Chie Uratani

Chie Uratani (浦谷 千恵, Uratani Chie) is a Japanese director of anime, a Japanese animator, anime character designer and an illustrator.

Chie Uratani
Born	Japan
Nationality	Japanese
Occupation	Film director, Character designer, Animator, Illustrator
Known for	Black Lagoon Mai Mai Miracle In This Corner of the World Princess Arete

Biography

Uratani was the second generation animator of Telecom Animation Film. After leaving Telecom, she has worked for the World Masterpiece Theater, Studio 4°C, Madhouse and MAPPA. She is married to a fellow director of anime Sunao Katabuchi.

Selected works

Films

• Kiki's Delivery Service - key animation, 1989
• Memories (1995 film) - key animation (Magnetic Rose, Cannon Fodder), 1995
• Princess Arete (アリーテ姫, arite hime) - assistant animation director, 2001
• Tekkonkinkreet (鉄コン筋クリート, Tekkonkinkurīto) - animation director, 2006
• Mai Mai Miracle (マイマイ新子と千年の魔法, maimai shinko to sennen no mahou) - animation director, layout design, 2009
• In This Corner of the World (この世界の片隅に) - assistant director, writer, 2016

Television productions

• The Blinkins: The Bear And The Blizzard - animation director, 1986[1]
• Tales of Little Women - key animation (episodes 3, 5, 7, 9, 12, 16, 20, 24, 28, 32, 36, 40, 44, 48), 1987
• Moomin (1990 TV series) - key animation (episodes 6, 55, 61, 67), 1991
• Tico of the Seven Seas - key animation (episodes 9, 13, 18, 24, 28, 32, 36), 1994
• Romeo's Blue Skies - key animation (episodes 1, 4, 9, 12, 16, 19, 22, 25, 28, 32, 33), 1995
• Famous Dog Lassie - key animation (episodes 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 12, 17, 21, 25), 1996
• Black Lagoon The Second Barrage - key animation (episode 24), 2006

OVA

• Black Lagoon Roberta's Blood Trail - animation director (episodes 25, 27, 28), storyboard (episode 29), 2010
• Hijikata Toshizo: Shiro no Kiseki (土方歳三 白の軌跡) - director, character design, animation director, storyboard, 2004[2]

Video games

• Ace Combat 04: Shattered Skies (2001) - animation director for Side-story movie

Commercials

• NHK Flowers blossom (花は咲く, hana wa saku) PV of animation version - producer, 2013[3][4]

References

1. "The Blinkins: The Bear and the Blizzard (1986)". IMDb.com. Retrieved November 22, 2016.
2. "白の軌跡" (in Japanese). Studio 4C. Retrieved November 24, 2016.
3. "アニメ「花は咲く」 明日へ ―支えあおう― NHK東日本大震災プロジェクト" (in Japanese). NHK. Retrieved November 24, 2016.
4. "親と子の「花は咲く」 (Single+DVD)". Amazon.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved November 24, 2016.

External links

• Chie Uratani at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
• Chie Uratani at IMDb