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lead=yes is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yoshito Usui. Crayon Shin-chan made its first appearance in 1990 in a Japanese weekly magazine called Weekly Manga Action, which was published by Futabasha. Due to the death of author Yoshito Usui, the manga in its original form ended on September 11, 2009. A new manga began in the summer of 2010 by members of Usui's team, titled Shin Kureyon Shin-chan.
An anime television adaptation began airing on TV Asahi in 1992 and is still ongoing, with 1267 episodes. The show has been dubbed in 30 languages which aired in 45 countries. As of 2023, both the Crayon Shin-Chan and New Crayon Shin-Chan series has over 148 million copies in circulation, making it among the best-selling manga series in history.
Many of the jokes in the series stem from Shin-chan's occasionally weird, unnatural and inappropriate use of language, as well as from his mischievous behaviour. Consequently, non-Japanese readers and some viewers may find it difficult to understand his jokes. Some gags may require an understanding of Japanese culture and/or language to be fully appreciated; for example, his "Mr. Elephant" impression, while being transparently obvious as a physical gag, also has a deeper resonance with contemporary Japanese culture since it refers to the popular Japanese children's song "Zou-san" (ぞうさん). But after modest translation, it is popular in the rest of Asia due to cultural compatibility. It also contains many sarcastic jokes and stereotype humour.
The series is mainly of comedy style with a lot of Ecchi, leading to parents forbidding their children to watch it. However, due to its popularity, it's also stylistically as family-friendly as possible, although it may not apply everywhere. Most episodes are about the importance of family and friends. On rare occasions, it also has some darker episodes like Miss Matsuzaka's boyfriend dying in the manga, though it was not adapted into an anime episode. It also includes several horror adaptations, for example "The Line of no End", "The Horrible Elevator" and "The Kindergarten Stairs".
Abnormal for his age, Shin-chan regularly becomes besotted with pretty female characters in skimpy clothing who are much older than him, and an additional source of humour is derived from his childlike attempts at flirting with these characters, such as by asking them (inappropriately, on several levels) "Do you like green peppers?" (ピーマン好き?) (because he hates green peppers so much). He continually displays a lack of tact when talking to adults, asking questions such as "Why don't you know to cook Aunty?" to his friend's mom or "How old are you?" to elderly people.
Yoshito Usui died on September 11, 2009, after a fall at Mount Arafune. After Usui died, Futabasha originally planned to end Crayon Shin-chan in November 2009. Upon discovering new manuscripts, Futabasha decided to extend the comic's run until the March 2010 issue of the magazine, which shipped on February 5, 2010. Although the series formally ended on February 5, 2010, it was announced on December 1, 2009, that a new manga would begin in the summer of 2010 by members of Usui's team, titled Shin Kureyon Shin-chan. This manga moved to a dedicated website after the magazine it was serialized in ended publication in late 2023.
A series of four bilingual Japanese-English manga were released in 1996 in Japan as Shin-chan: The Little Horror! (クレヨンしんちゃんの楽しいゾ英会話).
ComicsOne translated ten volumes of Crayon Shin-chan into English language and released it in the United States of America. Occasional popular culture references familiar to Americans, such as Pokémon and Britney Spears, 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 Vitello and Phuuz English version of the anime, even though the dub never aired in North America. This translation is rated Teen.
Since then, American publisher DrMaster 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 announced the acquisition of the Crayon Shin-chan manga. The CMX version is rated Mature instead of Teen from ComicsOne, because of nudity, sexual humor, dirty 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. However, volume 10 omitted a gag which was in the ComicsOne version.
On April 11, 2012, One Peace Books announced their release of the manga, which is a reprint of the CMX version, in an omnibus format. Three omnibus volumes were released simultaneously on October 15, 2012. Volume 4 was released on November 13, 2013, and included the Japanese volume 12, marking the first time that particular volume has an English translation.
The Crayon Shin-chan manga spin-off, Action Mask, is currently available as read-only/print-only subscription from Crunchyroll and Futabasha. The main Shin-chan manga is also available from Crunchyroll using the CMX version, concurrently up to volume 10.
