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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
Manga
Written byEtsumi Haruki
Published byFutabasha
MagazineWeekly Manga Action
DemographicSeinen
Original run19781997
Volumes67
Film

Jarinko Chie (1981)

Anime television series
Directed byIsao Takahata
StudioTokyo Movie Shinsha
Licensed by
Original networkMBS
Original run October 3, 1981 March 25, 1983
Episodes64
Anime television series
Jarinko Chie 2
Directed byKazuyoshi Yokota
Written byHideo Takayashiki
Hiroaki Sato
Kazuyoshi Yokota
Tomoko Konparu
Yoshio Takeuchi
StudioTokyo Movie Shinsha
Licensed by
  • NA: Discotek Media
Original networkMBS
Original run October 19, 1991 September 22, 1992
Episodes39

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 film 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 and directed by Takahata, which was broadcast in Japan between October 3, 1981, and March 25, 1983.[2] A sequel anime television series with 39 episodes followed on October 19, 1991, to September 22, 1992.

The official English title of the anime is Downtown Story.[3]

Characters

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Chie Takemoto

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A girl with a short temper.

Tetsu Takemoto

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Chie's father, he is a mostly unemployed gambler and tough guy.

Kotetsu

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Chie's pet cat, his trademark is a moon on the forehead.

Video games

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None of the video games were released outside Japan.

Title System Release date Publisher
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

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "Chie the Brat // Nausicaa.net".
  3. ^ "Downtown Story/TMS(アニメ作品を調べる)|トムス・エンタテインメント". www.tms-e.com. Archived from the original on 2017-03-17.
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