History Trivia / CrayonShinChan

** The first dub was started by Vitello Productions in 2001, when TV Asahi and Lacey Entertainment decided to market the series worldwide. Even though Vitello bowdlerized the series to a small degree, it was still unable to reach a TV deal in North America. [[note]] This was likely because of the assets of the American branch of Creator/FoxKids being purchased by Creator/{{Disney}} in 2002, which lead to Creator/FourKidsEntertainment taking over said block[[/note]] However, it found success overseas on Fox Kids UK (later Jetix), Fox Kids Australia and RTÉ2 in the Republic of Ireland. This version featured some prominent Western Animation voice actors [[note]] Creator/EricLoomis, Anndi [=McAfee=], and Russi Taylor being among the names[[/note]]. Shin-chan and his mother were both voiced by Creator/KathSoucie. Vitello dubbed at least 52 episodes.

** The Lacey Entertainment dub of the anime was never licensed in North America, despite being recorded there.

* TheOtherDarrin: Given how long this series is there's definitaly cases of this that actually don't relate to someone dying, for starters, Yoshinaga-sensei was darrin'd by Creator/HaruhiNanao from episode 685 onwards after Creator/YumiTakada retired in 2009.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: None of the Phuuz episodes got any official home video or downloadable releases, while only some of the Vitello episodes were made available on DVD or VHS, and even then they were distributed exclusively in Australia and Europe. Only the Creator/AdultSwim and LUK International dubs completely avert this trope. And even then, the Adult Swim dub was recently taken off of Funimation's website for streaming due to licensing problems, so the only way to see that dub now is through the long out-of-print Funimation DVD's, which have been steadily rising in price over time to become one of the most expensive anime dubs to collect on DVD.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: None of the Phuuz episodes got any official home video or downloadable releases, while only some of the Vitello episodes were made available on DVD or VHS, and even then they were distributed exclusively in Australia and Europe. Only the Creator/AdultSwim and LUK International dubs completely avert this trope.

** Back in 2014, the Indonesian Broadcasting Commission (KPI) has issued a notice to RCTI, the broadcaster of the show, saying that the program is "essentially pornography", and the channel must censor the program or air the show during late nights. This nearly got the program banned in Indonesia.

* {{Cancellation}}: Funimation gave the series a GagDub for Creator/AdultSwim's anime lineup. Only 52 episodes of the dub were produced for the block with an extra 26 made as a DirectToVideo season.
* CharacterOutlivesActor: Kaneto Shiozawa's death in 2000 reduced Buriburizaemon to rare cameos after that year. Buriburizaemon's first recurrent reappearance in the anime, in May 2016, was [[TheOtherDarrin now voiced]] by Creator/HiroshiKamiya.
* CelebrityVoiceActor: The Filipino dub had rapper Andrew E., famous for his highly suggestive lyrics, as the voice of Shin, leading to rather hilarious memes among Filipino fans of the series.
* CreatorsFavorite: In contrast to Grey [=DeLisle=] and Kath Soucie. Creator/CynthiaCranz (Misae's voice actress in Funimation's dub) on the other hand [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMjjGlya9aE&t=52m6s has admitted]] that ''Shin-chan'' was one of her favourite shows to work on and she admitted that she really misses voicing her.

** In the Vitello episodes, Shin was voiced by Creator/KathSoucie. The 2003 continuation by Phuuz cast Diane Michelle in the role.

** The first dub was started by Vitello Productions in 2001, when TV Asahi and Lacey Entertainment decided to market the series worldwide. Even though Vitello bowdlerized the series to a small degree, it was still unable to reach a TV deal in North America. [[note]] This was likely because of the assets of the American branch of Creator/FoxKids being purchased by Creator/{{Disney}} in 2002, which lead to Creator/FourKidsEntertainment taking over said block[[/note]] However, it found success overseas on Fox Kids UK (later Jetix), Fox Kids Australia and RTÉ2 in the Republic of Ireland. This version featured some prominent Western Animation voice actors [[note]] Creator/EricLoomis, Anndi [=McAfee=], and Russi Taylor being among the names[[/note]]. Shin-chan and his mother were both voiced by Kath Soucie. Vitello dubbed at least 52 episodes.

** In 2006, Funimation produced a more adult-oriented dub that was completely different from the Japanese original for Adult Swim, with Creator/LauraBailey providing the title character's voice. This covered 78 episodes and three "seasons" of material.

** A special event for the Castillan Spanish dub held on Website/YouTube was named ''Hiroshi Talent'', serving for the choice of Hiroshi's new voice actor after the passing of José Manuel Cortizas due to COVID-19 complications. The special started with a send-off to the journalist and voice actor alongside tributes from Sonia Torrecilla (Shin-chan's voice actress), Fátima Casado (Misae's voice actress) and Paco Gracatós (President of Luk Internacional).

** Additionally, an English subtitled version was made for Hawaii TV station KIKU before [=FUNimation=] got the rights to the series years later. While the station encouraged tape trading back in the day, changing times and the loss of the broadcasting rights means now the only way to find these subtitled episodes is finding people that were in Hawaii during that time that managed to keep said recordings of the episodes.

** Spain aired the anime series in April of 2000 with Basque, Catalan and Galician dubs and in December of the same year with European Spanish dub aired in Cartoon Network Spain.

* TheOtherDarrin: Given how long this series is there's definitaly cases of this that actually don't relate to someone dying, for starters, Yoshinaga-sensei was darrin'd by [[Creator/HaruhiTerada Haruhi Nanao]] from episode 685 onwards after Creator/YumiTakada retired in 2009.

** The first dub was started by Vitello Productions in 2001, when TV Asahi and Lacey Entertainment decided to market the series worldwide. Even though Vitello bowdlerized the series to a small degree, it was still unable to reach a TV deal in North America. However, it found success overseas on Fox Kids UK (later Jetix), Fox Kids Australia and RTÉ2 in the Republic of Ireland. This version featured some prominent Western Animation voice actors [[note]] Creator/EricLoomis, Anndi [=McAfee=], and Russi Taylor being among the names[[/note]]. Shin-chan and his mother were both voiced by Kath Soucie. Vitello dubbed at least 52 episodes.

* CastingGag: In the Funi dub, Creator/JerryJewell, best known as [[DubNameChange Jimmy Kudo]] from their short-lived dub of ''Manga/CaseClosed'', was cast as Happiness Bunny because both roles are entire voiceovers without any MouthFlaps to worry about.

* RelationshipVoiceActor: TheOtherDarrin for Buriburizaemon, Creator/HiroshiKamiya, previously worked with Creator/AkikoYajima in ''Manga/SayonaraZetsubouSensei'', mostly as the titular teacher and his sister ([[ActingForTwo as well as other characters]]). Considering how the series [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids isn't actually for kids]], this might be a deliberate CastingGag, but it's hard to tell.

** In Spain's Valencia region, the anime series was pulled from the air by RTTV (Radiotelevisió Valenciana) on November 29, 2002, due to the show's content was not "suitable" for children's programming.

** In Spain's Valencia region, the anime series was pulled from the air by RTTV on November 29, 2002, because its content was not "suitable" for children's programming.