is a Japanese animator, illustrator, character designer, supervisor, director, dōjin 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, he has attained international recognition with the studio for his unique visual style and storytelling methods. Born in Koori, Fukushima Pre ...

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

Popotan is a Japanese eroge, adult visual novel developed by Petit Ferret with character creation, character designs by Akio Watanabe under the alias Poyoyon Rock. It was originally released as a Personal computer game, PC game for CD-ROM on Dece ...

'', and character design for '' Nurse Witch Komugi'', ''

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 fictionali ...

''.

Works

Under the name Akio Watanabe

Anime is hand-drawn and 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 Japanese, (a term derived from a shortening of ...

* '' Starship Girl Yamamoto Yohko'' (character design) * ''

'' (character design) * '' Nurse Witch Komugi'' (character design) * '' Magical Canan'' (character design) * '' Hoshizora Kiseki'' (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'' vo ...

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

Fireworks Fireworks are a class of low explosive 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 large number of devices ...

'' (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 games * ''Zutto Issho'' (animation director, character design) * ''L no Kisetsu'' * ''Missing Blue'' * '' Grisaia no Kajitsu'' (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 * '' Aquarian Age'' ; Others * Saitama O157 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
* Anime character designers Japanese animators Japanese animated film directors Living people 1969 births {{anime-bio-stub