Directing
Ayumu Watanabe
Born September 3, 1966 · Tokyo, Japan (age 59)
Ayumu Watanabe (渡辺 歩, Watanabe Ayumu, September 3, 1966) is a Japanese animation director, animator, and director born in Tokyo. He also worked under the alias Kakeru Watanabe (渡辺 カケル, Watanabe Kakeru).
Known For
Doraemon: Nobita and the Windmasters · 2003Doraemon: Nobita and the Windmasters
★ 7.22003
MovieAnimationFantasy
After a typhoon hits Nobita's town, he and Doraemon discover a wind sprite who, with some help from Doraemon's 22nd-century tech, takes them and their friends to a fantastic world of wind and storm people. But the wind sprite, named Fuuko by Nobita, had brought them to her world for a reason, as her peoples' gods are battling, and Suneo might be a key player in their feud.
Doraemon: Nobita's Dinosaur · 2006Doraemon: Nobita's Dinosaur
★ 7.42006
MovieAnimationAdventure
After bringing a fossilized egg back to life with the Time Cloth, Nobita finds himself the owner of a baby dinosaur. Everything is fine until it grows up. Nobita and friends use Doraemon's time machine to return it back to its own time.
Doraemon: Nobita and the Green Giant Legend · 2008Doraemon: Nobita and the Green Giant Legend
★ 6.82008
MovieAdventureAnimation
A sapling Nobita discovers is turned into a plant-boy with help from Doraemon, and becomes Earth's only hope at passing judgment from the dryadic aliens of the Green Planet.
Children of the Sea · 2019Children of the Sea
★ 7.12019
MovieAnimationFantasy
Ruka is a young girl whose parents are separated and whose father works in an aquarium. When two boys, Umi and Sora, who were raised in the sea by dugongs, are brought to the aquarium, Ruka feels drawn to them and begins to realize that she has the same sort of supernatural connection to the ocean that they do. Umi and Sora's special power seems to be connected to strange events that have been occurring more and more frequently, such as the appearance of sea creatures far from their home territory and the disappearance of aquarium animals around the world. However, the exact nature of the boys' power and of the abnormal events is unknown, and Ruka gets drawn into investigating the mystery that surrounds her new friends.
Doraemon: The Record of Nobita's Parallel Journey to the West · 1988Doraemon: The Record of Nobita's Parallel Journey to the West
★ 7.21988
MovieAnimationAdventure
As Nobita, Shizuka, Gian, and Suneo are auditioning for a role in their school's play based on "Journey to the West", the coveted role of Son Goku is hotly contested. After suggesting that the real Great Sage Equal to Heaven should play himself, knowing that the story is only a legend, Nobita and Doraemon go back in time to find their own fake Monkey King, but arrive in present day with the story's demons having taken over the world. The only way for things to go back to normal is for Nobita and pals to reenact the tale...for real!
Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko · 2021Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko
★ 7.02021
MovieAnimationDrama
Brash single mother Nikuko is well-known for her bold spirit, much to the embarrassment of Kikuko, her pensive yet imaginative daughter. In contrast to her mother, Kikuko wants nothing more than to fit in as she navigates the everyday social dramas of middle school. Life in the harbor is peaceful until a shocking revelation from the past threatens to uproot the pair's tender relationship.
Doraemon: Nobita and the Kingdom of Clouds · 1992Doraemon: Nobita and the Kingdom of Clouds
★ 7.01992
MovieAnimationFantasy
Nobita, after wondering if Heaven truly exists, asks for Doraemon to take him there. When his robot pal suggests that they make their own Heaven, Nobita enlists Shizuka, Gian, and Suneo to help, but a war breaks out between two islands in the clouds that could have terrible environmental consequences if Nobita and Doraemon don't bring peace in time!
Doraemon: Nobita in the Wan-Nyan Spacetime Odyssey · 2004Doraemon: Nobita in the Wan-Nyan Spacetime Odyssey
★ 7.42004
MovieAnimationAdventure
Nobita, believing he and Doraemon had done a good deed by saving stray cats and dogs and sending them back in time by 300 million years, discover that the usage of Doraemon's Ray of Evolution had created a cat-and-dog-person society equal to Nobita's time. When an asteroid attack is set to hit the city, Nobita and his friends must save Doraemon and ease tensions between the two sides.
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