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DerekTheRed



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PostPosted: Sat Dec 21, 2013 2:47 am Reply with quote
Disclaimer: I'm aware that this is an extremely common name, but it looks like there's a lot going on here. Also, I have about 4 more of these people with pretty common names from my work on Ace of Diamond. I'm going to be posting my findings in the next week or so. (You can check out the Ace of Diamond page for a sneak preview if you want! I entered their kanji names as precision to mark them for me.)

We have 3 main people, and a bunch that are possibly typos, misreadings, or just really short careers (or we just don't have any info on them).

渡辺陽 - Akira Watanabe (Writing) Also, current kanji spelling. However, it should be noted that the kanji is sourced to allcinema, and gives the reading as Hiroshi Watanabe. We have a Hiroshi Watanabe, but he's more of an animator than a writer, so a disambiguation would be in order.
(2004) Girls Bravo (TV) : Series Composition 渡辺陽
(2004) Girls Bravo (TV) : Script (16 episodes) 渡辺陽
(2005) Ah! My Goddess (TV) : Scenario (9 episodes) 渡辺陽 (Series comp), 渡辺陽
(2006) Tokimeki Memorial ~Only Love~ (TV) : Series Composition 渡辺陽
(2006) Tokimeki Memorial ~Only Love~ (TV) : Screenplay 渡辺陽
(2007) Goshūshō-sama Ninomiya-kun (TV) : Series Composition 渡辺陽
(2007) Goshūshō-sama Ninomiya-kun (TV) : Script (7 episodes) 渡辺陽
(2007) Aa Megami-sama: Tatakau Tsubasa (special) : Series Composition 渡辺陽
(2008) Moegaku*5 (TV) : Screenplay 渡辺陽


渡辺章 - Akira Watanabe (Animation)
(1987) Zillion (TV) : Director ???
(1987) Zillion (TV) : Animation Director (eps 2-3) 渡辺章
(1987) Zillion (TV) : Key Animation (ep 7) 渡辺章
(1988) Gegege no Kitaro: Jigoku Hen (TV 3-1/1988) : Key Animation 渡辺 章
(1988) Yume Miru Toppo Jijo (TV) : Key Animation (ep 8) 渡辺章
(1999) Kochira Katsushika-ku Kamearikouen-mae Hashutsujo: The Movie : Key Animation 渡辺章
(2001) Metropolis (movie) : Key Animation 渡辺章
(2004) Detective Conan: Conan and Kid and Crystal Mother (OAV) : Animation Director 渡辺章
(2004) Detective Conan: Conan and Kid and Crystal Mother (OAV) : Key Animation 渡辺章
(2004) Bleach (TV) : Key Animation 渡辺章
(2006) Aria - The Natural (TV) : Animation Director (ep 6) 渡辺章
(2006) Aria - The Natural (TV) : Key Animation (ep 6) 渡辺章
(2006) Black Lagoon (TV) : Animation Director (ep 7) 渡辺章
(2006) Pokemon: The Mastermind of Mirage Pokemon (special) : Animation Director 渡辺章
(2007) Naruto Shippūden (TV) : Key Animation 渡辺章
(2007) Naruto Shippūden (TV) : Animation Director (eps 207, 221) 渡辺章
(2007) Emma: A Victorian Romance Second Act (TV) : Key Animation 渡辺章
(2008) Detective Conan Magic File 2 (OAV) : Key Animation 渡辺章
(2009) Yumeiro Pâtissière (TV) : 2nd Key Animation 渡辺章
(2010) Strike Witches 2 (TV) : Key Animation (ep 3) 渡辺 章
(2010) And Yet the Town Moves (TV) : Key Animation (ep 3) 渡辺章
(2011) LBX (TV) : Key Animation (ep 27) 渡辺章
(2012) Space Battleship Yamato 2199 (TV) : Key Animation (ep 4) 渡辺章
(2012) High School DxD (TV) : Key Animation (ep 8) 渡辺章
(2013) Ace of Diamond (TV) : Key Animation (渡辺章; ep 6) 渡辺章


