Is Crayon Shin-chan good to watch with a friend?
A commitment. Crayon Shin-chan is a TV series from Spring 1992 by Shin-Ei Animation Co., Ltd.: 1341 episodes, about 469 hours in total, still airing, 7.79/10 across the listing sites.
Watching it together: a commitment. 1341 episodes is about 469 hours of watching: at two episodes a night that is 671 evenings. Pick it as a running fixture, not a one-off. Rule: 100 episodes or more → commitment.
This verdict comes from rules over the title's format, length and tags, not from a review — the rule that fired is named above.
The facts
- Type
- TV series
- Episodes
- 1341
- Episode length
- 21 min
- Total time
- about 469 hours — a long haul
- First aired
- Spring 1992
- Status
- Still airing
- Studio
- Shin-Ei Animation Co., Ltd.
- Score
- 7.79/10 across the listing sites
- Tags
- manga adaptation, comedy, slice of life, ecchi, episodic, friendship, crime, family-friendly, nudity, school, seinen, shounen
Data from anime-offline-database (ODbL) as of 2026-07-04; the score is the median of the scores the anime listing sites give it, on a 1–10 scale.
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More like this: manga adaptation · comedy · slice of life · friendship · crime · family-friendly · school · seinen · shounen.
Quick answers
- How long does it take to watch all of Crayon Shin-chan?
- About 469 hours for all 1341 episodes at 21 min each — a long haul; at two episodes a night that is 671 evenings.
- How many episodes does Crayon Shin-chan have?
- 1341 episodes of 21 min.
- Is Crayon Shin-chan finished?
- No — Crayon Shin-chan is still airing, so the two of you would be watching it weekly as episodes come out.
- Is Crayon Shin-chan good for a group?
- Yes. Crayon Shin-chan is tagged comedy, the tags that survive a room full of people talking over the screen.
- Where is Crayon Shin-chan listed?
- Crayon Shin-chan is on AniList (id 966) and MyAnimeList (id 966); Queue Up keys it by its AniList id and shows it when it is on either of your lists.
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