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Whistle Stopper - Shin Chan: Season 1, Part 1
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List Price: $39.98
Our Price: $21.99
Your Save: $ 17.99 ( 45% )
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Manufacturer: Funimation
Starring: Laura Bailey
Directed By: Zach Bolton
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
Brand: FUNIMATION PRODUCTIONS, LTD
EAN: 0704400042201
Format: Color
Label: Funimation
Manufacturer: Funimation
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: Funimation
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2008-05-13
Running Time: 300
Studio: Funimation
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Original is better...
Comment: Well, too bad. Here we go again. I'm sure it won't bother you, but it bothers me and my wife. Why is it American products always have to screw it up? RE-DIALOG?! I'll take the original, and I'm going over to "CD JAPAN" right now to order it. The least they could have done is put the Japanese original vocal dub to the thing. I need no references to lame pop-culture junk. Ho hum...ripped off again. Evidently we can't handle jokes and humor from another culture, we need things that fit our small little world view; in this case, humor. It's like chopping up hot dogs into your sushi...do yourself a favor: go with the original Japanese version, unless that sort of thing doesn't matter to you.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Great show, poor disk
Comment: I love Shin Chan and I love the episodes but when I buy a DVD, I expect certain things. Like being able to switch from a dub to a sub or vice versa. I didn't see that option! or perhaps a few commentaries or something like that instead of just ... TWO!!! Only two!!
I'm happy to support Shin Chan so CN doesn't pull the plug on it like Fox did to another show I loved for 2.5 years!
Also for 13 eps and with so little extras, I have to say the disk is also too expensive. Since it plays on CN it's almost a good idea to tape/burn it then it is to buy this dvd.
So to recap.
The show gets 5 ... no 10 stars. I love this show that much
the disk gets like 2 or maybe 1 star at most.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Anime for Adults!
Comment: I love this show and by saying that I fully admit to having a perverse sense of humor.
The extra's included are funny as hell, its too bad they cannot air a certain word, some of the "extra" clips could have been awesome in the actual episodes!
I have never laughed so hard in my life! This makes Family Guy seem tame!
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Summary: Not what I expected
Comment: I am a huge fan of animé and enjoy a wide variety. My first huge disappointment was the lack of an original language soundtrack w/ English subtitles. What's even worse is that all the jokes and cultural references have been Americanized. Why bother to watch an animated Japanese show when it just sounds like any number of equally lame American shows? And, yes, I do enjoy various animated American shows, too. The final blow was that I just didn't find the jokes to be particularly funny and no, it's not because they're too crude. I do enjoy South Park after all. :)
Customer Rating:
Summary: Amazing Show! Couldn't we have gotten the whole season though?
Comment: So I love this show. I am going to buy this DVD and enjoy it completely. My only complaint is the price. Couldn't they have included all 26 episodes for the current price of this DVD? I'm paying $30-plus for 13 episodes. I feel that's a little too much.
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Editorial Reviews:
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If the antics of Kenny, Cartman and the rest of the South Park boys have grown too stale for your tastes, there's plenty of appalling kid behavior on display in Shin Chan, Adult Swim's raucous redubbing of the popular Japanese anime series. The North American version follows the essence of the source material: Shin Chan is a five-year-old Japanese boy with a knack for making his parents, teachers and friends crazy with highly inappropriate statements and behavior (most notably a penchant for nudity and shaking his butt). But the scripts by anime vets Jared Hedges, Joel Bergin and Alex Muniz (with contributions by acclaimed comic book creators Evan Dorkin and Sarah Dyer on the first six episodes) spin the basic premise into surreal and decidedly adult areas (let's just say that bodily functions, aberrant sexuality, and a cornucopia of mental illnesses are the order of the day). Characters are also tweaked for shock effect--the school's principal, a fairly benevolent figure in the original anime, is now a bizarre half-Gypsy with a sordid past, while Tooru, Shin Chin's nervous nellie of a pal, is now Georgie, a five-year-old neo-con. The absurdity of the dubbing is peppered with frequent pop culture references, which can grow wearying after a while, but the sheer rudeness of the storylines generally overpowers any rough patches. The DVD feature 13 of the first season's 26 episodes, which are spread over two discs; extras include lively commentary on Episode 4 ("Get Your Hands Off My Happy Cake!") with line producer Laura Bailey, who also voices Shin Chan, along with director Zach Bolton and recording engineer Peter Hawksworth. Series fans will undoubtedly be delighted by "From the Bowels of the Booth," which offers a battery of exceptionally crude alternate line readings from various episodes, as well as an episode with its original Japanese language track (subtitles are included). Vocal talent auditions and trailers for Funinmation's other anime DVD releases, including Witchblade, One Piece and Full Metal Panic round out the supplemental features. -- Paul Gaita
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