In another episode, he gives Masao the change (変化Henka) in cash-money (現金Genkin) he has even though he knows that his mother will scold him later. However, these are often immediately followed by his weird antics. A running gag in the series involves Shinchan being late for the ...
An anime adaptation of the series began airing on TV Asahi in 1992, and continues to this day. The show has now been dubbed in Danish, English, Dutch, German, French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Galician, Catalan, Basque, Polish, Chinese, Korean, Hindi, Hebrew, Tamil, Tagalog, ...