Shin Chan

Shin Chan

Original Title

クレヨンしんちゃん
Crayon Shin-chan

Original Language

Japanese

Dubbing Studio 1

Hanbit Video Production Co., Ltd.

Dubbing Studio 2

Toy Production Co., Ltd.

Dubbing Studio 3

Vitello Productions

Dubbing Studio 4

Media Concepts

Dubbing Studio 5

FUNimation Entertainment

Dubbing Studio 6

Red Angel Media

Voice Director 1

Paul Vitello

Voice Director 2

Michael Sorich

Voice Director 3

Zach Bolton
Laura Bailey

Voice Director 4

Russell Wait^[1]

Translation & Adaptation

Grant Moran
(Media Concepts Dub)
Joel Bergen
Alex Muniz
Jared Hedges
Michael B. Steinberg
Laura Moran
Sarah Dyer
Evan Dorkin
John Burgmeier
(eps. 1, 14)
Colleen Clinkenbeard
(eps. 3-4)
Joelle Sellner
(ep. 30)
(FUNimation Dub)

Recorded

2001
2001-2002
2003
2006-2011
2015

Dub Country 1

South Korea

Dub Country 2

United States

Dub Country 3

Hong Kong

Original Country

Japan

Episodes

1200+
24(Hanbit/Toy)
104(Vitello/Phuuz)
78(FUNimation)
4(Wision/Daekyung)
26(LUK)

Year

1992-present

The series has had various localization attempts for English-speaking viewers, with the most well known being a gag-dub byFUNimation that aired on Adult Swim.

Dubbing History[]

Gloman Co., Ltd.[]

The first known English dub was made in South Korea and was intended to teach South Korean kids English. Episodes were released on VCD in South Korea by the Seoul-based company Gloman Co., Ltd. (글로만) from March 2001 until February 2003 as part of its "TV Ani•POPS English 21" monthly subscription learning program. Licensing was handled by Animation International. Gloman was in charge of planning, editing, and publishing, and manufacturing was done by Sangrok Multimedia. The first six volumes credit educational company Samsungdang Media (삼성당미디어) instead of Gloman, and the first volume was simply called "Ani•POPS English 21" instead of "TV Ani•POPS English 21". English was taught by the multimedia program through magazines and VCD videos, acting as the textbooks. Each volume included a booklet, alongside three audio cassette tapes and a VCD, containing English dubbed episodes to watch or to read and follow along with. The bilingual booklets contained episode scripts with screenshots, and each VCD was subtitled in English and Korean. A VHS option was also available, chosen upon subscription. Initaial volumes were dubbed byHanbit Video Production Co., Ltd. and later ones byToy Production Co., Ltd., with some changes in voice roles.

Lacey Entertainment[]

The series was dubbed into English byVitello Productions in Burbank, California through 2001–2002, when TV Asahi and Lacey Entertainment decided to market the series worldwide. The dub featured veteran voice actors such asKath Soucie,Russi Taylor,Grey DeLisle,Pat Fraley,Eric Loomis andAnndi McAfee playing the characters. During the early 2000s, it ran on Fox Kids (and later Jetix) in the United Kingdom, on Fox Kids in Australia and on RTÉ Two in Ireland.

Many characters had their names changed to American-sounding ones, the original background music was completely replaced with new background music, and scenes with nudity were edited to remove any signs of indecent exposure. Most adult jokes were re-made into family-friendly jokes, and the profanity was edited out. However, the frequent appearance of Shinnosuke's naked buttocks, as well as humor relating to breast-size and sexual themes, remained in the finished product. Some episodes that displayed adult material and mature content were not dubbed at all. Additionally, the episodes were dubbed out of their original order which created continuity errors. For example, episode 29 shows Shin bringing his classmates to visit his newborn sister, episode 30 shows his sister coming home from her birth in the hospital and in episode 52 it was revealed that Shin was going to have a sister.

In 2003,Phuuz Entertainment (formerly Media Concepts) was commissioned by Lacey Entertainment to continue the dub in similar style as the Vitello dub. However, the Phuuz dub contained none of the original voice cast from Vitello's, with all the characters voices being replaced with a different talent pool.

