Crayon Shin-chan Spin-off
is an anime television series and a spin-off of Crayon Shin-chan. Amazon Japan exclusively streamed the spin-off, with all four volumes consisting of 13 episodes of about seven minutes each.
Unlike the main series, which is set in present-day Kasukabe, each volume of the spin-off explores a different setting and storyline, with the first taking place 100 years in the future aboard a space station.
In May 2022, all four volumes were dubbed into English.
Episodes
Series overview
Volume 1 (Shin chan Spin-off vol.1 Aliens vs. Shinnosuke)
The first volume entitled Crayon Shin-chan Spin-off: Alien vs. Shinnosuke started streaming exclusively on Amazon Prime Video Japan on August 3, 2016. The first volume became available on December 14 on Amazon Prime Video in various European countries, India, Canada and Australia and on January 12, 2017 worldwide with Japanese audio and English, German, Spanish, French, Italian and Portuguese subtitles as Shin chan Spin-off vol.1 Aliens vs. Shinnosuke.| of episodes | English title Japanese | Synopsis | Japanese release date |
| 1 | Awakening | 10 people and a dog wake up in an unfamiliar spaceship. Why are they there? Nobody knows. Then they hear an eerie roar. What's going on? What will the Nohara family do? | August 3, 2016 |
| 2 | Passengers | 100 years had passed while Shinnosuke and the others were hibernating. When they introduce themselves, they discover that the mall's parking lot is the last memory they all have. They cooperate to locate a small ship to get back to Earth. | August 10, 2016 |
| 3 | Who Did It? | The small ship Shinnosuke and Ellen find suddenly explodes. Who blew it up and what for? Was the culprit one of them? Meanwhile, Hiroshi stumbles upon a mysterious door. | August 17, 2016 |
| 4 | True Identity | Hiroshi brings back a bottle of 100-year-old Soda Gold. Shinnosuke attempts to drink some out of hunger. Then they find a pillar of sweet jelly-like food. When they tentatively try to eat some... | August 24, 2016 |
| 5 | Food | "Mr. Smith" was actually Jiro Jailbreaker, a fugitive sentenced to 800 years in prison. He takes control of all the food. As Takosuke butters up to Jailbreaker and gets some, Hiroshi must beg to be given a small share for his family. Meanwhile, Ellen notices something about the capsules they woke up in. | August 31, 2016 |
| 6 | 10 People and a Dog! | Micchi and Yoshirin disappear. Shinnosuke and a few others search for them and find something else. There is one less capsule than the number of humans on board. No human could live for 100 years without being stored in one. Is there an alien among them? | September 7, 2016 |
| 7 | Proof of Being Human | Shiro suddenly grows bigger and Jailbreaker suspects that the dog is actually an alien. Hiroshi suggests a way to determine whether someone is human or not. As they take turns taking the test, Shiro changes even further. | September 14, 2016 |
| 8 | Escape from Prison | Everyone becomes paranoid. Jailbreaker sits before the food with a laser gun in hand. But people become hungry even under such tense circumstances. The situation takes a sudden turn when Shinnosuke mentions the Chocobi snack he saw in a closed-off room. | September 21, 2016 |
| 9 | Mealtime | The middle-aged woman among them was actually a robot. She captures Shinnosuke and the others and confines them, but Jailbreaker leads the way and they make a break for it. When Ellen goes to retrieve James, she finds... | September 28, 2016 |
