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Ayumu Watanabe

Name in Native Language: "渡辺歩" (Japanese/JA)
Animator / Film Director | * 09/03/1966 (57) | Giappone
Ayumu Watanabe (渡辺 歩, Watanabe Ayumu, born September 3, 1966) is a Japanese anime director. After joining Shin-Ei Animation, he directed multiple Doraemon anime films. As a freelancer, he also worked on numerous anime adaptations such as Space Brothers, After the Rain, and Komi Can't Communicate. ()

Ayumu Watanabe (渡辺 歩, Watanabe Ayumu, September 3, 1966) is a Japanese animation director, animator, and director born in Tokyo. He also worked under the alias Kakeru Watanabe (渡辺 カケル, Watanabe Kakeru).

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Most frequent genres for this person: Animation | Drama | Adventure

Known for these Movies & Shows

Ruka is a young girl whose parents are separated and whose father works in an aquarium. When two boys, Umi and Sora, who were raised in the sea by dugongs, are brought to the aquarium, Ruka feels draw ...

Children of the Sea

FSK: 6+ years

2019 | 3.5/5 | 1h 50min
Animation, Fantasy, Adventure, Mystery
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Nikuko is a brash, jolly, scattered, and passionate woman in an otherwise sleepy seaside town in northern Japan. She’s also the single mother of 11-year-old Kikuko, who is her opposite in many ways. ...

Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko

Certification unknown

2021 | 3.5/5 | 1h 37min
Animation, Drama, Kids & Family
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After bringing a fossilized egg back to life with the Time Cloth, Nobita finds himself the owner of a baby dinosaur. Everything is fine until it grows up. Nobita and friends use Doraemon's time machin ...

Doraemon: Nobita's Dinosaur

Certification unknown

2006 | 3.7/5 | 1h 47min
Animation, Adventure, Kids & Family
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When they were young, the brothers Mutta and Hibito promised each other they would become astronauts. Now, in 2025, Hibito has followed his dream to become the first Japanese on the moon, but Mutta ha ...

Space Brothers

Certification unknown

2012 | 4.1/5 | 24min per episode
Animation, Drama, Science-Fiction & Fantasy
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Movies with Ayumu Watanabe as Crew(10)

Directing/Director2021 Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko
Directing/Director2019 Children of the Sea
Directing/Director2014 Space Brothers: Number Zero
Directing/Director2014 The Big First-Grader and the Small Second-Grader
Directing/Director2008 Doraemon: Nobita and the Green Giant Legend
Directing/Director2006 Doraemon: Nobita's Dinosaur
Writing/Writer2006 Doraemon: Nobita's Dinosaur
Directing/Director2000 Doraemon: A Grandmother's Recollections
Visual Effects/Key Animation1989 Doraemon: Nobita and the Birth of Japan
Visual Effects/Key Animation1988 Doraemon: The Record of Nobita's Parallel Journey to the West

TV Shows/Series with Ayumu Watanabe as Crew(13)

Directing/Series Director2022 Summer Time Rendering
Art/Storyboard Artist2022 Summer Time Rendering
Directing/Series Director2021 Komi Can't Communicate
Art/Storyboard Artist2020 Great Pretender
Directing/Series Director2018 After the Rain
Art/Storyboard Artist2018 After the Rain
Directing/Series Director2018 Major 2nd
Art/Storyboard Artist2016 Ace Attorney
Directing/Series Director2016 Ace Attorney
Directing/Series Director2012 Space Brothers
Art/Storyboard Artist2012 Space Brothers
Directing/Director2012 Mysterious Girlfriend X
Art/Storyboard Artist2002 Azumanga Daioh

Full Name: Ayumu Watanabe
Citizenship: Japan
Born: Saturday, 09/03 1966 (September) in Giappone (current age: 57 years + 226 days)
Zodiac sign: Virgo (Chinese zodiac sign: Horse)
Other names for Ayumu Watanabe (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"渡邊步"
"渡辺歩"
"渡辺カケル"
"Kakeru Watanabe"
"わたなべ あゆむ" (Kana/Japanese)
Ayumu Watanabe frequently works together with these people:
Taito Ban (11x, Actor)
Yuki Ominami (11x, Actress)
Wataru Komada (9x, Actor)
Volcano Ota (8x, Actor)
Erika Nishihara (6x, Crew)
Fujiko F. Fujio (5x, Crew)
Ayako Kono (5x, Crew)
Kenichi Konishi (5x, Crew)
Shinya Takahashi (5x, Actor)
Live Mukai (5x, Actress)
Saki Kobari (5x, Actress)
Mari Uchiyama (5x, Actress)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:340229, Added: 08/14/2018, Last updated: 03/24/2024