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''Shima Shima Tora no Shimajiro'' (''The Island of Shimajiro the Tiger'') is an educational children's anime made by Benesse. It follows the adventures of Shimajiro and his friends as they discover Challenge Island. The show is most notorious for its toilet-training videos, which reached a memetic status in America and were shown on the talk show ''The Soup''. The series began in 1993 and has since spawned three sequels. It's one of the most popular anime franchises for young children in Japan. | |||
==English Dub Claim== | |||
Many people believed that this series had '''received an English dub'''. A commenter on a video now deleted by Benesse claimed that he had a few episodes in English on VHS as a kid. | |||
Additonally, a closed GeoCities The Preschool Port (about non-PBS preschool shows from the 1980s and 1990s) said that the dub was apparently produced by CINAR, the creators of popular Canadian preschool shows such as ''Caillou'' and ''The Busy World of Richard Scarry'', who had previously dubbed the anime ''Koala Boy Kokki'' (''The Adventures of the Little Koala'') for Nick Jr, and was slated to air on The CBS Kidshow in the late 1990s after being pitched to The Fox Cubhouse and syndication, but was dropped for unknown reasons.<ref>[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/ScrewedByTheNetwork/Nickelodeon Corroborating the Preschool Port post and YouTube comment.] Retrieved 10 Apr '15</ref> | |||
According to Preschool Port, the dub changed the name to "The Adventures of Shimajiro". The dub kept the main characters' names, but the adults' names were changed to Mr./Mrs followed by the species name except for Shimajiro's teacher and changed Challenge Island to Animal Island. | |||
==Possibility of Bootleg Tapes== | |||
It was unknown how many English episodes were made, how many aired on television and/or went to VHS and what channels it aired on, as said VHS tapes were an extremely difficult find. A Yahoo Answers thread suggested the VHS in question is a bootleg, with voices dubbed over the original Japanese audio.<ref>[https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20141127020148AA1B07q A Yahoo thread suggesting the existence of bootleg tapes.] Retrieved 10 Apr '15</ref> | |||
==Non-existence Confirmed== | |||
However, an LMW user spoke with representatives from Benesse, who confirmed that they never licensed the ''Shimajiro'' property to any English speaking company. This means that the series was never dubbed into English. They did, however, dub two episodes of the most recent series in the ''Shimajiro'' franchise, ''Shimajiro no Wow'' in English, with the hopes of being able to license the property in the United States.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsgNoaHj_BM An English dub of 1 out of 2 Episodes from ''Shimajiro no Wow''.] Retrieved 14 Nov '17</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llvfdChRTlc An English dub of 1 out of the 2 Episodes from ''Shimajiro no Wow''.] Retrieved 14 Nov '17</ref> | |||
==References== | |||
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Latest revision as of 17:11, 20 October 2020
The main characters of the show. From left to right: Ramurin, Torippii, Shimajiro, and Mimirin.
Status: Non-existent
Shima Shima Tora no Shimajiro (The Island of Shimajiro the Tiger) is an educational children's anime made by Benesse. It follows the adventures of Shimajiro and his friends as they discover Challenge Island. The show is most notorious for its toilet-training videos, which reached a memetic status in America and were shown on the talk show The Soup. The series began in 1993 and has since spawned three sequels. It's one of the most popular anime franchises for young children in Japan.
English Dub Claim
Many people believed that this series had received an English dub. A commenter on a video now deleted by Benesse claimed that he had a few episodes in English on VHS as a kid.
Additonally, a closed GeoCities The Preschool Port (about non-PBS preschool shows from the 1980s and 1990s) said that the dub was apparently produced by CINAR, the creators of popular Canadian preschool shows such as Caillou and The Busy World of Richard Scarry, who had previously dubbed the anime Koala Boy Kokki (The Adventures of the Little Koala) for Nick Jr, and was slated to air on The CBS Kidshow in the late 1990s after being pitched to The Fox Cubhouse and syndication, but was dropped for unknown reasons.[1]
According to Preschool Port, the dub changed the name to "The Adventures of Shimajiro". The dub kept the main characters' names, but the adults' names were changed to Mr./Mrs followed by the species name except for Shimajiro's teacher and changed Challenge Island to Animal Island.
Possibility of Bootleg Tapes
It was unknown how many English episodes were made, how many aired on television and/or went to VHS and what channels it aired on, as said VHS tapes were an extremely difficult find. A Yahoo Answers thread suggested the VHS in question is a bootleg, with voices dubbed over the original Japanese audio.[2]
Non-existence Confirmed
However, an LMW user spoke with representatives from Benesse, who confirmed that they never licensed the Shimajiro property to any English speaking company. This means that the series was never dubbed into English. They did, however, dub two episodes of the most recent series in the Shimajiro franchise, Shimajiro no Wow in English, with the hopes of being able to license the property in the United States.[3][4]
References
- ↑ Corroborating the Preschool Port post and YouTube comment. Retrieved 10 Apr '15
- ↑ A Yahoo thread suggesting the existence of bootleg tapes. Retrieved 10 Apr '15
- ↑ An English dub of 1 out of 2 Episodes from Shimajiro no Wow. Retrieved 14 Nov '17
- ↑ An English dub of 1 out of the 2 Episodes from Shimajiro no Wow. Retrieved 14 Nov '17