Hiroshi Watanabe has spent the career as a Japanese director whose contribution is settled long before an audience sees anything. He has worked in animation more than in any other register. Counting everything, 17 productions carry his name. 'Slayers Return' did more for the name than anything else on the list.
Hiroshi Watanabe
66 years (Feb 11, 1960)Kumamoto, Japan
8 Directed8 Series
Hiroshi Watanabe has spent the career as a Japanese director whose contribution is settled long before an audience sees anything. He has worked in animation more than in any other register. Counting everything, 17 productions carry his name. 'Slayers Return' did more for the name than anything else on the list.
Originating from Studio Live, where he studied under Ashida Toyoo.
He made his debut as in-betweener on Manga Nihon Emaki and became a key animator on Cyborg 009 but it was his work as animation director on the Minky Momo series that brought him recognition and he was asked to draw illustrations of Momo. Subsequently he became the character designer for the later OVAs.
In 1986 he made his debut as director on Kyoushoku Soukou Guyver. Following some more work as animator he switched to directing in the beginning of the '90s. He is nowadays affiliated with Studio Deen.
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