Akira Watanabe (Translation)
I'm not going to check credits on any of these manga, but it would make an extreme amount of sense that this is a dude who works stateside.
Beyblade (manga) : Translation
Doomed Megalopolis (OAV) : Production Assistant
Fullmetal Alchemist (manga) : Translation
Ginga Legend Weed (manga) : Translation
Godchild (manga) : Translation
Kare First Love (manga) : Translation
Kazan (manga) : Editing (1-2, 4-5)
Legendz (manga) : Translation
Maico 2010 (manga) : Translation (vol. 4) , Editing (vols. 1-2)
Sarai (manga) : Editing
Zombie Powder (manga) : Translation

These credits need to be hidden, and re-added to 渡部明 - Akira Watabe (Animation)
(1986) Urusei Yatsura: Lum The Forever (movie) : Assistant Animator 渡部明
(1997) Vampire Princess Miyu (TV) : Key Animation (5 episodes) 渡部 明
(2005) Honey and Clover (TV) : Key Animation 渡部明
(2004) Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha (TV) : Key Animation (ep 3) 渡部明
(2009) Guin Saga (TV) : Key Animation 渡部明
Added to Akira Watabe

I would suggest splitting the Akira Watanabes into an the Animator and Translator listed above, and maybe a catch-all for all the ones below?

The rest are the onesey twosey stuff:

渡辺明 - Akira Watanabe (Animation)
(1984) Ashita Tenki ni Nare! (TV) : Key Animation (ep 27) 渡辺明
(2008) Chiko, Heiress of the Phantom Thief (TV) : Key Animation (ep 15) 渡辺明 Verified

渡辺明 - Akira Watanabe (Producer)
(1984) Urusei Yatsura: Beautiful Dreamer (movie) : Production Supervision 渡辺 明 Verified


渡辺昭 - Akira Watanabe (Producer) わたなべ・あきら I wouldn't trust that 100% though. Allcinema lists 3 production credits in 1998, then an art credit from 1935.
(1998) Cardcaptor Sakura (TV) : Executive producer (NEP21) 渡辺昭 Verified
(1998) YAT Anshin! Uchu Ryokou 2 (TV) : Production manager 渡辺昭


渡辺瑛 - Akira Watanabe (Photography)
(2006) Ayakashi - Samurai Horror Tales (TV) : Digital Photography (ep 7) 渡辺瑛
(2005) After Class Lesson (OAV) : Photography (Falcon) 渡辺瑛 Verified


渡辺旭 - Asahi Watanabe? (Supervisor)
(2009) (La) Corda D'Oro ~secondo passo~ (special) : Supervision 渡辺旭


渡辺彰 - Akira Watanabe (Animation)
(2009) Darker than Black: Gemini of the Meteor (TV) : Key Animation (ep 3) 渡辺彰 Verified


渡邊章 - Akira Watanabe (Animation)
(2011) A Bridge to the Starry Skies (TV) : Key Animation (ep 9) 渡邊章 Verified


Cast in:
(1997) Princess Mononoke (movie) as Yamainu No such credit, [url=]渡辺哲[/url] (Tetsu Watanabe)
Having not seen Princess Mononoke is one of my greatest sins, but looking at the cast list on nausicaa.net and ja.wiki, I think this credit just needs to be deleted because Tetsu Watanabe is already credited with the same role.
Done.

MIA:
(1976) UFO Senshi Daiapolon (TV) : Executive producer Possibly 渡辺米彦, Yonehiko Watanabe
(1997) Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion (movie) : Modeling Done
(2009) One Piece Film Strong World (movie 10) : Key Animation


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PostPosted: Sat Dec 21, 2013 10:45 am Reply with quote
Mononoke was easy so that's done.
If you re-add the Akira Watabe credits and let me know, I can deal with the duplicates.

I have the Eva movies. I'm trying to think if they left the credits unmolested - I'm sure they did for some "artistic" credits between Death and Rebirth, but can't recall if it was the same for EoE itself. I think it's actually on the floor by my bed from when I was going through my older Manga DVDs for reasons I forget so I will have to check when I get home. If I remember.

I can't directly move credits or merge people, so have to be darned sure when splitting that I get everything in one pass.
Might be worth checking some original sources for the stragglers in case there's typos on the wiki sites.

