Person

Masaharu Watanabe

Directing

Masaharu Watanabe is a Japanese animator , animation director, and animation producer. He known for Re: Zero - Starting Life in Another World (2016), Naruto: Shippuden (2007) and The Last: Naruto the Movie (2014).

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  Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World-

  Storyboard Artist

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  Naruto

  Animation Director

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  Naruto Shippūden

  Key Animation

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  InuYasha

  Key Animation

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  Love Unseen Beneath the Clear Night Sky

  Storyboard Artist

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  NARUTO Spin-Off: Rock Lee & His Ninja Pals

  Director

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  SHIROBAKO

  Key Animation

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  Akame ga Kill!

  Key Animation

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  Yona of the Dawn

  Key Animation

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  Toradora!

  Key Animation

• 2026Love Unseen Beneath the Clear Night SkyStoryboard Artist
• 2025ZatsuTabi -That's Journey-Series Director
• 2024No Longer Allowed in Another WorldStoryboard Artist
• 2022Naruto 20th Anniversary - Road of NarutoStoryboard Artist
• 2022Uncle from Another WorldStoryboard Artist
• 2019Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- The Frozen BondDirector
• 2019GRANBELMSeries Director
• 2018Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Memory SnowDirector
• 2018Comic GirlsStoryboard Artist
• 2016Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World-Storyboard Artist
• 2015Wakaba GirlKey Animation
• 2014The Last: Naruto the MovieAnimation
• 2014SHIROBAKOKey Animation
• 2014Yona of the DawnKey Animation
• 2014Terror in ResonanceKey Animation
• 2014Akame ga Kill!Key Animation
• 2014Ping Pong the AnimationKey Animation
• 2014Baby StepsKey Animation
• 2014The World is Still BeautifulKey Animation
• 2013Naruto OVA 11: Sunny Side BattleKey Animation
• 2012Road to Ninja: Naruto the MovieKey Animation
• 2012NARUTO Spin-Off: Rock Lee & His Ninja PalsDirector
• 2011Naruto Shippuden the Movie: Blood PrisonAnimation
• 2011Sengoku Basara: The Last PartyKey Animation
• 2010Yozakura Quartet: Hoshi no UmiKey Animation
• 2010Naruto Shippuden the Movie: The Lost TowerAnimation Director
• 2009Naruto Shippuden the Movie: The Will of FireAnimation Director
• 2009Sengoku BASARA: Samurai KingsKey Animation
• 2008Michiko & HatchinKey Animation
• 2008Kannagi: Crazy Shrine MaidensKey Animation
• 2008Toradora!Key Animation
• 2008Naruto Shippuden the Movie: BondsKey Animation
• 2007Naruto ShippūdenKey Animation
• 2006The Melancholy of Haruhi SuzumiyaAssistant Director
• 2006PreCure Splash StarKey Animation
• 2005Kazuo Umezu's Horror Theater: House of BugsProducer
• 2005Munto 2: Beyond the Walls of TimeKey Animation
• 2005AirKey Animation
• 2002NarutoAnimation Director
• 2000InuYashaKey Animation