Chiaki J. Konaka

is a Japanese screenwriter and novelist. He was the head writer of anime series such as Serial Experiments Lain, The Big O (1999–2003), Digimon Tamers (2001–02), Hellsing (2001–02), and Texhnolyze (2003), as well as the television drama Ultraman Tiga (1996–97).

Personal life Konaka was born in Tokyo, Japan on 4 April 1961. His interest in filmmaking began at the age of 10, influenced by his parents' love for movies and the wide range of film genres he experienced as a child. Following this, he received a camera of his own, and by middle school finished a film called Invader.

Upon entering , Konaka joined the school's film club where he met Makoto Tezuka who was his senior. His films during this period adopted largely science-fiction themes, and it wasn't until watching The Exorcist and The Legend of Hell House that he began to garner an interest in horror.

He has previously worked as a screenwriting instructor at . He has cited Ghost Hound as his favorite screenwriting project.

DigiFes 2021

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.

List of works

Anime Air Gear: Series composition, script Armitage III: Screenplay Astro Boy (2003): Script (eps 1–3, 14) The Big O: Series composition, Screenplay, script Birdy the Mighty: Screenplay Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040: Screenplay Catnapped!: Screenplay Despera: Script Devil Lady: Script (episodes 1–5, 8, 12, 18, 25–26), series composition Digimon Adventure 02: Scenario (episode 13) Digimon Tamers: Series composition, script (episodes 1–3, 7, 13–14, 23–24, 34–35, 41, 44–45, 49–51) Futari Ecchi: Script Gasaraki: Script GeGeGe no Kitarō (1996): Script (Episode 89 only) Ghost Hound: Series composition, screenplay GR: Giant Robo: Series composition Hellsing: Series composition, script (episodes 1–6, 8–9, 11–13) Magic User's Club: Script (eps 2–6), novelization (1, 2, 5, 6) Mononoke: Script Parasite Dolls: Script Princess Tutu: Script (4, 9, 22, 23) RahXephon: Screenplay (episodes 11–12, 17–18, 24–25) RahXephon: Pluralitas Concentio: Screenplay Serial Experiments Lain: Miniseries composition, script Texhnolyze: Series composition, script, (episodes 1–4, 6, 12, 20–22)Undead Girl Murder Farce: Script (eps 5-8) Vampire Princess Miyu'': Script (ep 20)