An English subtitled version of Crayon Shin-chan ran on KIKU in Hawaii from December 18, 1993, until December 2001 when Lacey Entertainment acquired the rights. The episodes were translated by Karlton Tomomitsu.
Another spin-off series called Crayon Shin-chan Gaiden consisting of four seasons is exclusively streaming on Amazon Prime Video worldwide with English, German, Spanish, French, Italian and Portuguese subtitles.
An anime spin-off series titled Super Shiro was announced on February 3, 2019. The spin-off focuses on Shin-chan's dog Shiro. The series was directed by Masaaki Yuasa and animated at Science SARU. Kimiko Ueno handled series composition, while Tomohisa Shimoyama served as chief director. TV Asahi, Shin-Ei Animation, ADK EM, and Futabasha produced the anime. The series ran for 48 episodes, with each episode being five minutes long. The series premiered on October 14, 2019, on AbemaTV. An English dub premiered on Cartoon Network in Australia and Southeast Asia.
On 23 November 2018, Arashi member Masaki Aiba appeared as his character Tatsuya Kōenji, from drama Boku to Shippo to Kagurazaka, in a short at the end of episode 983, called Ora to Shippo to Kagurazaka dazo, where he examines Shinnosuke's dog at the veterinary clinic.
In 2003, Phuuz entertainment inc. was commissioned by Lacey Entertainment and TV Asahi to continue in a similar style as the Vitello dub. But their episodes featured a new cast of voice artists (among others Diane Michelle, Julie Maddalena, Peter Doyle).
52 episodes have been produced of the Vitello dub and 52 episodes of the Phuuz dub. Vitello and Phuuz episodes lasted on an average 21 minutes and contained three segments of 5 to 7 minutes. Some of the dubs of the series used the Vitello dub as the source for the dubbing. Some dubs also dubbed the Phuuz dub afterwards.
Funimation (now Crunchyroll LLC) acquired the Shin-chan North America license in 2006. As per all international licenses for the series, TV Asahi remained a licensing partner for North America.
Funimation's version features a Texas-based cast of voice actors. Funimation's dub takes many liberties with the source material and was heavily Americanized. Similar to the Vitello dub, episodes of the series were dubbed out of their original order, and segments were reordered. Additionally, many characters had their names changed to American-sounding ones. Many sexual references, dark humor, and references to current popular American culture were added. For example, in one scene, Ai and Penny argue over which one of them is Jessica Simpson (whose first album was not released until 1999) and which one is Ashlee Simpson (whose first album was not released until 2004), 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 Giuliani and his unsuccessful bid for president.
New, previously non-existent backstories were created, as well as significantly different personalities for the characters. For instance, the unseen father of Nene (known in the dub as "Penny") was suggested to be physically abusive toward both his wife and daughter, and this was used as a source of black humor. Principal Enchou was rewritten as a half-Peruvian, half-Romani man with a complicated prior life that includes a stint as a magician, in which he accidentally injured scores of audience members. Ageo-sensei (known in the dub as "Miss Polly"), Shinnosuke's teacher, was rewritten as a kinky Hypersexuality, while Shin's schoolmate, Kazama, (known in the dub as "Georgie") was portrayed as a hawkish young GOP.
The first 52 episodes of the dub aired on Adult Swim. All three seasons, 26 episodes per season, have also been released on DVD. Season 3, released in 2011, culminated in the official finale, effectively ending the Funimation series.
A fourth English dub of Crayon Shin-chan has been produced in Hong Kong by Red Angel Media in 2015 and was commissioned by LUK Internacional, the company that produces the Spanish, Portuguese, the second Italian and the second French dubs of Crayon Shin-chan and commissioned the Doraemon dub that aired on Boomerang UK. The dub was translated from LUK Internacional's Spanish dub, which is close to the Japanese original and has no censorship. The first three volumes of the dub were released in the European and South African Nintendo 3DS eShop on December 22, 2016, and the fourth and fifth volumes were released on December 29, 2016. The dub is separated into five volumes, with the first volume being free while the other four cost €1.99/£1.79. The first volume contains two episodes while the other four contain 6 episodes each which makes 26 episodes in total.
