Chie the Brat

Jarinko Chie
DVD box set of Chie the Brat as released by Tokyo Movie Shinsha and Toho
じゃりン子チエ
Genre	Comedy, Slice of life story Chambara parody (film)
Manga
Written by	Etsumi Haruki
Published by	Futabasha
Demographic	Seinen
Magazine	Weekly Manga Action
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, Animax
Original run	October 3, 1981 – March 25, 1983
Episodes	64
Anime television series
Directed by	Kazuyoshi Yokota
Studio	Tokyo Movie Shinsha
Original network	MBS
Original run	October 19, 1991 – September 22, 1992
Episodes	39

Jarinko Chie (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.

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. 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.