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Shin Chan: Season 1, Part 1 | 
| Director: Zach Bolton
Actor: Laura Bailey
Studio: Funimation
Category: DVD
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Rating:  32 reviews
Sales Rank: 10310
Format: Color, Full Screen, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: Unrated
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 2
Running Time: 300 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.6 x 0.7
MPN: FMADFN04220D
UPC: 704400042201
EAN: 0704400042201
ASIN: B000MTOMB2
Release Date: May 13, 2008
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Product Description
Studio: Funimation Prod Inc Release Date: 05/13/2008
Amazon.com
If the antics of Kenny, Cartman and the rest of the South Park boys have grown too stale for your tastes, there's plenty of appalling kid behavior on display in Shin Chan, Adult Swim's raucous redubbing of the popular Japanese anime series. The North American version follows the essence of the source material: Shin Chan is a five-year-old Japanese boy with a knack for making his parents, teachers and friends crazy with highly inappropriate statements and behavior (most notably a penchant for nudity and shaking his butt). But the scripts by anime vets Jared Hedges, Joel Bergin and Alex Muniz (with contributions by acclaimed comic book creators Evan Dorkin and Sarah Dyer on the first six episodes) spin the basic premise into surreal and decidedly adult areas (let's just say that bodily functions, aberrant sexuality, and a cornucopia of mental illnesses are the order of the day). Characters are also tweaked for shock effect--the school's principal, a fairly benevolent figure in the original anime, is now a bizarre half-Gypsy with a sordid past, while Tooru, Shin Chin's nervous nellie of a pal, is now Georgie, a five-year-old neo-con. The absurdity of the dubbing is peppered with frequent pop culture references, which can grow wearying after a while, but the sheer rudeness of the storylines generally overpowers any rough patches. The DVD feature 13 of the first season's 26 episodes, which are spread over two discs; extras include lively commentary on Episode 4 ("Get Your Hands Off My Happy Cake!") with line producer Laura Bailey, who also voices Shin Chan, along with director Zach Bolton and recording engineer Peter Hawksworth. Series fans will undoubtedly be delighted by "From the Bowels of the Booth," which offers a battery of exceptionally crude alternate line readings from various episodes, as well as an episode with its original Japanese language track (subtitles are included). Vocal talent auditions and trailers for Funinmation's other anime DVD releases, including Witchblade, One Piece and Full Metal Panic round out the supplemental features. -- Paul Gaita
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| Customer Reviews: Read 27 more reviews...
 Comedic Anime With an Offensive Twist April 27, 2007
D. Apt (Seattle, WA)
54 out of 61 found this review helpful
Shin Chan is an anime in Japan for kids, however, the adapted series for America is far from it. Adult Swim and Funimation re-wrote the dialogue of the show to suit the viewers of Adult Swim. Cultural references are also changed to things Americans can relate to. This box set is the collection of the six "test" episodes as well as the sixteen episodes Adult Swim picked up to complete the full season. This dvd set is defidently a must buy if you do not offend easily.
To be a man you must have honor! July 31, 2007
shan (sin city)
20 out of 22 found this review helpful
I love, love, love this show! I used to watch the Japanese show when I was younger. Now that I'm older (in my twenties), I'm fairly certain that I would still like the original version, but this new adult swim version is so much more entertaining for me. It's hilariously offensive and definitely adult! It's a great show and much less offensive than South Park. Shin Chan rocks!
 DVD technical details not as described May 15, 2008
F. Y. ENG (new york, new york United States)
13 out of 13 found this review helpful
This is a review of just the dvd disc itself. While Shinchan is silly and hilarious to watch, it did not include the japanese audio nor did it have subtitles as described.
crayon shin chan July 23, 2007
Peneloppe (CT, USA)
10 out of 29 found this review helpful
I do agree that the english dubbing takes away a lot of the humor in Shin Chan. I have seen/read Shin Chan in chinese, and it was funnier. (I think translating from Japanese to China is much easier than to english, there is much less lost in translation in the process).
I have started watching SHin Chan on Adult Swim, and although it would be better if it's subtitled, it is better than this show not available in English at all. My husband can now watch it with me, for him, this is the only chance to watch this funny show as he dosen't understand Chinese not Japanese. So I have to say, yes FUNamation could leave the show alone and just sub it instead of dub it, but it is better than nothing. I will buy this dvd set anyway, it is still funny, even if you are not Japanese/Chinese who can watch the originals.
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