Chiko I can do since I have the DVDs. Once I get home and if my ailing memory holds out.

I've got Pioneer's CCS DVD which I think had English credits. I got rid of the bootlegs which didn't...

DTB is on FUNi's Youtube channel, and their subbed episodes have original credits... it's an awful font, but 渡辺彰 looks right.

A Bridge to the Starry Skies is on Crunchroll. Which doesn't play here in work. Can't nip out and try it on my phone because my break is almost up.
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 21, 2013 4:53 pm Reply with quote
Most of the MIA stuff is movies and OVAs, so it should be easy to find in fansub form, it'll just take a little searching.

One thing I wanted to do was check all the various ways the bottom few kanji can be read, to make sure we didn't already have entries for them, but with no kanji. I kind of panicked and just posted when I was having that IP ban issue. I'll probably start that in about 5 hours, and hopefully my fansubs will be done downloading by then too.
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 21, 2013 6:59 pm Reply with quote
(edit: wow, did it really take me two hours between starting my reply and posting it? Derek's post wasn't there when I started... I guess I did get distracted on the way though)

EoE has English credits. In the CG section they have "Modeling: Watanabe Akira". Of course, none of the other guys on this page do CG...
OK, found the swimming orange kanji I remembered - it's in the middle of the film for some unknown reason.

..what with poor compression, it not using the full frame and the effects it is almost illegible. 渡部暁?
D2 Station agrees, but the only other thing they have him in is Love Live doing 3DCG with "salt".
Looks like we have them as Akatsuki Watabe. The Norageki source provides the same kanji so it is at least the same person. I've added the Kanji to their page since whoever created the entry didn't bother..
I'll move the Eva credit over now.
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 21, 2013 7:19 pm Reply with quote
The Nijuu Mensou credit is correct, or at least it does match the telop:



I doubt they animated two shows with a 24 year break inbetween so something is up there all the same. Probably a typo in the credits themselves.
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 23, 2013 3:16 am Reply with quote
Okay, I blew my self imposed timeline, but here is what I have:

Shiroi Hane wrote:
If you re-add the Akira Watabe credits and let me know, I can deal with the duplicates.

Done.

Shiroi Hane wrote:
A Bridge to the Starry Skies is on Crunchroll. Which doesn't play here in work. Can't nip out and try it on my phone because my break is almost up.

Kind of blurry, but:

The credit for 渡邊章 appears correct.

Shiroi Hane wrote:
I've got Pioneer's CCS DVD which I think had English credits. I got rid of the bootlegs which didn't...


The credit for 渡辺昭 appears correct.


The Beautiful Dreamer credit for 渡辺明 appears correct.


Lum the Forever credit is for 渡部明, so I've gone ahead and added that one to Akira Watabe. (As "Assistant animator" for now so it fits in. It looks like the whole page needs a bit of a scrubbing though.)


After Class Lesson credits belong to 渡辺瑛. Added to tables.

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PostPosted: Tue Dec 24, 2013 12:40 am Reply with quote
Well, I've now gone and checked the encyclopedia for people with all the possible combinations of name readings according to ENAMDICT. This bore only one piece of fruit.

渡邊章 - Animation
Watanahe, Watanabe, Watabe

Akira, Shou, Takashi, Nori, Aki, Akitsugu, Akinori, Aya, Katsuo, Katsukaz, Katsunami, Katsuren, Katsuro, Katsurou, Shougo, Shouroku, Shouwa, Suguro, Hajime, Fumi, Yuki

We have:
Aya Watabe
Shu Watabe
Yuki Watabe
Akira Watabe
Hajime Watabe
Takashi Watabe
Akatsuki Watabe
Shou Watanabe
Takashi Watanabe
Aki Watanabe
Aya Watanabe
Hajime Watanabe
Yuki Watanabe

None are 渡邊章 in disguise.

