Akio Watanabe (渡辺 明夫, Watanabe Akio, born July 27, 1969) is a Japanese animator, illustrator, character designer, supervisor, director, dōjin artist and a member of the circle Pokopii (ぽこぴー).[1][2] His pseudonym is Poyoyon♥Rock (ぽよよん♥ろっく). He worked with Akiyuki Shinbo at Shaft. His representative works include key animation for Popotan, and character design for Nurse Witch Komugi, The SoulTaker and Monogatari.
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AkioWatanabe (渡辺 明夫, WatanabeAkio, born July 27, 1969) is a Japanese animator, illustrator, character designer, supervisor, director, dōjin artist and...
Shaft, has animation character designs by AkioWatanabe, and features music composed by Satoru Kōsaki. Watanabe served as chief animation director alongside...
Japanese sumo wrestler Akio Usami (宇佐美 彰朗, born 1943), Japanese long-distance runner AkioWatanabe (渡辺 明夫, born 1969), Japanese animator Akio Yashiro (矢代 秋雄,...
his son fabrication and carpentry. Akio Toyoda was the chief contender for the family business when Katsuaki Watanabe was reassigned as Vice-Chairman in...
in a series of visual novels by Frontwing, with character designs by AkioWatanabe and Fumio. It was released in February 2011 for Windows, and it was...
adult visual novel developed by Petit Ferret with character designs by AkioWatanabe under the alias Poyoyon Rock. It was originally released as a PC game...
collaborator AkioWatanabe was also brought onto the project as character designer and chief animation director. According to Watanabe, he was originally...
Ken Watanabe (渡辺 謙, Watanabe Ken, born October 21, 1959) is a Japanese actor. To English-speaking audiences, he is known for playing tragic hero characters...
Yukito Kizawa and Munemasa Nakamoto, featuring character designs by AkioWatanabe and music by Yuki Kajiura. The opening theme song is "Cobalt World"...
Kurata, character designs and chief animation direction are handled by AkioWatanabe, and Elements Garden composed the music. The anime has been licensed...
lit. Starry-sky Miracle) is a 27-minute Japanese anime directed by AkioWatanabe and Toshikazu Matsubara, and produced by CoMix Wave Films as an original...
was president and CEO of the company before Akio Toyoda assumed those positions on June 23, 2009. Watanabe, who earned a degree in economics from Tokyo's...
Characters from the series, as designed for the anime by AkioWatanabe. From left to right, top to bottom: Meme Oshino, Ōgi Oshino, Sodachi Oikura, Yotsugi...
Takayanagi, series composition by Hideyuki Kurata, character design by AkioWatanabe, art direction by Ayumi Satō and Kayoko Tokō and sound directed by Yoshikazu...
Hiroyuki Watanabe (渡辺 裕之, Watanabe Hiroyuki, December 9, 1955 – May 3, 2022) was a Japanese actor. He primarily acted in dramas, of which a handful are...
serving as assistant director, Naoki Hayashi handling series composition, AkioWatanabe designing the characters and Kawai returning as music composer. The...
Tom Warburton Pendleton Ward Ben Washam Dave Wasson AkioWatanabe Hajime Watanabe Shinichirō Watanabe Chris Wedge Simon Wells John Weldon Mo Willems Alex...
Kadokawa announced that a new anime project by Passione was in production. AkioWatanabe serves as a character designer, and Infinite serves as a producer. Keiichiro...
policies" in Haruhiro Fukui, Peter H. Merkl, Hubrtus Mueller-Groeling and AkioWatanabe (eds), The Politics of Economic Change in Postwar Japan and West Germany...
episodes Release date Director Studio Koyomi History 1 September 22, 2016 AkioWatanabe Shaft Kubikiri Cycle: Aoiro Savant to Zaregoto Tsukai 8 October 26,...
Akio Kashiwagi (柏木昭男, Kashiwagi Akio), also known as "The Warrior", was a Japanese businessman and gambler who was known for his extravagant lifestyle...
video animation The SoulTaker: Komugi's Great Operation Directed by AkioWatanabe (episode 1 & 2) Toshiaki Tetsura (episode 3) Studio Tatsunoko Productions...