.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
M**T
Happy as can be
Ordered like new, and it was pretty much flawless. Even better, it didn’t cost an arm and a leg. 2 disk, perfect condition and even arrived a couple days early. Thank you, thank you!
B**F
As described
We got this for my daughter’s birthday. She loves Shin Chan and said she was happy with it.
P**A
One Of My Favorite Animes
I started watching this when it first began to air on Adult Swim, and I've loved it ever since. I got a pretty good deal on this set. However, there are two things about this that are rather odd: 1. Why is this season divided into two sets? 2. Why is the second set SO much more expensive?
B**N
I thought if I put the toaster in the freezer, we could make Poptartsicles
This show is so funny! The first time I saw it I was just flipping through the channels and ended up in the middle of the "To be a man you must have honor..." chant. I just stared dumbly at the screen trying to figure out what the heck this was. Its a bit odd at times, but that just makes it funnier! A definite must buy for those who aren't easily offended and like wacky humor. Its hard to believe some of the things that come out of these kids mouths, but its tons of fun to watch! This is definitely going to be in our collection!
M**Y
Shin Chan, where have you been all my life?!
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.
N**A
Shin Chan is AMAZING!!
I absolutely love Shin Chan! This is the best, bad, hilariously inappropriate television show out there! When I first saw advertisement for it I thought it just looked stupid, but when we finally caught it we instantly fell in love. It has to have the most memorable characters on t.v. I love it so much I am reviewing it encouraging other people to BUY THIS DVD and watch it on television!! And I have never written a review before now. WATCH SHIN CHAN!!
B**N
Shin Chan..
Such an underrated show in my opinion because at the moment this is my favorite show.. This is a 2 disk DVD with a total of 13 half hour shows..The was a good, decent amount of extras on it too, especially a full Japanese version of a show, just to show what a great job they did taking mediocre Japanese comedy to hilarious English translations. However this dvd is just part one of season one, so don't expect all episodes to be on there as i have anticipated.
C**B
Funny funny FUNNY!!!!!!
Very VERY funny cartoons from Japan about a cute wonderfully cheeky, naughty little boy and his misadventures with hiswonderfully rude family. The Mommy is classic!Hilarious for adults as well as kids.I give it 5 stars even though there are no English subtitles.
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