Part of his attitude likely stems from his father, Hiroshi, who has a taste for ladies himself. He is often seen checking out older girls, and is often caught reading his dad’s secret porn stash whenever he could. Shin would prove to be a nightmare to adults, having to deal with his love of “butt dance” and “elephant dance” (where he takes off his pants and shakes his penis in public). “Shin Chan” refers to Shinnosuke Nohara, a 5-year old boy who can be described as a mixture of Dennis the Menace and Howard Stern. One of the more infamous of those is Crayon Shin Chan. In spite of that, those shows often get complaints from the Japanese PTA. Jokes about sex and nudity and depictions of violence isn’t entirely forbidden, and there have been shows aimed at kids that featured nothing but sexual humor and violence. In Japan, standards tend to be far looser than out in the West. I’d prefer any of the older Family Guy episodes over any Shin Chan episode, but I’d prefer any Shin Chan Episode over all but probably 2 of the new episodes of Family Guy.Standards on what is acceptable and what is not in children’s entertainment is always a headache, at least in America. Aside from that, every character has completely changed, making the show more about their family’s dysfunction than anything else. It seems like there are so many jokes in the newer episodes seem like they just want to waste time. This is also a quality that has I’ve been observing in pretty much every new episode of Family Guy. Some areas they have to replace parts of the Japanese script that have puns that don’t translate over or references to Japanese pop culture.Īll in all, I definitely enjoy watching Shin Chan, but I am starting to see some of the jokes, especially sexual ones, become stale, like that whole “Lucky Bastard Special” that seemed to drag on too long.
#SHIN CHAN ENGLISH DUB FELT LIKE AN ABRIDGE SERIES MOVIE#
One of their scrapped titles for the movie she was trying out for was “The Return of Anne Frank”, which they obviously thought was too offensive. One example was in the episodes that they were living in the crappy apartments, their next door neighbor who was always rehearsing parts for acting was dressed up like a ghost. They said they really try to have fun when it comes to writing the scripts, but they do have some limit of how outrageous it can be. I was fortunate last summer to see a panel at Comic-Con in San Diego consisting of the American writers for Shin Chan.
In the end, I adore both comedies but if I were stuck in the desert with one show to choose between the two, I pick Shin Chan without hesitation. Shin Chan is more like “how do they come up with these stuff” type of joke where some of the scenes are so uncomfortably true and the dialogue is slightly memorable and smartly funny. Family Guy has the outrageous and albeit offensive feel, the “Oh my God I cannot believe he said that” kind of joke. In the end, it’s all about which type of jokes are suitable for your liking. Also, bear in mind that the English dub of Shin Chan has to be approved by the Japanese produces first before it begins to air stateside. However, in order to appreciate Family Guy, you have to watch it in the original “McFarland version”. But I also get encouraged to watch the original Japanese that deals with many social issues within the Japanese culture, and thus experience the show in a whole different level. I for one completely in love with the recent English dub the dialogue and humor are extremely adult-oriented, with many sexual contents, black humor with slight references to popular American culture. Even though the content of the show is original, it is so straightforward and universal that allows more freedom to the writers to come up with jokes and gags that are recognizable in their respective culture and targeted audience. You see, Shin Chan has been translated and dubbed in more than 13 languages, and it has been easily edited as well. With Shin Chan however, expect the unexpected as each episode has a theme and each joke is centered on that particular theme.Īnother thing I like about Shin Chan is the flexibility. In Family Guy, the formula started fresh but then it became redundant and honestly quite dull it’s still stuck in the whole joke-followed by-flashback cliché. For example, there are no consistencies in term how the gag is presented to the viewers.
What attracts me to Shin Chan more is the novelty of the jokes. I really like Shin Chan and I really like Family Guy but since the time I was introduced to Shin Chan, I’m starting to look at it as the funnier, smartly written and favorable “family” show. First and foremost, I’m not going to favor one show and debase the other.