Sinopsis Shin Chan

Kebanyakan gelagat lucu dalam siri ini berasaskan penggunaan bahasa Shin-chan yang salah dan kadang-kadang dianggap agak tidak semulajadi, serta perangainya yang nakal. Lawak-lawak sebegini mungkin sukar diterjemah untuk pembaca dan penonton yang bukan berbahasa Jepun, maka para penterjemah di merata dunia terpaksa menulis lawak sendiri untuk melitupi kesulitan ini. Shin-chan sering mempermainkan dan mempersenda ibu bapanya dengan kesilapannya menggunakan perkataan yang sepatutnya.

Jalan-jalan cerita yang dipancarkan dalam anime Shin-chan berdasarkan cerita yang dilakar dalam komiknya. Rancangan anime ini telah menghadapi kontroversi yang dicetuskan oleh ibu bapa yang bimbang bahawa watak utama, iaitu Shin-chan, boleh dijadikan contoh yang tidak baik untuk penonton-penonton muda. Shin-chan sering dibandingkan dengan Bart Simpson dalam sitkom animasi barat The Simpsons, tetapi kedua-dua watak animasi ini jauh perbezaan di antara mereka. Khasnya, Bart lebih tua dan nampaknya lebih sengaja berbuat nakal berbanding Shin-chan yang kenakalannya cuma berasaskan ketidakendahannya untuk berkelakuan yang baik yang berpada-pada dengan umurnya.

Punca kontroversi siri Crayon Shin-chan adalah sikap watak utamanya yang adakala mendedahkan alat kemaluan dan punggungnya di depan ibu bapanya, kawan-kawannya ataupun di khalayak umum, tanpa secebis pun sikap bertimbang rasa terhadap rasa malu yang dirasai keluarganya.

Shin Chan's dog

Kalau nak tahu, Shin Chan ni mempunyai haiwan peliharaan iaitu seekor anjing di beri nama Shiro (シロ) / Lucky (phuuz) / Whitey (FUNimation). Shiro bermakna putih dan nama ini diberikan sesuai dengan bulunya yang putih. Shiro merupakan seekor anjing yang periang dan disayangi oleh seluruh keluarga Shin Chan.

Himawari Nohara (野原ひまわり Nohara Himawari) / Daisy Nohara (phuuz) / Hima Nohara (FUNimation)

Seperti mana yang kita semua tahu, Shin Chan merupakan anak sulong (pertama) dan mempunyai adik bongsu yang lebih dikenali sebagai Himawari yang membawa maksud "bunga matahari". Himawari dan Shin Chan ni rupa-rupanya mempunyai jarak umur setahun dengan Shin Chan. Adik Shin Chan ni memang suka sangat pada lelaki muda yang kacak seperti bapanya. Mentang-mentanglah dia comel...

Ayah Shin Chan

Ayah Shin Chan bernama Hiroshi Nohara (野原ひろし Nohara Hiroshi) / Harry Nohara (phuuz) / Hiro Nohara (FUNimation). Merupakan seorang bisnesman yang asyik kena marah dengan bosnya. Walaupun begitu, dia seorang yang kuat bekerja kerana ingin menampung keluarganya. Psstt..dia suka bercakap dalam tidur tau! dan sama seperti anaknya Shin Chan, dia pantang tengok perempuan yang cantik. Kerana itu, dia selalu dipukul oleh isterinya.

The Nahora Family

Shinnosuke Nohara (野原しんのすけ Nohara Shinnosuke) / Shin Chan Nohara - Shinnosuke Nohara -- Shin-chan for short -- is the main character, a kindergarten-aged boy whose antics are the basis for the series. It is always stated that he is 5 years old, and loves chocolate biscuits (called 'Chocobee') and an animated superhero named 'Action Kamen' also called "Action Bastard" in the Funimation dubbing. He is strangely attracted to older girls and women, despite his young age. He shares this trait with his father and paternal grandfather, but this will often result in Misae's brutal punishment (see below). Some of his strange activities include dressing up as animals or plants (with appropriate costumes) and taking his pants off anywhere he feels the urge to.

Misae Nohara (野原みさえ Nohara Misae) / Mitsy Nohara (phuuz) / Mitzi Nohara (FUNimation) - Shin-chan's mother. A homemaker who seems to be 29 all the time, she is angered when Shin-chan makes fun of her or mocks her by acting like her, usually about her wrinkles, breast size, butt size, or constipation. The standard retaliation is spanking, screwing fists into Shin-chan's head, pulling cheeks, and even striking his head to produce enormous, but temporary, lumps (sometimes more blows are delivered before the lumps completely disappear and so the lumps pile on top of another). There are special names for these punishments: "genkotsu" means striking the head to produce lumps; "guriguri" means screwing fists into the head. Sometimes these punishments are inflicted on her husband, too. She is sometimes attracted to handsome men like her daughter Himawari. She sets strict limits on her family's expenses but she sometimes splurges on herself.

Hiroshi Nohara (野原ひろし Nohara Hiroshi) / Harry Nohara (phuuz) / Hiro Nohara (FUNimation) - Shin-chan's father. A businessperson, he is the main (and only) income source of the family, with 32 years of mortgage payments left on the house. He is a stereotypical Japanese employee and frequently talks in his sleep, revealing that even in his dreams he is being scolded by his boss. Like his son, he is attracted to pretty women and often gets beat up by his wife Misae for it.

Himawari Nohara (野原ひまわり Nohara Himawari) / Daisy Nohara (phuuz) / Hima Nohara (FUNimation) - Shin-chan's younger sister. She is less than one year old and her name means "sunflower". Even though she is still an infant, she displays an obsession towards shiny and branded objects. She is also attracted to young handsome men like her mother.

Shiro (シロ) / Lucky (phuuz) / Whitey (FUNimation) - Shin-chan's dog. Like his name (shiro = white), he is white and fluffy, he sometimes seems to be the only one intelligent enough to see the real situation. He has the ability to roll up to look like a cotton candy. In the Spanish-language versions the dog is called Nevado (literally snow-covered.)