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Masaharu Watanabe

Directing

Also known as Gorou Sessha · Sessha Gorou · 拙者 五郎

Biography

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).

Filmography28 titles

InuYasha

2000Key Animation

Love Unseen Beneath the Clear Night Sky

2026Storyboard Artist

Naruto Shippūden

2007Animation Director, Director, Key Animation, Opening/Ending Animation, Storyboard Artist

Naruto

2002Animation Director, Key Animation

Yona of the Dawn

2014Key Animation

Ping Pong the Animation

2014Key Animation

Akame ga Kill!

2014Key Animation

Toradora!

2008Key Animation

Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World-

2016Director, Series Director, Storyboard Artist

PreCure Splash Star

2006Animation, Key Animation

The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya

2006Assistant Director, Key Animation

Terror in Resonance

2014Key Animation

Uncle from Another World

2022Storyboard Artist

Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- The Frozen Bond

2019Director

The Last: Naruto the Movie

2014Animation

ZatsuTabi -That's Journey-

2025Assistant Director, Director, Series Director, Storyboard Artist

Road to Ninja - Naruto the Movie

2012Animation Director, Key Animation

Naruto Shippûden: The Movie 3: Inheritors of the Will of Fire

2009Animation Director

No Longer Allowed in Another World

2024Storyboard Artist

The World Is Still Beautiful

2014Key Animation

Naruto Shippuden the Movie: Blood Prison

2011Animation

Naruto Shippuden: The Movie - Bonds

2008Key Animation

Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Memory Snow

2018Director

Naruto Shippûden: The Lost Tower

2010Animation Director

Michiko & Hatchin

2008Key Animation

Granbelm

2019Director, Series Director, Storyboard Artist

Comic Girls

2018Storyboard Artist

Naruto SD: Rock Lee & His Ninja Pals

2012Director, Series Director, Storyboard Artist