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渡辺歩
Ayumu Watanabe1966年9月3日生まれ。東京都出身。86年にスタジオメイツに入社、同社で原画デビュー。 88年にシンエイ動画へ移り、TVアニメ「ドラえもん」で原画・作画監督・演出など多岐にわたって活躍。劇場短編『おばあちゃんの思い出』(00)、劇場長編『ドラえもん のび太の恐竜2006』(06)などを監督し、2011年よりフリーに。その後はTVアニメ「宇宙兄弟」(12～14)、「恋は雨上がりのように」(18)など、精力的に監督作を発表。『海獣の子供』(19)では第74回毎日映画コンクールアニメーション映画賞、第23回文化庁メディア芸術祭アニメーション部門大賞を受賞。『漁港の肉子ちゃん』（21）では第46回報知映画賞アニメ作品賞を受賞。現在新作映画鋭意準備中。
Born in 1966, Watanabe joined Studio Mates in 1986 and debuted his first key animation with the same studio. In 1988 he moved to Shinei Videos and was active in a wide range of roles including key animator, animation director, and director. Watanabe directed the short theatrical release Obachan no Omoide (2000), and the feature film Doraemon: Nobitaʼs Dragon 2006 (2006) and became a free agent in 2011. After that time, he tirelessly built up his directing portfolio with projects such as the TV series Mysterious Girlfriend X (2012), Danchi Tomoo (2012-15), If Her Flag Breaks (2014), Space Brothers (2012-14), and Ace Attorney (2016). Three TV series directed by Watanabe aired in 2018, including After the Rain, Gurazeni, and Major 2nd. in 2019, after 5 years of production years, Children of the Sea was presented to the world and was highly acclaimed its overwhelmingly beautiful visual and a profound theme behind. Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko is his fifth time directing a full-length theatrical release.
