 17, 2004:
    • Theme Song:
    • Lyricists: Teruyoshi Uchimura
      Teruyoshi Uchimura

      , half of the Japanese Owarai duo Utchan Nanchan, is one of the most famous and influential comedians in the owarai community. His nickname is Utchan , and his partner, Kiyotaka Nanbara, is known as Nanchan....
       with Boon Companions and Emi Makiho / Composer/Arranger: Yasumasa Sato / Singers: NO PLAN
      NO PLAN

      NO PLAN is a Japanese Glossary of owarai terms#konto style Owarai group, and is also occasionally known for their music. The group is best known for appearing regularly on the late night owarai show, Uchimura Produce until late 2005, when the show was cancelled....
  • April 16, 2005:
    • Theme Song: "CraYon Beats"
    • Lyricist/Singer: AI
      AI (singer)

      AI is a Japanese singer. She was born in the United States city of Los Angeles, California to a Japanese father and half-Japanese, half-Italian mother....
       / Composers: AI, Kenji Hino, DJ YUTAKA (813) / Arrangers: Kenji Hino, DJ YUTAKA (813)
  • April 15, 2006:
    • Theme Song: "GO WAY!!"
    • Lyricist/Singer: Kumi Koda
      Kumi Koda

      , better known by her stage name , is a Japanese singer and songwriter from Kyoto, known for her Urban contemporary and Contemporary R&B songs. Having debuted in 2000 with the single "Take Back", Koda gained fame for her seventh single, "Real Emotion / 1000 no Kotoba", the songs of which were used as themes for the video game Final Fantasy X-2...
       / Composer/Arranger: Hiroshi Komatsu
  • April 21, 2007:
    • Theme Song: "Cry Baby"
    • Lyricist: Naoki Takada / Composers: Naoki Takada and Shintaro "Growth" Izutsu / Arranger: Shintaro "Growth" Izutsu / Singer: SEAMO
      SEAMO

      is a Japanese people rapper and hip-hop artist better known under his alias Seamo . He made his debut in 2004 using the alias of , but later changed his name to Seamo, and made his solo debut in 2005 on the Japanese record label BMG Japan with the Single ....
  • April 19, 2008: ????????? ??????? ?????
    • Theme Song:
    • Singer: DJ OZMA
      DJ Ozma

      is a Japanese pop singer. He first came to prominence in early 2006 and is notorious for his performance at the 57th NHK Kohaku Uta Gassen, during which his female dancers stripped themselves of their outer clothing on stage to reveal unitards painted to resemble the nude female body while wearing a patch resembling a mushroom which covered the ge...


There have been other specials in which feature-length movies were broadcast on television rather than in theaters.

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