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Akio Watanabe

Visual Effects

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Directed movies: 2Directed series: 5All crew credits: 41

TMDB ID: 1517688

IMDb ID: nm0913787

Known for: Visual Effects

Born: July 13, 1969

Age: 56

Place of birth: Tokyo, Japan

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1991 - 2025

Years active: 35

Average TMDB rating: 7.2

Wikidata: Q4701116

Also known as

Watanabe Akio • 渡辺 あきお • 渡辺あきお • ぽよよん♥ろっく • ぽこぴー • Poyoyon♥Rock • Poyoyon Rock • ぽよよん ろっく • ぽよよん☆ろっく • ぽよよん・ろっく • +3 more

Frequent jobs

Animation Director (4)Director (2)Supervising Art Director (1)Character Designer (17)Key Animation (12)Original Series Design (4)Supervising Animator (1)

Biography

Akio Watanabe (渡辺 明夫, Watanabe Akio, July 13, 1969) is a Japanese animator, illustrator, character designer and animation director from Tokyo. He sometimes is credited under the name 渡辺 あきお (same pronunciation) and Poyoyon Rock (as an illustrator). He belongs to Frontwing. He formerly worked at Studio Hibari.

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