Recently there has been a huge coverage of this dubbed Japanese TV show, Crayon Shin-chan. This show has been running for more than 10 years in India and never I have ever seen such surge in its popularity since its “controversial ban’ in the ’08. But the popularity it received is huge this time, especially in Tamil Nadu. I believe this started with the viral sharing of the ‘Amaeidhi amaeidhi’ (Silence silence) video through Whatsapp. People just went head over heels for the slapstick comedies and counter dialogues of this 5 year old. Before we move any further, did you know about the history of the show? The show, originally called Crayon Shin-chan ( クレヨンしんちゃん ) has its origins in the early 90s when manga (Japanese comic) artist Yoshito Usui decided to work on a few comic strips about a middle classhappy family of four. The story revolves around their day to day life of stingy savings of money and school life of our h...
‘The cartons are all done with, shall we start moving them?’, Jim asked. They were moving to a new place, away from their current home which gave them enough nightmare to last a life time. It wasn’t just some horror they experienced. Fear, bad vibe, sickness, etc.,. The times were bad for them and they wanted change. So they decided to move away from here. ‘Did you put all my books into one or randomly packed them?’ Onia asked, knowing her better half would rather want the packing to get over as soon as possible rather than spent another minute here packing. ‘You’re afraid of misplacing your books rather than moving out of here.’ ‘Fine, let’s get ready then.’ ‘Don’t worry, everything’s in place.’ ‘I’m calling the movers. You get the fragile ones and set them with the glassware I kept in the corner.’ Their stuffs were all packed. The movers were almost at the front gate. They heard a mini truck stop by their front gate. *** Doors flew open. People getting out f...