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 DirectorUncle from Another World (2022) - Storyboard ArtistNaruto 20th Anniversary - Road of Naruto (2022) - Storyboard ArtistRe:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- The Frozen Bond (2019) - DirectorRe:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Memory Snow (2018) - DirectorRe:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- (2016) - Storyboard Artist · Director · Series DirectorAkame ga Kill! (2014) - Key AnimationThe Last: Naruto the Movie (2014) - AnimationYona of the Dawn (2014) - Key AnimationTerror in Resonance (2014) - Key AnimationPing Pong the Animation (2014) - Key AnimationSHIROBAKO (2014) - Key AnimationNaruto OVA 11: Sunny Side Battle (2013) - Key AnimationRoad to Ninja: Naruto the Movie (2012) - Key Animation · Animation DirectorNaruto Shippuden the Movie: Blood Prison (2011) - AnimationNaruto Shippuden the Movie: The Lost Tower (2010) - Animation DirectorNaruto Shippuden the Movie: The Will of Fire (2009) - Animation DirectorToradora! (2008) - Key AnimationNaruto Shippuden the Movie: Bonds (2008) - Key AnimationNaruto Shippūden (2007) - Key Animation · Director · Animation Director · Storyboard Artist · Opening/Ending AnimationThe Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (2006) - Assistant Director · Key AnimationNaruto (2002) - Animation Director · Key AnimationInuYasha (2000) - Key Animation