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Died. 1999. Nationality (legal) Japanese. Occupation (s) Art director, special effects director. Years active. 1942-1968. Akira Watanabe ( Japanese: 渡辺 明, Hepburn: Watanabe Akira, May 13, 1908 – 1999) was a Japanese special effects art director who worked on 38 films in a career spanning 25 years.
Oct 31, 2021 · Akira Watanabe (art director) From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository. Akira Watanabe. Japanese production designer (1908-1999) Upload media. Wikipedia. Date of birth. 13 May 1908. Fukui Prefecture.
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Akira Watanabe was an art director at Sega. He did the majority of production and game artwork in Sega games from the late 1980s to early 90s; the original Sonic the Hedgehog being his most famous work. After his work on OutRunners for the Mega Drive, he was transferred to the AM1 department of Sega.
May 13, 2014 · Sculptor Teizo Toshimitsu and art director Akira Watanabe began design work on Godzilla's look after initial designs by cartoonist Kazuyoshi Abe were discarded because of their vaguely humanoid look. Toshimitsu and Watanabe referred to dinosaur books, as well as an issue of Life magazine that featured an illustrated article on dinosaurs.
Akira Watanabe is a Japanese artist born in 1959. He is not the same person as Akira Watanabe, the art director of the anime film Akira. Learn more about his biography, achievements, artworks, and shows on Artsy.
