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 is a Japanese animator, director, writer, and storyboard artist. Best known for his works with Shaft (company), Shaft, he has attained international recognition with the studio for his unique visual style and storytelling methods. Born in Koor ...

at Shaft. His representative works include key animation for ''

Popotan is a Japanese adult visual novel developed by Petit Ferret with character designs by Akio Watanabe under the alias Poyoyon Rock. It was originally released as a PC game for CD-ROM on December 13, 2002, and subsequently re-released on DV ...

'', 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 is an anime series that focuses on seventeen-year-old Kyosuke Date who was killed by his mother Mio Date, and afterward gained the ability to turn into an incredibly powerful winged mutant known as "The SoulTaker" and that he has a long-los ...

'' and ''

Monogatari is a literary form in traditional Japanese literature – an extended prose narrative tale comparable to the epic novel. ''Monogatari'' is closely tied to aspects of the oral tradition, and almost always relates a fictional or fictionalized st ...

''.

Works

Under the name Akio Watanabe

Anime is Traditional animation, hand-drawn and computer animation, computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside of Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, in Japan and in Japane ...

* ''

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) * ''

Magical Canan is a Japanese adult visual novel developed and published by Terios. It was later adapted into a hentai OVA series; four episodes were released from August 25, 2000, to November 25, 2001, and two additional episodes, titled , were released ...

'' (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) * ''

'' (chief animation director, character design) * ''

The World God Only Knows , abbreviated as , is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tamiki Wakaki. It was originally serialized in Shogakukan's ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' from April 2008 to April 2014, with its chapters collected in 26 ''tankōbon'' vol ...

'' (character design) * '' Pretty Rhythm: Aurora Dream'' (original character design) * ''

Etotama is a Japanese anime television series produced by Encourage Films and Shirogumi, which aired from April 9 to June 25, 2015. A manga adaptation began serialization from December 2013 in ASCII Media Works's ''shōnen'' manga magazine '' Den ...

'' (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 Fireworks are a class of Explosive, low explosive Pyrotechnics, pyrotechnic devices used for aesthetic and entertainment purposes. They are most commonly used in fireworks displays (also called a fireworks show or pyrotechnics), combining a l ...

'' (character design) * '' Higurashi When They Cry - Gou and Sotsu'' (character design) * ''

Rumble Garanndoll is an original Japanese anime television series animated by Lerche. It aired from October to December 2021. A manga adaptation with art by Left Hand has been serialized online via Kadokawa Shoten's Comic Newtype manga website from October ...

'' (original character design) ;

Computer game Video games, also known as computer games, are electronic games that involves interaction with a user interface or input device such as a joystick, game controller, controller, computer keyboard, keyboard, or motion sensing device to gener ...

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 is an eroge visual novel series created by Frontwing composed of the classic entries and one spinoff, titled ''MegaChu.'' Each of the entries have also spawned trimmed down erotic OVA releases, which enjoyed mild popularity in the we ...

'' (episode 2 opening movie) * '' Netrun-mon'' * ''

'' (character design) ; Computer games * '' Let's Fish! Hooked On'' * ''Court no Naka no Tenshi-tachi'' * ''

'' * ''

To Heart 2 ''To Heart 2'' (stylized as ''ToHeart2'') is a Japanese romance visual novel developed by Leaf and published by Aquaplus. It was first released for the PlayStation 2 on December 28, 2004 as an all-ages title, and was followed by an a ...

'' (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 A collectible card game (CCG), also called a trading card game (TCG) among other names, is a type of card game that mixes strategic deck building elements with features of trading cards, introduced with ''Magic: The Gathering'' in 1993. Genera ...

* ''

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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