🎬 animator
Kazuo Watanabe渡辺和夫
Animation Director and Character Design on Monster, Nisekoi and Berserk.
- anime credits
- 17
- anime credits
- most credited as
- Animation Director
- most credited as
- busiest year (2)
- 2004
- busiest year (2)

Best-known work
MonsterScript · 2004
NisekoiAnimation Director · 2014
BerserkAnimation Director · 1997
Monogatari Series Second SeasonAnimation Director · 2013
Hajime no Ippo: The Fighting!Animation Director · 2000
Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie -Rebellion-Animation Director · 2013
Call of the Night Season 2Animation Director · 2025
Cardcaptor SakuraKey Animation · 1998
TexhnolyzeAnimation Director · 2003
Beck: Mongolian Chop SquadAnimation Director · 2004
The Heroic Legend of ArslanCharacter Design · 2015
Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part 1: BeginningsKey Animation · 2012
Credits per year
Anime Kazuo Watanabe worked on, by premiere year
012
2 in 2004
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Show as table
| Item | Credits |
|---|---|
| 97 | 1 in 1997 |
| 98 | 1 in 1998 |
| 99 | 0 in 1999 |
| 00 | 2 in 2000 |
| 01 | 0 in 2001 |
| 02 | 0 in 2002 |
| 03 | 1 in 2003 |
| 04 | 2 in 2004 |
| 05 | 0 in 2005 |
| 06 | 0 in 2006 |
| 07 | 0 in 2007 |
| 08 | 1 in 2008 |
| 09 | 0 in 2009 |
| 10 | 0 in 2010 |
| 11 | 0 in 2011 |
| 12 | 2 in 2012 |
| 13 | 2 in 2013 |
| 14 | 1 in 2014 |
| 15 | 1 in 2015 |
| 16 | 0 in 2016 |
| 17 | 0 in 2017 |
| 18 | 2 in 2018 |
| 19 | 0 in 2019 |
| 20 | 0 in 2020 |
| 21 | 0 in 2021 |
| 22 | 0 in 2022 |
| 23 | 0 in 2023 |
| 24 | 0 in 2024 |
| 25 | 1 in 2025 |
All credits
- 2025
Call of the Night Season 2Animation Director - 2018
HANEBADO!Chief Animation Director, Assistant Chief Animation Director, Animation Director, Key Animation - 2018
Killing BitesCharacter Design - 2015
The Heroic Legend of ArslanCharacter Design, Chief Animation Director, Animation Director, 2nd Key Animation, Key Animation - 2014
NisekoiAnimation Director - 2013
Monogatari Series Second SeasonAnimation Director - 2013
Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie -Rebellion-Animation Director, Key Animation - 2012
Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part 1: BeginningsKey Animation - 2012
Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part 2: EternalKey Animation - 2008
ChäoS;HEAdAnimation Director - 2004
MonsterScript - 2004
Beck: Mongolian Chop SquadAnimation Director - 2003
TexhnolyzeAnimation Director - 2000
Hajime no Ippo: The Fighting!Animation Director - 2000
Love HinaKey Animation - 1998
Cardcaptor SakuraKey Animation - 1997
BerserkAnimation Director
Frequently asked questions
What anime has Kazuo Watanabe worked on?
Kazuo Watanabe's best-known work includes Monster (Script), Nisekoi (Animation Director), Berserk (Animation Director), Monogatari Series Second Season (Animation Director), Hajime no Ippo: The Fighting! (Animation Director), Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie -Rebellion- (Animation Director).
What does Kazuo Watanabe do?
Kazuo Watanabe is credited most often as animation director, character design, script on anime.