Sumio Watanabe
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| Gender: | Male |
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| Place of birth: | Hyogo Prefecture, Japan |
| Position: | Storyboard Key animation |
| Studio: | Studio Guts |
| Years active: | 1984-present |
| Aliases: | 渡边纯夫 渡辺すみお |
Sumio Watanabe (渡辺 純央 Watanabe Sumio) is a Japanese animator. He does storyboard and key animation works in Detective Conan anime and movies. He is affiliated with Studio Guts.
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Biography
Sumio Watanabe debuted as an animator in 1984, via the TV movie Lensman (SF新世紀レンズマン). From 2003 to 2007, Watanabe's frequency of serving the role of storyboard and director was extremly high, but currently he is doing key animation work more often. In addition, he had also served as the president of the "Meta Studio", a drawing department from Studio Guts. He is now giving lectures at Tokyo Zokei University (東京造形大学). Being one of the industry veterans, his diversified storyboard and directing techniques had influenced several junior animators, for example Hiroaki Takagi.
Starting with Episode 911: The Job Request from Inspector Megure in 2018, Watanabe started to participate in the Detective Conan anime production irregularly.
Works in Detective Conan
Anime
Participation in: 5 cases (6 episodes)
| Jpn# | Int# | Episode title | Original broadcast | Role | Note |
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| 911 | 966 | The Job Request from Inspector Megure | September 1, 2018 | Storyboard | |
| 921 | 976 | The Murderous Carpool | November 17, 2018 | Storyboard | |
| 929 | 986 | A Woman Standing by the Window (Part 1) | February 2, 2019 | Storyboard | |
| 930 | 987 | A Woman Standing by the Window (Part 2) | February 9, 2019 | Storyboard | |
| 1069 | 1126 | The Sweet Voice Heard Through the Phone | January 14, 2023 | Storyboard | |
| 1108 | 1166 | The Secret Hidden By the Cards | December 23, 2023 | Storyboard |
Movies
Participation in: 1 movie
| Movie | Title | Original airdate | Role | Note |
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| 23 | The Fist of Blue Sapphire | April 12, 2019 | Key animation |
Other notable works
Anime
- Akame ga KILL!: Key Animation
- Beelzebub: Key Animation
- Castle in the Sky: In-Between Animation Assistance
- Demashitaa! Powerpuff Girls Z : Storyboard, Episode director
- Digimon Fusion : Key Animation
- Many more including Lupin III, Monster Hunter, One Piece, Seven Deadly Sins, etc.
See also
References
- 渡辺純央 - Wikipedia (Japanese)
- IMDb
- Anime News Network
