Hajime Watanabe

Currently freelance. Watanabe started his career as an animator at Tsuchida Production which he left in July 1986 after the studios bankruptcy. He then joined Studio Gallop where he was responsible for the character designs and chief animation direction for the studios mahou shoujo titles such as Himechan no Ribbonhttps://anilist.co/anime/2037/ which was his debut as a character designer Akazukin Chachahttps://anilist.co/anime/103/ and Nurse Angel Ririka SOShttps://anilist.co/anime/616/ as well as the hit TV anime series Kodomo no Omochahttps://anilist.co/anime/1486/. Frequent collaborator with Akitarou Daichihttps://anilist.co/staff/100640/.