Masaharu Watanabe
Directing · Producer · Animation Director · Key Animation
Active 2000–present
Masaharu Watanabe is a Japanese animator , animation director, and animation producer. He known for Re: Zero - Starting Life in Another World (2016), Naruto: Shippuden (2007) and The Last: Naruto the Movie (2014).
Filmography
Love Unseen Beneath the Clear Night Sky (2026) — Storyboard ArtistZatsuTabi -That's Journey- (2025) — Series Director · Storyboard Artist · Director · Assistant DirectorNaruto Shippūden (2007) — Key Animation · Storyboard Artist · Animation Director · Director · Opening/Ending AnimationNaruto (2002) — Animation Director · Key AnimationInuYasha (2000) — Key AnimationAkame ga Kill! (2014) — Key AnimationThe Last: Naruto the Movie (2014) — AnimationToradora! (2008) — Key AnimationRe:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- (2016) — Storyboard Artist · Director · Series DirectorRoad to Ninja: Naruto the Movie (2012) — Animation Director · Key AnimationYona of the Dawn (2014) — Key AnimationTerror in Resonance (2014) — Key AnimationNaruto Shippuden the Movie: Blood Prison (2011) — AnimationNaruto Shippuden the Movie: The Will of Fire (2009) — Animation DirectorNaruto Shippuden the Movie: Bonds (2008) — Key AnimationNaruto Shippuden the Movie: The Lost Tower (2010) — Animation DirectorThe Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (2006) — Assistant Director · Key AnimationRe:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Memory Snow (2018) — DirectorPing Pong the Animation (2014) — Key AnimationRe:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- The Frozen Bond (2019) — DirectorUncle from Another World (2022) — Storyboard ArtistSHIROBAKO (2014) — Key AnimationNaruto 20th Anniversary - Road of Naruto (2022) — Storyboard ArtistNaruto OVA 11: Sunny Side Battle (2013) — Key Animation