Akihito Watanabe

What are Akihito Watanabe's films like?

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

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 Akihito Watanabe's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 8 of their 18 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Crunchyroll (3).

• Crunchyroll3 titles
  • New Game! (2016) · producer
  • WWW.Working!! (2016) · producer
  • Rewrite (2016) · producer
• Netflix2 titles, browse their movies on this service
  • Bubble (2022) · producer
  • Maboroshi (2023) · producer
• AMC+1 title, browse their movies on this service
  • Exit 8 (2025) · producer
• HBO Max1 title, browse their movies on this service
  • Ride Your Wave (2019) · producer
• Prime Video1 title, browse their movies on this service
  • Blue Period (2024) · producer
• Shudder1 title, browse their movies on this service
  • Exit 8 (2025) · producer

Subscription and free streaming for Akihito 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

18 credits, 18 with a MovieCove page.

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  Until We Meet Again(2026)

  Co-Producer

  Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films71^st
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  Exit 8(2025)

  Co-Producer

  Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films63^rd
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  1st Kiss(2025)

  Co-Executive Producer

  Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films85^th
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  Blue Period(2024)

  Producer

  Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films81^st
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  Maboroshi(2023)

  Executive Producer

  Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films65^th
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  Bubble(2022)

  Co-Executive Producer

  Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films66^th
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  Love Me, Love Me Not(2020)

  Co-Executive Producer

  Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films74^th
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  Your Eyes Tell(2020)

  Producer

  Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films93^rd
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  Eiga Yôkai Gakuen Y: Neko wa Hero ni Nareru ka(2019)

  Producer

  Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)~57^th
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  Kakegurui: The Movie(2019)

  Producer

  Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films59^th
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  Ride Your Wave(2019)

  Producer

  Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films84^th
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  My Teacher, My Love(2018)

  Producer

  Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films47^th
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  Natsume's Book of Friends the Movie: Ephemeral Bond(2018)

  Producer

  Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films88^th
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  The Moment You Fall in Love(2016)

  Executive Producer

  Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films58^th
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  WWW.Working!!(2016)

  Show 13 episodes · Producer

  Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all shows29^th
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  New Game!(2016)

  Show 24 episodes · Producer

  Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all shows56^th
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  Rewrite(2016)

  Show 24 episodes · Producer

  Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all shows9^th
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  I Want to Let You Know That I Love You(2016)

  Executive Producer

  Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films70^th

Career shape

A full career of 12 titles from 2016 to 2026.

Biggest box office

Natsume's Book of Friends the Movie: Ephemeral Bond (2018)

$17M worldwide

Highest rated

Your Eyes Tell (2020)

Midcredits 93^rd

Most popular right now

Rewrite (2016)

How do Akihito Watanabe's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 70^th percentile, the median of all 15; across their 10 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 73^rd percentile for acclaim.

Shape of the crowd

11 of their 18 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

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• Universally Loved1
• Divisive1
• Crowd Pleaser11
• Mixed5

Most divisive · producer

Eiga Yôkai Gakuen Y: Neko wa Hero ni Nareru ka (2019)

94^th percentile spread · 33% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · producer

Your Eyes Tell (2020)

Midcredits 93^rd · 75% 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 Akihito Watanabe work with?

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