Ayumu Watanabe
Ayumu Watanabe is a Japanese animation director. After joining Shin-Ei Animation, he directed multiple Doraemon animated films. As a freelancer, he also worked on numerous animated adaptations such as Space Brothers, After the Rain, and Komi Can't Communicate.
Biography
Ayumu Watanabe was born in Tokyo on September 3, 1966. He started his career in 1986 when he joined Studio Mates as a key animator. Two years later, Watanabe moved to Shin-Ei Animation, where he worked on the animated adaptation of the Doraemon comic series, as well as direct multiple anime films in the franchise. As a freelancer, he also directed numerous animated adaptations such as Space Brothers, After the Rain, and Komi Can't Communicate. He also worked with Studio 4°C on the films Children of the Sea and Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko.Works
TV series
Atashin'chi Space Brothers Mysterious Girlfriend X Danchi Tomoo If Her Flag Breaks Ace Attorney After the Rain Gurazeni Major 2nd Komi Can't Communicate Summer Time Rendering You Are Ms. Servant Ganglion Akane-banashiFilms
Feature films
Doraemon: Nobita and the Windmasters Doraemon: Nobita in the Wan-Nyan Spacetime Odyssey Doraemon: Nobita's Dinosaur 2006 Doraemon: Nobita and the Green Giant Legend Space Brothers #0 Children of the Sea Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko- ''Freedom in the Sky''
Short films
Doraemon: Doraemon Comes Back Doraemon: Nobita's the Night Before a Wedding Doraemon: A Grandmother's Recollections Doraemon: Ganbare! Gian!! Doraemon: Boku no Umareta Hi Pa-Pa-Pa the Movie: Perman Pa-Pa-Pa the Movie: Perman: Tako de Pon! Ashi wa Pon!- ''Ōkii Ichinensei to Chiisana Ninensei''