渡辺彰
Watanabe, Marina, Misato, Minayo, Watakabe, Watanahe, Watanobe, Watabe, Wadanabe, Wananabe

Akira, Shou, Aya, Aki, Akitsugu, Akinori, Katsuki, Katsuhata, Katsuhiro, Katsuma, Katsumoto, Katsuyoshi

We have:
Shou Watanabe
Aki Watanabe
Aya Watanabe
Katsuki Watanabe - in-between animation Beautiful dreamer
Katsuhiro Watanabe
Aya Watabe
Aki Misato

But nobody looks like 渡辺彰. Katsuki Watanabe is a slim chance.

渡辺旭 - Supervisor
Watanabe, Marina, Misato, Minayo, Watakabe, Watanahe, Watanobe, Watabe, Wadanabe, Wananabe

Akira, Asahi, Noboru, Aki, Asa, Asai, Kyoku, Kiyoku, Shou

We have:
Aki Watanabe
Noboru Watanabe

None of them look like 渡辺旭.

渡辺瑛 - Photography
Watanabe, Marina, Misato, Minayo, Watakabe, Watanahe, Watanobe, Watabe, Wadanabe, Wananabe

Akira, Ei, Kiyoshi, Shou, Aoi, Aki, Eri, Teru, Hikaru, Yuu, You

We have:
Ei Watanabe - Photography! Possible match, existing credit not sourced. Custom Google
Kiyoshi Watanabe
Aoi Watanabe
Aki Watanabe
Eri Watanabe
Hikaru Watanabe
Yuu Watanabe

渡辺昭 - Producer
Watanabe, Marina, Misato, Minayo, Watakabe, Watanahe, Watanobe, Watabe, Wadanabe, Wananabe

Akira, Aki, Shou, Akashi, Teru, Akitsugu, Akinori, Akiyoshi, Katsuki, Katsuji, Katsuharu, Katsuhisa, Katsumi, Katsumori, Shoushichi, Shouji, Masaharu

We have:
Aki Misato
Aki Watanabe
Shou Watanabe
Katsuki Watanabe - In between Animation
Katsumi Watanabe
Masaharu Watanabe

But none of them are 渡辺昭

渡辺明 Animator and Producer
Watanabe, Marina, Misato, Minayo, Watakabe, Watanahe, Watanobe, Watabe, Wadanabe, Wananabe

Akira, Mei, Akari, Akashi, Satoshi, Tooru, Min, Akashio, Akajio, Akamine, Akaru, Aki, Akitsugu, Akinori, Akiraka, Akuru, Ake, Akesaki, Akemine, Akera, Asumi, Saya, Sayaka, Toshi, Haru, Hinata, Myou, Myoujin, Meishuu (s)

We have:
Aki Misato
Satoshi Watanabe
Aki Watanabe
Haru Watanabe - Animator, different kanji

But none of them look like they could be 渡辺明

渡辺章 - Animation
Watanabe, Marina, Misato, Minayo, Watakabe, Watanahe, Watanobe, Watabe, Wadanabe, Wananabe

Akira, Shou, Takashi, Nori, Aki, Akitsugu, Akinori, Aya, Katsuo, Katsukazu, Katsunami, Katsuren, Katsuro, Katsurou, Shougo, Shouroku, Shouwa, Suguro, Hajime, Fumi, Yuki

We have:
Aki Misato
Aki Watanabe
Aya Watanabe
Hajime Watanabe - Given in Hiragana, family matches. Possible.
Yuki Watanabe

But none seem to be 渡辺章

渡辺陽 - Writing
Watanabe, Marina, Misato, Minayo, Watakabe, Watanahe, Watanobe, Watabe, Wadanabe, Wananabe

You, Akira, Kiyoshi, Hinata, Minami, Noboru, Takashi, Hikari, Hikaru, Hitaka, Hiroshi, Akari, Aki, Akiho, Akimi, Ataru, Haru, Haruka, Haruki, Haruna, Haruhi, Hi, Hizashi, Hina, Himari, Mahina, Yako, Youji

We have
Aki Misato
Takashi Watabe
Hiroshi Watabe
Kiyoshi Watanabe
Minami Watanabe
Takashi Watanabe
Hikaru Watanabe
Hiroshi Watanabe
Aki Watanabe
Haru Watanabe
Haruka Watanabe
Haruki Watanabe
Haruna Watanabe

But none of them seem to be 渡辺陽.
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