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Toshinori Watanabe

Directing

Also known as わたなべ としのり · 渡部 穏寛

Biography

Toshinori Watanabe (渡部 穏寛, Watanabe Toshinori) is a Japanese animator, storyboard artist and director.

Filmography50+ titles

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure

2012Key Animation

Kaguya-sama: Love Is War

2019Storyboard Artist

Naruto Shippūden

2007Director, Key Animation, Series Director, Storyboard Artist

Komi Can't Communicate

2021Storyboard Artist

Samurai Champloo

2004Key Animation

Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters

2000Key Animation

Tokyo Ghoul

2014Director, Series Director, Storyboard Artist

Beelzebub

2011Director, Storyboard Artist

Gurren Lagann

2007Key Animation

Ghost Stories

2000Key Animation

NieR:Automata Ver1.1a

2023Storyboard Artist

Summer Time Rendering

2022Storyboard Artist

Wagnaria!!

2010Key Animation

FAIRY TAIL 100 YEARS QUEST

2024Director, Series Director, Storyboard Artist

Mononoke

2007Animation Director

Black Lagoon

2006Key Animation

Boruto: Naruto Next Generations

2017Storyboard Artist

Twilight Out of Focus

2024Series Director

Edens Zero

2021Director, Series Director, Storyboard Artist

Log Horizon

2013Director

Kingdom

2012Storyboard Artist

InuYasha the Movie 2: The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass

2002Key Animation

Haibane Renmei

2002Key Animation

Digimon Beatbreak

2025Storyboard Artist

Chihayafuru

2011Key Animation

Deadman Wonderland

2011Key Animation

Basilisk

2005Key Animation

Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Cosmos the Movie Part 1

2023Second Unit Director

Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun

2014Director, Storyboard Artist

Last Exile

2003Key Animation

Teppen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Laughing 'til You Cry

2022Series Director

Bungo and Alchemist -Gears of Judgement-

2020Director, Series Director, Storyboard Artist

Valkyrie Drive: Mermaid

2015Assistant Director

Kaze no Stigma

2007Key Animation

Boogiepop Phantom

2000Key Animation

Ninja to Gokudou

2025Series Director

TIGER & BUNNY

2011Key Animation

.hack

2002Key Animation

Galaxy Angel

2001Key Animation

Love Hina

2000Key Animation

Mix: Meisei Story

2019Series Director

Bokurano

2007Animation Director

Solty Rei

2005Key Animation

My New Boss Is Goofy

2023Storyboard Artist

Chain Chronicle: The Light of Haecceitas

2017Key Animation

Super Lovers

2016Assistant Director, Director, Key Animation, Storyboard Artist

Ichijyoma Mankitsu Gurashi!

2026Director, Series Director, Storyboard Artist

Jyu-Oh-Sei

2006Key Animation

The Lost Village

2016Director, Storyboard Artist

Yu-Gi-Oh! Sevens

2020Storyboard Artist