🎬 animator
Keisuke Watabe渡部圭祐
Character Design and Animation Director on Neon Genesis Evangelion, Gurren Lagann and Gachiakuta.
- anime credits
- 20
- anime credits
- most credited as
- Character Design
- most credited as
- busiest year (2)
- 2007
- busiest year (2)

Best-known work
Neon Genesis EvangelionKey Animation · 1995
Gurren LagannKey Animation · 2007
GachiakutaKey Animation · 2025
FLCLKey Animation · 2000
A Certain Scientific RailgunKey Animation · 2009
Hajime no Ippo: The Fighting!Key Animation · 2000
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2Key Animation · 2026
Revolutionary Girl UtenaKey Animation · 1997
Mobile Suit GUNDAM Iron Blooded OrphansKey Animation · 2015
the Garden of sinners Chapter 3: ever cry, never life. (Remaining Sense of Pain)Key Animation · 2008
Blue Exorcist: The MovieKey Animation · 2012
SSSS.DYNAZENONKey Animation · 2021
Credits per year
Anime Keisuke Watabe worked on, by premiere year
012
2 in 2007
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| Item | Credits |
|---|---|
| 97 | 1 in 1997 |
| 98 | 0 in 1998 |
| 99 | 0 in 1999 |
| 00 | 2 in 2000 |
| 01 | 0 in 2001 |
| 02 | 2 in 2002 |
| 03 | 0 in 2003 |
| 04 | 1 in 2004 |
| 05 | 1 in 2005 |
| 06 | 0 in 2006 |
| 07 | 2 in 2007 |
| 08 | 1 in 2008 |
| 09 | 1 in 2009 |
| 10 | 0 in 2010 |
| 11 | 1 in 2011 |
| 12 | 1 in 2012 |
| 13 | 1 in 2013 |
| 14 | 1 in 2014 |
| 15 | 1 in 2015 |
| 16 | 0 in 2016 |
| 17 | 0 in 2017 |
| 18 | 0 in 2018 |
| 19 | 0 in 2019 |
| 20 | 0 in 2020 |
| 21 | 1 in 2021 |
| 22 | 0 in 2022 |
| 23 | 0 in 2023 |
| 24 | 0 in 2024 |
| 25 | 1 in 2025 |
| 26 | 1 in 2026 |
All credits
- 2026
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2Key Animation - 2025
GachiakutaKey Animation - 2021
SSSS.DYNAZENONKey Animation - 2015
Mobile Suit GUNDAM Iron Blooded OrphansKey Animation - 2014
Persona 3 the Movie: #2 Midsummer Knight's DreamCharacter Design, Chief Animation Director, Animation Director, Key Animation - 2013
Persona 3 the Movie: #1 Spring of BirthCharacter Design, Chief Animation Director, Key Animation - 2012
Blue Exorcist: The MovieKey Animation - 2011
Shakugan no Shana: Season IIIKey Animation - 2009
A Certain Scientific RailgunKey Animation - 2008
the Garden of sinners Chapter 3: ever cry, never life. (Remaining Sense of Pain)Key Animation - 2007
Gurren LagannKey Animation - 2007
Hayate the Combat ButlerKey Animation - 2005
One Piece: Baron Omatsuri and the Secret IslandKey Animation - 2004
Dead LeavesKey Animation - 2002
Please☆Teacher!Key Animation - 2002
RahXephonKey Animation - 2000
FLCLKey Animation - 2000
Hajime no Ippo: The Fighting!Key Animation - 1997
Revolutionary Girl UtenaKey Animation - 1995
Neon Genesis EvangelionKey Animation
Frequently asked questions
What anime has Keisuke Watabe worked on?
Keisuke Watabe's best-known work includes Neon Genesis Evangelion (Key Animation), Gurren Lagann (Key Animation), Gachiakuta (Key Animation), FLCL (Key Animation), A Certain Scientific Railgun (Key Animation), Hajime no Ippo: The Fighting! (Key Animation).
What does Keisuke Watabe do?
Keisuke Watabe is credited most often as character design, animation director, key animation on anime.