Sumio Watanabe

Director

Place of birth: Hyōgo, Japan

Biography

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

Filmography (35)

• Ninja Scroll (1993, ★ 7.8)
• Mononoke (2007, ★ 8)
• Vinland Saga (2019, ★ 8.5)
• Naruto Shippūden (2007, ★ 8.5)
• Patlabor 2: The Movie (1993, ★ 7.4)
• One Piece Film: Strong World (2009, ★ 7.4)
• Baby Steps (2014, ★ 7.5)
• Zombie Land SAGA (2018, ★ 7.9)
• Elfen Lied (2004, ★ 8.3)
• One Piece (1999, ★ 8.7)
• Dororo (2019, ★ 8.5)
• Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion (2006, ★ 8.4)
• Yasuke (2021, ★ 7.3)
• Barakamon (2014, ★ 8.1)
• The Journey (2021, ★ 7)
• Patlabor: The Movie (1989, ★ 7)
• The Guyver: Bio-Booster Armor (1989, ★ 7.6)
• Record of Lodoss War (1990, ★ 7.5)
• Chronos Ruler (2017, ★ 7.4)
• Aoashi (2022, ★ 7.4)
• The Big O (1999, ★ 6.9)
• Last Exile (2003, ★ 7.2)
• My Hero Academia: Vigilantes (2025, ★ 7.7)
• Cultural Exchange with a Game Centre Girl (2025, ★ 7.8)
• Run, Melos! (1992, ★ 6.2)
• Case Closed: The Fist of Blue Sapphire (2019, ★ 6.2)
• A Wind Named Amnesia (1990, ★ 5.9)
• The Guyver: Bio-Booster Armor (1989, ★ 5.9)
• Earth Maiden Arjuna (2001, ★ 6.7)
• Final Fantasy: Legend of the Crystals (1994, ★ 6.2)