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Chie the Brat (TV 1981)

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© Etsumi Haruki/Futabashi • TMS


Alternative title:
Chie La Petite Peste (French)
Jarinko Chie
じゃりン子チエ (Japanese)
Genres: comedy
Running time: half hour per episode
Number of episodes: 64
Episode titles: We have 65
Vintage: 1981-10-03 to 1983-03-25
Release dates: We have 4
Opening Theme:
"Buckets no Ohisan Tsukamaeta" (バケツのおひさんつかまえた) by Chinatsu Nakayama & Susumu Ōno
Ending Theme:
#1: "Jū Jū Jū" (ジュー・ジュー・ジュー) by Chinatsu Nakayama (eps 1-65)
Official website:
Jarinko Chie official site (Japanese)
Links: We have 1
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Series Director: Isao Takahata
Script:
Hideo Takayashiki (20 episodes
eps 26-27, 31-32, 34, 37, 40-41, 43-44, 47-48, 50-51, 54-55, 58-59, 62-63
)
Masataka Miyamoto (19 episodes
eps 25, 29-30, 33, 35-36, 38-39, 42, 45-46, 49, 52-53, 56-57, 60-61, 64
)
Noboru Shiroyama (15 episodes
eps 1-4, 7-8, 11-13, 17-18, 21-23, 28
)
Yoshimi Shinozaki (10 episodes
eps 5-6, 9-10, 14-16, 19-20, 24
)
Episode Director:
Hiroaki Satō (ep 36)
Isao Takahata (4 episodes
eps 2, 6, 11, 16
)
Katsuhisa Yamada (ep 45)
Katsuhito Akiyama (5 episodes
eps 5, 7, 15, 32, 40
)
Katsuya Amuro (ep 9)
Kazuyoshi Yokota (12 episodes
eps 3, 8, 13, 19, 24, 33, 37, 42, 47, 52, 57, 62
)
Kyōsuke Mikuriya (17 episodes
eps 12, 21, 26, 28, 30, 34, 38, 41, 44, 48-49, 53-55, 58, 61, 64
)
Masahiro Sasaki (eps 1, 4)
Masamitsu Sasaki (eps 10, 14, 51)
Shōhei Ishida (ep 22)
Takashi Anno (ep 29)
Takeo Kitahara (ep 18)
Yasumi Mikamoto (15 episodes
eps 17, 20, 23, 25, 27, 31, 35, 39, 43, 46, 50, 56, 59-60, 63
)
Music: Shinsuke Kazato
Original creator: Etsumi Haruki
Character Design: Yōichi Kotabe
Art Director: Mitsuru Saotome
Animation Director:
Kazuhide Tomonaga (ep 39)
Kazuhiko Udagawa (7 episodes
eps 2-3, 5, 7, 9, 15, 19
)
Kazuyuki Kobayashi (4 episodes
eps 42, 45, 49, 61
)
Nobuyoshi Hoshikawa (eps 23, 32, 40)
Shigetaka Kiyoyama (6 episodes
eps 10, 14, 19, 26, 43, 51
)
Takashi Asakura (13 episodes
eps 12, 16, 20, 24, 31, 35, 41, 48, 50, 53-54, 59, 62
)
Takeo Kitahara (11 episodes
eps 18, 26, 28-29, 34, 37, 43, 47, 56, 58, 63
)
Toshitsugu Saida (14 episodes
eps 1, 4, 8, 13, 17, 22, 27, 33, 38, 44, 52, 57, 60, 64
)
Tsukasa Tannai (eps 11, 37)
Yōichi Kotabe (ep 6)
Yūki Kinoshita (7 episodes
eps 21, 25, 30, 36, 40, 46, 55
)
Director of Photography: Katsuji Misawa
Producer: Shizuhiko Sengoku