52 episodes have been produced by Vitello and another 52 episodes by Phuuz, with the total of episodes being 104. The episodes lasted on an average 21 minutes and contained three segments of 5 to 7 minutes. As both dubs have never been released in the US and had limited release in other countries, they are very difficult to find, with the Phuuz dub being near-impossible to find.

Wision DVD Production[]

In South Korea, 12 segments of the anime were dubbed into English and released on learn English VCDs and DVDs under the title “English with Jjanggu”, across 4 volumes. Wision DVD Production and later Daekyung DVD served as distributors. In this dub, Shin-chan's name is changed into "Shin Jjanggu" (신짱구), which is coined by his original Japanese name and the Korean word "jjanggu" (짱구) for "protruding forehead." In Korea, the animated version is severely censored compared to the original Japanese version. The voice cast for the South Korean English dub is currently unknown, being different between the first two volumes released in 2004 by Wision and the last two volumes released in 2006 by Daekyung.

FUNimation[]

FUNimation Entertainment acquired theShin-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 dub features their Texas-based cast of voice actors. FUNimation's dub was in a comedic gag-dub style, similar toADV Films' dub ofGhost Stories, and 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 (though much less compared to the previous attempts, most name changes were for comedic purposes). Many sexual references, dark humor, and references to current popular American culture were added.

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 Ench was rewritten as a half Cuban, half Roma man with a complicated prior life that includes a stint as a magician, in which he accidentally injured scores of audience members. Masumi Ageo (known in the dub as "Miss Polly"), Shinnosuke's teacher, was rewritten as a kinky nymphomaniac, while Shin's schoolmate, Kazama, (known in the dub as "Georgie") was portrayed as a hawkish conservative.

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. Netflix streamed the series in the United States from April 6, 2011 until November 13, 2012. Seasons 1, 2, and 3 were once available for streaming on the US version of Hulu, they were also temporarily available for streaming in the US on the streaming service of Funimation. The series is currently unavailable for streaming.

LUK Internacional[]

A fourth English dub of Crayon Shin-chan was produced in Hong Kong byRed 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 ofCrayon Shin-chan and commissioned theDoraemon 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.

Cast[]

