Mayumi Watanabe

Birth : 1964-02-05, Chiba Prefecture, Japan

History

Mayumi Watanabe (real name: Mayumi Iwakawa) is a Japanese animator and illustrator and character designer. She is married to producer Saburou Oomiya. After working for Ashi Productions and Kaname Production, she went freelance. Besides her work as an animator, she also served as the director of Studio Ranmaru.

Movies

Detective Conan: The Scarlet Bullet
Key Animation
At the opening ceremony of the WSG (World Sports Games) Tokyo Games, a sports festival held once every four years, it is announced that the world's first vacuum superconducting maglev with a maximum speed of 1,000 kilometers per hour will open. While attracting attention from around the world, top executives of large companies are kidnapped from the party venue where WSG tournament sponsors gather. Conan moves toward a solution and eventually finds a connection with the WSG abduction case that occurred 15 years ago in Boston, USA.
The Stranger by the Shore
Supervising Animation Director
Abandoned after coming out, Shun befriends Mio just before he has to move. Years later, Mio returns with a confession. How will Shun feel?
Sakura Capsule
Animation Director
In the suburbs of Tokyo, a group of six girls have played together at the park since they were little, but eventually have to switch schools. Before they leave, they plan to make a time capsule, but are unable to do so. The story follows the girls four years later as they meet again.
Sakura Capsule
Character Designer
In the suburbs of Tokyo, a group of six girls have played together at the park since they were little, but eventually have to switch schools. Before they leave, they plan to make a time capsule, but are unable to do so. The story follows the girls four years later as they meet again.
Refrain Blue: Chapter 3 - Eternal Blue Waves
Animation Director
In the last chapter of the Refrain Blue series, the bond between Yoshihiro Matsunaga and Nao Morisawa grows stronger, while Yoshihiro finally finds out the identify of the mysterious girl from the first chapter.
Refrain Blue: Chapter 3 - Eternal Blue Waves
Character Designer
In the last chapter of the Refrain Blue series, the bond between Yoshihiro Matsunaga and Nao Morisawa grows stronger, while Yoshihiro finally finds out the identify of the mysterious girl from the first chapter.
Refrain Blue: Chapter 2 - Beneath the Moon...
Character Designer
The second chapter in the Refrain Blue series focuses on Nao Morisawa and the events that happened at the summer camp last year, with her and Yoshihiro Matsunaga both unable to let go of feelings of the past.
Refrain Blue: Chapter 1 - Scarlet Remembrance
Animation Director
The first chapter of the Refrain Blue series, tells about the recollection of Yoshihiro's past about various events of summer school, of the fate where encounter and separation are interwoven with each other, as Yoshiro and Matsunaga will pass the Toyo Gakuen and will arrive at summer school at seashore. A mysterious girl smiles as she watches Yoshiro who stands still at the seashore dusk.
Refrain Blue: Chapter 1 - Scarlet Remembrance
Character Designer
The first chapter of the Refrain Blue series, tells about the recollection of Yoshihiro's past about various events of summer school, of the fate where encounter and separation are interwoven with each other, as Yoshiro and Matsunaga will pass the Toyo Gakuen and will arrive at summer school at seashore. A mysterious girl smiles as she watches Yoshiro who stands still at the seashore dusk.
Dream Dimension Hunter Fandora
Character Designer
Lady Fandora possesses the Jewel of Lupia, which she uses to collect bounties on criminals. Accompanied by her shape-changing friend Que, they embark on a dimensional journey to try and find the elusive Yogu-sogos.