Line #34 Creator/ChiakiKonaka


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3	Chiaki Konaka (小中千昭) (born April 4, 1961) is a writer of several notable anime, best known as the head writer of ''Anime/DigimonTamers'' and ''Anime/SerialExperimentsLain''. Things to look out for in his work are [[CosmicHorrorStory cosmic horror stories]], references to Creator/HPLovecraft (outside of his anime work, he actually has written a pair of Franchise/CthulhuMythos stories and adapted another to TV) and, if the series involves a connection between the real world and {{Cyberspace}}, the names [[AliceAllusion Alice]], Reika, and Juri.
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5	Also to be note that he and his brother Kazuya were fans of ''Franchise/UltraSeries'' so the brothers got different PromotedFanboy positions in working on ''Franchise/UltraSeries'', including ''Series/UltramanGaia'' where both worked together. He also put some {{Kaiju}} influences in later works, like ''Digimon Tamers'' mentioned above.
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7	When his name is presented in a western context, it's typically rendered as "Chiaki J. Konaka"; he adopted the "J" initial for this purpose. This is downright unusual in that Japanese people simply do not have middle names, nor does the "J" have anything to do with the kanji comprising his name, nor is it even explicitly stated to be short for anything...
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9	... [[http://apgnation.com/articles/2015/06/23/17832/interview-with-screenwriter-chiaki-j-konaka until he confirmed in a 2015 interview]] that the "J" really was just a joke all along, comes from the simple name of John, and that he mainly used it to credit himself just to make his name [[RuleOfCool look cool.]]
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11	These days, he's mostly writing books and TV scripts and has not been involved in the anime or video game industries since the mid-2000s. He stated that he would return to anime in 2016, but to his fans' chagrin it ended up not happening.
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13	He has a few websites, most notably [[http://www.konaka.com/ Alice6]], which hasn't been updated in some time, the [[https://sites.google.com/view/digimon-tamers-update/ Digimon Tamers Update]] site, which contains several script download links not found on the older site, and [[https://yamaki-nyx.hatenablog.com/ welcome back to wired]], a ''Serial Experiments Lain'' 20th anniversary blog.
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16	!!Works include:
17	* ''Alice in Cyberland''
18	* ''Anime/ArmitageIII''
19	* ''Anime/AstroBoy (2003)''
20	* ''Ayakashi - Classic Japanese Horror'' (ep 1-4)
21	* ''Anime/TheBigO''
22	* ''Anime/BirdyTheMighty'' (The OVA Series)
23	* ''Anime/BubblegumCrisis: Tokyo 2040''
24	** ''[[Anime/BubblegumCrisis Parasite Dolls]]''
25	* ''Anime/{{Despera}}'' (in DevelopmentHell.)
26	* ''Manga/DevilmanLady''
27	* ''Anime/DigimonTamers''
28	** He also was a writer for ''Anime/DigimonAdventure02''. Most notably writing the Cthulutastic 13th episode.
29	* ''Anime/EurekaSeven''
30	* ''Fushigi Mahou Fun Fun Pharmacy''
31	* ''Manga/FutariEcchi''
32	* ''Manga/GeGeGeNoKitaro'' (writer for episode 89 from the 1996 anime)
33	* ''Anime/GhostHound''
34	* ''Anime/GRGiantRobo''
35	* ''Anime/{{Hellsing}}''
36	* ''Insmus wo Oou Kage'' MadeForTVMovie adaption of ''Literature/TheShadowOverInnsmouth''
37	* ''Anime/MagicUsersClub''
38	* ''Malice@Doll''
39	* ''Film/{{Marebito}}'': Wrote the film's screenplay and novel adaptation.
40	* ''Anime/PrincessTutu''
41	* ''Anime/RahXephon''
42	* ''Anime/SerialExperimentsLain''
43	* ''Manga/ShadowStar''
44	* ''Anime/{{Texhnolyze}}''
45	* ''Series/UltramanGaia'', and wrote several episodes of ''Series/UltramanTiga'', ''Series/UltraQDarkFantasy'', and ''Series/UltramanMax''.
46	* ''Manga/VampirePrincessMiyu''

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