# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/takashi-watanabe
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:35:19.491Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/takashi-watanabe"
name: "Takashi Watanabe"
slug: "takashi-watanabe"
description: "Takashi Watanabe  is a Japanese animator, storyboard artist, and director. He is best known for directing the anime series Slayers, Boogiepop Phantom, and Shakugan no Shana."
tagline: "Japanese anime director"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Takashi_WATANABE.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1957-07-22"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.21
  momentum:             2.736156351791531
  historical:           12.051624
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/TkashiWatanabe"
    handle:    "TkashiWatanabe"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0913869/"
    handle:    "nm0913869"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.kt.rim.or.jp/~okure/nekonan.html"
sources:
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "تاكاشي واتانابي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B4%D9%89_%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%89"
    title: "تاكاشى واتانابى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takashi_Watanabe"
    title: "Takashi Watanabe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takashi_Watanabe"
    title: "Takashi Watanabe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%ACatanabe_Taka%C5%9Di"
    title: "Ŭatanabe Takaŝi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takashi_Watanabe"
    title: "Takashi Watanabe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takashi_Watanabe"
    title: "Takashi Watanabe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B8%A1%E9%83%A8%E9%AB%98%E5%BF%97"
    title: "渡部高志"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takashi_Watanabe"
    title: "Takashi Watanabe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takashi_Watanabe"
    title: "Takashi Watanabe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B1%D1%8D%2C_%D0%A2%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B8"
    title: "Ватанабэ, Такаси"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "渡部高志"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q653426"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2302263"
    title: "Takashi Watanabe"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump