Directed credits
28
Established
Strong directing catalog.
Director
Ayumu Watanabe
Directing
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
0.6
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Directed movies: 17Directed series: 11All crew credits: 35
TMDB ID: 1117479
IMDb ID: nm2268014
Known for: Directing
Born: September 3, 1966
Age: 59
Place of birth: Tokyo, Japan
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1988 - 2026
Years active: 39
Average TMDB rating: 7.41
Wikidata: Q11562366
Also known as
渡邊步 • 渡辺カケル • Kakeru Watanabe • 와타나베 카케루
Frequent jobs
Director (17)Series Director (8)Supervising Animation Director (2)Animation Director (1)Storyboard Artist (4)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).
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Movies
Directed Movies
Movies directed by Ayumu Watanabe.
Director
Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko
2021 • Movie
Director
Children of the Sea
2019 • Movie
Director
Space Brothers: Number Zero
2014 • Movie
Director
The Big First-Grader and the Small Second-Grader
2014 • Movie
Director
Doraemon: Nobita and the Green Giant Legend
2008 • Movie
Director
Doraemon: Nobita's Dinosaur
2006 • Movie
Supervising Animation Director
Doraemon: Nobita in the Wan-Nyan Spacetime Odyssey
2004 • Movie
Director
Pa-Pa-Pa the Movie: Perman: Tako de Pon! Ashi wa Pon!
2004 • Movie
Supervising Animation Director
Doraemon: Nobita and the Windmasters
2003 • Movie
Director
Pa-Pa-Pa the Movie: Perman
2003 • Movie
Director
Doraemon: The Day When I Was Born
2002 • Movie
Director
Doraemon: Ganbare! Gian!!
2001 • Movie
Director
Doraemon: A Grandmother's Recollections
2000 • Movie
Director
Nobita's the Night Before a Wedding
1999 • Movie
Director
Doraemon Comes Back
1998 • Movie
Animation Director
Doraemon: Nobita and the Kingdom of Clouds
1992 • Movie
Director
Dorami-chan: Wow, The Kid Gang of Bandits / The☆Doraemons: Strange, Sweets, Strange? / Doraemon: Nobita's the Night Before a Wedding
1991 • Movie
Series
Directed Series
Series directed by Ayumu Watanabe.
Series Director • 13 eps
Witch Hat Atelier
2026 • Series
Series Director • 12 eps
Akane-banashi
2026 • Series
Series Director • 24 eps
Ganglion
2025 • Series
Series Director • 12 eps
You are Ms. Servant
2024 • Series
Series Director • 25 eps
Summer Time Rendering
2022 • Series
Series Director • 24 eps
Komi Can't Communicate
2021 • Series
Series Director • 25 eps
Major 2nd
2018 • Series
Director • 12 eps
Gurazeni: Money Pitch
2018 • Series
Series Director • 12 eps
After the Rain
2018 • Series
Director • 13 eps
If Her Flag Breaks
2014 • Series
Director • 13 eps
Mysterious Girlfriend X
2012 • Series
Movies
Top Rated Movies
Highest rated movies linked with Ayumu Watanabe.
Series
Top Rated Series
Highest rated series linked with Ayumu Watanabe.
Series Director • 13 eps
Witch Hat Atelier
2026 • Series
Series Director • 24 eps
Komi Can't Communicate
2021 • Series
Series Director • 25 eps
Summer Time Rendering
2022 • Series
Storyboard Artist • 1 eps
Azumanga Daioh
2002 • Series
Storyboard Artist • 1 eps
Great Pretender
2020 • Series
Series Director • 12 eps
After the Rain
2018 • Series
Director • 13 eps
Mysterious Girlfriend X
2012 • Series
Movies
Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with Ayumu Watanabe.
Director
Doraemon: Nobita's Dinosaur
2006 • Movie
Director
Doraemon: Nobita and the Green Giant Legend
2008 • Movie
Key Animation
Doraemon: The Record of Nobita's Parallel Journey to the West
1988 • Movie
Supervising Animation Director
Doraemon: Nobita and the Windmasters
2003 • Movie
Animation Director
Doraemon: Nobita and the Kingdom of Clouds
1992 • Movie
Director
Children of the Sea
2019 • Movie
Mechanical Designer
Doraemon: The New Record of Nobita's Spaceblazer
2009 • Movie
Director
Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko
2021 • Movie
Supervising Animation Director
Doraemon: Nobita in the Wan-Nyan Spacetime Odyssey
2004 • Movie
Director
Nobita's the Night Before a Wedding
1999 • Movie
Key Animation
Doraemon: Nobita and the Birth of Japan
1989 • Movie
Director
Space Brothers: Number Zero
2014 • Movie
Series
Most Popular Series
Most viewed series linked with Ayumu Watanabe.
Series Director • 25 eps
Summer Time Rendering
2022 • Series
Series Director • 12 eps
Akane-banashi
2026 • Series
Storyboard Artist • 4 eps
Space Brothers
2012 • Series
Series Director • 24 eps
Komi Can't Communicate
2021 • Series
Series Director • 13 eps
Witch Hat Atelier
2026 • Series
Storyboard Artist • 1 eps
Great Pretender
2020 • Series
Storyboard Artist • 1 eps
Azumanga Daioh
2002 • Series
Storyboard Artist • 5 eps
Ace Attorney
2016 • Series
Series Director • 12 eps
After the Rain
2018 • Series
Director • 13 eps
Mysterious Girlfriend X
2012 • Series
Series Director • 12 eps
You are Ms. Servant
2024 • Series
Director • 13 eps
If Her Flag Breaks
2014 • Series
Movies
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Ayumu Watanabe.
Series
Other Crew Work in Series
Additional series credits for Ayumu Watanabe.