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Kotono Watanabe

  • Director
  • Art Department
  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
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Kotono Watanabe is known for Btooom! (2012), Puella Magi Madoka Magica (2011) and Kobato. (2009).
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    Known for

    Btooom! (2012)
    Btooom!
    7.1
    TV Series
    • Director
    Puella Magi Madoka Magica (2011)
    Puella Magi Madoka Magica
    8.2
    TV Mini Series
    • Director
    Kobato. (2009)
    Kobato.
    7.3
    TV Series
    • Director
    Gold Kingdom and Water Kingdom (2023)
    Gold Kingdom and Water Kingdom
    6.5
    • Director
    • 2023

    Credits

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    Director

    • My Love Story with Yamada-kun at Lv999 (2023)
      My Love Story with Yamada-kun at Lv999
      7.6
      TV Series
      • episode director
      • 2023
    • Gold Kingdom and Water Kingdom (2023)
      Gold Kingdom and Water Kingdom
      6.5
      • Director
      • 2023
    • Prince of Stride: Alternative (2016)
      Prince of Stride: Alternative
      6.5
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2016
    • Ore Monogatari!! (2015)
      Ore Monogatari!!
      7.8
      TV Series
      • episode director
      • 2015
    • Hanayamata (2014)
      Hanayamata
      7.2
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2014
    • Yukari Tamura, Rie Kugimiya, Yôko Hikasa, Yoshitsugu Matsuoka, and Ai Kayano in No Game, No Life (2014)
      No Game, No Life
      7.6
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2014
    • Chihayafuru (2011)
      Chihayafuru
      8.1
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2011–2013
    • Btooom! (2012)
      Btooom!
      7.1
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2012
    • Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part 2: Eternal (2012)
      Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part 2: Eternal
      7.9
      • Director
      • 2012
    • Puella Magi Madoka Magica (2011)
      Puella Magi Madoka Magica
      8.2
      TV Mini Series
      • Director
      • 2011
    • Kobato. (2009)
      Kobato.
      7.3
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2010

    Art Department

    • Ai Kayano in No Game No Life: Zero (2017)
      No Game No Life: Zero
      7.3
      • storyboard artist
      • 2017
    • Prince of Stride: Alternative (2016)
      Prince of Stride: Alternative
      6.5
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2016
    • Ore Monogatari!! (2015)
      Ore Monogatari!!
      7.8
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2015
    • Hanayamata (2014)
      Hanayamata
      7.2
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2014
    • Yukari Tamura, Rie Kugimiya, Yôko Hikasa, Yoshitsugu Matsuoka, and Ai Kayano in No Game, No Life (2014)
      No Game, No Life
      7.6
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2014
    • Chihayafuru (2011)
      Chihayafuru
      8.1
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2012–2013

    Second Unit or Assistant Director

    • My Love Story with Yamada-kun at Lv999 (2023)
      My Love Story with Yamada-kun at Lv999
      7.6
      TV Series
      • assistant director
      • 2023
    • Ore Monogatari!! (2015)
      Ore Monogatari!!
      7.8
      TV Series
      • assistant director
      • 2015
    • Chihayafuru (2011)
      Chihayafuru
      8.1
      TV Series
      • assistant director
      • 2012
    • Seikimatsu no noroi Zoshoku (2000)
      Seikimatsu no noroi Zoshoku
      Video
      • assistant director
      • 2000

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