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I just realized that since I made this sporadic, I don't have to have thoughtful critical opinions on everything to post it here. So with that in mind, allow me to alert you to by far the best thing happening right now: Cartoon Network's newly-translated Shin Chan episodes.



(Can't even tell you how many times that's been sung around the clap clap household of late.)

The first time I watched it, I thought it was some sort of What's Up Tiger Lily? / MXC kinda thing where they replaced the dialogue of a Japanese children's cartoon with lines about suicide and testicles, but as it turns out, those are the original lines. It's really a brilliant piece of work, both in terms of the places they go to comedically, the juvenline humor of Shin (who has a tendency to get naked), and the way the show's cut to a rhythm of glee. It's sorta like an alternate-universe candy-raver Andrew WK who's obsessed with potty humor made a children's cartoon. That doesn't sound very complimentary, but it is.

Anyway, again, no deep critical insights here, though I wish there were--just immense love. There are full episodes on YouTube if you want to check it out (I'm particularly a fan of an episode entitled "Super Pooper," which nails the Shin aesthetic pretty well), or you can just keep watching Cartoon Network after the similarly awesome Metalacolypse/Lucy, Daughter of the Devil midnight block. Party party!

Labels: cartoons, shin chan, TV

posted by Mike B. @ 10:08 AM