Art Setting:
Masaki Yoshizaki (eps 23-33 odd)
Ritsuko Murakami (eps 24-32 even)
Background Art:
Eiko Sudō (30 episodes
eps 12, 16, 20, 22-33, 35-41 odd, 45-51 odd, 52-53, 56, 58, 61, 63-64
)
Harumi Yoneda (eps 23-33)
Masahiro Nishiura (eps 10, 14)
Masaki Yoshizaki (11 episodes
eps 8, 11-12, 16, 20-32 even
)
Naoko Higuchi (13 episodes
eps 38, 42-44, 46, 48, 50, 54-55, 57, 59-60, 62
)
Reiko Hosoda (eps 10, 14)
Ritsuko Murakami (28 episodes
eps 4, 6, 8, 11, 13, 18, 21-41 odd, 45-51 odd, 52-53, 56, 58, 61, 63-64
)
Sachiko Shirakaba (14 episodes
eps 38, 40, 42-44, 46, 48, 50, 54-55, 57, 59-60, 62
)
Seiji Sugawara (14 episodes
eps 38, 40, 42-44, 46, 48, 50, 54-55, 57, 59-60, 62
)
Tatsuya Toshima (15 episodes
eps 35-41 odd, 45-51 odd, 52-53, 56, 58, 61, 63-64
)
Tomoko Fukushima (13 episodes
eps 38, 42-44, 46, 48, 50, 54-55, 57, 59-60, 62
)
Tsutomu Uchida (15 episodes
eps 35-41 odd, 45-51 odd, 52-53, 56, 58, 61, 63-64
)
Yoshio Ito (7 episodes
eps 4, 6, 8, 11, 13, 18, 21
)
Yukihiro Yokoyama (14 episodes
eps 38, 40, 42-44, 46, 48, 50, 54-55, 57, 59-60, 62
)
Yūko Tahara (eps 10, 14)
Color design: Yoko Hosouchi
Editing: Shūichi Kakesu
Finish Animation:
Eiko Fukuma (ep 29)
Emiko Ishii (eps 45, 61)
Etsuko Yanagihara (ep 29)
Fukuo Suzuki (ep 45)
Fumiko Satō (14 episodes
eps 1, 4, 8, 11, 14, 30, 33, 37, 43, 47, 50, 53, 56, 58
)
Fumiko Tsukada (Studio Robin; 18 episodes
eps 2, 10, 13, 18, 21, 24, 27, 31, 34, 38, 41, 44, 48, 51, 54, 57, 60, 63
)
Hiromi Nagamine (ep 49)
Hiromi Sudo (eps 29, 32)
Junko Shimojo (Studio Robin; 16 episodes
eps 2, 10, 13, 18, 21, 24, 27, 34, 41, 44, 48, 51, 54, 57, 60, 63
)
Motoko Uchida (ep 32)
Rieko Oki (ep 32)
Taeko Oumi (eps 45, 61)
Wakako Kanno (eps 49, 61)
Yumi Furuya (eps 49, 61)
In-Between Animation:
Hideko Nakajima (eps 10, 14, 51)
Hirofumi Negishi (11 episodes
eps 1, 4, 8, 13, 17, 22, 27, 33, 38, 44, 52
)
Hirotsugu Kawasaki (eps 57, 60, 64)
Hiroyuki Okuno (ep 41)
Hisao Yamazaki (ep 41)
Izumi Shimura (ep 32)
Jin Hasegawa (6 episodes
eps 28, 37, 47, 56, 58, 63
)
Junko Yano (ep 45)
Kaoru Yamauchi (eps 45, 61)
Keiko Nagai (8 episodes
eps 27, 33, 38, 44, 52, 57, 60, 64
)
Kitarō Kōsaka (6 episodes
eps 1, 4, 8, 13, 17, 22
)
Kiyo Mizutani (ep 42)
Kiyoko Saitō (eps 42, 49)
Kōji Iwai (ep 45)
Mariko Kobayashi (ep 46)
Masaya Ōnishi (5 episodes
eps 16, 18, 20, 26, 29
)
Masayo Matsumoto (eps 1, 4, 8, 13)
Mayumi Motomiya (eps 11-12)
Mitsuhiro Yamada (4 episodes
eps 24, 31, 35, 49
)
Norihiro Matsubara (8 episodes
eps 2-3, 5, 7, 9, 15, 19, 23
)
Sachiko Kobayashi (ep 41)
Sayuri Matsumoto (ep 6)
Shinsuke Terasawa (ep 32)
Shūichi Hidao (ep 61)
Takafumi Mikami (eps 11-12)
Takuji Abe (7 episodes
eps 17, 22, 27, 33, 38, 44, 52
)
Tetsuya Endō (8 episodes
eps 2-3, 5, 7, 9, 15, 23, 32
)
Tomihiko Ōkubo (eps 24, 31, 35)
Tomoko Kawaguchi (eps 24, 31, 35)
Tsutomu Iida (8 episodes
