I’m Wondering If Shin Chan Toys Are Appropriate In Children’s Claw Machines
I was waiting to be seated at Great Scott’s in Denver and I happened to look in the claw machine in their ‘arcade’ section. I stopped, because I thought I saw stuffed Shin Chan toys in the claw machine. When I looked closer, I saw that I was not mistaken. There were stuffed Shin Chan toys in the claw machine. I had to wonder if this was really appropriate for children.
Granted, my parents let me read Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers comics when I was a kid. Still, Shin Chan (at least the Shin Chan I’m familiar with) seems pretty adult themed to me.
After all, one of the stuffed characters here is Action Bastard. Does that sound like a good thing for kids? How about the title of one of Action Bastard’s episodes: “Put Your Mouth on a Sausage?” Just take a look at a Shin Chan clip:
Trust me, that one isn’t even that bad compared to much of Shin Chan. I love the show, but I wouldn’t let my young kids watch it…if I had any kids. I just got a kick out of the fact that they decided to mass produce toys for kids and put them in claw machines.
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Shin Chan is originally a family friendly Saturday morning cartoon. It's like comparing the original Sealab to Sealab 2021. One is for children, the other is for adults. The family friendly version has 15 seasons, while FUNimation has 3. Hope that helps.
M wrote: "Shin Chan is originally a family friendly Saturday morning cartoon. It's like comparing the original Sealab to Sealab 2021. One is for children, the other is for adults. The family friendly version..."Was the original ever commonly shown in the US? This claw toys appeared after I know the adult one got popular on Adult Swim. I'm not sure if the family friendly one ever showed commonly in the US.
I grew up watching it in the US. That was part of the novelty of it being brought in by FUNimation as an adult series. Nostalgia value for many, for a reason yknow?
M wrote: "I grew up watching it in the US. That was part of the novelty of it being brought in by FUNimation as an adult series. Nostalgia value for many, for a reason yknow?"That's news to me. I knew some anime enthusiasts who'd seen the original in Japanese, but not anyone who'd seen the original in a mainstream way in the us the way that the adult series had been broadcast. Didn't the original have a slightly different art style? The shots I'd seen looked a little different, and the claw machine definitely had the art style I was used to seeing in the adult version. If not, then I suppose it's still funny...but likely only to me.
