is a Japanese

animator An animator is an artist who creates multiple images, known as frames, which give an illusion of movement called animation when displayed in rapid sequence. Animators can work in a variety of fields including film, television, and video gam ...

, illustrator, character designer, supervisor, director,

dōjin In Japan, is a group of people who share an interest, activity, or hobby. The word is sometimes translated into English as "clique", "fandom", "coterie", "society", or "circle" (as in "sewing circle"). Self-published creative works produced b ...

artist and a member of the circle . His pseudonym is . He worked with Akiyuki Shinbo at

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. His representative works include key animation for '' Popotan'', and character design for ''

Nurse Witch Komugi is an original video animation (OVA) anime series co-produced by Tatsunoko Productions and Kyoto Animation. The series lasted for five episodes (six if episode 2.5 that appeared in the middle of the series is included), all of which were re ...

'', '' The SoulTaker'' and '' Monogatari''.

Works

Under the name Akio Watanabe

Anime * ''

Starship Girl Yamamoto Yohko is a Japanese anime series based on a novel by Takashi Shōji. It consists of two 3-episode OVA sets and a 26-episode television series animated by J.C.Staff and directed by Akiyuki Shinbo. The series was released in the United States by ...

'' (character design) * '' The SoulTaker'' (character design) * ''

'' (character design) * '' Magical Canan'' (character design) * ''

Hoshizora Kiseki is a 27-minute Japanese anime directed by Akio Watanabe and Toshikazu Matsubara, and produced by CoMix Wave Films as an original net animation. It was made available online on June 21, 2006, and then was released on DVD in Japan on August 3, 20 ...

'' (director, script, character design, storyboard, animation direction, color design) * '' Monogatari'' (chief animation director, character design) * '' The World God Only Knows'' (character design) * '' Pretty Rhythm: Aurora Dream'' (original character design) * '' Etotama'' (original character design) * ''

Zaregoto is a Japanese light novel series written by Nisio Isin and illustrated by Take. The series was published in Japan between February 2002 and November 2005 by Kodansha Books in nine volumes. Celebrating the twentieth anniversary of Nisio's de ...

'' (character design) * '' Fireworks'' (character design) * '' Higurashi When They Cry - Gou and Sotsu'' (character design) * '' Rumble Garanndoll'' (original character design) ;

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s * ''Zutto Issho'' (animation director, character design) * ''L no Kisetsu'' * ''Missing Blue'' * ''

Grisaia no Kajitsu is a Japanese adult visual novel, the first in a series of visual novels by Frontwing, with character designs by Akio Watanabe and Fumio. It was released in February 2011 for Windows, and it was later ported to the PlayStation Port ...

'' (character design) Others * Hoshiiro Drop (cover art) *'' 22/7'' (original character design for Yuki Tojo) *''PeroPero☆Teacher'' (Director, Character Design)

Under the name Poyoyon♥Rock

; Anime * '' Djibril – The Devil Angel'' (episode 2 opening movie) * ''

Netrun-mon is a single-episode Japanese original video animation which was created to celebrate the fifth anniversary of ''NetRunner'' magazine. ''NetRunner'' is a controversial publication since some articles promote hacking. Characters that are used t ...

'' * '' Popotan'' (character design) ; Computer games * ''

Let's Fish! Hooked On ''Let's Fish! Hooked On'', also known in Japan as ''Let's Try Bass Fishing, FISH ON NEXT'', is an arcade fishing game developed for the PlayStation Vita by SIMS Co., Ltd, the creators of Sega Bass Fishing. The game also features character designs ...

'' * ''Court no Naka no Tenshi-tachi'' * '' Popotan'' * '' To Heart 2'' (opening movie) * '' Queen's Blade: Spiral Chaos'' (character design; for some characters) * '' Queen's Gate: Spiral Chaos'' (character design; for some characters) * '' Akiba's Trip: Undead & Undressed'' (character design) ; Trading Card Games * ''

Aquarian Age {{nihongo, Aquarian Age, アクエリアンエイジ, Akuerian Eiji is an out-of-print Japanese collectible trading card game. It is marketed and produced by Broccoli, which produces games and Anime-related goods. In the game, the player take ...

'' ; Others * Saitama

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prevention campaign poster * "Moe Loan" Ron-tan ( Livedoor Credit) * "Akiba Kei SNS 'Filn Mascot characters Fil and Fal

References

External links

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Poyoyon♥Rock on Pixiv

Sukumizu Pettan
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