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Shin Chan: Season 1, Part 1 | 
| Director: Zach Bolton
Actor: Laura Bailey
Studio: Funimation
Category: DVD
List Price: $39.98
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Rating:  32 reviews
Sales Rank: 7859
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...
 Best anime comedy around October 30, 2008
Mark Twain (Florida, MO USA)
From the voice acting and the, sort of, satirical animation style, to the clever, politically incorrect writing, shin chan is absolutely hilarious. The comedy focuses on ludicrous juxtapositions that revolve around a blend of American and Japanese every day life. It reminds me of humor from shows like Family guy, The Simpsons, and South Park, but Shin Chan does what they do in a slightly more tasteful and ''good-natured'' way (not that i'm saying this show isn't incredibly inappropriate and offensive). You don't even have to like anime, if you just like to laugh, watch this show!
 It's a silly show. October 19, 2008
Mark Christensen
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
This show was done fairly well by Funimation. It's silly, even though rather crude at times. The only big drawback to the DVDs is that it is dubbed, only. So, if you paid more than $20 for this, you did get ripped off.
If this did have the Japanese audio track, I would have given this 5 stars, especially if the subtitles were done well. I thought Funimation had learned from its mistakes about not releasing Japanese audio versions of anime, but I was wrong. I'm going to have to wait until the next one drops to $19.99, too, since I will not pay full price for half of a DVD set. This isn't a kids' show, at least as far as Americans go, so there's no excuse for this being English only.
Fun and Naughty October 15, 2008
J. Skoda (USA)
This is a great series that pokes fun at life without being over the top. You have to pay attention to catch most of the really naughty bits. Excellent series all around.
Brilliant. October 12, 2008
John S. Hull
A Japanese kids cartoon dubbed in English for an adult crowd, "Shin Chan" from FUNimation features hilarious writing and wonderful voice acting. Special mention goes to Laura Bailey as Shin and Carrie Savage as Penny.
The episodes are cut up from the original into three, usually unconnected, pieces per episode. The plots of each piece appear to be loosely connected to the original, though surely some must vary wildly from the original.
For the price, the DVD is seriously lacking in extras, especially commentary tracks. In this instance this is particularly unfortunate as the cast and crew clearly have the rapport and wit to make the commentaries as good as the episodes they comment on. "Futurama" must be the Gold Standard for commentary tracks, and all DVD producers would profit from following Futurama's example.
Extras notwithstanding, Shin Chan is an outstanding program and worth enjoying.
Shin Chan, where have you been all my life?! October 6, 2008
Moll Dogg
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
One this is for sure, this show is not for little kids. I would personally say this show is for anyone who watches Simpsons, Family Guy, Futurama, and any other kind of show like that. I first watched it on Adult Swim, the late night Cartoon Network. This little guy is sooo funny. He is obsessed with his butt, poop, and his fav tv show Action Bastard. The things that come out of his mouth are so obscene but it is freakin hilarious. I totally recommend it for a good laugh.
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