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Format
TV
Episodes
64
Episode Duration
24 min per ep
Status
Finished Airing
Premiered
Fall 1981
Aired
1981-10-03 to 1983-03-25
Source
Manga
Rating
G - All Ages
Genres
Comedy
Drama
Seinen
Studios
Tokyo Movie Shinsha
Producers
Mainichi Broadcasting System
Licensors
Jarinko Chie (TV) (じゃりン子チエ)
Jarinko Chie is a movie directed by Takahata in 1981. Based on the very popular manga by Etsumi HARUKI, it is about ten year old Chie, "the most unfortunate girl in Japan," who manages her family diner while her unemployed yakuza father and her mother are separated. This sounds really depressing, but it's actually a very funny comedy. The story is set in Osaka, which has a totally different culture from Tokyo. After the success of the movie, a TV series was made, and Takahata worked as the chief director. (Source: nausicaa.net)