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Chiaki J. Konaka (小中 千昭, Konaka Chiaki, born April 4, 1961) is a Japanese writer and novelist. He was the head writer of the anime series Serial Experiments Lain, Digimon Tamers, and Hellsing, as well as the television drama Ultraman Gaia.

Chiaki J. Konaka
Native name	小中 千昭
Born	Chiaki Konaka (1961-04-04) April 4, 1961 (age 61) Tokyo, Japan
Occupation	Screenwriter, novelist
Years active	1988–present
Notable works	Magic User's Club Digimon Tamers Serial Experiments Lain Texhnolyze
Relatives	Kazuya Konaka (younger brother)

Personal life

Konaka gave himself the middle initial "J", evoking the Christian name "John", due to him being born to parents who were members of the Anglican Church, but he does not identify as Christian. He began using the middle initial at the age of 12, when he began making 8 mm films; he patterned the style after Western names such as Charles M. Schulz.[1]

Artistry and themes

Konaka's serious works generally have a dark, psychological tone. As a Cthulhu Mythos writer, he tends to add Lovecraftian elements to his works.[2][3] He has cited Ghost Hound as his favorite screenwriting project.[1]

The story-line of the early episodes of Digimon Tamers was based on one of the original scripts by Chiaki and Kazuya Konaka for Gamera: Guardian of the Universe in 1995 before the final draft by Kazunori Itō. Konaka brothers' plot was later used for Digimon Tamers and Gamera the Brave in 2006.[4][5][6]

Controversy

In 2021, Konaka wrote a stage drama for Digimon Tamers' 20th anniversary that was performed at DigiFes 2021, an official Digimon event held annually on August 1. The drama featured the cast of the show being confronted by a physical manifestation of "political correctness" that uses "cancel culture" as an attack. This brought attention to his blog meant for retrospective commentary on Digimon Tamers, in which he also discussed conspiracy theories, and sparked international controversy.[7] In response, Konaka posted a statement in English addressed to his overseas fans on August 8, 2021, to explain his circumstances[8] and to apologize for triggering a divide among the fandom.[9]

List of works

Anime

• Air Gear: Series composition, script[10]
• Armitage III: Screenplay[11]
• Astro Boy (2003): Script[12]
• The Big O: Screenplay, script[13]
• Birdy the Mighty: Screenplay[14]
• Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040: Screenplay[15]
• Catnapped!: Screenplay[16]
• Despera: Script[17]
• Devil Lady: Script (episodes 1–5, 8, 12, 18, 25–26), series composition[18]
• Digimon Adventure 02: Scenario (episode 13)[19]
• Digimon Tamers: Series composition,[20] script (episodes 1–3, 7, 13–14, 23–24, 34–35, 41, 44–45, 49–51)[21]
• Futari Ecchi: Script[22]
• Gasaraki: Script[23]
• GeGeGe no Kitarō (1996): Script (Episode 89 only)[24]
• Ghost Hound: Series composition, screenplay[25]
• GR: Giant Robo: Series composition[26]
• Hellsing: Series composition, script (episodes 1–6, 8–9, 11–13)[27]
• Magic User's Club: Script (eps 2–6), novelization (1,2,5,6)[19]
• Malice@Doll: Script, original story[28]
• Parasite Dolls: Script[29]
• Princess Tutu: Script (4, 9, 22, 23)[30]
• RahXephon: Screenplay (episodes 11–12, 17–18, 24–25)[31]
• RahXephon: Pluralitas Concentio: Screenplay[32]
• Serial Experiments Lain: Miniseries composition, script[27]
• Shadow Star: Series composition, script (eps 1–3, 12–13)[33]
• Texhnolyze: Series composition, script,[27] scenario[34] (episodes 1–4, 6, 12, 20–22)
• Vampire Princess Miyu: Script (ep 20)[19]

Television dramas

• Ultraman Tiga
• Ultraman Gaia
• Ultra Q: Dark Fantasy
• Ultraman Max

Cthulhu Mythos

• Cthulhu's Strange Record
• Insumasu 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 4-902075-12-1)

Novel

• Marebito (also screenplay of 2004 feature film)

Video Games

• Kowloon's Curse [35]

References

External links

• Official website
• Bear Brothers Ltd.
• Blog by the lecturers of the Screenwriting Course at Eigabi School
• Chiaki Konaka at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database

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