Crayon Shin-chan (クレヨンしんちゃん Kureyon Shinchan) is a manga and anime series written by Yoshito Usui. The American version of the manga is titled "Crayon ShinChan", while the UK and Spanish version of the anime is titled Shin Chan. The series follows the antics of a five year-old boy and his father and mother. This story is set in Kasukabe,Saitama,Japan. A page from the Marmalade Boy manga, volume 1 (Japanese version) Manga (漫画) is the Japanese word for comics and/or cartoons it usually refers specifically to Japanese comics. ... Anime (アニメ) is a style of animation originating in Japan. ... Yoshito Usui (臼井儀人 Usui Yoshito) is a mangaka. ... Kasukabe (Japanese: 春日部市; -shi) is a city located in eastern Saitama, Japan, approximately 30 kilometers north of Tokyo. ... Saitama (Japanese: さいたま市; -shi) is the capital city of Saitama Prefecture in Japan. ...

Crayon Shin-chan first appeared in a Japanese weekly magazine called Weekly Manga Action (WEEKLY週間アクション), which is published by Futabasha Publishers. Weekly Manga Action (WEEKLY漫画アクション Weekly Manga Akushon) is a Japanese manga magazine pushlished on a weekly basis by Futabasha Publishers (双葉社). ...

Much of the humor in the series stems from Shin-chan's occasionally unnatural and inappropriate use of language, as well as from his inappropriate behavior. Much of this humor is untranslatable for non-Japanese speaking readers and viewers. In Japanese, certain set phrases 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.

The storylines used in the anime series are based on those in the comic. Although the stories have been softened for television, there has been controversy about the program, primarily from parents who argue that the main character, Shin-chan (like Bart on the American animated series The Simpsons), sets a bad example for children. Although some westerners have called Shin-chan the "Bart Simpson of Japan," there are fewer similarities than differences between the two characters. In particular, Bart is older and apparently more intentionally mischievous than Shin-chan, many of whose misdeeds seem to stem more from simple ignorance of correct behavior due to his age. This provides the writers with ample opportunity to write gags based on age-inappropriate behavior, such as Shin-chan's occasional use of extremely formal language. Shin-chan has also been compared to the character Calvin, from the cartoon strip Calvin and Hobbes. Anime (アニメ) is a style of animation originating in Japan. ... Bartholomew Jo-Jo Simpson (voiced by Nancy Cartwright) is a fictional character featured in the animated television series The Simpsons. ... The Simpsons is the longest-running American animated television series and overall sitcom, with 17 seasons and 367 episodes since it debuted on December 17, 1989 on FOX. The TV series, created by Matt Groening, is a spinoff of a series of animated shorts originally aired on The Tracey Ullman... Calvin and Hobbes took many wagon rides over the years—this one showed up on the cover of the first collection of comic strips. ...

Most episodes have strange, hilarious twists that involving Shin-chan and his parents.

Several full-length movies of Crayon Shin-chan have been released in Japan:

• Action Kamen vs Haigure Mao (アクション仮面VSハイグレ魔王)
• Treasure of Buri Buri Kingdom (ブリブリ王国の秘宝)
• Plot of Unkokusai (雲黒斎の野望)
• Adventure in Hender Land (ヘンダ-ランドの大冒険)
• Chase after the Dark Tama Tama (暗黒タマタマ大追跡)
• Mission: Pig's Hoof (電撃！ブタのヒヅメ大作戦)
• Showdown at the Onsen (爆発！温泉わくわく大決戦)
• Rumble in the Jungle (嵐を呼ぶジャングル)
• The Adult Empire Strikes Back (嵐を呼ぶモーレツ! オトナ帝国の逆襲)
• Arashi wo Yobu Appare! Sengoku Daikassen (嵐を呼ぶアッパレ!戦国大合戦)
• Arashi wo Yobu Eikou no Yakiniku Road (嵐を呼ぶ栄光のヤキニクロード)
• Arashi wo Yobu Yuhi no Kasukabe Boys (嵐を呼ぶ! 夕陽のカスカベボーイズ)

