Sumio Watanabe

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Alias:
渡辺 純央
渡辺すみお
渡辺純夫

Birthplace:
Hyōgo, Japan

Sumio Watanabe (渡辺 純央, Watanabe Sumio) is a Japanese anime director from Hyogo Prefecture. He works for Studio Guts.

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Animation Director:
1989  The Guyver: Bio-Booster Armor

Assistant Director:
1989  The Guyver: Bio-Booster Armor
1991  Blazing Transfer Student

Director:
1989  The Guyver: Bio-Booster Armor
1991  Blazing Transfer Student
1999  One Piece
1999  The Big O
2002  Wild 7 - Another Bouryaku Unga
2003  Last Exile
2004  Elfen Lied
2007  Mononoke
2007  Saiyuki Reload: Burial
2017  Chronos Ruler
2022  Aoashi
2022  Urusei Yatsura

Key Animation:
1989  The Guyver: Bio-Booster Armor
1989  Yawara!
1990  Record of Lodoss War
1991  Blazing Transfer Student
1994  Final Fantasy: Legend of the Crystals
1999  One Piece
1999  The Big O
2001  Earth Maiden Arjuna
2002  Heat Guy J
2002  Wild 7 - Another Bouryaku Unga
2003  Last Exile
2004  Elfen Lied
2006  Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion
2007  Mononoke
2007  Naruto Shippūden
2007  Saiyuki Reload: Burial
2010  Yozakura Quartet: Hoshi no Umi
2014  Baby Steps
2014  Barakamon
2017  Chronos Ruler
2018  Zombie Land SAGA
2019  Dororo
2019  Vinland Saga
2021  Yasuke
2022  Aoashi
2022  Urusei Yatsura
2025  My Hero Academia: Vigilantes

Storyboard:
1989  The Guyver: Bio-Booster Armor
1989  Yawara!
1990  Record of Lodoss War
1991  Blazing Transfer Student
1994  Final Fantasy: Legend of the Crystals
1999  One Piece
1999  The Big O
2001  Earth Maiden Arjuna
2002  Heat Guy J
2002  Wild 7 - Another Bouryaku Unga
2003  Last Exile
2004  Elfen Lied
2006  Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion
2007  Mononoke
2007  Naruto Shippūden
2007  Saiyuki Reload: Burial
2010  Yozakura Quartet: Hoshi no Umi
2014  Baby Steps
2014  Barakamon
2017  Chronos Ruler
2018  Zombie Land SAGA
2019  Dororo
2019  Vinland Saga
2021  Yasuke
2022  Aoashi
2022  Urusei Yatsura
2025  My Hero Academia: Vigilantes

Storyboard Artist:
1989  The Guyver: Bio-Booster Armor
1989  Yawara!
1990  Record of Lodoss War
1991  Blazing Transfer Student
1994  Final Fantasy: Legend of the Crystals
1999  One Piece
1999  The Big O
2001  Earth Maiden Arjuna
2002  Heat Guy J
2002  Wild 7 - Another Bouryaku Unga
2003  Last Exile
2004  Elfen Lied
2006  Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion
2007  Mononoke
2007  Naruto Shippūden
2007  Saiyuki Reload: Burial
2010  Yozakura Quartet: Hoshi no Umi
2014  Baby Steps
2014  Barakamon
2017  Chronos Ruler
2018  Zombie Land SAGA
2019  Dororo
2019  Vinland Saga
2021  Yasuke
2022  Aoashi
2022  Urusei Yatsura
2025  My Hero Academia: Vigilantes

Writer:
1989  The Guyver: Bio-Booster Armor
1989  Yawara!
1990  Record of Lodoss War
1991  Blazing Transfer Student
1994  Final Fantasy: Legend of the Crystals
1999  One Piece
1999  The Big O
2001  Earth Maiden Arjuna
2002  Heat Guy J
2002  Wild 7 - Another Bouryaku Unga
2003  Last Exile
2004  Elfen Lied
2006  Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion
2007  Mononoke
2007  Naruto Shippūden
2007  Saiyuki Reload: Burial
2010  Yozakura Quartet: Hoshi no Umi
2014  Baby Steps
2014  Barakamon
2017  Chronos Ruler
2018  Zombie Land SAGA
2019  Dororo
2019  Vinland Saga
2021  Yasuke
2022  Aoashi
2022  Urusei Yatsura
2025  My Hero Academia: Vigilantes

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