eps 27, 33, 38, 44, 52, 57, 60, 64
)
Yokou Tomizawa (6 episodes
eps 1, 4, 8, 13, 17, 22
)
Yoshihiro Uchida (eps 24, 31, 35)
Yukari Watanabe (ep 45)
Yukie Takahashi (eps 42, 49, 61)
Yūko Ogawa (Group Linus; ep 53)
Yumi Machida (eps 34, 43)
Yumiko Taguchi (eps 49, 61)
Key Animation:
Atsuko Nozaki (13 episodes
eps 12, 16, 20, 24, 31, 35, 41, 48, 50, 53-54, 59, 62
)
Hatsuki Tsuji (13 episodes
eps 12, 16, 20, 24, 31, 35, 41, 48, 50, 53-54, 59, 62
)
Hideaki Shimada (eps 10, 14)
Hisao Muramatsu (ep 34)
Ikuo Fudaki (eps 18, 23)
Junko Ikeda (14 episodes
eps 1, 4, 8, 13, 17, 22, 27, 33, 38, 44, 52, 57, 60, 64
)
Katsumi Shimazaki (6 episodes
eps 2-3, 5, 7, 9, 15
)
Kazuko Ishizu (ep 11)
Kazuko Nakayama (eps 46, 55)
Kitarō Kōsaka (8 episodes
eps 27, 33, 38, 44, 52, 57, 60, 64
)
Kōji Yasuda (eps 32, 53)
Kumiko Tanihira (eps 46, 55)
Mao Torii (ep 28)
Mariko Aizawa (eps 42, 45, 49)
Masahiro Yoshida (4 episodes
eps 42, 45, 49, 61
)
Mayumi Motomiya (4 episodes
eps 21, 25, 30, 36
)
Mieko Saiki (ep 34)
Minoru Yamazawa (ep 32)
Mitsuhiro Yamada (ep 61)
Nobuyoshi Hoshikawa (6 episodes
eps 2-3, 5, 7, 9, 15
)
Noriko Gotō (6 episodes
eps 1, 4, 8, 13, 17, 22
)
Saburō Takada (ep 6)
Satoshi Hirayama (4 episodes
eps 14, 18, 28-29
)
Seiji Muta (5 episodes
eps 10, 21, 25, 30, 36
)
Shigeo Ogata (7 episodes
eps 18, 26, 34, 47, 56, 58, 63
)
Shintaro Horikoshi (ep 34)
Sumie Suzuki (eps 57, 60, 64)
Tadakatsu Yoshida (ep 58)
Takafumi Mikami (6 episodes
eps 21, 25, 30, 36, 46, 55
)
Takashi Watanabe (ep 61)
Taku Nakaya (ep 51)
Tomihiko Ōkubo (ep 61)
Yoshiaki Matsuda (8 episodes
eps 2-3, 5, 7, 9, 15, 32, 53
)
Yoshiko Sasaki (ep 58)
Yoshinori Higuchi (6 episodes
eps 2-3, 5, 7, 9, 15
)
Yoshitaka Nishijima (4 episodes
eps 21, 25, 30, 36
)
Yūki Kinoshita (ep 11)
Yukiko Michishita (eps 26, 51)
Yumi Machida (eps 47, 56, 63)
Yuri Handa (eps 28-29)
Literature Manager: Keishi Yamazaki
Music Director: Seiji Suzuki
Photography:
Akio Bandō (25 episodes
eps 37-44, 46-48, 50-60, 62-64
)
Fukuo Suzuki (ep 61)
Hiroyasu Omoto (eps 45, 49, 61)
Hōsaku Miura (62 episodes
eps 1-48, 50-60, 62-64
)
Naoyuki Oshikiri (ep 61)
Shigehiro Suzuki (ep 49)
Takafumi Hirata (62 episodes
eps 1-48, 50-60, 62-64
)
Takashi Shirakami (eps 45, 49)
Yūji Takae (ep 45)
Production Advancement:
Kazuhiko Yagiuchi (ep 64)
Kengo Kimura (21 episodes
eps 3, 6, 9, 13, 17, 21, 25, 28, 30, 34, 38, 42, 45-46, 48-60 even
)
Kiyoshi Ieno (7 episodes
eps 1, 4, 7, 11, 15, 19, 23
)
Mikihiro Iwata (7 episodes
eps 2, 5, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24
)
Toru Moriki (5 episodes
eps 26, 29, 33, 37, 41
)
Toshiya Saitō (4 episodes
eps 32, 36, 40, 44
)
Production manager: Yasumichi Ozaki
Recording Director: Satoshi Katō
Sound Effects: Shizuo Kurahashi
Theme Song Performance: Chinatsu Nakayama
Chinatsu Nakayama as Chie Takemoto
Norio Nishikawa as Tetsu Takemoto

