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Chiaki J. Konaka (<abbr title="Konaka Chiaki">小中 千昭</abbr>), born April 4, 1961, is a Japanese writer and scenarist who works predominantly in anime and manga. He is responsible for the scenario for the anime series [[Serial Experiments Lain]] and its video game adaptation.
''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiaki_J._Konaka (From Wikipedia)]''
 
   
 
Konaka's serious works generally have a dark, psychological tone. He cited Lovecraft as one of his inspiration particularly for the Cthulhu mythos.
Chiaki J. Konaka (小中 千昭, Konaka Chiaki) born on April 4th 1961, is a Japanese writer and scenarist best known for Serial Experiments Lain, and later for the Digimon season, Digimon Tamers. He is also known to be the creator of Ultraman Gaia, as cited by Tsuburaya Productions.
 
   
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He is a colleague and friend of [[Yoshitoshi ABe]], with whom he also collaborated on the series ''Texhnolyze''.
Konaka's serious works generally have a dark, psychological tone. As a Cthulhu Mythos writer, he tends to add Lovecraftian elements to his works.
 
   
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==Biography==
"Chiaki J. Konaka" is a very unusual name, as Japanese names never include middle names. The "J." part of his name is also not part of the original Kanji writing of his name. He adopted the middle initial when writing his name in Roman characters and goes by this name in situations requiring the romanized version of his name.
 
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Real name Chiaki John Konaka, he began using his current stage name "Chiaki J. Konaka" at the age of 12, when he began making 8 mm films; he patterned the style after Western names such as "Charles M. Schulz".
   
 
He first gained fame in his work on the avant-garde anime ''Serial Experiments Lain''and later for the Digimon season ''Digimon Tamers''. He is also known to be the creator of Ultraman Gaia.
== '''List of works''' ==
 
=== '''Anime''' ===
 
*Armitage III: Screenplay, Original Manga
 
*Astro Boy (2003 TV series): Script
 
*The Big O: Screenplay, Series Supervision
 
*Birdy the Mighty: Screenplay
 
*Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040: Screenplay
 
*Catnapped!: Screenplay
 
*Despera: Script
 
*Devil Lady: Script (episodes 1-5, 8, 12, 18, 25-26), Series Creation
 
*Digimon Adventure 02: Scenario (episode 13)
 
*Digimon Tamers: Series Composition, Script (episodes 1-3, 7, 13-14, 23-24, 34-35, 41, 44-45, 49-51), Series Structure
 
*Futari Ecchi: Script
 
*Ghost Hound: Series Composition, Screenplay
 
*GR: Giant Robo: Series Composition
 
*Hellsing: Series Composition, Script (episodes 1-6, 8-9, 11-13)
 
*Magic User's Club: Script (eps 2-6), Novelization (1,2,5,6)
 
*Malice@Doll: Script, Original story
 
*Parasite Dolls: Script
 
*Princess Tutu: Script (4, 9, 22, 23)
 
*RahXephon: Screenplay (episodes 11-12, 17-18, 24-25)
 
*RahXephon: Pluralitas Concentio: Screenplay
 
*Serial Experiments Lain: Screenplay, Series Structure
 
*Shadow Star: Series Composition, Script (eps 1-3, 12-13)
 
*Texhnolyze: Scenario (episodes 1-4, 6, 12, 20-22), Series Story Editor
 
*Vampire Princess Miyu: Script (ep 20)
 
==='''Tokusatsu'''===
 
*Ultraman Tiga
 
*Ultraman Gaia
 
*Ultra Q: Dark Fantasy
 
*Ultraman Max
 
=== '''Cthulhu Mythos''' ===
 
* Cthulhu's Strange Record
 
* Insmus wo Oou Kage (a Japanese television adaptation of The Shadow Over Innsmouth)
 
* "Terror Rate", a short story included in Volume 2 of the Lairs of the Hidden Gods anthology (Kurodahan Press: ISBN 4-902075-12-1)
 
=== '''Novel''' ===
 
*Marebito (also screenplay of 2004 feature film)
 
