Chie Uratani

Chie Uratani
Chie Uratani
Born	Japan
Nationality	Japanese
Occupation	Film director, Character designer, Animator, Illustrator
Known for	Black Lagoon; Mai Mai Miracle; In This Corner of the World; Princess Arete

Chie Uratani (浦谷千恵, Uratani Chie) is a Japanese director of anime, a Japanese animator, anime character designer and an illustrator.

Biography[]

Uratani was the second generation animator of Telecom Animation Film. After leaving Telecom, she has worked for the World Masterpiece Theater, Studio 4°C, Madhouse and MAPPA. She is married to a fellow director of anime Sunao Katabuchi.

Selected works[]

Films[]

Kiki's Delivery Service - key animation, 1989
Memories (1995 film) - key animation (Magnetic Rose, Cannon Fodder), 1995
Princess Arete (アリーテ姫, arite hime) - assistant animation director, 2001
Tekkonkinkreet (鉄コン筋クリート, Tekkonkinkurīto) - animation director, 2006
Mai Mai Miracle (マイマイ新子と千年の魔法, maimai shinko to sennen no mahou) - animation director, layout design, 2009
In This Corner of the World (この世界の片隅に) - assistant director, writer, 2016

Television productions[]

The Blinkins: The Bear And The Blizzard - animation director, 1986^[1]
Tales of Little Women - key animation (episodes 3, 5, 7, 9, 12, 16, 20, 24, 28, 32, 36, 40, 44, 48), 1987
Moomin (1990 TV series) - key animation (episodes 6, 55, 61, 67), 1991
Tico of the Seven Seas - key animation (episodes 9, 13, 18, 24, 28, 32, 36), 1994
Romeo's Blue Skies - key animation (episodes 1, 4, 9, 12, 16, 19, 22, 25, 28, 32, 33), 1995
Famous Dog Lassie - key animation (episodes 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 12, 17, 21, 25), 1996^{[citation needed]}
Black Lagoon The Second Barrage - key animation (episode 24), 2006

OVA[]

Black Lagoon Roberta's Blood Trail - animation director (episodes 25, 27, 28), storyboard (episode 29), 2010
Hijikata Toshizo: Shiro no Kiseki (土方歳三白の軌跡) - director, character design, animation director, storyboard, 2004^[2]

Video games[]

Ace Combat 04: Shattered Skies (2001) - animation director for Side-story movie

Commercials[]

NHK Flowers blossom (花は咲く, hana wa saku) PV^{[clarification needed]} of animation version - producer, 2013^[3]^[4]

References[]

^ "The Blinkins: The Bear and the Blizzard (1986)". IMDb.com. Retrieved November 22, 2016.
^ "白の軌跡" (in Japanese). Studio 4C. Retrieved November 24, 2016.
^ "アニメ「花は咲く」明日へ ―支えあおう― NHK東日本大震災プロジェクト" (in Japanese). NHK. Retrieved November 24, 2016.
^ "親と子の「花は咲く」 (Single+DVD)". Amazon.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved November 24, 2016.

External links[]

Chie Uratani at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
Chie Uratani at IMDb

[1] "The Blinkins: The Bear and the Blizzard (1986)". IMDb.com. Retrieved November 22, 2016.

[2] "白の軌跡" (in Japanese). Studio 4C. Retrieved November 24, 2016.

[3] "アニメ「花は咲く」明日へ ―支えあおう― NHK東日本大震災プロジェクト" (in Japanese). NHK. Retrieved November 24, 2016.

[4] "親と子の「花は咲く」 (Single+DVD)". Amazon.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved November 24, 2016.

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