Chie the Brat

Chie the Brat (じゃりン子チエ) 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. Chie the Brat received the 1981 Shogakukan Manga Award for general manga.

It was adapted twice, first as a 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 second anime TV series with 39 episodes followed in 1991-92.