🎬 director
Masaharu Watanabe渡邊政治
Director and Animation Director on Naruto, Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- and Naruto: Shippuden.
- anime credits
- 13
- anime credits
- most credited as
- Director
- most credited as
- busiest year (2)
- 2008
- busiest year (2)

Best-known work
NarutoKey Animation · 2002
Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World-Director · 2016
Naruto: ShippudenEpisode Director · 2007
Toradora!Key Animation · 2008
Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Season 2Director · 2020
Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Season 2 Part 2Director · 2021
The Melancholy of Haruhi SuzumiyaAssistant Episode Director · 2006
InuYashaKey Animation · 2000
The Last: Naruto the Movie2nd Key Animation · 2014
Uncle from Another WorldEpisode Director · 2022
Ping Pong the AnimationKey Animation · 2014
Road to Ninja: Naruto the MovieKey Animation · 2012
Credits per year
Anime Masaharu Watanabe worked on, by premiere year
012
2 in 2008
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Show as table
| Item | Credits |
|---|---|
| 00 | 1 in 2000 |
| 01 | 0 in 2001 |
| 02 | 1 in 2002 |
| 03 | 0 in 2003 |
| 04 | 0 in 2004 |
| 05 | 0 in 2005 |
| 06 | 1 in 2006 |
| 07 | 1 in 2007 |
| 08 | 2 in 2008 |
| 09 | 0 in 2009 |
| 10 | 0 in 2010 |
| 11 | 0 in 2011 |
| 12 | 1 in 2012 |
| 13 | 0 in 2013 |
| 14 | 2 in 2014 |
| 15 | 0 in 2015 |
| 16 | 1 in 2016 |
| 17 | 0 in 2017 |
| 18 | 0 in 2018 |
| 19 | 0 in 2019 |
| 20 | 1 in 2020 |
| 21 | 1 in 2021 |
| 22 | 1 in 2022 |
All credits
- 2022
Uncle from Another WorldEpisode Director, Storyboard - 2021
Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Season 2 Part 2Director, Storyboard, Episode Director - 2020
Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Season 2Director, Episode Director, Storyboard - 2016
Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World-Director, Storyboard, Episode Director - 2014
The Last: Naruto the Movie2nd Key Animation - 2014
Ping Pong the AnimationKey Animation - 2012
Road to Ninja: Naruto the MovieKey Animation, Animation Director - 2008
Toradora!Key Animation - 2008
Michiko & HatchinKey Animation - 2007
Naruto: ShippudenEpisode Director, Key Animation, Animation Director, Storyboard - 2006
The Melancholy of Haruhi SuzumiyaAssistant Episode Director, Key Animation - 2002
NarutoKey Animation - 2000
InuYashaKey Animation
Frequently asked questions
What anime has Masaharu Watanabe worked on?
Masaharu Watanabe's best-known work includes Naruto (Key Animation), Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- (Director), Naruto: Shippuden (Episode Director), Toradora! (Key Animation), Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Season 2 (Director), Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Season 2 Part 2 (Director).
What does Masaharu Watanabe do?
Masaharu Watanabe is credited most often as director, animation director, key animation on anime.