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Masaharu Watanabe

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Also known as Gorou Sessha · Sessha Gorou · 拙者 五郎

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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).

Filmography24 titles

InuYasha

2000Key Animation

Naruto Shippūden

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

Yona of the Dawn

2014Key Animation

Naruto

2002Animation Director, Key Animation

Akame ga Kill!

2014Key Animation

Toradora!

2008Key Animation

Ping Pong the Animation

2014Key Animation

Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World-

2016Director, Series Director, Storyboard Artist

Terror in Resonance

2014Key Animation

The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya

2006Assistant Director, Key Animation

Uncle from Another World

2022Storyboard Artist

The Last: Naruto the Movie

2014Animation

ZatsuTabi -That's Journey-

2025Series Director

The World Is Still Beautiful

2014Key Animation

Road to Ninja - Naruto the Movie

2012Animation Director, Key Animation

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

2009Animation Director

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

2019Director

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

2019Series Director

Naruto SD: Rock Lee & His Ninja Pals

2012Director, Series Director, Storyboard Artist