Chie the Brat

Chie the Brat (じゃりン子チエ, Jarinko Chie), known in Japan as Jarinko Chie, is an animated film by Tokyo Movie Shinsha and Toho and directed by Isao Takahata that premiered in Japan on April 11, 1981.

The film is based on the Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Etsumi Haruki. The manga was serialized by Futabasha in Manga Action between 1978 and 1997 and collected in 67 bound volumes, making it the 45th longest manga released. As of 2007, the manga's cumulative circulation has exceeded 30 million units. At the same time, the television series is regularly rebroadcast in the Kansai region. "Jarinko Chie" received the 1981 Shogakukan Manga Award for general manga.

The manga was adapted twice, first as an anime theatrical movie, 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.

Overview
The story is set in Nishi-Hagi-cho, Nishinari-ku, Osaka and follows the misadventures of Chie, a cheerful girl who runs a yakitori shop.

The story follows Chie as she navigates fifth grade of elementary school, and like most serialized series, time does not progress. There is a running gag where the character Masaru, fed up with Chie's antics, remarks "Next year she will advance to 6th grade", but then the story reverts to the status quo and Chie jokes, "Is it okay to be in fifth grade again this year?".

The name "Jari" is a slang word that means a child, and when "child" is added, it means a girl in particular.