   
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Recently, he was responsible for the scenario for the planned project [[Despera]] for which he wrote the graphic novel.
== '''External links''' ==
 
* [http://www.konaka.com/ Chiaki J. Konaka's homepage]
 
* [http://jhmd.jp/p0/40.html List of works at the Japanese Horror Movies Database]
 
   
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==Notable Works==
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{| class="wikitable"
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| '''Magician Tai!''' (1996) || Novel || Writer
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|-
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| '''Serial Experiments Lain''' (1998) || Anime television series || Series composition, Script
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|-
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| '''Serial Experiments Lain''' (1998) || Video game || Scenario
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|-
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| '''Ultraman Gaia''' (1998) || TV show || Composer
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|-
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| '''The Big O''' (1999) || Anime television series || Series composition, Script
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|-
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| '''Digimon Tamers''' (2001) || Anime television series || Series composition, Script
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|-
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| '''Texhnolyze''' (2003) || Anime television series || Series composition, Script, Scenario
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|-
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| '''Mononoke''' (2007) || Anime television series || Scenario
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|-
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| '''Ghost Hound''' (2007) || Anime television series || Series composition, screenplay
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|-
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| '''Vamp''' (2019) || Movie || Screenplay, Story
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|-
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|}
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==Trivia==
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[[File:Des kona.jpg|thumb|Portrait by [[Yoshitoshi ABe]] ]]
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* "Chiaki J. Konaka" is a very unusual name, as Japanese names typically do not include middle names. Konaka states that the "J." evokes the "Christian" name "John", due to him being born to parents who were members of the Anglican Church, but he does not identify as Christian.
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* He has cited Ghost Hound as his favorite screenwriting project.
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==Links==
 
*[http://www.konaka.com/ Official Website]
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* [https://twitter.com/yamaki_nyx?lang=en Personal Twitter]
 
* [http://jhmd.jp/p0/40.html List of works at the Japanese Horror Movies Database]
 
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiaki_J._Konaka (Wikipedia)]
 
[[Category: Staff]]
 
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Revision as of 15:25, 5 August 2020

Chiaki J. Konaka
Konaka
Chiaki Konaka

Alias:

CJK

Occupation:

Screenwriter, Scenarist

Chiaki J. Konaka (小中 千昭), born April 4, 1961, is a Japanese writer and scenarist who works predominantly in anime and manga. He is responsible for the scenario for the anime series Serial Experiments Lain and its video game adaptation.

Konaka's serious works generally have a dark, psychological tone. He cited Lovecraft as one of his inspiration particularly for the Cthulhu mythos.

He is a colleague and friend of Yoshitoshi ABe, with whom he also collaborated on the series Texhnolyze.

Biography

Real name Chiaki John Konaka, he began using his current stage name "Chiaki J. Konaka" at the age of 12, when he began making 8 mm films; he patterned the style after Western names such as "Charles M. Schulz".

He first gained fame in his work on the avant-garde anime Serial Experiments Lainand later for the Digimon season Digimon Tamers. He is also known to be the creator of Ultraman Gaia.

Recently, he was responsible for the scenario for the planned project Despera for which he wrote the graphic novel.

Notable Works

Magician Tai! (1996) Novel Writer
Serial Experiments Lain (1998) Anime television series Series composition, Script
Serial Experiments Lain (1998) Video game Scenario
Ultraman Gaia (1998) TV show Composer
The Big O (1999) Anime television series Series composition, Script
Digimon Tamers (2001) Anime television series Series composition, Script
Texhnolyze (2003) Anime television series Series composition, Script, Scenario
Mononoke (2007) Anime television series Scenario
Ghost Hound (2007) Anime television series Series composition, screenplay
Vamp (2019) Movie Screenplay, Story

Trivia

Des kona

Portrait by Yoshitoshi ABe

  • "Chiaki J. Konaka" is a very unusual name, as Japanese names typically do not include middle names. Konaka states that the "J." evokes the "Christian" name "John", due to him being born to parents who were members of the Anglican Church, but he does not identify as Christian.
  • He has cited Ghost Hound as his favorite screenwriting project.


Links