In India, Hindi dubs of the anime started airing on Hungama TV on June 19, 2006. Later, it also began airing in Tamil language and Telugu language dubs. In 2024, Sony YAY! also started airing the Hindi dub, also providing dubbed versions in Bengali language, Tamil & Telugu. As of May 2025, all films have been dubbed in Hindi, Bengali, Tamil and Telugu and aired on Hungama TV and Sony YAY!.
In the Philippines, IBC 13 aired a Filipino dub of the anime in the early 2000s with Shinnosuke being voiced by Filipino rapper Andrew E.
| Crayon Shin-chan: Ora to Shiro wa Otomodachi da yo (クレヨンしんちゃん "オラとシロはお友達だよ") | Game Boy | April 9, 1993 |
| Crayon Shin-chan: Arashi o Yobu Enji (クレヨンしんちゃん 嵐を呼ぶ園児) | Super Famicom and Mega Drive | July 30, 1993 (SFC) March 11, 1994 (MD) |
| クレヨンしんちゃん オラとポイポイ | Famicom | August 27, 1993 |
| Quiz Crayon Shin-chan (クイズ クレヨンしんちゃん) | Arcade game | August 1993 |
| Crayon Shin-chan 2: Ora to Wanpaku Gokko da zo (クレヨンしんちゃん2 "オラとわんぱくごっこだゾ") | Game Boy | October 22, 1993 |
| Crayon Shin-chan Ora to Asobo (クレヨンしんちゃん オラと遊ぼ) | Arcade | December 1993 |
| Crayon Shin-chan no Ora to Issho ni Asobou yo! (クレヨンしんちゃんのオラといっしょにあそぼうよ!) | Sega Pico | March 1994 |
| Crayon Shin-chan 3: Ora no Gokigen Athletic (クレヨンしんちゃん3 オラのごきげんアスレチック) | Game Boy | March 26, 1994 |
| Crayon Shin-chan 2: Dai Maou no Gyakushuu (クレヨンしんちゃん2 大魔王の逆襲) | Super Famicom | May 27, 1994 |
| Crayon Shin-chan 4: Ora no Itazura Dai Henshin (クレヨンしんちゃん4 "オラのいたずら大変身") | Game Boy | August 26, 1994 |
| Crayon Shin-chan no Oekaki Note (クレヨンしんちゃんのおえかきノート) | Sega Pico | January 1995 |
| Crayon Shin-chan: Taiketsu! Quantum Panic!! (クレヨンしんちゃん 対決!カンタムパニック!!) | Game Gear | February 24, 1995 |
| Crayon Shin-chan: Puzzle Daimaou no Nazo (クレヨンしんちゃん パズル大魔王の謎) | 3DO | March 10, 1995 |
| Crayon Shin-chan: Nagagutsu Dobon (クレヨンしんちゃん 長ぐつドボン) | Super Famicom | September 27, 1996 |
| Crayon Shin-chan: Ora no Gokigen Collection (クレヨンしんちゃん オラのごきげんコレクション) | Game Boy | December 20, 1996 |
| ''Crayon Shin-chan: Ora no Honto no Kaa-chan Ya~i (クレヨンしんちゃん オラのほんとの母ちゃんやーい) | PC gaming | 1997 |
| 짱구는 못말려 (Korea) | PC | 1997 (Korea) |
| 짱구는 못말려 2 (Korea) | PC | 1999 |
| Jjanggu the Unhelpable 3 (짱구는 못말려 3 -돌아온 짱구-) (Korea) | PC/Nuon | 2000 (Korea) |
| 짱구는 못말려 4 -부리부리왕국의 비밀 (Korea) | PC | 2001 |
| 짱구는 못말려 5 -짱구가 줄었어요! (Korea) | PC | 2002 |
| 짱구는 못말려 6 -원시시대 짱구 (Korea) | PC | 2002 |
| 짱구는 못말려 7 -흰둥이 구출작전 (Korea) | PC | 2003 |
| 짱구 스프링스 (Korea) | PC | |
| Kids Station: Crayon Shin-Chan (キッズステーション クレヨンしんちゃん オラとおもいでつくるゾ!) | PlayStation | November 29, 2001 |
| パソコンやろうよ!マウスでジグソーパズル クレヨンしんちゃん | PC | January 18, 2002 |
