The series aired on
TV Asahi and its affiliates since April 13, 1992. The series was originally directed by
Mitsuru Hongo from 1992 to 1996, and was replaced by
Keiichi Hara from 1996 to 2004, from 2004-2026 and from 2026 onwards The music for the series is composed by
Toshiyuki Arakawa. The series was originally going to conclude in 1994 and have its time-slot replaced by a remake of ''
from the same studio. However, as the series became a huge hit in the ratings on TV Asahi, the network decided not to replace it, leading to said adaptation being scrapped with only a theatrical pilot film being completed and released. On August 22, 2018, TV Asahi announced that both Crayon Shin-chan
and Doraemon
would move from the 2003-2018 Friday night timeslot to the Saturday afternoon Anime Time'' block starting on October 5 of that year. Following that, the show gained a major format revamp with episode rebroadcast segments being introduced with its audio re-recorded with the show's current voice cast and several edits.
Casting From the show's debut until 2018,
Akiko Yajima voiced the titular character until she stepped down from the role in 2016 citing difficultness to process with the voice of the character. She was replaced by
Yumiko Kobayashi that same year. when Lacey Entertainment acquired the rights. The episodes were translated by Karlton Tomomitsu. The series was first dubbed into English by
Vitello Productions in
Burbank, California through 2001–2002, when TV Asahi and
Lacey Entertainment decided to market the series worldwide. During the early 2000s, it ran on
Fox Kids (and later
Jetix) in the
United Kingdom, on
Fox Kids in
Australia, on
Channel i in
Singapore and on
RTÉ Two in the
Republic of Ireland. Subtitled versions also aired on
Stöd 2 in
Iceland and on
Arutz HaYeladim in
Israel. RTÉ Two has not shown the series since 2005, and on Jetix UK, the series was eventually relegated to shorts in-between programs, as a slot-filler. The dub is of American origin, with veteran voice actors such as
Kath Soucie,
Russi Taylor,
Grey DeLisle,
Pat Fraley, Eric Loomis and
Anndi McAfee playing the characters. Soucie voiced Shin and Misae.
Funimation (now
Crunchyroll, LLC) acquired the Shin-chan North America license in 2006. As per all international licenses for the series, TV Asahi remained a licensing partner for North America. 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. On August 9, 2025, it was announced the FUNimation English dub will be released on Blu-ray by
Discotek Media. A fourth English dub of Crayon Shin-chan has been produced in Hong Kong by Red Angel Media in 2015 and was commissioned by LUK Internacional, the company that produces the Spanish, Portuguese, the second Italian and the second French dubs of Crayon Shin-chan and commissioned the
Doraemon dub that aired on Boomerang UK. The dub was translated from LUK Internacional's Spanish dub, which is close to the Japanese original and has no censorship. The first three volumes of the dub were released in the European and South African
Nintendo 3DS eShop on December 22, 2016, and the fourth and fifth volumes were released on December 29, 2016. The dub is separated into five volumes, with the first volume being free while the other four cost €1.99/£1.79. The first volume contains two episodes while the other four contain 6 episodes each which makes
26 episodes in total. In
India,
Hindi dubs of the anime started airing on
Hungama TV on June 19, 2006. Later, it also began airing in
Tamil and
Telugu dubs. In 2024,
Sony YAY! also started airing the Hindi dub, also providing dubbed versions in
Bengali, Tamil & Telugu. As of 2025, all films have been dubbed in Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu, and have aired on
Hungama TV and
Sony YAY!. The series, which is licensed in Spain by
LUK Internacional, made its first airing there on April 23, 2001, coinciding with the launch of
K3. Gradually, the series premiered on other autonomous stations and, in 2004, made it to national television, on
Antena 3 and
Cartoon Network. ==Notes==