Masaharu Watanabe is a Japanese animator , animation director, and animation producer. He known for Re: Zero - Starting Life in Another World (2016), Naruto: Shippuden (2007) and The Last: Naruto the Movie (2014).

KNOWN FOR

Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World-
2016
Naruto
2006
Naruto Shippūden
2007
Baby Steps
2014
InuYasha
2003
SHIROBAKO
2015
Akame ga Kill!
2014
NARUTO Spin-Off: Rock Lee & His Ninja Pals
2012
Yona of the Dawn
2014
Toradora!
2009
Love Unseen Beneath the Clear Night Sky
2026
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
2006

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Directing
16
Producing
1
Art
12
Visual Effects
33
2025
ZatsuTabi -That's Journey-
Series Director
2025
ZatsuTabi -That's Journey-
Director
2025
ZatsuTabi -That's Journey-
Assistant Director
2019
Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- The Frozen Bond
Director
2019
GRANBELM
Series Director
2019
GRANBELM
Director
2018
Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Memory Snow
Director
2016
Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World-
Director
2016
Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World-
Series Director
2015
Wakaba Girl
Director
2015
Wakaba Girl
Series Director
2012
NARUTO Spin-Off: Rock Lee & His Ninja Pals
Director
2012
NARUTO Spin-Off: Rock Lee & His Ninja Pals
Series Director
2010
Naruto Shippūden
Director
2010
Sengoku BASARA: Samurai Kings
Director
2006
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
Assistant Director