Shu Watanabe

DIRECTING

REMOVE ADS

Best known for:

Filmography:

Pokémon(1997)

work as

Director

Initial D(1998)

6.8

work as

Director

Haibane Renmei(2002)

6.5

work as

Key Animation

Texhnolyze(2003)

5.7

work as

Key Animation

Peacemaker Kurogane(2003)

work as

Key Animation

Gunparade March(2003)

work as

Key Animation

Kurau Phantom Memory(2004)

work as

Key Animation

Ah! My Goddess

Ah! My Goddess(2005)

work as

Key Animation

Gallery Fake(2005)

work as

Key Animation

Sugar Sugar Rune(2005)

work as

Key Animation

Black Lagoon(2006)

6.8

work as

Key Animation

Bamboo Blade(2007)

work as

Key Animation, Assistant Director

Naruto Shippūden(2007)

8.4

work as

Director, Key Animation

Samurai Harem(2009)

5.7

work as

Key Animation

Guin Saga(2009)

work as

Key Animation

Eden of the East Movie II: Paradise Lost poster

Eden of the East Movie II: Paradise Lost(2010)

5.5

work as

Key Animation

KissXSis(2010)

work as

Director

Naruto Shippuden the Movie: The Lost Tower poster

Naruto Shippuden the Movie: The Lost Tower(2010)

5.9

work as

Second Unit Director

You and Me(2011)

work as

Key Animation

The Future Diary(2011)

6.3

work as

Director

Naruto Shippuden the Movie: Blood Prison poster

Naruto Shippuden the Movie: Blood Prison(2011)

work as

Second Unit Director

Sword Art Online(2012)

7.2

work as

Director

Kingdom(2012)

6.5

work as

Director

Place to Place(2012)

work as

Director

Road to Ninja: Naruto the Movie(2012)

6.3

work as

Key Animation

Mushibugyou(2013)

work as

Director

Ace of the Diamond(2013)

6.8

work as

Director

Brynhildr in the Darkness(2014)

4.8

work as

Director

Aldnoah.Zero(2014)

6.4

work as

Director, Storyboard Artist

Gonna Be the Twin-Tail!!(2014)

6.7

work as

Director

THE iDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls(2015)

work as

Director

Beautiful Bones: Sakurako's Investigation poster

Beautiful Bones: Sakurako's Investigation(2015)

5.5

work as

Storyboard Artist, Director

Re:Creators(2017)

5.2

work as

Director

Taishou Mebiusline: Chicchai-san(2017)

work as

Director, Storyboard Artist, Series Director

Bloom Into You(2018)

6.5

work as

Storyboard Artist, Director

Lord El-Melloi II's Case Files {Rail Zeppelin} Grace note poster

Lord El-Melloi II's Case Files {Rail Zeppelin} Grace note(2019)

work as

Director, Key Animation

Shadowverse(2020)

work as

Storyboard Artist

Shinobi no Ittoki(2022)

work as

Series Director, Director, Storyboard Artist

Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury poster

Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury(2022)

6.2

work as

Director

Hell's Paradise(2023)

work as

Director

OVERTAKE!(2023)

work as

Director

Mobile Suit Gundam SEED FREEDOM(2024)

5.6

work as

Storyboard Artist, Second Unit Director

The Too-Perfect Saint: Tossed Aside by My Fiancé and Sold to Another Kingdom poster

The Too-Perfect Saint: Tossed Aside by My Fiancé and Sold to Another Kingdom(2025)

work as

Series Director, Storyboard Artist