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Shin Chan
- Cartoon Network
- Genre: Comedy
Common Sense Media says
Anime series about 5 year old isn't so innocent.
Parents say
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Kids say
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What parents need to know
Parents need to know that although this colorful anime series is about a 5-year-old boy, it's full of risqué humor, sexual innuendo, and frequent moderate profanity -- in other words, all the makings of a teen's ideal show. Of course, while the storylines contain sexually flavored humor, they're more adolescent than mature (Shin-chan frequently reveals his butt and penis, etc.). And the main character behaves badly, but it's more out of immaturity than hostility. Snide jokes about the mom needing a boob job or a woman needing a strong man like Bill O'Reilly may go over younger viewers' head, as may the dysfunctional relationship dynamics between the parents.
What's the story?
An anime series featured in Cartoon Network's adult-oriented Adult Swim programming block, SHIN CHAN follows the silly, mischievous, often-rude antics of 5-year-old Shin-chan (voiced by Laura Bailey) and his parents and neighbors. The humor is mostly adolescent- and adult-oriented, with a good dose of sexual innuendo and frequent profanity. For example, one segment begins with Shin-chan watching a TV show in which superhero Action Bastard save his young female sidekick, who has been attacked with an enema ray and squeezes her butt cheeks together until she's freed. Then, Shin-chan gets his mom to buy a particular brand of sausage so he can get enough Action Bastard stickers to win a prize. Jokes about putting a sausage in one's mouth culminate in Shin-chan baring his butt in a grocery store and doing an "ass dance" in order to collect stickers from customers.
Is it any good?
American producers wrote new scripts to accompany the Japanese show's original animation, using American voice actors and changing the dialogue to better suit an American audience. So jokes referring to popular culture figures like Bill O'Reilly and Jessica Simpson have replaced the original Japan-oriented humor. Jokes about boob jobs, penis size, crack whores, and more pepper this strange amalgam of anime and South Park. Teens won't learn anything new from the show, but their parents might want to preview the series anyway.
What families can talk about
Families can talk about how Shin-chan compares with Bart Simpson. What's the difference between the two mischievous boys? How is the humor in their shows both similar to and different from each other?
What's the appeal of these two characters? How might these shows be different with a girl character in the lead?
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ok
the show is actually pretty bad in gerneral. sure its funny but there is alot of crude humor and nasty jokes. i watch it but i dont know if it would be appropriate for others
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I adore this show. As it's been said, Shin is mischievous in ways similar to Bart Simpson, but he never means it in a malicious way. Shin is simply a silly little boy.
To me it's not Shin's exhibitionism that makes this show 13+, it's that when the writers re-write the script for Cartoon Network's [adult swim] programming, they modify the dialogue or story to be more dirty than it actually was in Japanese, which is part of what makes it so funny in my opinion.
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Kids being kids
A lot of the young characters in this show seem to go about thing with a bit of older then should be and child like innocence of just over hearing the adults, that bring this comedy to a realistic start. shins exposing of him self is the only thing i see to be the bit controversial, but it is true to life, as i remember baby sitting my cousins son at 5 he pop-ed his pasts right off and peed on a near by tree.(much to my dismay).
It's just kids being kids
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a Family Guy/ Simpsons kind of show
It's a very funny show, but I don't recommend this for kids under 12 . Though it depends on what the parents let their children watch. If you let your kids watch shows like Family Guy, South Park, ect. Then this won't be too much of a big deal. Bad language is used a lot in the series. You can talk to your children about how some words are not appropriate, and the characters just use them to make the show funny.
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This is funny
Crayon shin chan is a show about a 5 year old who acts like a teen in ways by talking about mature things. episodes are light on plot and you wont get the humor if your under 11. I havent watched it in a while but its mild.
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for older kids and adults
In my opinion, this show is ingenius. However, it's not for little kids. the main character, Shin, likes to pull down his pants down and wiggle his butt around. occasionally his privates will show, but mabe mistaken sometimes for his bellybutton. His behavior is the reason this show is not for kids. otherwise, it would be suitable for ages 9+.
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Simply the best!
Shin is the best cartoon that I ever seen
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Highly inappropriate, but can be pretty funny!
I watched this show when I was maybe 12 when it was still on Adult Swim, and I thought it was really funny. However, it was quite inappropriate!! Almost like Family Guy, anime-style, to tell you the truth. So it would probably not be a good viewing choice for kids in, say, elementary school, but a mature middle schooler or older may enjoy it.
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| TV rating: | TV-14 |
| Network: | Cartoon Network |
| Cast: | Chuck Huber, Cynthia Cranz, Laura Bailey |
| Genre: | Comedy |
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