International releases
An English subtitled version of Crayon Shin-chan ran on KIKU in Hawaii from December 18, 1993, until December 2001[7] when Lacey Entertainment acquired the rights. The episodes were translated by Karlton Tomomitsu.[8]
The series was first dubbed into English by Vitello Productions in Burbank, California through 2001–2002, when TV Asahi and Lacey Entertainment decided to market the series worldwide. During the early 2000s, it ran on Fox Kids (and later Jetix) in the United Kingdom, on Fox Kids in Australia, on Channel i in Singapore and on RTÉ Two in the Republic of Ireland. Subtitled versions also aired on Stöd 2 in Iceland and on Arutz HaYeladim in Israel. RTÉ Two has not shown the series since 2005, and on Jetix UK, the series was eventually relegated to shorts in-between programs, as a slot-filler. The dub is of American origin, with veteran voice actors such as Kath Soucie, Russi Taylor, Grey DeLisle, Pat Fraley, Eric Loomis and Anndi McAfee playing the characters. Soucie voiced Shin and Misae.[9]
Funimation (now Crunchyroll, LLC) acquired the Shin-chan North America license in 2006.[10] As per all international licenses for the series, TV Asahi remained a licensing partner for North America.
The first 52 episodes of the dub aired on Adult Swim. All three seasons, 26 episodes per season, have also been released on DVD. Season 3, released in 2011, culminated in the official finale, effectively ending the Funimation series.[11][12][13][14]
On August 9, 2025, it was announced the FUNimation English dub will be released on Blu-ray by Discotek Media.[15]
A fourth English dub of Crayon Shin-chan has been produced in Hong Kong by Red Angel Media in 2015[16] and was commissioned by LUK Internacional, the company that produces the Spanish, Portuguese, the second Italian and the second French dubs of Crayon Shin-chan and commissioned the Doraemon dub that aired on Boomerang UK. The dub was translated from LUK Internacional's Spanish dub, which is close to the Japanese original and has no censorship. The first three volumes of the dub were released in the European and South African Nintendo 3DS eShop on December 22, 2016,[17] and the fourth and fifth volumes were released on December 29, 2016.[18] The dub is separated into five volumes, with the first volume being free while the other four cost €1.99/£1.79. The first volume contains two episodes while the other four contain 6 episodes each which makes 26 episodes in total.[19][20][21][22]
In India, Hindi dubs of the anime started airing on Hungama TV on June 19, 2006. Later, it also began airing in Tamil and Telugu dubs.[24] In 2024, Sony YAY! also started airing the Hindi dub, also providing dubbed versions in Bengali, Tamil & Telugu.[25] As of 2025, all films have been dubbed in Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu, and have aired on Hungama TV and Sony YAY!.
The series, which is licensed in Spain by LUK Internacional, made its first airing there on April 23, 2001, coinciding with the launch of K3. Gradually, the series premiered on other autonomous stations and, in 2004, made it to national television, on Antena 3 and Cartoon Network.[26]
