Takashi Watanabe

Biography

Takashi Watanabe (渡部 高志) is a Japanese anime director.

Personal Facts

Known For

Directing

Gender

male

Known Credits

41

Birth Date

1957-07-22 00:00:00

Known For

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  Shakugan no Shana
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  Demon King Daimao
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  How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom
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  Boogiepop Phantom
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  Freezing
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  The Honor at Magic High School

Credits

• directing (22 credits)

  • The Stories of Girls Who Couldn't Be Magicians

    series director

    directing

    - I Want to Be More Than a Magician. (2024) ... series director directing

    - I'm Gonna Cast Ancient Magic! (2024) ... series director directing

    - Our Rettoran Is in Danger! (2024) ... series director directing

    - I'm Gonna Be a Magician?! (2024) ... series director directing

    - I'll Be Having the Complete Sauna Experience! (2024) ... series director directing
    2024
  • How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom

    series director

    directing

    - Ahead, I See No Ancestors; Behind, I Find No Followers (2022) ... series director directing

    - Know Your Enemy and Know Yourself, and Your Union Shall Not Be Endangered (2022) ... series director directing

    - Away from My Hometown for So Many Years (2022) ... series director directing

    - Gargling and Hand Washing Are the Basis of Disease Prevention (2022) ... series director directing

    - Those Without Wisdom Are Fools (2022) ... series director directing
    2021
  • The Honor at Magic High School

    assistant director

    directing

    - I can't lose (2021) ... assistant director directing

    - I will fly! (2021) ... assistant director directing

    - Brother, good luck (2021) ... assistant director directing

    - I don't want to lose (2021) ... assistant director directing

    - Because you were by my side (2021) ... assistant director directing
    2021
  • Taboo Tattoo

    - The Deciding Battle (2016) ... series director directing

    - In the Palm of the Hand (2016) ... series director directing

    - Letter of Challenge (2016) ... series director directing

    - The Past (2016) ... series director directing

    - Creator (2016) ... series director directing
    2016
  • Senran Kagura

    - Super-Secret Ninja Art (2013) ... series director directing

    - Castle Showdown (2013) ... series director directing

    - Yin and Yang (2013) ... series director directing

    - Hebijo Clandestine Girls' Academy (2013) ... series director directing

    - A Shinobi Classroom Retrospective (2013) ... series director directing
    2013
  • Freezing

    series director

    directing

    - Shaft of Light (2013) ... series director directing

    - Nova Crash (2013) ... series director directing

    - True Pandora (2013) ... series director directing

    - Traitor (2013) ... series director directing

    - Rebellion (2013) ... series director directing
    2011
  • Demon King Daimao

    series director

    directing

    - The Perfect Ending? (2010) ... series director directing

    - The Girls' Final Battle (2010) ... series director directing

    - Sai Akuto's Imperial Capital War (2010) ... series director directing

    - The Marriage Interview Chaos (2010) ... series director directing

    - Do You Have a Crush? (2010) ... series director directing
    2010
  • Shakugan no Shana: The Movie

    second unit director

    directing
    2007
  • Shakugan no Shana

    series director

    directing

    - The End in the Distance (2012) ... series director directing

    - God's Dream (2012) ... series director directing

    - Stranger's Dream (2012) ... series director directing

    - One Reason (2012) ... series director directing

    - The Egg of the World (2012) ... series director directing
    2005
  • Kino's Journey: Life Goes On

    director

    directing
    2005
  • New Fist of the North Star: When a Man Carries Sorrow

    director

    directing
    2004
  • New Fist of the North Star: The Forbidden Fist

    director

    directing
    2003
  • New Fist of the North Star: The Cursed City

    director

    directing
    2003
  • Ikki Tousen

    - Farewell to Hakufu and the Days of Fighting (2003) ... director directing

    - Summer Comes to the Watermelon Patch (2003) ... director directing

    - Ryofu - Love and Death (2003) ... director directing

    - An Encounter Between the Ruler and the Devil (2003) ... director directing

    - Viva Hot Springs! (2003) ... director directing
    2003
  • Boogiepop Phantom

    director

    directing

    - A Requiem (2000) ... director directing

    - Under The Gravity's Rainbow (2000) ... director directing

    - Poom Poom (2000) ... director directing

    - You'll Never Be Young Twice (2000) ... director directing

    - She's So Unusual (2000) ... director directing
    2000
  • Revolutionary Girl Utena

