Crayon Shin-chan

There is no such thing as an uneventful day in the life of kindergartener Shinnosuke "Shin-chan" Nohara. The five-year-old is a cut above the most troublesome, perverted, and shameless kid one can imagine. Shin-chan is almost always engaged in questionable activities such as forgetting about a friend during hide and seek, sumo wrestling for love, performing various gags including the notorious "elephant" in public, and flirting with college girls. The exemplary troublemaker has done it all and has no plans to stop anytime soon.

Crayon Shin-chan follows the daily shenanigans of Shin-chan with his group of friends, parading around as the self-proclaimed "Kasukabe Defense Force." The adults witnessing these shenanigans unfold can't help but adore Shin-chan, as he keeps them entertained while unintentionally solving their daily troubles through his mindless antics—leaving himself as the only problem they do not know what to do with.

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Nohara, Shinnosuke Main

Yajima, Akiko Japanese

Nohara, Hiroshi Main

Fujiwara, Keiji Japanese

Nohara, Misae Main

Narahashi, Miki Japanese

Nohara, Himawari Main

Koorogi, Satomi Japanese

Buriburizaemon Supporting

Shiozawa, Kaneto Japanese

Shiro Supporting

Mashiba, Mari Japanese

Boo-chan Supporting

Satou, Chie Japanese

Gou, Goutarou Supporting

Genda, Tesshou Japanese

Kazama, Tooru Supporting

Mashiba, Mari Japanese

Takakura, Bunta Supporting

Naya, Rokurou Japanese

Cook, Justin Producer

Hara, Keiichi Director, Episode Director, Script, Storyboard

Hongou, Mitsuru Director, Episode Director, Storyboard, Theme Song Lyrics

Mutou, Yuuji Director, Episode Director, Script, Storyboard

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Aug 3, 2008

SSBMboss

Recommended

Preliminary (250/? eps)

My opinion may not be shared by most of MAL users, because Crayon Shin-chan is rated PG(-13) in American countries and is for "Everyone" in my country, so everybody here sees it as an anime destined to children.

I'm not going to write a long review for this one, it's going to be plain and simple. Shin-chan is a 5 years old boy that disturbs every one, he's obviously and logically childish, he's pervert, addicted to television, his mother is really incredible to stand this impossibly irritating little boy. The show is full of under-the-belt jokes as well as troubles between adults because of Shin's way ... of telling stories to others et cetera.
It's simple fun, and manages to stay fun. It is a long-running anime full of fun.

Note for those who read the manga but hadn't seen the anime, they are totally similar.

Reviewer’s Rating: 8

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Dec 13, 2014

Cecility

Recommended

Preliminary (Unknown/? eps)

It slightly saddens me that Crayon Shin-Chan does not get very many reviews because this is my childhood ( although this series is quite inappropriate for young children in certain aspects... ). And many people in the American community think it's stupid ( which isn't wrong, because there are rather... strange parts to this series that just makes this "Crayon Shin-Chan" ).

However, there is a strange charm to this series which drag the audience in. It merely seems like a weird children's show at first glance, but it is actually an adult show with many adult-targeted humor. However, there are still an aspect of childhood ... innocence left in certain ways. Either way, it can be a light show for pretty much any range. Even without being able to relate to adult humor, Crayon Shin-chan is hilarious within itself. The characters are all very unique, and all deeply plotted.

Also, the movies are something to take note of. The Shin-chan movies are focused on the fantasy adventure aspect of the series which is not very often encountered in the original series, creating that excitement out of the everyday life humor. Nevertheless, many of them also show a heartwarming connection within the Nohara family and often brings me to a gross sobbing. The movies seems to fill in the lack of excitement and portrayal of touching feelings in the original series.

Despite its weirdness and occasional fantasy aspect, I find this series very down to earth. The characters are not perfect or "cool", and they are very human. But when watching the movies, it feels as if I'm watching Gintama, another random comedy which hints at the touching back story of the characters from time to time.

Overall, I personally enjoy Crayon Shin-chan any day, and feel like it is something anyone can really get into when watching it alongside of the movies.

Reviewer’s Rating: 9

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Mar 22, 2009

andy_blah

Recommended

Preliminary (115/? eps)

This is by far one of the most fun special anime show,it doesn't feature the kind of a story and animation you usually see in other anime shows, even tho the story is repetitive, and it might seem that the subject is mostly about a 5-year-old showing his buttocks to everybody, it isn't that way, it has it's own humour, slapstick jokes, and antics from a quirky little boy who can twist and turn any other's opinions and make them say what they don't intend to. Shin-Chan doesn't seem to behave even after his mother, Misae, spanks his behind and stretches his cheeks at a ... daily basis, which makes this anime even more fun, he also has some moments where his sensitive nature reveals, of course, not missing his silly remarks in the end.

Could have been rated to 10 if the animation would be better at times ^_^

If you are interested about this anime show, see my fansub group (the link is in my profile~)

Reviewer’s Rating: 9

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