Anime like Crayon Shin-chan

also known as Shin Chan

What is Shin Chan about?

Studio: Shin-Ei Animation
Status: Releasing

Crayon Shin-chan follows the wacky antics and adventures of five-year-old Shinnosuke "Shin" Nohara and his parents, neighbors, and friends and is set in Kasukabe, Saitama Prefecture, Japan.

Many of the jokes in the series stem from Shin-chan's occasionally weird, unnatural and inappropriate use of language, as well as from his inappropriate behavior. A typical gag involves Shin-chan confounding his parents by using the wrong phrase for the occasion; for example, saying "Welcome back!" instead of "I am back!" when he comes home.

During the beginning of the series, the TV show was mostly based on the storyline in the original manga. As the show progressed, more and more episodes became anime-original.

Tags: Episodic , Family Life , Kids , Male Protagonist , School , Gangs , Acting
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Also known as This is the Police Station in Front of Kameari Park in Katsushika Ward.

Studio: Asatsu DK , Fuji TV , Studio Gallop
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

Ryoutsu, being an underpayed policeman, is always coming up with ways to make some quick money. But in the end, his plans which are ridiculous from the beginning always go wrong and land him in big trouble with the Buchou.

Tags: Police , Episodic , Kids , Delinquents , Karuta , Transgender
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Chibi Maruko-chan

Chibi Maruko-chan

Studio: Nippon Animation , Fuji TV
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

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Tags: Family Life , Shoujo , Chibi , Female Protagonist , Episodic , Primarily Child Cast , Historical , Autobiographical , Slapstick
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Ninja Hattori-kun

Studio: Shin-Ei Animation
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy

Ninja Hattori-Kun and his brother are training to be great ninjas and constantly run into hilarious situations.

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Doraemon

Doraemon (1979)

Also known as Doraemon.

Studio: TV Asahi , Asatsu DK , Shin-Ei Animation , Oh! Production
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Sci-Fi

Nobi Nobita is a 4th-grade boy in Tokyo. One day, a round, blue cat-style robot (minus ears) pops up in his desk drawer. Nobita's great-great-grandson (or something) lives in the 22nd Century, but thanks to Nobita's mistakes, the entire family is living in poverty. To rectify this, Nobita's descendent is sent Doraemon back to the past, to help prevent Nobita from making mistakes. Of course this is a difficult task since Nobita is the weakest and least intelligent child in his class. Doraemon does, however, have a 4-dimensional pocket on his front, which contains cool gadgets from the future. With these toys, Doraemon will try to help Nobita. Unfortunately, Nobita also has the bad habit of misusing Doraemon's gadgets and landing himself in yet more trouble?



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Doraemon

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Studio: Tokyo Movie Shinsha
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy

Nobita Nobi is so hapless that his 22nd century decendants are still impoverished as a result of his 20th century bumbling. In a bid to raise their social status, their servant, a robotic cat named Doraemon, decides to travel back in time and guide Nobita on the proper path to fortune. Unfortunately Doraemon, a dysfunctional robot that the familly acquired by accident (but chose to keep nonetheless), isn't much better off than Nobita. The robot leads Nobita on many adventures, and while Nobita's life certainly is more exciting with the robot cat from the future, it is questionable if it is in fact better in the way that Doraemon planned.

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Tags: Shounen , Kids
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Also known as Kiteretsu Encyclopedia.

Studio: ASATSU , Fuji TV , Studio Gallop
Status: Finished
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Tags: Ghost , Afterlife , Episodic , Seinen , Rural , Male Protagonist , Primarily Child Cast , Coming of Age , Family Life , Nudity , Police
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Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

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Tags: Educational , Family Life , Female Protagonist , Ensemble Cast , Josei
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Chibi Maruko-chan (1995)

Also known as Chibi Maruko-chan.

Studio: Nippon Animation , Sakura Production
Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

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Studio: Tokyo Movie Shinsha
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy

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Tags: Family Life , Male Protagonist , Slapstick , Crossdressing , Shounen
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