    - On the Night of the Ball (1997) ... director directing
    1997
  • Battle Skipper The Movie

    director

    directing
    1996
  • Sanctuary

    director

    directing
    1996
  • Slayers

    - ZERO HOUR The One Being Ruined! (2009) ... director directing

    - YESTERDAYS MEMORY Regained Days (2009) ... director directing

    - XENO Compensation For Resurrection (2009) ... director directing

    - WISDOM Pursuing the Irrevocable Time! (2009) ... director directing

    - VOICE! What`s inside the jar? (2009) ... director directing
    1995
  • Key the Metal Idol

    - Save (1996) ... director directing
    1994
  • Black Lion

    director

    directing
    1992
  • Osomatsu-kun

    - The Aliens Have Come Again! (1989) ... director directing

    - Even the Sextuplets Become Good Boys at a Zen Temple! (1989) ... director directing

    - Win the Race by Cheating-zansu! (1989) ... director directing

    - Take Caution During a Raid-zansu! (1988) ... director directing

    - The Tomboy Princess of Dekapan Castle! (1988) ... director directing
    1988

• visual effects (7 credits)

  • Ayakashi Triangle

    lead animator

    visual effects

    - Kanade Suzu, the King of Ayakashi (2023) ... lead animator visual effects

    - The Spirit of Harmony (2023) ... lead animator visual effects

    - The Enticing Boy (2023) ... lead animator visual effects

    - An Encounter With 'Him'? (2023) ... lead animator visual effects

    - Her First (2023) ... lead animator visual effects
    2023
  • The Rising of the Shield Hero

    - Flowers Offered in Recollection (2022) ... opening/ending animation visual effects

    - Reason to Fight (2022) ... opening/ending animation visual effects

    - Kizuna (2022) ... opening/ending animation visual effects

    - Katana Hero (2022) ... opening/ending animation visual effects

    - Humming Fairy (2022) ... opening/ending animation visual effects
    2019
  • Gate

    - The Self-Defense Force Goes to Another World (2015) ... key animation visual effects
    2015
  • Blue Exorcist

    - Small Beginnings (2017) ... key animation visual effects
    2011
  • Armored Trooper VOTOMS: Case; Irvine

    key animation

    visual effects
    2010
  • TWD Express: Rolling Takeoff

    key animation

    visual effects
    1987
  • Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind

    key animation

    visual effects
    1984

• art (9 credits)

  • Death March to the Parallel World Rhapsody

    - The Catastrophe That Started with a Death March (2018) ... storyboard artist art
    2018
  • Armed Girl's Machiavellism

    - The Magic Bullet I'll Always Remember (2017) ... storyboard artist art

    - The Fair Sword, Mary Kikakujo (2017) ... storyboard artist art
    2017
  • Taboo Tattoo

    - The Deciding Battle (2016) ... storyboard artist art

    - Letter of Challenge (2016) ... storyboard artist art

    - The Past (2016) ... storyboard artist art

    - Rescue (2016) ... storyboard artist art
    2016
  • One-Punch Man

    - Class S Heroes (2019) ... storyboard artist art
    2015
  • Shakugan no Shana: The Movie

    storyboard artist

    art
    2007
  • Shakugan no Shana

    - The End in the Distance (2012) ... storyboard artist art

    - One Reason (2012) ... storyboard artist art

    - For Whose Sake? (2012) ... storyboard artist art

    - Declaration of the Grand Order (2012) ... storyboard artist art

    - From Rift to Rift (2012) ... storyboard artist art
    2005
  • Boogiepop Phantom

    - A Requiem (2000) ... storyboard artist art

    - Mother's Day (2000) ... storyboard artist art

    - Portraits from Memory (2000) ... storyboard artist art
    2000
  • Osomatsu-kun: Go For It! Chibita's Oni War

    storyboard artist

    art
    1988
  • Osomatsu-kun

    - The Aliens Have Come Again! (1989) ... storyboard artist art

    - An Honest Iyami is Dangerous! (1989) ... storyboard artist art

    - Even the Sextuplets Become Good Boys at a Zen Temple! (1989) ... storyboard artist art

    - Win the Race by Cheating-zansu! (1989) ... storyboard artist art

    - The Tomboy Princess of Dekapan Castle! (1988) ... storyboard artist art
    1988

• sound (2 credits)

  • Scary True Stories: Chaku-Shin Final

    music

    sound
    2006
  • Battle Royale High School

    music director

    sound
    1987

• writing (1 credits)

  • A Maiden's Prayer

    lyricist

    writing
    2006