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Mikiko Watanabe

  • Art Director
  • Animation Department
  • Art Department
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Mikiko Watanabe was an art director, known for A Silent Voice: The Movie (2016), Violet Evergarden (2018) and Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid (2017). Mikiko died on 18 July 2019 in Kyoto, Japan.
DiedJuly 18, 2019
DiedJuly 18, 2019
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  • Awards
    • 3 wins & 1 nomination total

Known for

A Silent Voice: The Movie (2016)
A Silent Voice: The Movie
8.1
  • Animation Department
  • 2016
Violet Evergarden (2018)
Violet Evergarden
8.4
TV Series
  • Art Director
Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid (2017)
Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid
7.7
TV Series
  • Art Director
Beyond the Boundary (2013)
Beyond the Boundary
7.2
TV Series
  • Art Director

Credits

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Art Director

  • Daisuke Namikawa and Yui Ishikawa in Violet Evergarden: The Movie (2020)
    Violet Evergarden: The Movie
    8.3
    • Art Director
    • 2020
  • Violet Evergarden: Eternity and the Auto Memory Doll (2019)
    Violet Evergarden: Eternity and the Auto Memory Doll
    7.5
    • Art Director
    • 2019
  • Violet Evergarden (2018)
    Violet Evergarden
    8.4
    TV Series
    • Art Director
    • 2018
  • Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid (2017)
    Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid
    7.7
    TV Series
    • Art Director
    • 2017
  • Hiro Shimono, Saori Hayami, Sumire Uesaka, and Maaya Uchida in Myriad Colors Phantom World (2016)
    Myriad Colors Phantom World
    6.2
    TV Series
    • Art Director
    • 2016
  • Amagi Brilliant Park (2014)
    Amagi Brilliant Park
    7.0
    TV Series
    • Art Director
    • 2014–2015
  • Beyond the Boundary: I'll Be Here - Future (2015)
    Beyond the Boundary: I'll Be Here - Future
    7.3
    • Art Director
    • 2015
  • Beyond the Boundary (2013)
    Beyond the Boundary
    7.2
    TV Series
    • Art Director
    • 2013

Animation Department

  • Shimba Tsuchiya, Chika Anzai, Yuri Yamaoka, Tomoyo Kurosawa, Misaki Kuno, Sora Amamiya, Moe Toyota, Ayaka Asai, Ayaka Nanase, and Konomi Fujimura in Sound! Euphonium the Movie - Our Promise: A Brand New Day (2019)
    Sound! Euphonium the Movie - Our Promise: A Brand New Day
    7.3
    • background artist
    • 2019
  • Tsurune (2018)
    Tsurune
    7.4
    TV Series
    • background artist
    • 2018
  • Free! (2013)
    Free!
    7.3
    TV Series
    • background artist
    • 2018
  • Violet Evergarden (2018)
    Violet Evergarden
    8.4
    TV Series
    • background artist
    • 2018
  • Liz and the Blue Bird (2018)
    Liz and the Blue Bird
    7.1
    • background artist
    • 2018
  • Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions the Movie: Take on Me (2018)
    Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions the Movie: Take on Me
    7.3
    • background artist
    • 2018
  • Tomoyo Kurosawa in Sound! Euphonium the Movie: May the Melody Reach You! (2017)
    Sound! Euphonium the Movie: May the Melody Reach You!
    7.1
    • background artist
    • 2017
  • Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid (2017)
    Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid
    7.7
    TV Series
    • background artist
    • 2017
  • A Silent Voice: The Movie (2016)
    A Silent Voice: The Movie
    8.1
    • background artist
    • 2016
  • Sound! Euphonium: The Movie - Welcome to the Kitauji High School Concert Band (2016)
    Sound! Euphonium: The Movie - Welcome to the Kitauji High School Concert Band
    6.8
    • background artist: Kyoto Animation Art/Backgrounds Room
    • 2016
  • Hiro Shimono, Saori Hayami, Sumire Uesaka, and Maaya Uchida in Myriad Colors Phantom World (2016)
    Myriad Colors Phantom World
    6.2
    TV Series
    • background artist
    • 2016
  • Sound! Euphonium (2015)
    Sound! Euphonium
    7.9
    TV Series
    • background artist
    • 2015
  • Tamako Love Story (2014)
    Tamako Love Story
    7.0
    • background artist
    • 2014
  • Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions (2012)
    Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions
    7.4
    TV Series
    • background artist
    • 2014
  • Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions the Movie: Rikka Takanashi Revision (2013)
    Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions the Movie: Rikka Takanashi Revision
    6.4
    • background artist
    • 2013

Art Department

  • Violet Evergarden: Eternity and the Auto Memory Doll (2019)
    Violet Evergarden: Eternity and the Auto Memory Doll
    7.5
    • art setting
    • 2019

Personal details

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  • Died
    • July 18, 2019
    • Kyoto, Japan(homicide)

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