Image	Character	Seiyū	Vitello Dub (Lacey Entertainment Episodes 1-52)	Phuuz Dub (Lacey Entertainment Episodes 53-104)	FUNimation Dub (78 Episodes)
Main Characters
Nohara Family
	Shinnosuke Nohara	Akiko Yajima (eps. 1-969)	Kath Soucie	Diane Michelle	Laura Bailey
		Yumiko Kobayashi (eps. 970-on)
	Misae Nohara	Miki Narahashi		Julie Maddalena	Cynthia Cranz
	Hiroshi Nohara	Keiji Fujiwara (eps. 1-905)	Eric Loomis	Peter Doyle	Chuck Huber
		Toshiyuki Morikawa (eps. 906-on)
	Himawari Nohara	Satomi Kōrogi	Russi Taylor		Colleen Clinkenbeard
Secondary Characters
Misae's Family
	Yoshiji Koyama	Kenichi Sakaguchi			John Swasey
	Hisae Koyama	Noriko Uemura	Russi Taylor		Wendy Powell
	Musae Koyama	Michiko Neya			Carli Mosier
Hiro's Family
	Ginnosuke Nohara	Ginzō Matsuo (eps. 1-428)	Pat Fraley		Sonny Strait
		Chō (eps. 429-on)
	Tsuru Nohara	Chie Kitagawa	Russi Taylor
Futaba Kindergarten
Sunflower Class
	Tōru Kazama	Mari Mashiba	Grey DeLisle	Hope Levy	Brina Palencia
	Bo Suzuki	Chie Satō	Eric Loomis	Richard Cansino	Chris Cason
	Nene Sakurada	Tamao Hayashi	Anndi McAfee	Michelle Ruff	Carrie Savage
	Masao Sato	Teiyū Ichiryūsai	Russi Taylor	Barbara Goodson	Colleen Clinkenbeard
	Ai Suotome	Ayako Kawasumi			Monica Rial
Rose Class
	Yasuo Kawamura	Tomoko Ōtsuka	Russi Taylor		Trina Nishimura
Kindergarden Staff
	Ume Matsuzaka	Michie Tomizawa	Grey DeLisle		Clarine Harp
	Midori Ishizaka	Yumi Takada (first voice)	Anndi McAfee	Cindy Robinson	Caitlin Glass
		Haruhi Nanao (second voice)
	Masumi Ageo	Kotono Mitsuishi			Jamie Marchi
	Bunta Takakura	Rokurō Naya (first voice)	Pat Fraley		Jason Liebrecht
		Junpei Morita (second voice)
	Shiizou Atsukuru	Kazunari Tanaka			Todd Haberkorn
Kindergarden Students & Staff Relatives
	Junichi Ishizaka	Naoki Bandō			Kevin M. Connolly
	Moeko Sakurada	Shōko Saitō (eps. 1-97)			Gwendolyn Lau (eps. 4-48)
		Junko Hagimori (eps. 98-on)			Lydia Mackay (eps. 53-71)
	Mineko Kazama	Sakiko Tamagawa			Melinda Wood Allen
	Ekasuky Sato	Tomoko Ōtsuka			Allison Tolman
	Kuroiso	Fumihiko Tachiki			Christopher Sabat
Saitama Crimson Scorpions
	Ryuko Okegawa	Kazue Ikura			Brittney Karbowski
		Urara Takano (ep. 843)
	Ogin Uonome	Midori Nakazawa (first voice)			Amanda Doskocil
		Chizuko Hoshino (second voice)
	Mary	Akiko Muta			Trina Nishimura
Kasukabe Residents
	Mrs. Kitamoto	Reiko Suzuki			Laurie Steele
	Robert McGuire	Yukitoshi Hori			Robert McCollum
	Nanako Ōhara	Sayuri Yamauchi (eps. 17-763)			Stephanie Young
		Shizuka Itō (eps. 764-on)
	Micchi Hatogaya	Fumie Kusachi			Luci Christian
		Makiko Ōmoto (eps. 503-on)
	Yoshirin Hatogaya	Daisuke Sakaguchi			Eric Vale
	Kenta Musashino	Kenji Nojima			Travis Willingham
	Shinobu Kandadori	Mizuki Ōtsuka			Wendy Powell
Matazuresou Residents
	Nushiyo Ooya	Kōko Kagawa			Julie Mayfield
	Yonro	Toshiharu Sakurai			Christopher Sabat
	Atsuko Kutsuzoko	Hiromi Ishikawa			Tiffany Grant
	Atsumi Kutsuzoko	Saori Sugimoto			Leah Clark
	Yuu Yakutsukuri	Makiko Ōmoto			Jennifer Green
	Kyuji Oda	Jun Fukuyama			Troy Baker
	Kyousuke Nigariya	Takkō Ishimori			Cole Brown
Fictional Characters
	Action Mask	Tesshō Genda	Pat Fraley		Troy Baker
	Mimiko Sakura	Etsuko Kozakura	Russi Taylor		Kate Oxley
	Buriburizaemon	Kaneto Shiozawa (eps. 1-355)			Justin Cook
		Hiroshi Kamiya (eps. 894B-on)
	Magical Girl Moe-P	Sakura Nogawa			Cherami Leigh
Pets
	Shiro	Mari Mashiba	Russi Taylor	Michael Sorich	Chris Cason

Additional Voices[]

LUK Dub[]

