Takashi Watabe

Director, producer and writer

Works as: Director, producer and writer
Titles: 11 on MovieCove
Links: IMDb (opens in a new tab)

Known for

What are Takashi Watabe's films like?

Across their 11 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.

Themes

share of theme weight

Self

35%

Bonds

31%

Morality

16%

Survival

7%

Ideas

7%

Society

4%

Purpose4 Identity4 Friendship3 Loyalty2 Fate2 Family bonds2 Community2

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Hopeful

5

Tense

4

Thrilling

4

Contemplative

4

Melancholic

3

Other

8

How their films linger

Fun4 Hopeful4 Feel-good3 Thought-provoking3 Haunting2 Rousing2

How their films end · 1 with a twist

Happy4
Bittersweet7

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Takashi Watabe's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 10 of their 11 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Crunchyroll (9).

Also on these channels

Midnight Pulp1 title, show their title on Midnight Pulp
RetroCrush1 title, show their title on RetroCrush

Subscription and free streaming for Takashi Watabe's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

11 credits, 11 with a MovieCove page.

The Stories of Girls Who Couldn't Be Magicians(2024)
Show Director
Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom(2021)
Show Director
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all shows
Do You Love Your Mom and Her Two-Hit Multi-Target Attacks?(2019)
Show Director
Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all shows
Dai Shogun - Great Revolution(2014)
Show Director
Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
Senran Kagura: Ninja Flash!(2013)
Show Director
Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all shows
Demon King Daimao(2010)
Show Director
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all shows
Sands of Destruction(2008)
Show Producer
Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all shows
Shakugan No Shana: The Movie(2007)
Director
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
Boogiepop Never Laughs: Boogiepop Phantom(2000)
Show Director
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows
Key: The Metal Idol(1994)
Show Director
Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all shows
Super Dimensional Fortress Macross II: Lovers Again(1992)
Show Writer
Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all shows

Career shape

Across their 11 MovieCove titles from 1992 to 2024.

Highest rated

How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom (2021)

Midcredits 68^th

By role

only this rolewith another role

Directing9 of 11 · 37^thWriting1 of 11Producing1 of 11

By decade

1990s2 · crew2000s3 · crew2010s4 · crew2020s2 · crew

Counts over their MovieCove titles; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles, shown from 5 scored.

Is Takashi Watabe's work okay for kids?

Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.

Their medianMedian of all films

Sex & Nudity3 titlesmedian 62 · intense

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.

Who does Takashi Watabe work with?

People who share at least 2 of Takashi Watabe's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Takao Yoshioka shares the most, 2.