Shin Chan is one of the most popular characters in contemporary Japanese Manga. Created by Yoshito Usui and first published in 1990, the international consecration of this character would come two years later, when an anime began to be produced that made this little imp go around the world.
The style of simple, almost naive strokes with which Usui developed his work, and having as the protagonist a child of only five years old, causes the first impression to be that it is a children's product. But the Shin Chan's carefree and disrespectful demeanor, spiced with a rather sour humor, give it a youthful, rather adult character.
Despite the tragic death of its creator in 2009, and contrary to the information that initially circulated, the production of comics has not stopped (nor is it expected to happen, at least in the immediate future). Neither did the anime production.
In the cinema, there are already 25 chapters of the character that have been released in Japan, while in Spain there are 22 the films that have been marketed so far, almost all for TV and in DVD / Blue Ray formats.
Shin Chan's most popular movies
In search of the lost balls (1997, Premiere in Spain 2003)
The story begins when you arrive at Tokyo Airport a mysterious alien with a small ball. The Clan of the Mariconchis, a trio of transvestites, steal the small artifact, and they undertake the flight of the Clan of the Cataplines, an evil organization that wants to dominate the world.
To get home, Himawari, the protagonist's little sister, swallows the small sphere, so the Clan of the Mariconchis decides to take the boy and his family until they can recover it, at the same time that they must flee from the evil Cataplines
The invasion
Chronologically, this is the first movie about the little rebel. It was released in Japanese cinemas in 1993, although it was not until 2004 that it landed in Spain on DVD and VHS formats.
Shin Chan gets caught up in alternate realities, facing super villains and helping your favorite hero: Ultrahero. A whole narrative cocktail, with some references to Ultraman and Dragon Ball in between.
Operation Rescue
Released in Japan in 1998, on June 25, 2004 it would hit theaters in Spain.
A spy adventure, in which Shin Chan and his friends get caught up after being captured along with a secret agent by Los Puñeza de Cerdo. Our protagonist has to fight against the evil clan, to save the world from a computer virus.
Shin Chan on Treasure Island
Released in Japan in 1994, it would arrive in Spain in 2005.
After spending a vacation in The Kingdom of the Ass, Shinnosuke and his family are kidnapped by the White Serpent Army, a group of evildoers who want to get a treasure to, naturally, conquer the world.
The little samurai
Shin Chan and his family are transported to the past, specifically to the year 1574, in the Sengoku period. Shinnosuke and his family help a Samurai named Matabe win the war.
It premiered in Japan in 2002, Spain came directly to DVD in 2005
Adventures in Henderland
This film is from 1996, released 10 years later in Spain. Warlocks, hidden portals, princes, dragons and even Never Land. All of the above and more are part of the plot of this movie, one of the most profitable of the entire saga, with revenues that exceeded 20 million dollars, only in the United States.
Lost in the jungle
Released in Japan in 2000 and released on DVD in Spain in 2006, Shinnosuke embarks on an adventure in which you must fight side by side with your favorite super hero: Ultrahero.
The bad guys on duty are some unique monkeys, who kidnap Shin Chan's parents and other adults while they were on a cruise.
Adults strike back
Shinnosuke, leading the children of Kasukabe, must find out what happened to all the adults, who have suddenly disappeared.
Ken and Chaco, creators of an impressive theme park that seeks to recover the nostalgia of bygone times, they are the villains on duty, and responsible for kidnapping all the great people.
In US cinemas made more than $ 16 million in gross.
They called him Shin Chan
Made in 2004, would arrive in stores in Spain in DVD format in 2008. The adventure this time passes inside an old west movie, in which Shinnosuke's parents and friends end up trapped.
The villain, Justive Love, is a despot chief of a small town where all those who see the movie go.
Shin Chan, along with Kakusabe Boys, face the governor and his henchmen, and a wooden robot with some reference to Mazinger Z. They manage to rescue everyone who was trapped.
Karakaka's ambition
Another time travel in which Shin Chan and his family face an adventure to rescue the world.
A space agent from XXX patrol contacts them, after entering Nevado, the dog of the Nohara, and using it as a speaker to communicate.
Set in the time of the Japanese Civil War, ninjas and samurai serve as a condiment for a story in which politically incorrect occurrences are not lacking of the cheeky protagonist. He arrived in Spain in 2007
Other films by Shin Chan
The filmography of the little manga is completed by the following titles:
- The Impossible Steak (2008)
- Shin Chan Spa Wars: The War of the Spas (2009)
- Three Minutes to Save the World (2009)
- To the rhythm of samba (2010)
- Shin Chan and the Golden Sword (2011)
- This is an animated one! (2011)
- The Bride of the Future (2012)
- Operation Spy for Gold (2015)
- The Space Princess (2016)
- Robot Dad (2016)
- The secret is in the sauce (2016)
Like many of the characters born in the Japanese comics and globalized as anime, Shin Chan's adventures seem to never go out of style. This occurs despite a bawdy humor, which has drawn the ire of more than one parent association, and some other episode of censorship.
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