Jarinko Chie

, or Downtown Story from the dub, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Etsumi Haruki. It was serialized by Futabasha in Manga Action between 1978 and 1997 and collected in 67 tankobons, making it the 45th longest manga released, and eventually earnin the 1981 Shogakukan Manga Award for general manga.

Jarinko Chie was adapted twice, first as an anime theatrical film produced by Tokyo Movie Shinsha and Toho and directed by Isao Takahata, which premiered in Japan on April 11, 1981. This was followed by a 64-episode anime television series also produced by Tokyo Movie Shinsha, which was broadcast in Japan from October 3, 1981, and March 25, 1983. A sequel anime television series titled Jarinko Chie2 followed from October 19, 1991, to September 22, 1992.