is a Japanese

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director. She started her career in 1998 after joining

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Biography

Chiaki Kon was born in September 29, at Chiba Prefecture, Japan. As a child, she used to watch and fan of Toei Animation's anime adaptation works, such as ''

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'', and ''

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''. After graduating from Yoyogi Animation Academy, Kon interned at

, under anime director Jun Kamiya. She provided production advancement, and assistant storyboard episode 28 of ''

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'' for Kamiya. Kon then directed the anime adaptations of ''

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'' series at

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from 2006-2008 (including '' Higurashi When They Cry: Kai'' and ''

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''). She then directed the anime adaptation of '' Junjō Romantica'' series, and the spin-off series, ''

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'' series from 2008-2011. At J.C. Staff, Kon directed two of the ''

Nodame Cantabile is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tomoko Ninomiya. It was serialized in Japan by Kodansha in the ''josei'' manga magazine ''Kiss'' from July 2001 to October 2009 and collected in 23 ''tankōbon'' volumes. A two-v ...

'' series (''Nodame Cantabile: Paris arc'' and ''Nodame Cantabile: Finale'') in 2008 and 2011. She then directed '' Golden Time'' in 2013. At

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, Kon directed the ''

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'' movie, titled '' HappinessCharge PreCure! the Movie: The Ballerina of the Land of Dolls'' in 2014, Kon was a fan of the previous ''Pretty Cure'' series, and had a dream of directing ''Pretty Cure'', and so she asked producer Hiroaki Shibata that she wanted to direct, and became the film's director. In 2016, Kon took

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's position as a series director for ''

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'' series after his departure, and directed the third season of the series, which covered the ''Infinity'' arc of the manga (known as ''Death Busters'' in Japan), titled '' Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Crystal Season III''. Kon then directed the ''Sasuke Shinden: Book of Sunrise'' arc of ''

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'' at Pierrot in late 2016. Then, she directed ''

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'' at J.C. Staff, and '' Tokimeki Restaurant: Miracle 6'' film at

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in 2018. Kon was initially set to direct the new

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anime, titled ''

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'' for J.C. Staff, but later stepped down as a project consultant for unknown reasons, and her role was taken over by Hiroaki Sakurai. In 2017, it was announced that Kon had returned to direct the fourth season of the ''Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Crystal'' series, covering the ''Dream'' arc of the manga (known as ''Dead Moon'' in Japan). The fourth season was produced as a two-part theatrical anime film, titled '' Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Eternal The Movie''. The two-part film was animated with Toei Animation and Studio Deen, and was released in Japanese theaters in 2021, with the first film on January 8, and the second film on February 11. That same year in 2021, Kon directed ''

The Way of the Househusband is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kousuke Oono. Published in the online manga magazine ''Bunch'' since 2018, ''The Way of the Househusband'' follows an ex-yakuza member who retires from crime to become a househusband. T ...

'' at J.C. Staff, and was released on Netflix.

Filmography

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OVAs

Theme Park attraction

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kon, Chiaki Anime directors Year of birth missing (living people) Living people People from Chiba Prefecture