Jarinko Chie
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Jarinko Chie | |
![]() DVD box set of Chie the Brat as released by TMS and Toho and illustrated by Etsumi Haruki. | |
じゃりン子チエ | |
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Manga | |
Written by | Etsumi Haruki |
Published by | Futabasha |
Magazine | Weekly Manga Action |
Demographic | Seinen |
Original run | 1978 – 1997 |
Volumes | 67 |
Anime film | |
Directed by | Isao Takahata |
Produced by | Hidenori Taga, Tetsuo Katayama |
Written by | Isao Takahata, Noboru Shiroyama |
Music by | Masaru Hoshi |
Studio | Tokyo Movie Shinsha, Toho |
Released | 11 April 1981 |
Runtime | 110 minutes |
Anime television series | |
Directed by | Isao Takahata |
Studio | Tokyo Movie Shinsha |
Original network | MBS |
Original run | October 3, 1981 – March 25, 1983 |
Episodes | 64 |
Anime television series | |
Jarinko Chie 2 | |
Directed by | Kazuyoshi Yokota |
Studio | Tokyo Movie Shinsha |
Original network | MBS |
Original run | October 19, 1991 – September 22, 1992 |
Episodes | 39 |
Jarinko Chie (Japanese: じゃりン子チエ, lit. "Chie the Brat") is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Etsumi Haruki. It was serialized by Futabasha in Manga Action between 1978 and 1997 and collected in 67 bound volumes, making it the 45th longest manga released. Jarinko Chie received the 1981 Shogakukan Manga Award for general manga.[1]
Jarinko Chie was adapted twice, first as an anime theatrical movie produced by Tokyo Movie Shinsha and Toho and directed by Isao Takahata, which premiered in Japan on April 11, 1981. This was followed by a 64-episode anime television series also produced by Tokyo Movie Shinsha, which was broadcast in Japan between October 3, 1981 and March 25, 1983.[2] A sequel anime television series with 39 episodes followed in October 19, 1991 to September 22, 1992.
The official English title of the anime is Downtown Story.[3]
Characters[]
Chie Takemoto[]
A girl with a short temper.
Tetsu Takemoto[]
Chie's father. He is a mostly unemployed gambler and tough guy.
Kotetsu[]
Chie's pet cat. His trademark is a moon on the forehead.
Video games[]
None of the video games were released outside Japan.
Title | System | Release date | Publisher |
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Jarinko Chie: Bakudan Musume no Shiawase Sagashi | Famicom | July 15, 1988 | Konami |
Simple Characters 2000 Series Vol. 04: The Hanafuda Jarinko Chie | PlayStation | November 29, 2001 | Bandai |
References[]
- ^ 小学館漫画賞: 歴代受賞者 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on 2015-08-05. Retrieved 2009-01-26.
- ^ "Chie the Brat // Nausicaa.net".
- ^ http://www.tms-e.com/search/index.php?pdt_no=217
External links[]
- Manga official website at Futabasha (in Japanese)
- Anime official website (in Japanese)
- Jarinko Chie (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- Jarinko Chie at IMDb
- Manga series
- 1978 manga
- 1981 anime films
- 1981 anime television series
- 1991 anime television series
- 1983 Japanese television series endings
- Animated films based on manga
- Films directed by Isao Takahata
- Futabasha manga
- Japanese films
- Mainichi Broadcasting System original programming
- Manga adapted into films
- Seinen manga
- Studio Ghibli
- TMS Entertainment
- Winners of the Shogakukan Manga Award for general manga
- Films about cats
- Films about dysfunctional families
- Films set in Osaka
- Manga stubs