Directed credits
26
Established
Strong directing catalog.
Director
Ayumu Watanabe
Directing
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
0.9
Low visibility
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Directed movies: 14Directed series: 12All crew credits: 32
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 - 2025
Years active: 38
Average TMDB rating: 7.29
Wikidata: Q11562366
Also known as
渡邊步 • 渡辺カケル • Kakeru Watanabe • 와타나베 카케루
Frequent jobs
Director (15)Series Director (9)Animation Director (1)Supervising 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).
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Movies
Directed Movies
Movies directed by Ayumu Watanabe.
7.1
Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko
Director
2021 Movie
7.1
Children of the Sea
Director
2019 Movie
7.8
Space Brothers: Number Zero
Director
2014 Movie
5.5
The Big First-Grader and the Small Second-Grader
Director
2014 Movie
6.8
Doraemon: Nobita and the Green Giant Legend
Director
2008 Movie
7.4
Doraemon: Nobita's Dinosaur
Director
2006 Movie
7.2
Doraemon: Nobita and the Windmasters
Supervising Animation Director
2003 Movie
7.6
Doraemon: The Day When I Was Born
Director
2002 Movie
8.6
Doraemon: Ganbare! Gian!!
Director
2001 Movie
6.6
Doraemon: A Grandmother's Recollections
Director
2000 Movie
7.8
Nobita's the Night Before a Wedding
Director
1999 Movie
6.8
Doraemon Comes Back
Director
1998 Movie
7.1
Doraemon: Nobita and the Kingdom of Clouds
Animation Director
1992 Movie
8.0
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.
8.0
Ganglion
Series Director • 18 eps
2025 Series
7.5
You are Ms. Servant
Series Director • 12 eps
2024 Series
8.1
Summer Time Rendering
Series Director • 25 eps
2022 Series
8.3
Komi Can't Communicate
Series Director • 24 eps
2021 Series
7.9
Major 2nd
Series Director • 25 eps
2018 Series
6.7
Gurazeni: Money Pitch
Director • 12 eps
2018 Series
7.1
After the Rain
Series Director • 12 eps
2018 Series
6.0
If Her Flag Breaks
Director • 13 eps
2014 Series
6.6
Mysterious Girlfriend X
Director • 13 eps
2012 Series
8.1
Space Brothers
Series Director • 99 eps
2012 Series
Witch Hat Atelier
Series Director • 1 eps
Series
Akane-banashi
Series Director • 1 eps
Series
Movies
Top Rated Movies
Highest rated movies linked with Ayumu Watanabe.
Series
Top Rated Series
Highest rated series linked with Ayumu Watanabe.
8.3
Komi Can't Communicate
Series Director • 24 eps
2021 Series
8.1
Summer Time Rendering
Series Director • 25 eps
2022 Series
7.9
Azumanga Daioh
Storyboard Artist • 1 eps
2002 Series
7.5
Great Pretender
Storyboard Artist • 1 eps
2020 Series
7.1
After the Rain
Series Director • 12 eps
2018 Series
6.6
Mysterious Girlfriend X
Director • 13 eps
2012 Series
Movies
Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with Ayumu Watanabe.
7.2
Doraemon: Nobita and the Windmasters
Supervising Animation Director
2003 Movie
7.4
Doraemon: Nobita's Dinosaur
Director
2006 Movie
7.1
Doraemon: Nobita and the Kingdom of Clouds
Animation Director
1992 Movie
7.1
Children of the Sea
Director
2019 Movie
6.8
Doraemon: Nobita and the Green Giant Legend
Director
2008 Movie
7.1
Doraemon: The Record of Nobita's Parallel Journey to the West
Key Animation
1988 Movie
6.8
Doraemon: The New Record of Nobita's Spaceblazer
Mechanical Designer
2009 Movie
6.7
Doraemon: Nobita and the Birth of Japan
Key Animation
1989 Movie
7.1
Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko
Director
2021 Movie
7.8
Nobita's the Night Before a Wedding
Director
1999 Movie
7.6
Doraemon: The Day When I Was Born
Director
2002 Movie
6.6
Doraemon: A Grandmother's Recollections
Director
2000 Movie
Series
Most Popular Series
Most viewed series linked with Ayumu Watanabe.
8.1
Summer Time Rendering
Series Director • 25 eps
2022 Series
7.5
Great Pretender
Storyboard Artist • 1 eps
2020 Series
8.3
Komi Can't Communicate
Series Director • 24 eps
2021 Series
8.1
Space Brothers
Series Director • 99 eps
2012 Series
6.9
Ace Attorney
Storyboard Artist • 5 eps
2016 Series
7.9
Azumanga Daioh
Storyboard Artist • 1 eps
2002 Series
7.1
After the Rain
Series Director • 12 eps
2018 Series
8.0
Ganglion
Series Director • 18 eps
2025 Series
7.9
Major 2nd
Series Director • 25 eps
2018 Series
7.5
You are Ms. Servant
Series Director • 12 eps
2024 Series
6.6
Mysterious Girlfriend X
Director • 13 eps
2012 Series
6.0
If Her Flag Breaks
Director • 13 eps
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.