About Akio Watanabe
Akio Watanabe (渡辺 明夫, Watanabe Akio, July 27, 1969) is a Japanese animator, illustrator, character designer and animation director, director from Tokyo.
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Production Credits
Akio Watanabe has 46 production credits.Visual Effects
Credited for Character Designer in 17 shows - Pendant, Blame!, Hoshizora Kiseki, Monogatari, PeroPero Teacher, The Fruit of Grisaia, Kizumonogatari Part 1: Tekketsu, Kizumonogatari Part 2: Nekketsu, Kubikiri Cycle - Aoiro Savant to Zaregoto Tsukai, Fireworks, Zoku Owarimonogatari, Ikebukuro PR Anime, Grisaia: Phantom Trigger The Animation, Higurashi: When They Cry - NEW, Etotama: Nyankyaku Banrai, Rumble Garanndoll and Grisaia: Phantom Trigger.
Credited for Key Animation in 12 shows - Macross 7, Ghost Sweeper Mikami, Sailor Moon S the Movie: Hearts in Ice, Legend of Crystania: The Motion Picture, Sailor Moon SuperS: The Movie: Black Dream Hole, Spriggan, Le Portrait de Petite Cossette, Hoshizora Kiseki, Monogatari, Date a Live, The Rolling Girls and Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story.
Credited for Animation Director in 7 shows - Legend of Crystania: The Chaos Ring, Hoshizora Kiseki, Monogatari, Fireworks, Zoku Owarimonogatari, Grisaia: Phantom Trigger The Animation and My Happy Marriage.
Credited for Supervising Animation Director in 2 shows - The Fruit of Grisaia and Grisaia: Phantom Trigger.
Credited for Color Designer in 1 show - Hoshizora Kiseki.
Credited for Opening/Ending Animation in 1 show - Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story.
Art
Credited for Supervising Art Director in 1 show - Kubikiri Cycle - Aoiro Savant to Zaregoto Tsukai.
Credited for Original Series Design in 1 show - The Fruit of Grisaia.
Writing
Credited for Writer in 1 show - Angels in the Court 2.
Directing
Credited for Director in 2 shows - Hoshizora Kiseki and PeroPero Teacher.
Crew
Credited for Supervising Animator in 1 show - Monogatari.