Akemi Yamaguchi as Yoshie Takemoto
Atsuo Omote as Kōzō Yurine
Ichirō Nagai as Kotetsu
Ippei Hara as Kanichi Yamashita (Caramelo #2)
Katsue Miwa as Hirame Hirayama
Katsuhiko Sunaga as Kenkotsu Hanai
Katsutomi Idegami as Takashi
Kōki Nanjō as Nikichi (21 episodes
eps 12-13, 16, 21, 28-31, 34, 43-47, 50-52, 59-60, 62, 64
)
Mariko Yamanouchi as Antonio Jr. (9 episodes
eps 10-13, 15, 17-20
)
Michio Denpō as Grandpa Takemoto
Norimasa Irie as Masaru Kobayashi
Shigeji Ieno as Kenji Kikuzaki (Caramelo #1)
Sōta Ōhashi as Raymond Tobita
Toshiko Ayukawa as Kiku Takemoto
Yasuo Itō as Wataru Hanai
Yoshiko Ohta as Antonio Jr. (37 episodes
eps 21-24, 26-28, 30-41, 44-47, 49-55, 57-59, 61-64
)
Yoshio Kamigata as Mitsuru Maruyama

Haruka Mine as Mrs. Hirayama (9 episodes
eps 17, 34, 38, 40-41, 48, 53-54, 64
)
Hiroko Futaba as Taka Maruyama (eps 20, 22, 44)
Kaneta Kimotsuki as Old Tōhoku Cat (ep 42½)
Kazuhiko Kishino as Dempsey's Manager (ep 42½)
Kenichi Ogata as Kamaneko (eps 62-64)
Kiyoko Shibata as Dueling Kitten (ep 42½)
Manabu Kume as Maruta Hirayama (7 episodes
eps 34, 48, 53-54, 56, 59-60
)
Masao Imanishi as
Big Boss (ep 24)
Dempsey (ep 42½)
Dotera no Tomekichi (ep 24)
Masaru Taga as Kankurō Amano (eps 14, 41-42)
Miyako Nachi as Mrs. Kobayashi (9 episodes
eps 2, 17, 26-27, 37-38, 50, 52-53
)
Naoki Tatsuta as Cat (ep 63)
Noriaki Wakamoto as Boss (eps 63-64)
Osamu Saka as
Dueling Cat (ep 42½)
Miminashi Hōichi (ep 24)
Rokurō Naya as
Cat (ep 63)
Otokichi (ep 42½)
Shigezō Sasaoka as Tōhoku no Raizō (ep 42½)
Shōzō Iizuka as Antonio (eps 1-3)
Tesshō Genda as
Gataro no Umewaka (ep 42½)
Underboss (eps 63-64)
Toshiaki Ogawa as Kokezaru Amano (eps 14, 41-42)
Yoneko Matsukane as Asako Mukai Hanai (4 episodes
eps 57-58, 60, 64
)
Yoshiko Shinohara as Nobuko Yamashita (eps 21-22)
Yoshito Yasuhara as Hyōroku (ep 24)

Teruhisa Harita
Japanese companies
Animation: Tokyo Movie Shinsha
Backgrounds:
Artland (ep 17)
Atelier Lascaux (16 episodes
eps 34-42 even, 43-44, 46, 48, 50, 54-55, 57, 59-60, 62
)
Mini Art (eps 10, 14, 19)
Saotome Production (32 episodes
eps 1-4, 6, 8, 11-13, 16, 18-22, 34-37, 39, 41, 45-51 odd, 52-53, 56, 58, 61, 63-64
)
Studio POP (eps 5, 7, 9, 15)
Top Craft (4 episodes
eps 42, 45, 49, 51
)
Broadcaster:
Cartoon Network Japan
Mainichi Broadcasting System
Development: Toei Chemical Industry
Finish Animation:
Hokusai (5 episodes
eps 16, 19, 22, 25, 35
)
IM Studio (eps 29, 32)
Maki Production (eps 3, 6)
Studio Killy (8 episodes
eps 36, 39, 42, 46, 52, 55, 59, 62
)
Studio Marine (21 episodes
eps 1, 4, 8, 11, 14, 17, 20, 23, 26, 28, 30, 33, 37, 40, 43, 47, 50, 53, 55-56, 58
)
Studio Robin (20 episodes
eps 2, 10, 13, 18, 21, 24, 27-28, 31, 34, 38, 41, 44, 48, 51, 54-55, 57, 60, 63
)
Yūminsha (5 episodes
eps 17, 20, 23, 26, 28
)
In-Between Animation:
Group Linus (ep 53)
Telecom Animation Film (ep 39)
Internet Streaming: Videx
Key Animation:
Anime Torotoro (ep 40)
Green Box (eps 19, 23, 40)
Kitahara Production (eps 37, 43)
Studio Aton (eps 19, 43)
Telecom Animation Film (eps 37, 39)
Photography: Asahi Production
Production:
Mainichi Broadcasting System
Tokyo Movie Shinsha
Recording Studio: Tohokushinsha Film Corporation
Titles: Takagu Atelier
English staff
English companies
(none)
Licensed by: Discotek Media
English cast
(none)

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