English-language adaptations

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English anime

The Shin-chan anime had an English dub produced by Phuuz Entertainment, Inc. in Universal City. The dub, with character names changed, ran on Fox Kids (now JETIX) in the United Kingdom, and on RTÉ Two in the Republic of Ireland. However, it should be noted that the dub is of American origin, with actors and actresses such as Kath Soucie, Russi Taylor, Grey DeLisle, and Pat Fraley playing major roles (Soucie plays Shin himself, and his mother). Despite this, it has never aired in North America, likely something to do with the large amount of content that would be considered questionable for children by American censors - including the frequent appearances of Shin's naked buttocks and penis, humor relating to breast-size, transsexualism and other sexual concepts (though many scenes relating to these were edited). RTÉ Two have not shown the series since 2003, and Jetix only usually show it as shorts in between programmes, with even more edits. Jetix is a childrens television programming brand owned by The Walt Disney Company. ... RTÉ Two (known from 1988 to 2004 as Network 2 or RTÉ Network Two) is Irelands second-oldest television channel, operated by Irish state broadcaster Radio Telefís Éireann. ... Kath Soucie (sometimes Souci) is a prolific voice actress, perhaps best known for her work as the voice of the twins Phil and Lil DeVille in the popular animated series Rugrats (and its subsequent spinoff All Grown Up!), her voicing of Kanga in the Walt Disney series of Winnie The... Russi Taylor is the current voice actress for Disneys Minnie Mouse character. ... Grey DeLisle Grey DeLisle (born August 12, 1972 in Fort Ord, California) is an American singer, songwriter, and voice actress of Irish and Hispanic descent. ... Patrick Fraley, also known as Pat Fraley (born February 18, 1949) is an American voice actor. ... World map showing North America A satellite composite image of North America. ... This article is about the ancient Roman political office. ... The futtocks (often called futt in colloquial American speech and Prince Charles in British speech) are rounded portions of the anatomy located on the posterior of the pelvic region of the great apes and humans. ... The term breast, also known by the Latin mamma in anatomy, refers to the upper ventral region of an animals torso, particularly that of mammals, including human beings. ... A transsexual (sometimes transexual) person establishes a permanent identity with the opposite gender to their assigned (usually at birth) sex. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

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English manga

ComicsOne has translated Shin-chan into English and released it in the United States. Many pop culture references familiar to Americans, such as Oreos, Pokémon, and Britney Spears were added to increase the appeal to American audiences. The comic is oriented to read left to right. Starting with the sixth volume, many of the names were changed to the ones used in the English version of the anime, even though the anime never appeared in North America. ComicsOne was an American publisher of manga, manhwa (Korean manga), and manhua (Chinese manga) which was established in 1999. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Popular culture, or pop culture, is the vernacular (peoples) culture that prevails in a modern society. ... Oreo is a trademark for a popular type of sandwich cookie manufactured by the Nabisco Corporation, introduced in 1912. ... Pokémon (ポケモン Pokemon, pronounced //, although frequently, and even intentionally mispronounced //), is a video game franchise, created by Satoshi Tajiri and published by Nintendo for several of their systems, most importantly the Game Boy. ... Britney Jean Spears (born December 2, 1981 in McComb, Mississippi) is a Grammy-winning American pop singer and occasional songwriter and actress raised in Kentwood, Louisiana. ...

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Shin-chan in other countries

Crayon Shin-chan is popular in China, where he is called La Bi Xiao Xin (trad. 蠟筆小新, simpl. 蜡笔小新, làbǐ xiǎoxīn). His visage can be seen next to Garfield and Disney characters in video and toy stores. Garfield (right) and Odie Garfield is a comic strip created by Jim Davis featuring the cat Garfield, the pet dog Odie, and their socially inept owner Jon Arbuckle. ... The Walt Disney Company (most commonly known as Disney) (NYSE: DIS) is one of the largest media and entertainment corporations in the world. ...

In South Korea, the show and comics, titled 짱구는 못말려 (Jjanggu the Unstoppable, literally), are also tremendously popular. Shin-chan's name is 신짱구 (Shin Jjanggu), which is coined with by his original Japanese name and the Korean word 짱구(jjanggu) for "protruding forehead." In Korea, the animated version is severely censored - compared to the original non-censored Japanese version. Scenes revealing Shin-Chan's genitals are mostly censored, and only few scenes with his buttocks shown remain. Other adult materials are all censored to make the series more suitable for children, who were considered the main audience for the show. However, the comic book version is mostly uncensored, labeled as "for 19 or above."

Shin-chan is the one of the most popular anime characters in Indonesia. The Indonesian actor who dubbed Shin-chan's voice has released multiple records and is even said to resemble Shin-chan. Shin-chan has also found a devoted following in Spain.

Shin-chan is also very popular in the Netherlands, on the channel JETIX NL (former FOX KIDS NL). His name is spelled: Shin Chan. For more (Dutch) information, see: http://www.animewolken.nl/shinchan.php (biggest Dutch Shinchan fansite with all information about the Dutch Shin Chan dub)(replacement for the old Fox Kids link without information)

In Malaysia, Shin Chan's comic is titled as Dik Cerdas, which roughly means "energetic kid". Shin Chan's voice in the Bahasa Melayu version of the anime happens to be voiced by a 12-year-old. Like in South Korea, pictures revealing Shin-Chan's genitals were all censored.