| 10 | Tonsil | The alien called "Buttmen" finally appears before them. The people were brought on board as Buttmen's food. Buttmen attacks them but they manage to escape to the food storage room. There, the robot takes Hima hostage and tells them the surprising truth. | October 5, 2016 |
| 11 | Butts | A "tonsil" robot emerges from the woman-shaped shell. They make the tonsil robot tell them the way to return to Earth. The detonator is activated and the mother ship begins to explode everywhere as they hurry to the cockpit. Led by the tonsil robot, they pass through a chamber where they encounter... | October 12, 2016 |
| 12 | Buttmen vs. Shinnosuke | Attacked by Buttmen, they break up and run in different directions. Shinnosuke pulls away from Hiroshi to save Shiro. His parents try to stop him but the boy and his dog are separated from the others by a fire shutter. Meanwhile, Jailbreaker and Takosuke arrive at the cockpit first. Will they take off without the rest of the group? | October 19, 2016 |
| 13 | To Earth | Shinnosuke and a Buttman face off. The silliest 5-year-old on Earth and the perfect life form clash in a fierce battle of butts. Who will come out victorious? And will Shinnosuke and the others really be able to make it back to Earth? | October 26, 2016 |
Volume 2 (Crayon Shin-chan Spin-off: Toy Wars)
The second volume entitled Crayon Shin-chan Spin-off: Toy Wars started streaming on the site on November 9, 2016.| of episodes | English title Japanese | Japanese release date |
| 1 | Chindarake | November 9, 2016 |
| 2 | Action Mask Gold | November 16, 2016 |
| 3 | Tantrum | November 23, 2016 |
| 4 | Obaan | November 30, 2016 |
| 5 | Run | December 7, 2016 |
| 6 | Middle-Aged Mask | December 14, 2016 |
| 7 | To Chindarake by Train | December 21, 2016 |
| 8 | VS. the Expentables | December 28, 2016 |
| 9 | The Secret Date | January 4, 2017 |
| 10 | Seal | January 11, 2017 |
| 11 | Action Mask vs. Shinnosuke | January 18, 2017 |
| 12 | Goodbye, Obaan | January 25, 2017 |
| 13 | The Finale | February 1, 2017 |
Volume 3 (Crayon Shin-chan Spin-off: Lone Wolf and Family)
The third volume entitled Crayon Shin-chan Spin-off: Lone Wolf and Family started streaming on the site on February 22, 2017.| of episodes | English title | Japanese release date |
| 1 | Butt swordplay | February 22, 2017 |
| 2 | Hazumi | March 1, 2017 |
| 3 | Work | March 8, 2017 |
| 4 | The zillion-dollar woman | March 15, 2017 |
| 5 | Family | March 22, 2017 |
| 6 | Mt. Fuji Prefecture | March 29, 2017 |
| 7 | True Identity | April 5, 2017 |
| 8 | Reunion | April 12, 2017 |
| 9 | Armpit swordplay | April 19, 2017 |
| 10 | Training | April 26, 2017 |
| 11 | To the castle | May 3, 2017 |
| 12 | Secret | May 10, 2017 |
| 13 | Showdown | May 17, 2017 |
Volume 4 (Crayon Shin-chan Spin-off: O-O-O-No Shinnosuke)
The fourth volume entitled Crayon Shin-chan Spin-off: O-O-O-No Shinnosuke started streaming on the site on May 31, 2017.| of episodes | Japanese title | Japanese release date |
| 1 | I'm Here! O-O-O-No Shinnosuke | May 31, 2017 |
| 2 | Go! Monster Busters | June 7, 2017 |
| 3 | At School! Monster in the Classroom | June 14, 2017 |
| 4 | Hot Spring! Party People | June 21, 2017 |
| 5 | Rain is the Serenade for Strays | June 28, 2017 |
| 6 | Good Harvest! Forest of Terror | July 5, 2017 |
| 7 | Part 1! Find Mom | July 12, 2017 |
| 8 | Part 2! Find Mom | July 19, 2017 |
| 9 | Goodbye, And Then | July 26, 2017 |
| 10 | Disruption! Monster Panic | August 2, 2017 |
| 11 | Most Evil! Monster President | August 9, 2017 |
| 12 | We're Monster Busters | August 16, 2017 |
| 13 | Farewell, O-O-O-No Shinnosuke | August 23, 2017 |