| クレヨンしんちゃん オラと一緒に英語する? | PC | August 30, 2002 |
| Crayon Shin-chan: Arashi no Yobu Adventures in Cinemaland! (クレヨンしんちゃん 嵐を呼ぶ シネマランドの大冒険!) Shin chan: Aventuras en Cineland (Spain) | Game Boy Advance | April 16, 2004 December 25, 2005 (Spain) |
| Crayon Shin-chan: Densetsu o Yobu Omake no To Shukkugaan! (クレヨンしんちゃん 伝説を呼ぶ オマケの都ショックガーン!) Shin chan contra los muñecos de Shock Gahn (Spain) | Game Boy Advance | March 23, 2006 September 18, 2006 (Spain) |
| (クレヨンしんちゃん 最強家族カスカベキング うぃ〜) Shin chan: Las nuevas aventuras para Wii (Spain) | Wii | December 2, 2006 April 25, 2008 (Spain) |
| Crayon Shin-chan DS: Arashi wo Yobu Nutte Crayoon Daisakusen! (クレヨンしんちゃんDS 嵐を呼ぶ ぬってクレヨ〜ン大作戦!) ¡Shin chan flipa en colores! (Spain) 짱구는 못말려 DS 알쏭달쏭 크레용 대작전 (Korea) Shin chan e i colori magici! (Italy) | Nintendo DS | March 21, 2007 November 16, 2007 (Spain) April 5, 2008 (Korea) September 12, 2008 (Italy) |
| Crayon Shin-chan: Arashi o Yobu Cinema Land (クレヨンしんちゃん 嵐を呼ぶ シネマランド カチンコガチンコ大活劇!) Shin chan: ¡Aventuras de cine! (Spain) 짱구는 못말려 시네마랜드 찰칵찰칵 대소동! (Korea) | Nintendo DS | March 20, 2008 December 5, 2008 (Spain) September 15, 2009 (Korea) |
| Crayon Shin-chan: Arashi o Yobu – Nendororon Daihenshin (クレヨンしんちゃん 嵐を呼ぶ ねんどろろ〜ん大変身!) ¡Shin chan contra los plastas! (Spain) 짱구는 못말려 말랑말랑 고무찰흙 대변신! (Korea) | Nintendo DS | March 19, 2009 December 4, 2009 (Spain) December 3, 2010 (Korea) |
| Crayon Shin-chan: Obaka Daininden – Susume! Kasukabe Ninja Tai! (クレヨンしんちゃん おバカ大忍伝 すすめ!カスカベ忍者隊!) 짱구는 못말려 부리부리 떡잎마을 대모험! (Korea) | Nintendo DS | March 18, 2010 October 19, 2012 (Korea) |
| クレヨンしんちゃんオラとカラオケ大パニック | CROSSO | April 12, 2010 |
| Crayon Shin-chan Shokkugan! Densetsu wo Yobu Omake Daiketsusen!! (クレヨンしんちゃん ショックガ〜ン! 伝説を呼ぶオマケ大ケッ戦!!) 짱구는 못말려 원 플러스 원! 쇼크성랜드 대결전!! (Korea) | Nintendo DS | December 2, 2010 October 27, 2011 (Korea) |
| クレヨンしんちゃん 恋する47（フォーティーセブン） | Mobage | April 5, 2011 |
| クレヨンしんちゃん シネマDEカード! | Mobage | November 9, 2011 |
| Crayon Shin-chan: Uchu de Achoo!? Yujo no Obakarate (クレヨンしんちゃん 宇宙DEアチョー!? 友情のおバカラテ!!) 짱구는 못말려 판타스틱-! 우주별 대모험!! (Korea) | Nintendo 3DS | December 1, 2011 2013 (Korea) |
| 짱구는 못말려 온라인 (Korea) | PC | 2012 (Korea) |
| Crayon Shin-chan: Arashi wo Yobu Kasukabe Eiga Stars! (クレヨンしんちゃん 嵐を呼ぶ カスカベ映画スターズ! Crayon Shin-chan: The Storm Called Kasukabe Movie Stars!) | Nintendo 3DS | April 10, 2014 |
| Crayon Shin-Chan Gekiatsu! Oden wa Rudo Dai Konran!! (クレヨンしんちゃん 激アツ！おでんわ～るど大コン乱！) | Nintendo 3DS | November 30, 2017 |
| Crayon Shin-chan: The Storm Called! Flaming Kasukabe Runner!! (クレヨンしんちゃん 嵐を呼ぶ 炎のカスカベランナー!!) | Nintendo Switch | January 14, 2020 (NA) January 24, 2020 (PAL) March 19, 2020 (Japan) |