Image	Character	Seiyū	Dub Actor
Main Characters
Nohara Family
	Shinnosuke Nohara	Akiko Yajima (eps. 1-969)	Jessica de Borja
		Yumiko Kobayashi (eps. 970-on)
	Misae Nohara	Miki Narahashi	Candice Moore
	Hiroshi Nohara	Keiji Fujiwara (eps. 1-905)	Michael C. Pizzuto
		Toshiyuki Morikawa (eps. 906-on)
	Himawari Nohara	Satomi Kōrogi	¿Catherine Fu?
Secondary Characters
Misae's Family
	Hisae Koyama	Noriko Uemura	Catherine Fu
Hiro's Family
	Tsuru Nohara	Chie Kitagawa	Candice Moore
Futaba Kindergarten
Sunflower Class
	Tōru Kazama	Mari Mashiba	Candice Moore
	Bo Suzuki	Chie Satō	¿Russell Wait?
	Nene Sakurada	Tamao Hayashi	Catherine Fu
	Masao Sato	Teiyū Ichiryūsai	Ben Margalith
Kindergarden Staff
	Ume Matsuzaka	Michie Tomizawa	Muriel Hofmann
	Midori Ishizaka	Yumi Takada (first voice)	Catherine Fu
		Haruhi Nanao (second voice)
	Masumi Ageo	Kotono Mitsuishi	Muriel Hofmann
	Bunta Takakura	Rokurō Naya (first voice)	Russell Wait
		Junpei Morita (second voice)
Kindergarden Students & Staff Relatives
	Junichi Ishizaka	Naoki Bandō	Russell Wait
	Moeko Sakurada	Shōko Saitō (eps. 1-97)	Muriel Hofmann
		Junko Hagimori (eps. 98-on)
Kasukabe Residents
	Mrs. Kitamoto	Reiko Suzuki	Muriel Hofmann
	Robert McGuire	Yukitoshi Hori	Russell Wait
	Yoshirin Hatogaya	Daisuke Sakaguchi
Fictional Characters
	Action Mask	Tesshō Genda	Michael C. Pizzuto
	Buriburizaemon	Kaneto Shiozawa (eps. 1-355)	Russell Wait
		Hiroshi Kamiya (eps. 894B-on)

Additional Voices[]

• Jessica de Borja - Mari Shiwasu, extras
• Muriel Hofmann - Mrs. Tanaka, Reiko Kitamoto, extras
• Ben Margalith - Adult Kazama, Lavender
• Candice Moore
• Michael C. Pizzuto
• Russell Wait - Narrator, Naoki, Teacher Yamaoka, extras
• Catherine Fu - Lisa Grace, Sheila Kannazuki, Yoko Narashino, extras

Note: Most voices are voice-matched, except for Jessica de Borja (Shin Chan), Candice Moore (Misae Nohara and Toru Kazama), Michael C. Pizzuto (Hiroshi Nohara), Catherine Fu (Nene Sakurada), and Muriel Hofmann (Moeko Sakurada).

Character Names[]

Notes[]

• Many foreign dubs are based on the Vitello/Phuuz dub, using the same censorship and Americanized name changes, including theSpanish dub.
• BothKath Soucie andGrey DeLisle have expressed strong distaste for the series. Soucie said that had the contract not expired, she would have quit herself, as she found the characters unlikable and wasn't pleased with the show's humor. DeLisle has admitted that she only did the dub for money, saying that the show was awful and its humor didn't translate well into English, with her even saying "I'm going to go to hell for this. This is, like, really bad for my soul."
• In contrast to DeLisle and Soucie,Cynthia Cranz (Misae's voice actress in Funimation's dub) on the other hand has admitted thatShin-chan was one of her favourite shows to work on and she admitted that she really misses voicing her.^[2]
• Cynthia Cranz was told the reason why FUNimation chose not to continue dubbingShin-chan was due to conflicts with TV Asahi as they found some of the jokes in their dub offensive.^[3]
• FUNimation originally intended to release their firstShin-chan DVD with an accompanying Japanese audio track and English subtitles, but wound up unable to clear the rights. Considering the dub consisted of cut and spliced skits from different episodes (many having aired many years apart), it may have also been difficult to have the rights to each original segment's audio cleared.
• The oldest vignette featured in FUNimation's dub is from 1995.

Transmission[]

Date(s)	Channel	Dub	Country
2002-2003	Fox Kids	Vitello & Phuuz	United Kingdom
2004-2005	Jetix
2006-2009	Cartoon Network (Adult Swim)	FUNimation	United States

Video Releases[]

Distributor	Year	Format	Contents	Dub	Region	Country
Magna Pacific	2004-2005		20 Episodes	Vitello	4 PAL	Australia
			5 Volumes
FUNimation Entertainment	2008-2011		The Complete Dub	FUNimation	1 NTSC	United States
			6 Volumes
	2010-2013		The Complete Dub
			3 Volumes

See Also[]

• Super Shiro
• Crayon Shin-chan Spin-off

References[]

External Links[]

• Crayon Shin-chan at the Internet Movie Database
• Crayon Shin-chan (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia