Akio Watanabe Explained

Akio Watanabe
Birth Date:	27 July 1969
Birth Place:	Tokyo, Japan
Nationality:	Japanese
Other Names:	Poyoyon♥Rock
Occupation:	Animator Character Designer
Employer:	Studio Hibari (former) Frontwing (current)

is a Japanese animator, illustrator, character designer, supervisor, director, dōjin artist and a member of the circle .^[1] ^[2] His pseudonym is . 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.

Filmography

Under the name Akio Watanabe

Anime

Etotama (original character design)^[3]
Fireworks (character design)^[4]
Grisaia: Phantom Trigger the Animation (character designer, chief animation director)^[5]
Higurashi When They Cry - Gou and Sotsu (character design)
Hoshizora Kiseki (director, script, character design, storyboard, animation direction, color design)
Magical Kanan (character design)
Monogatari (chief animation director, character design)^[6]
Nurse Witch Komugi (character design)
(original character design)
Rumble Garanndoll (original character design)^[7]
The SoulTaker (character design)
Starship Girl Yamamoto Yohko (character design)
The World God Only Knows (character design)
Zaregoto (character design)^[8]

Computer games

The Fruit of Grisaia (character design)
L no Kisetsu
Missing Blue
With Me Every Time (animation director, character design)

Others

Hoshiiro Drop (cover art)^[9]
22/7 (original character design for Yuki Tojo)
PeroPero☆Teacher (Director, Character Design)

Under the name Poyoyon♥Rock

Anime

Djibril – The Devil Angel (episode 2 opening movie)
Netrun-mon
Popotan (character design)

Computer games

(character design)
Angels in the Court
Let's Fish! Hooked On
Popotan
To Heart 2 (opening movie)
(character design; for some characters)
(character design; for some characters)

Trading card

Aquarian Age

Others

"Akiba Kei SNS 'Filn Mascot characters Fil and Fal
"Moe Loan" Ron-tan (Livedoor Credit)
Saitama O157 prevention campaign poster

External links

Notes and References

伊藤真広、村中宣彦（編）、2006、「【プロ作家】→【同人名義】データベース」、『ゲームラボ特別編集「現代視覚文化研究」』、三才ブックス p. 191
Web site: ろっくのおへや . poyo.chu.jp . 12 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130624205558/http://poyo.chu.jp/profile.htm . 24 June 2013 . dead.
Web site: Loo . Egan . New Etotama Anime's 1st Teasers Reveal Cast, Staff, Story, Spring Net Debut . . December 27, 2020 . December 12, 2021.
Web site: Japanese Film 'Fireworks' Finds Distributors Around the World . . July 26, 2017 . March 18, 2018.
Web site: 2024-09-27 . Grisaia: Phantom Trigger Anime's Promo Video Reveals January 2025 Debut . 2024-09-27 . Anime News Network . en.
「渡辺あきお☓桃井はるこ対談」『Rolling Stone (ローリング・ストーン) 日本版 2013年 05月号』セブン&アイ出版 pp.44-47
Web site: Hodgkins . Crystalyn . Masaomi Andō, Lerche Reveal Original Anime Project Gyakuten Sekai no Denchi Shōjo . . April 2, 2021 . December 12, 2021.
Web site: Green . Scott . 'Zaregoto' OVA Cast, Staff, Themes and Character Designs Published . . August 26, 2016 . March 18, 2018.
Web site: 星色ガールドロップコミックアンソロジー｜書籍｜竹書房 -TAKESHOBO-. www.takeshobo.co.jp. 2020-01-06.