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Jarinko Chie

April 11, 1981 Theatrical TMS Entertainment

English title: Chie The Brat

Studio
Tokyo Movie Shinsha, Toho

Characters

Chi Takemoto, Tetsu Takemoto, Gang Boss, Antonio, Kotetsu

Credits

Producing

Producer
Tetsuo Katayama, Hidenori Taga

Voices

Voice
Katsue Miwa (Hirame), Chinatsu Nakayama (Chie), Norio Nishikawa (Tetsu), Yoshiko Ohta (Antonio Jr.)

Music

Music
Kiyoshi Suzuki (Katsu Hoshi)

Crew

Design
Yoichi Otabe

Production notes

Based on the manga by Haruki Etsuji.

The movie featured Diet politician Chinetsu Nakayama as Chie. Several Kansai comedians had their anime debuts in the movie.

To promote the film, the 84-minute TV special "Jarinko Chie: Anime Stand-Up" was shown as part of the "Kao Master Theater TV" show. Several scenes of live-action comedians were combined with footage from the anime. These included a dream sequence between Tetsu Takemoto and the voice actor who portrayed him, comedian Norio Nishikawa.

The film's success led to a TV series which ran for 64 episodes from October 3, 1981 to March 25, 1983 on MBS.