Direction: Hiroshi Watanabe
The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Hiroshi Watanabe. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.
Slayers Return
1996 · Movie · 61 min. · Japan
Direction Hiroshi Watanabe
Plot Outrageous enemies such as secret organizations aiming to dominate the world and mysterious strongest fighting forces attack Lina and Naga one after another for legendary "treasure" lying in a village...
6.5
73 votes
6.5
73 votes
Slayers Great
1997 · Movie · 61 min. · Japan
Direction Hiroshi Watanabe
Plot Sorceress Lina Inverse and her traveling companion/arch-rival Naga the Serpent arrive at a town where the art of golem-manufacture is highly prized and become involved in the rivalry between a...
6.4
66 votes
6.4
66 votes
Slayers Excellent
1998 · Movie · 90 min. · Japan
Direction Hiroshi Watanabe
Plot In these earlier adventures of Lina Inverse and Naga the Serpent, learn how the two rivals first met. In their first adventure, the two rivals meet and run into a...
6.4
66 votes
6.4
66 votes
Slayers Gorgeous
1998 · Movie · 64 min. · Japan
Direction Hiroshi Watanabe
Plot Wandering sorceresses Lina Inverse and Naga the Serpent get involved in a war between Lord Calvert and his daughter, Marlene. Lina sides with Calvert, while Naga joins Marlene's side in...
6.4
90 votes
6.4
90 votes
Slayers The Motion Picture
1995 · Movie · 63 min. · Japan
Direction Hiroshi Watanabe · Kazuo Yamazaki
Plot Lina Inverse and her overly-endowed associate Nagha the Serpent travel to Mipross Island, where they encounter an old sage who enlists them in his battle to defeat the demon Joyrock.
6.4
81 votes
6.4
81 votes
Slayers Special
1996 · Movie · 90 min. · Japan
Direction Hiroshi Watanabe
Plot In these three self-contained half-hour stories, Lina Inverse and her partner, Naga The Serpent, take on a variety of jobs for quick cash, food, and/or their own skins. The first...
6.3
64 votes
6.3
64 votes
The Law of Ueki (TV Series)
2005 · Series · 26 min. · Japan
Direction Hiroshi Watanabe · Chiaki Ima · Ryôji Fujiwara · Shigeru Kimiya
Plot Kousuke Ueki, a student of the Hinokuni Junior High School, is picked by a God Candidate, Koba-sen, to participate in a competition where people battle out to become God and...
6.3
229 votes
6.3
229 votes
Mythical Detective Loki Ragnarok (TV Series)
2003 · Series · 24 min. · Japan
Direction Hiroshi Watanabe
Plot Loki, the Norse god of mischief, has been exiled to the human world for what was apparently was a bad joke. Along with being exiled, he’s forced to take the...
6.2
77 votes
6.2
77 votes
Sorcerous Stabber Orphen (TV Series)
1998 · Series · 25 min. · Japan
Direction Hiroshi Watanabe · Iku Suzuki · Masakazu Amiya · Jirô Fujimoto
Plot Orphen is the greatest sorcerer that the tower has ever seen but he is more interested in chasing the Bloody August, an infamous and very mysterious dragon. Along with his...
5.9
427 votes
5.9
427 votes
Hetalia World Stars (TV Series)
2021 · Series · 5 min. · Japan
Direction Hiroshi Watanabe
Plot TV Series (2021). 12 Episodes.
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Gekijōban Meiji Tokyo Renka: Hanakagami no Fantasia
2016 · Movie · 60 min. · Japan
Direction Hiroshi Watanabe
Plot Mei Ayazuki is still in the Tokyo of the Meiji period after his journey through time, where he will continue to meet different young people, future figures of history.
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Tying the Knot With an Amagami Sister (TV Series)
2024 · Series · min. · Japan
Direction Yujiro Abe · Hiroshi Watanabe
Plot TV Series (2024). Uryu Kamihate has had a rough start to life, but plans to forget it all by achieving his dream: matriculating into medical school. But when he arrives...
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Hell Girl: Three Vessels (TV Series)
2008 · Series · 24 min. · Japan
Direction Hiroshi Watanabe
Plot After Ai Enma's supposed death after the events of the 2nd season, her three helpers, Ichimoku Ren, Wanyuudou and Hone-Onna live out their lives in relative peace. This is suddenly...
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If I See You in My Dreams (TV Miniseries)
1998 · Movie · 90 min. · Japan
Direction Hiroshi Watanabe
Plot Fuguno Matsuo never had a girlfriend all in his 22 years and after a prediction by a fortune teller that he never will all hope was extinguished but then he...
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Shining Tears X Wind (TV Series)
2007 · Series · 24 min. · Japan
Direction Hiroshi Watanabe
Plot Mysterious disappearances are occurring one after the other in Tatsumi Town. Kiriya has a vision from a mysterious beautiful girl with pointy ears. A book talking for an alternative world...
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Fantastic Detective Labyrinth (TV Series)
2007 · Series · 25 min. · Japan
Direction Hiroshi Watanabe
Plot TV Series (2007-2008). 25 episodes. In a forgotten town known as the old capital of Tokyo, strange and mysterious crimes are progressively occuring. These supernatural occurances are beyond comprehension and...
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Tactics (TV Series)
2004 · Series · 24 min. · Japan
Direction Hiroshi Watanabe
Plot Kantarou has had the 6th sense to see demons for as long as he can remember, and has become friends with them, but also has the job of "yokai busting"....
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Cooking Idol (TV Series)
2009 · Series · 10 min. · Japan
Direction Hiroshi Watanabe
Plot Series that teaches children how to cook different simple dishes to do at home, including animated scenes from the protagonist's life, Main Hiiragi, as scenes from recipes made by Haruka...
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King of Bandit Jing (TV Series)
2002 · Series · 24 min. · Japan
Direction Hiroshi Watanabe
Plot Jing may appear to be a young boy, but his remarkable skills make him one of the most feared thieves on the planet. Along with his feathered partner Kir, Jing...
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Guyver: Out of Control
1986 · Movie · 55 min. · Japan
Direction Hiroshi Watanabe
Plot Sho and Mizuki are walking alongside the river till Sho finds a rare artifact. When he touches it, numerous vines come out of it and he is sucked into the...
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