Akio Watanabe

Akio Watanabe (渡辺明夫, Watanabe Akio; born July 27, 1969) is a Japanese animator, illustrator, character designer, supervisor, director, dōjin artist and a member of the circle Pokopii (ぽこぴー).^[1]^[2] His pseudonym is Poyoyon♥Rock (ぽよよん♥ろっく). He worked with Akiyuki Shinbo at Shaft. His representative works include key animation for Popotan, and character design for Nurse Witch Komugi, The SoulTaker and Monogatari.

BornJuly 27, 1969 (age 56)

Tokyo, Japan

OthernamesPoyoyon♥Rock

OccupationsAnimator
Character Designer

Employers

Nakamura Production [ja] (1986–?)
AIC (2 months)
Studio Hibari (~1997)
Frontwing (2013~present)

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Akio Watanabe
渡辺明夫
Born	(1969-07-27) July 27, 1969 (age 56) Tokyo, Japan
Other names	Poyoyon♥Rock
Occupations	Animator Character Designer
Employers	Nakamura Production [ja] (1986–?) AIC (2 months) Studio Hibari (~1997) Frontwing (2013~present)

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Filmography

Under the name Akio Watanabe

Anime

Etotama (original character design)^[3]
Fireworks (character design)^[4]
Grisaia: Phantom Trigger the Animation (character designer, chief animation director)^[5]
Higurashi When They Cry - Gou and Sotsu (character design)
Hoshizora Kiseki (director, script, character design, storyboard, animation direction, color design)
Magical Kanan (character design)
Monogatari (chief animation director, character design)^[6]
Nurse Witch Komugi (character design)
Pretty Rhythm: Aurora Dream (original character design)
Rumble Garanndoll (original character design)^[7]
The SoulTaker (character design)
Starship Girl Yamamoto Yohko (character design)
The World God Only Knows (character design)
Zaregoto (character design)^[8]