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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Not rated