| (クレヨンしんちゃん オラと博士の夏休み ～おわらない七日間の旅～) | Nintendo Switch and PC | July 15, 2021 (Switch, Japan) August 31, 2022 (PC) |
| Shin-chan: Shiro and the Coal Town (クレヨンしんちゃん「炭の町のシロ」) | Nintendo Switch and PC | February 22, 2024 (Switch, Japan) October 24, 2024 (PC) |
| Shin Chan Kasukabe's Challenge | Android iOS | LUK Internacional Manduka Games DoBCN | Discontinued |
| Crayon Shin-chan: The Storm Called! Flaming Kasukabe Runner! (クレヨンしんちゃん:嵐を呼ぶ!炎のカスカベランナー) | Android iOS | Bushiroad | Discontinued |
| Crayon Shin-chan: The Storm Called! Flaming Kasukabe Runner! Z (クレヨンしんちゃん ちょ〜嵐を呼ぶ 炎のカスカベランナー!! Z) | Android iOS | Bushiroad | Discontinued |
| Crayon Shin-chan Operation Little Helper (クレヨンしんちゃんお手伝い大作戦) | Android iOS | Neos | Available |
| Crayon Shin-chan: Dreaming! Kasukabe Large Battle! (クレヨンしんちゃん 夢みる！カスカベ大合戦) | Android iOS | Nexon Games Japan | Available |
| Crayon Shin-chan: UFO Panic! Run Kasukabe Guards!! (クレヨンしんちゃん UFOパニック！走れカスカベ防衛隊！) 
/ref>iOS | Nexon Games Japan. | Discontinued on November 11, 2015 | |
| Crayon Shin-chan: Sky Fly! Kasukabe Adventure! (クレヨンしんちゃん〜空飛ぶ！カスカベ大冒険〜) | Android iOS | Asakusa Games, in association with Futabasha. | Discontinued |
| クレヨンしんちゃん 一致団ケツ！ かすかべシティ大開発 | Android iOS | Bushiroad | Available |
| 【公式】クレヨンしんちゃん オラのぶりぶりアプリだゾ マンガもゲームもおてんこもりもり 毎日みれば～ | Android | Futabasha | Available |
Note: The last app isn't a game in itself, rather a Crayon Shin-chan hub with news, manga, and games.
A Portuguese dub of the anime has also aired on Biggs, with the segment of the 165th episode "Dad's Hospitalized Life" causing major controversy in December 2016, due to a scene where the nurses examine Shinnosuke's anus, and compliment it, all while he acts and looks uncomfortable. Due to complaints from parents over concerns that the show was promoting softcore child pornography, the Portuguese Media Regulatory Authority ordered that the show should only be aired after 10:30 PM. Eventually, the show was slowly faded out of Biggs' schedule, and from Portuguese television. Later, the show returned to television through Portugal's Fox Comedy in June 2021, though on a limited run, with the show being removed from Fox Comedy Portugal after a few months.
The same episode would later be uploaded to the officially run YouTube channel for the series' Portuguese dub, with the controversial scene completely cut out.
Regulators from Indonesia, Vietnam & South Korea have also described the show as 'borderline pornography'.
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