Chiaki J. Konaka

Chiaki J. Konaka
Born	Konaka Chiaki April 4, 1961 (1961-04-04) (age 50) Japan
Occupation	screenwriter, scenarist

Chiaki J. Konaka (小中千昭, Konaka Chiaki^?), born April 4, 1961) is a Japanese writer and scenarist best known for Serial Experiments Lain, and later for the Digimon season, Digimon Tamers.

Konaka's serious works generally have a dark, psychological tone. As a Cthulhu Mythos writer, he tends to add Lovecraftian elements to his works.^[1][2]

"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 romanized version of his name.^{[citation needed]}

List of works

Anime

• Armitage III
• Astro Boy
• The Big O
• Birdy the Mighty
• Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040
• Catnapped!
• Despera
• Devil Lady
• Digimon Tamers
• Futari Ecchi
• Ghost Hound
• GR: Giant Robo
• Hellsing
• Magic User's Club
• Malice@Doll
• Parasite Dolls
• Princess Tutu
• RahXephon
• Serial Experiments Lain
• Shadow Star
• Texhnolyze
• Vampire Princess Miyu

Tokusatsu

• Ultraman Gaia

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 4-90-207512-1)

Novel

• Marebito (also screenplay of 2004 feature film)

References

1. ^ Bush, Laurence (2001). Asian Horror Encyclopedia. Writers Club Press. pp. 101–102. ISBN 0-595-20181-4. 
2. ^ "Ask John: Is There Any Lovecraftian Anime?". AnimeNation. 2002-08-13. http://animenation.net/news/askjohn.php?id=546. Retrieved 2008-01-01. 

External links

• Chiaki J. Konaka's homepage
• List of works at the Japanese Horror Movies Database

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Name	Konaka, Chiaki J.
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Date of birth	1961-04-04
Place of birth	Japan
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