Directed credits
29
Established
Strong directing catalog.
Director
Ayumu Watanabe
Directing
Career Snapshot
ExplainedThese indicators come from TMDB. They are relative signals, not review ratings.
TMDB popularity
1.1
Low visibility
TMDB internal trend index. Higher usually means more searches and page activity now.
Directed movies: 17Directed series: 12All crew credits: 35
TMDB ID: 1117479
IMDb ID: nm2268014
Known for: Directing
Born: September 3, 1966
Age: 60
Place of birth: Tokyo, Japan
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1988 - 2026
Years active: 39
Average TMDB rating: 7.4
Wikidata: Q11562366
Also known as
渡邊步 • 渡辺カケル • Kakeru Watanabe • 와타나베 카케루
Frequent jobs
Director (17)Series Director (9)Supervising Animation Director (2)Animation Director (1)Storyboard Artist (3)Key Animation (2)Mechanical Designer (1)
Biography
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).
Photos
Movies
Directed Movies
Movies directed by Ayumu Watanabe.
Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko
Director
2021 Movie
Children of the Sea
Director
2019 Movie
Space Brothers #0
Director
2014 Movie
The Big First-Grader and the Small Second-Grader
Director
2014 Movie
Doraemon: Nobita and the Green Giant Legend
Director
2008 Movie
Doraemon: Nobita's Dinosaur
Director
2006 Movie
Doraemon: Nobita in the Wan-Nyan Spacetime Odyssey
Supervising Animation Director
2004 Movie
Pa-Pa-Pa the Movie: Perman: Tako de Pon! Ashi wa Pon!
Director
2004 Movie
Doraemon: Nobita and the Windmasters
Supervising Animation Director
2003 Movie
Pa-Pa-Pa the Movie: Perman
Director
2003 Movie
Doraemon: The Day When I Was Born
Director
2002 Movie
Doraemon: Ganbare! Gian!!
Director
2001 Movie
Doraemon: A Grandmother's Recollections
Director
2000 Movie
Nobita's the Night Before a Wedding
Director
1999 Movie
Doraemon Comes Back
Director
1998 Movie
Doraemon: Nobita and the Kingdom of Clouds
Animation Director
1992 Movie
Dorami-chan: Wow, The Kid Gang of Bandits / The☆Doraemons: Strange, Sweets, Strange? / Doraemon: Nobita's the Night Before a Wedding
Director
1991 Movie
Series
Directed Series
Series directed by Ayumu Watanabe.
Witch Hat Atelier
Series Director • 13 eps
2026 Series
Akane-banashi
Series Director • 12 eps
2026 Series
Ganglion
Series Director • 24 eps
2025 Series
You are Ms. Servant
Series Director • 12 eps
2024 Series
Summer Time Rendering
Series Director • 25 eps
2022 Series
Komi Can't Communicate
Series Director • 24 eps
2021 Series
Major 2nd
Series Director • 25 eps
2018 Series
Gurazeni: Money Pitch
Director • 12 eps
2018 Series
After the Rain
Series Director • 12 eps
2018 Series
If Her Flag Breaks
Director • 13 eps
2014 Series
Mysterious Girlfriend X
Director • 13 eps
2012 Series
Space Brothers
Series Director • 99 eps
2012 Series
Movies
Top Rated Movies
Highest rated movies linked with Ayumu Watanabe.
Doraemon: Nobita's Dinosaur
Director
2006 Movie
Children of the Sea
Director
2019 Movie
Series
Top Rated Series
Highest rated series linked with Ayumu Watanabe.
Witch Hat Atelier
Series Director • 13 eps
2026 Series
Komi Can't Communicate
Series Director • 24 eps
2021 Series
Summer Time Rendering
Series Director • 25 eps
2022 Series
Azumanga Daioh
Storyboard Artist • 1 eps
2002 Series
Great Pretender
Storyboard Artist • 1 eps
2020 Series
After the Rain
Series Director • 12 eps
2018 Series
Mysterious Girlfriend X
Director • 13 eps
2012 Series
Movies
Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with Ayumu Watanabe.
Doraemon: Nobita's Dinosaur
Director
2006 Movie
Children of the Sea
Director
2019 Movie
Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko
Director
2021 Movie
Doraemon: The Record of Nobita's Parallel Journey to the West
Key Animation
1988 Movie
Doraemon: Nobita and the Windmasters
Supervising Animation Director
2003 Movie
Doraemon: Nobita and the Green Giant Legend
Director
2008 Movie
Doraemon: The New Record of Nobita's Spaceblazer
Mechanical Designer
2009 Movie
Doraemon: Nobita in the Wan-Nyan Spacetime Odyssey
Supervising Animation Director
2004 Movie
Doraemon: Nobita and the Kingdom of Clouds
Animation Director
1992 Movie
Doraemon: Nobita and the Birth of Japan
Key Animation
1989 Movie
Space Brothers #0
Director
2014 Movie
Nobita's the Night Before a Wedding
Director
1999 Movie
Series
Most Popular Series
Most viewed series linked with Ayumu Watanabe.
Space Brothers
Series Director • 99 eps
2012 Series
Great Pretender
Storyboard Artist • 1 eps
2020 Series
Witch Hat Atelier
Series Director • 13 eps
2026 Series
Komi Can't Communicate
Series Director • 24 eps
2021 Series
Azumanga Daioh
Storyboard Artist • 1 eps
2002 Series
Summer Time Rendering
Series Director • 25 eps
2022 Series
Akane-banashi
Series Director • 12 eps
2026 Series
Ace Attorney
Storyboard Artist • 5 eps
2016 Series
After the Rain
Series Director • 12 eps
2018 Series
Major 2nd
Series Director • 25 eps
2018 Series
You are Ms. Servant
Series Director • 12 eps
2024 Series
Mysterious Girlfriend X
Director • 13 eps
2012 Series
Movies
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Ayumu Watanabe.
Doraemon: The New Record of Nobita's Spaceblazer
Mechanical Designer
2009 Movie
Doraemon: Nobita and the Birth of Japan
Key Animation
1989 Movie
Doraemon: The Record of Nobita's Parallel Journey to the West
Key Animation
1988 Movie
Series
Other Crew Work in Series
Additional series credits for Ayumu Watanabe.
Great Pretender
Storyboard Artist • 1 eps
2020 Series
Ace Attorney
Storyboard Artist • 5 eps
2016 Series
Azumanga Daioh
Storyboard Artist • 1 eps
2002 Series