Chie Uratani Explained

Chie Uratani
Birth Place:	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

is a Japanese anime director and an illustrator.

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
• - assistant animation director, 2001
• - animation director, 2006
• - animation director, layout design, 2009
• - 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
• - director, character design, animation director, storyboard, 2004^[2]

Video games

• (2001) - animation director for Side-story movie

Commercials

• NHK PV of animation version - producer, 2013^{[3] [4]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Blinkins: The Bear and the Blizzard (1986). IMDb.com. November 22, 2016.
2. Web site: 白の軌跡. Japanese. Studio 4C. November 24, 2016.
3. Web site: 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. NHK. Japanese. November 24, 2016. September 14, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170914162704/http://www.nhk.or.jp/ashita/themesong/anime/. dead.
4. Web site: 親と子の「花は咲く」 (Single+DVD). Amazon.co.jp. Japanese. November 24, 2016.