Characters

Note: characters' names are given as they appear in the Japanese comic (family name first, followed by given name). The names used in the dub follow as they appear in that version, if applicable.

• Nohara Shinnosuke (野原しんのすけ Nohara Shinnosuke) / Shin Chan Nohara - Nohara Shinnosuke -- Shin-chan for short -- is the main character, a kindergarten-aged boy whose antics are the basis for the series.

• Nohara Misae (野原みさえ Nohara Misae) / Mitsy Nohara - Shin-chan's mother. She is angered when Shin-chan makes fun of her or mocks her by acting like her.

• Nohara Hiroshi (野原ひろし Nohara Hiroshi) / Harry Nohara - Shin-chan's father. A tiring business man.

• Nohara Himawari (野原ひまわり Nohara Himawari) / Daisy Nohara - Shin-chan's younger sister. She is less than one year old and her name means sunflower.

• Kazama Tōru (風間トオル Kazama Tōru) / Cosmo - Kazama Tōru (Kazama-kun), Shin-chan's immaculately groomed and perfectly mannered best friend.

• Sakurada Nene (桜田ネネ Sakurada Nene) / Nini Sakurada - Sakurada Nene (Nene-chan), Shin-chan's female classmate and friend. She loves to play 'real omamagoto', or 'real house', in which divorces and arguments are very common.

• Satō Masao (佐藤マサオ Satō Masao) / Max - Satō Masao, one of Shin-chan's friends. He is known to be a scaredy cat.

• Bō (ボー) - Another of Shin-chan's friends, he seems slow but is actually quite smart and has an interest in artistic, adult-oriented things. He always has a trail of snot running down his nose.

• Yoshinaga Midori (よしながみどり Yoshinaga Midori) / Miss Dori - Shin-chan's teacher.

• Shiro (シロ) / Lucky - Shin-chan's dog. White and fluffy, he sometimes seems to be the only one intelligent enough to see the real situation.

Voice Actors

Japanese version (seiyū)

• Akiko Yajima - Shin-chan
• Keiji Fujiwara - Hiroshi
• Miki Narahashi - Misae
• Mari Mashiba - Kazama-kun
• Chie Satou - Bo-chan
• Mie Suzuki - Masao-kun
• Yumi Takada - Yoshinaga-sensei
• Tamao Hayashi - Nene
• Michie Tomizawa - Matsuzaka-sensei
• Tesshō Genda - Action Kamen

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English version

The first dubbed cast for the British Shin-Chan includes:

• Kath Soucie - Shin-Chan Nohara, Mitsy Nohara
• Eric Loomis - Harry Nohara, Bo
• Russi Taylor - Daisy Nohara, Max, Shin's Grandmother
• Grey DeLisle - Cosmo, Miss Uma
• Anndi McAfee - Nini, Miss Dori
• Patrick Fraley - Principal Enzo, Masked Muchacho, Shin's Grandfather

In December 2004, a new dubbed series of Shin-Chan began to air on Fox Kids UK (now JETIX UK), and it was immediately evident that the entire English cast had been replaced. While the actors are clearly still American, JETIX' habit of cutting the closing credits from many of its shows means that they are currently unidentified. Kath Soucie (sometimes Souci) is a prolific voice actress, perhaps best known for her work as the voice of the twins Phil and Lil DeVille in the popular animated series Rugrats (and its subsequent spinoff All Grown Up!), her voicing of Kanga in the Walt Disney series of Winnie The... Russi Taylor is the current voice actress for Disneys Minnie Mouse character. ... Grey DeLisle Grey DeLisle (born August 12, 1972 in Fort Ord, California) is an American singer, songwriter, and voice actress of Irish and Hispanic descent. ...

External link

• http://www.jetix.co.uk/fktv/shows/0,6248,2482,00.html - Website of JETIX UK Shin Chan anime release
• http://www.futabasha.co.jp/sinchan/ - Futabasha's Crayon Shin-chan website (Japanese)
• http://www.futabasha.co.jp/ke-tai/shinchan.html - Futabasha's Shin-chan cell phone page (Japanese)
• http://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/shinchan/ - TV Asahi Shin-chan website (Japanese)
• http://www.shinchan-movie.com/ - Website of Crayon Shin-chan the movie (Japanese)