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Masaharu Watanabe(II)

  • Director
  • Animation Department
  • Art Department
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Masaharu Watanabe is known for Re: Zero - Starting Life in Another World (2016), Naruto: Shippuden (2007) and Re: ZERO - Starting Life in Another World (Re-Edit) (2016).
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    • Known for

    Re: Zero - Starting Life in Another World (2016)
    Re: Zero - Starting Life in Another World
    8.3
    TV Series
    • Director
    Naruto: Shippuden (2007)
    Naruto: Shippuden
    8.7
    TV Series
    • Director(as Goro Sessha)
    Re: ZERO - Starting Life in Another World (Re-Edit) (2016)
    Re: ZERO - Starting Life in Another World (Re-Edit)
    8.7
    TV Series
    • Director
    The Last: Naruto the Movie (2014)
    The Last: Naruto the Movie
    7.6
    • Animation Department(as Gorô Sessha)
    • 2014

    Credits

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    Director

    • ZatsuTabi -That's Journey- (2025)
      ZatsuTabi -That's Journey-
      6.5
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2025
    • Re: Zero - Starting Life in Another World (2016)
      Re: Zero - Starting Life in Another World
      8.3
      TV Series
      • Director
      • series director
      • episode director
      • 2016–2021
    • Re: ZERO - Starting Life in Another World (Re-Edit) (2016)
      Re: ZERO - Starting Life in Another World (Re-Edit)
      8.7
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2016–2020
    • Re: Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu: Hyouketsu no Kizuna (2019)
      Re: Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu: Hyouketsu no Kizuna
      7.2
      Video
      • Director
      • 2019
    • Granbelm (2019)
      Granbelm
      6.3
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2019
    • Re: Zero - Starting Life in Another World (2016)
      OVA: Memory Snow
      7.2
      Video
      • series director
      • 2018
    • Wakaba Girl (2015)
      Wakaba Girl
      6.3
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2015
    • Naruto: Shippuden (2007)
      Naruto: Shippuden
      8.7
      TV Series
      • Director
      • episode director (as Goro Sessha)
      • 2010–2014
    • Naruto SD: Rock Lee & His Ninja Pals (2012)
      Naruto SD: Rock Lee & His Ninja Pals
      7.1
      TV Series
      • Director (as Gorou Sessha)
      • 2012–2013
    • Sengoku Basara (2009)
      Sengoku Basara
      6.7
      TV Series
      • Director (as Gorou Sessha)
      • 2010
    • The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (2006)
      The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
      7.7
      TV Series
      • directed by
      • 2006

    Animation Department

    • Tatsuki Fujimoto 17-26 (2025)
      Tatsuki Fujimoto 17-26
      7.9
      TV Series
      • animation director
      • 2025
    • Wake Up, Girls! Zoku gekijouban: Seishun no kage (2015)
      Wake Up, Girls! Zoku gekijouban: Seishun no kage
      6.3
      • key animator
      • 2015
    • The Last: Naruto the Movie (2014)
      The Last: Naruto the Movie
      7.6
      • secondary key animator (as Gorô Sessha)
      • 2014
    • Naruto: Shippuden (2007)
      Naruto: Shippuden
      8.7
      TV Series
      • key animator
      • animation director (as Goro Sessha)
      • 2007–2014
    • Road to Ninja - Naruto the Movie (2012)
      Road to Ninja - Naruto the Movie
      7.6
      • animation director
      • key animator (as Gorou Sessha, as Gorou Sessha)
      • 2012
    • Gekijouban Sengoku Basara: The Last Party (2011)
      Gekijouban Sengoku Basara: The Last Party
      6.5
      • key animator (as Gorô Sessha)
      • 2011
    • Naruto Shippûden: The Lost Tower (2010)
      Naruto Shippûden: The Lost Tower
      6.8
      • animation director (as Gorô Sessha)
      • 2010
    • Naruto Shippûden: The Movie 3: Inheritors of the Will of Fire (2009)
      Naruto Shippûden: The Movie 3: Inheritors of the Will of Fire
      7.0
      • animation director (as Goro Sessha)
      • 2009
    • Haruka Tomatsu in Kannagi: Crazy Shrine Maidens (2008)
      Kannagi: Crazy Shrine Maidens
      6.8
      TV Mini Series
      • key animator: ending credits
      • key animator
      • assistant animation director (as Seiji Watanabe, as Seiji Watanabe)
      • 2008–2009
    • Toradora! (2008)
      Toradora!
      7.9
      TV Series
      • animator (as Gorô Sessha)
      • 2009
    • Kemeko Deluxe! (2008)
      Kemeko Deluxe!
      6.0
      TV Mini Series
      • key animator (as Gorô Sessha)
      • 2008
    • Naruto Shippuden: The Movie - Bonds (2008)
      Naruto Shippuden: The Movie - Bonds
      6.8
      • key animator (as Gorô Sessha)
      • 2008
    • Naruto (2002)
      Naruto
      8.4
      TV Series
      • animation director (as Gorô Sessha)
      • 2007
    • Full Metal Panic! (2002)
      Full Metal Panic!
      7.6
      TV Series
      • animator
      • 2006
    • Air (2005)
      Air
      7.0
      TV Series
      • key animator
      • 2005

    Art Department

    • Uncle from Another World (2022)
      Uncle from Another World
      7.3
      TV Mini Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2022
    • Re: Zero - Starting Life in Another World (2016)
      Re: Zero - Starting Life in Another World
      8.3
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist: ending animation
      • storyboard artist
      • 2016–2021
    • Granbelm (2019)
      Granbelm
      6.3
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2019
    • Comic Girls (2018)
      Comic Girls
      6.8
      TV Mini Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2018
    • Wake Up, Girls! Beyond the Bottom (2015)
      Wake Up, Girls! Beyond the Bottom
      6.2
      • storyboard artist
      • 2015
    • Wake Up, Girls! Zoku gekijouban: Seishun no kage (2015)
      Wake Up, Girls! Zoku gekijouban: Seishun no kage
      6.3
      • storyboard cleanup
      • 2015
    • Naruto: Shippuden (2007)
      Naruto: Shippuden
      8.7
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2010–2014
    • Gekijouban Sengoku Basara: The Last Party (2011)
      Gekijouban Sengoku Basara: The Last Party
      6.5
      • storyboard artist (as Gorô Sessha)
      • 2011

    Personal details

    • Alternative names
      • Gorou Sessha

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