Chiaki J. Konaka

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. He is also known to be the creator of Ultraman Gaia, as cited by Tsuburaya Productions.

Chiaki J. Konaka
Born
Chiaki Konaka

(1961-04-04) April 4, 1961
Japan
OccupationScreenwriter, scenarist

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 typically do not include middle names. Konaka states that the "J." evokes 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 "J." at the age of 12, when he began making 8 mm films; he patterned the style after Western names such as "Charles M. Schulz".[3]

He has cited Ghost Hound as his favorite screenwriting project.[3]

List of works

Anime

Tokusatsu

Cthulhu Mythos
  • Cthulhu's Strange Record
  • Insumusu 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

References
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  24. "Rahxephon: Pluralitas Concentio DVD - Review". Anime News Network. Retrieved January 11, 2019.
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