Portrait of Masaharu Watanabe

Directing

Masaharu Watanabe

Career

Active from 2007 to 2025, busiest in 2019 with 2 main titles.

Average score
GoodWatch score73/100
Highest rated
Poster for Naruto Shippūden
Naruto Shippūden
GoodWatch score85/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 33 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 5.3 versus catalog average 4.5EnergyHeart: 5.8 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.3 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 7.0 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Masaharu Watanabe Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    2.5, average 5.4
  • Social Commentary
    2.9, average 4.9
  • Crime
    1.6, average 3.5
  • Class & Capitalism
    1.6, average 3.3

Main genres

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Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 2
  • Magical Girl 2
  • Fantasy Adventure 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

14
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

2 titles
Naruto 20th Anniversary - Road of Naruto
Naruto 20th Anniversary - Road of Naruto (2022)

Storyboard Artist

Re: Zero - Starting Life in Another World - Director's Cut
Re: Zero - Starting Life in Another World - Director's Cut (2020)

Director

2010s

8 titles · average score 70
Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- The Frozen Bond
Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- The Frozen Bond (2019)
GoodWatch score 71

Director

Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Memory Snow
Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Memory Snow (2018)
GoodWatch score 72

Director

The Last: Naruto the Movie
The Last: Naruto the Movie (2014)
GoodWatch score 72

Animation

Naruto OVA 11: Sunny Side Battle
Naruto OVA 11: Sunny Side Battle (2013)
GoodWatch score 73

Key Animation

Road to Ninja: Naruto the Movie
Road to Ninja: Naruto the Movie (2012)
GoodWatch score 73

Key Animation, Animation Director

Naruto Shippuden the Movie: Blood Prison
Naruto Shippuden the Movie: Blood Prison (2011)
GoodWatch score 69

Animation

Sengoku Basara: The Last Party
Sengoku Basara: The Last Party (2011)
GoodWatch score 63

Key Animation

Naruto Shippuden the Movie: The Lost Tower
Naruto Shippuden the Movie: The Lost Tower (2010)
GoodWatch score 67

Animation Director

2000s

4 titles · average score 64
Naruto Shippuden the Movie: The Will of Fire
Naruto Shippuden the Movie: The Will of Fire (2009)
GoodWatch score 69

Animation Director

Naruto Shippuden the Movie: Bonds
Naruto Shippuden the Movie: Bonds (2008)
GoodWatch score 69

Key Animation

Kazuo Umezu's Horror Theater: House of Bugs
Kazuo Umezu's Horror Theater: House of Bugs (2005)
GoodWatch score 54

Producer

Munto 2: Beyond the Walls of Time
Munto 2: Beyond the Walls of Time (2005)

Key Animation