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Takashi Watanabe

Takashi Watanabe

Composer · Born February 23, 1976 (50) · Asaminami, Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan

Takashi Watanabe (渡邊崇) is a Japanese film score composer.

Biography from TMDB.

Born
February 23, 1976 (50)
From
Asaminami, Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan
Works as
Composer
Titles
9 on MovieCove · 56 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Official site (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 38 days to Oct 27

What are Takashi Watanabe's films like?

Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
41%
Self
23%
Society
23%
Ideas
14%
Friendship2 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity2 titles, browse their movies with this themeHope2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 3 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 3 · Serious 0 · Dark 0

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 1 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 0

Gentle: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their gentle movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 2 · Charged 1 · Intense 0

Steady: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their steady movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 3 · Shifting 0 · Whiplash 0

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 0 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 0

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 0 · Relentless 0

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 3 · Engaged 0 · Full focus 0

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 3 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings shown from 5 titles

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Warm
4
Joyful
3
Bittersweet
1
Hopeful
1

How their films linger

Feel-good3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

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 Watanabe's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 5 of their 9 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Crunchyroll (2).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Takashi Watanabe'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

56 credits, 9 with a MovieCove page.

  • Shadow Work (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Show 5 episodes · Composer

  • The Chatterboxes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Composer

  • Beings in UKEDO (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Composer

  • Haha no Matsu Sato (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Show 4 episodes · Composer

  • 生きて、生きて、生きろ。 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Composer

  • House of the Owl(2024)

    Show 10 episodes · Composer

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all shows

  • A Lovestory in Virtual Reality (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Show 32 episodes · Composer

  • Penalty Loop (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Composer

  • Bang Brave Bang Bravern(2024)

    Show 12 episodes · Composer

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all shows

  • Masked Hearts (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Composer

  • Naval Port Child: Yokosuka Cleaning 1946 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Composer

  • My Perfect Evening Drink (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Show 20 episodes · Composer

  • Modern Young Monha (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Show 8 episodes · Composer

  • Girls' Frontline(2022)

    Show 12 episodes · Composer

    Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all shows

  • The Sunday Runoff (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Composer

  • Come and Go (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Composer

  • Pa Rum Pum Pum Pum (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Composer

  • The Goldfish: Dreaming of the Sea (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Composer

  • Furimun Sisters (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Show 1 episode · Composer

  • The Asadas(2020)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • His (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Composer

  • My Girlfriend Is a Serial Killer(2019)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • Shell and Joint (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Composer

  • His - I Didn't Think I Would Fall in Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Show 5 episodes · Composer

  • A Long Goodbye (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Composer

  • Mysteria Friends(2019)

    Show 10 episodes · Composer

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all shows

  • I"s (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Show 13 episodes · Composer

  • Our Blue Moment (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Composer

  • Cloudy, Ocassionally Sunny (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Composer

  • Teiichi: Battle of Supreme High (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Composer

  • Shimajiro and the Rainbow Oasis (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Composer

  • The Tokyo Night Sky Is Always the Densest Shade of Blue (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Composer

  • Her Love Boils Bathwater (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Composer

  • Bitter Sweet (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Music Supervisor

  • The Shimajiro Movie: Shimajiro in Bookland(2016)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Lost and Found (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Composer

  • Candy House (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Show 10 episodes · Composer

  • Shimajiro and the Mother Tree (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Composer

  • TENSAI BANPAKU (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Composer

  • The Vancouver Asahi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Composer

  • Our Family (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Composer

  • 1/11 One Eleventh (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Composer

  • Shimajiro and the Song of the Whale (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Composer

  • SOLITON (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Composer

  • Miroku (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Composer

  • How Much Is a Life Worth? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Composer

  • The Great Passage (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Composer

  • Shimajiro and Fufu's Great Adventure: Save the Seven-Colored Flower!(2013)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Ninja & Soldier (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Composer

  • Capturing Dad (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Composer

  • Animation Maestro Gisaburo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Composer

  • Mitsuko Delivers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Composer

  • Creeping Under the Mosulin Bridge (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Composer

  • School Urban Legend: Toire no Hanako-san (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Composer

  • Blue Dragon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Show 51 episodes · Music Producer

  • My Neighbor Totoro(1988)

    Music Producer

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

Career shape

A full career of 56 titles from 1988 to 2025.

Biggest box office

The Asadas (2020)

$12M worldwide

Highest rated

The Asadas (2020)

Midcredits 86th

Most popular right now

Mysteria Friends (2019)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Music55 of 56: 55 only music, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score46thOther crew1 of 56: 1 only other crew, 0 with another role

By decade

1980s1 · crew2000s2 · crew2010s32 · crew2020s21 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; 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 that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

How do Takashi Watanabe's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 61st percentile, the median of all 5; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 75th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

75thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Approval · how many liked their films

46thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Reach · how many have seen their films

22ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Midcredits score across 9 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up2
  • 50th to 74th2
  • 25th to 49th3
  • Below 25th2

Shape of the crowd

5 of their 9 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Loved1
  • Divisive2
  • Crowd Pleaser1
  • Mixed5

Most divisive · composer

Shimajiro and Fufu's Great Adventure: Save the Seven-Colored Flower! (2013)

98th percentile spread · 53% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · composer

My Neighbor Totoro (1988)

Midcredits 99th · 90% liked

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Takashi Watanabe work with?

People who share at least 2 of Takashi Watanabe's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Kikuko Inoue shares the most, 3.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Editors