Crayon Shin-chan

Crayon Shin-chan first appeared in a Japanese weekly magazine called Weekly Manga Action, which is published by Futabasha. The anime Crayon Shin-chan has been on TV Asahi since April 13, 1992, and has also been aired by Cartoon Network, the anime television network, Animax across Japan, Animanga in Israel, Hungama TV in India, and in Latin America. Much of the jokes in the series stems from Shin-chan's occasionally weird, unnatural and inappropriate use of language, 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 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; 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 comic books. As the show progressed, more and more episodes became anime-original. (© <!--link--><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crayon_Shin-chan">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crayon_Shin-chan</a> ) Shinnosuke "Shin-chan" Nohara is a little boy who seems to do everything he can to annoy his parents and teachers (and succeeds wildly), but only means the best. He just tries to have a good time and in doing so does things which will create the maximum vexation in others. (© <!--link--><a href="http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=540">AnimeNewsNetwork.com/Crayon Shin-chan</a> )