Poster for the dub
Funimation acquired the Shin-chan US license in 2005. Funimation's dub takes many liberties with the source material and was heavily Americanized. Many sexual references, dark humor, and references to current popular American culture were added. Shin wants allowance to buy crystal meth (drugs), Kazama ('Georgie Herbert Walker Prescott III' was his name in this dub) was a ultra-conservative U.S. Republican and it features many jokes about Jews and viagra.
New, previously non-existent backstories were created, as well as significantly different personalities for the characters. For instance, the unseen father of Nene (known in the dub as "Penny") was suggested to be physically abusive toward both his wife and daughter, and this was used as a source of black humor. Principal Enchou was rewritten as a half Romani, half Peruvian man with a complicated prior life that includes a stint as a magician, in which he accidentally injured scores of audience members. Yoshinaga-sensei (known in the dub as "Miss Polly"), Shinnosuke's teacher, was rewritten as a kinky nymphomaniac, while Shin's schoolmate, Kazama, (known in the dub as "Georgie") was portrayed as an absurdly hawkish conservative.
General
The title card for the dub, which cuts off an extremely shortened version of the third opening.
Funimation's version features a Texas-based cast of voice actors. Funimation's dub takes many liberties with the source material and was heavily Americanized. Similar to the Vitello dub, episodes of the series were dubbed out of their original order, and segments were reordered. Additionally, many characters had their names changed to American-sounding ones. Many sexual references, dark humor, and references to current popular American culture were added. For example, in one scene, Ai and Penny argue over which one of them is Jessica Simpson (whose first album was not released until 1999) and which one is Ashlee Simpson (whose first album was not released until 2004), which is very different from the original Japanese script that dealt with many social issues within Japan at the time. At least two episodes reference Rudy Giuliani and his unsuccessful bid for President.
New, previously non-existent backstories were created, as well as significantly different personalities for the characters. For instance, the unseen father of Nene (known in the dub as "Penny") was suggested to be physically abusive toward both his wife and daughter, and this was used as a source of black humor. Principal Enchou was rewritten as a half Peruvian, half Gypsy man with a complicated prior life that includes a stint as a magician, in which he accidentally injured scores of audience members. Ageo-sensei (known in the dub as "Miss Polly"), Shinnosuke's teacher, was rewritten as a kinky nymphomaniac, while Shin's schoolmate, Kazama, (known in the dub as "Georgie") was portrayed as a hawkish conservative.
The first 52 episodes of the dub aired on Adult Swim. All three seasons, 26 episodes per season, have also been released on DVD. Season 3, released in 2011, culminated in the official finale, effectively ending the Funimation series (for good).
DVDs
Part Sets
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Season 1, Part 1 | |
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Contains: Pee Strike!, To Be A Man, Safe as a Dry Hump, Get Your Hands Off My Happy Cake!, Gigantic One-Eyed Monster, Gum is a Good Food to Eat, A Mutha Fucking Bunny!, The Shin Must Poop On, Shady Real Estate Office, Ho!, Can't Abort Them When They're Not Yours, Irregular Tampons on Sale!, Get Yours, or Die, Swimming, Diving, and Scuba Team | ||
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Season 1, Part 2 | |
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Contains: More of a "Snug" than a "Magmum", In the Interest of Increased Ratings..., Sticky's My Favorite Flavor, OK, But I'm a Power Bottom, The Girls of 34C, The Herpes Effect, Gratuitous Child Nudity, At Least They Pay For The Ouchie, Damn You, Telepathy!, Your IQ's Like 10, Right?, Stop Referencing the Show!, Condescending Spanish for Heiresses, Gratuitous Grandparent Nudity | ||
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Season 2, Part 1 | |
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Contains: Shin Wars, The Stalker Song, Double Fried Flavor, Miscarriage Return Policy, Lucky Bastard Fever!, It's Actually Better For Anal, Tummy Clock Says It's Three, Green Like Good Boy Pills, AIDS is Hilarious, How To Bury a Smack-Addict Clown, The Emperor's Love, Her Little Gang-Bang Miracles, Childrens Were Our Future | ||
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Season 2, Part 2 | |
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Contains: Shin Chan: The High School Years, Tell the Cops She Looked Eighteen!, I Can't Find Your %*#&ing Legs, An Angel Gets Its Period, Unlicensed Therapy, A Total Jack Barnes Move, Gonna Need More Fingers, Sexy-A$$ Wild Fartin' Cowboy, Morning Vacuuming, Unfortunately for You, I Had Ribs, Domestic Abuse Isn't That Funny, Box for Hire?, The Epicish Battle Commenceth! | ||
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Season 3, Part 1 | |
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Contains: The After-Breakfast Enema, The Balls Have Left The Crotchy, Hecilopter Hurts My Brain Part, I Will Not Let You Hurt Hitler, Mockery Is So Coastal Elitist, Running Out Of Adult Diapers, Vaginoplasty and a Stepladder, Hold Still While I Glamour You, Food Sex Is Not Your Friend, The Boring Kind of Wet, The Upside of Prison Showers, One, Two, Bunny's Comin for You, Losing Your Three Card | ||
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Season 3, Part 2 | |
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Contains: If You Could Abort Obama, Would You?, A Blend of Nylon and Panda, Rubber Gutter Bumpers, Bind, Torture, Make Into Apple Dumplings, Tiny C*ck Ring (For Baby C*cks), Don't Mind the Damp Spot, Nork Humor, Tell the Stork to Give Me a Fetus, Monumental Douchebag, Hardcore Flirting, Meanwhile, On the Planet Niptune..., Two Corn Dogs at Once, This Show Just Jumped the Kappa | ||
Season 1, Part 1
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| Number of episodes | 13 |
Disc Features
Disc 1
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| 1 - "Pee Strike!" | |
| 2 - "To Be A Man..." | |
| 3 - "Safe as a Dry Hump" | |
| 4 - "Get Your Hands Off My Happy Cake!" | |
| 5 - "Gigantic One-Eyed Monster" | |
| 6 - "Gum is a Good Food to Eat" | |
| 7 - "A Mutha Fucking Bunny!" | |
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Disc 1
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| 8 - "The Shin Must Poop On" | |
| 9 - "Shady Real Estate Office, Ho!" | |
| 10 - "Can't Abort Them When They're Not Yours" | |
| 11 - "Irregular Tampons on Sale!" | |
| 12 - "Get Yours, or Die" | |
| 13 - "Swimming, Diving, and Scuba Team" | |
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Disc Features
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| - "From the Bowels of the Booth" | |
| - ""Get Your Hands Off My Happy Cake!" audio commentary" | |
| - "Battle! Encho-man" (Original Japanese episode) | |
| - "Cast auditions" | |
| - "Storyboard" | |
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