Katsuya Watanabe

Katsuya Watanabe

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Credited on 21 works from 2018 to 2026. Main genres: 3DCG, Music video, 2D animation.

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Animator Cinematographer (DoP) Director Motion Designer Production Manager
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IKEBUKURO PARCO – NEW FRIENDS - 映像作家: Tsuribu Tokyo
3DCGAnimation

IKEBUKURO PARCO – NEW FRIENDS

2026
00:00:30
Responsible for the creative direction of Ikebukuro PARCO’s largest renewal campaign since its opening. With the theme “NEW FRIENDS,” we drew on the motif of the “pond,” which is also said to be the origin of the name Ikebukuro, and created graphic designs using a technique that combined animals produced in 3DCG with live-action footage of nature, then re-shot the resulting collage through water in live action. In the film, that impression was recreated once again in CG. By mixing a variety of media, we expressed the city of Ikebukuro and Ikebukuro PARCO as a place where beings that transcend various boundaries cross over.
Hasegawa Hakushi - Mouth Fireworks - 映像作家: Tsuribu Tokyo
2D animation3DCGArt workMusic video

Hasegawa Hakushi - Mouth Fireworks

2023
00:04:10
Based on the song’s energy and its distinctive rhythm, which can also sound like festival music, the piece was directed and produced around the theme of a “new festival” that brings together all kinds of cultures and elements. Combining a wide range of visuals—fragmentary situations and scenes that Hasegawa Hakushi himself associated with the song and selected, the powerful dance performance by Yoon Ji, a dancer active in Korea, the charming yet quirky characters and animation by Sawako Kageyama, Rintaro Unno’s keenly observed live-action footage of reality, and graphic design inspired by fireworks—it depicts an unknown festival and the excitement of its rising energy as elements that seem at first to be disconnected, blending reality and unreality, merge together.
Morning Musume. ’23 25th Anniversary × SPACE SHOWER TV ID - 映像作家: Tsuribu Tokyo
3DCGMusic video

Morning Musume. ’23 25th Anniversary × SPACE SHOWER TV ID

2023
00:00:38
With the weight of 25 years behind them, we portrayed the members as powerful figures racing forward to seize the future. From a world where objects symbolizing the Heisei era fly about, they run straight through to Reiwa and beyond into the future. The video is filled with countless details designed to delight not only fans but anyone who watches it, including motifs from past MVs and more. It also depicts the transition of eras within an abstract landscape blending 2D and 3D elements, while capturing Morning Musume.'23 sprinting full force through the center. With dynamic, otherworldly camera work, the piece expresses both the group’s history and the passage of time itself.
Observation: Kaho Nakamura - 映像作家: Tsuribu Tokyo
2D animation3DCGAnimationArt workDocumentaryMotion graphicsR&D

Observation: Kaho Nakamura

2022
00:09:48
A striking visual work that observes musician Kaho Nakamura from a variety of angles—“thought, memory, preference, language, melody,” and more—then reconstructs this information as imagery based on 11 highly abstract observations collected in a free-form manner, in an attempt to probe and visualize her inner world. Objects related to Kaho Nakamura are embedded throughout the footage, along with illustrations personally drawn by Nakamura herself, allowing viewers to discover something new with each viewing. Each observation result, rendered into a slightly surreal visual form through a unique interpretation and original ideas, serves as a key to unraveling Kaho Nakamura’s personal side, sparking even greater curiosity.
Hakushi Hasegawa Q13 - 映像作家: Tsuribu Tokyo
2D animation3DCGMotion graphicsMusic videoPromotionR&DShort filmTV

Hakushi Hasegawa Q13

2021
00:17:12
A special video piece that delves into Hakushi Hasegawa as a person by turning his interview audio, in which he answers 13 questions, into newly shot visuals. By watching 13 loosely unified omnibus segments created with a variety of techniques—2D motion graphics, full CG, live action, and more—alongside Hasegawa’s elusive words, the work becomes something that can be interpreted in many different ways, both in terms of what he says and what he does not say.
LIVEWIRE PUNPEE “Sofa Kingdomcome” - 映像作家: Tsuribu Tokyo
3DCGARInteractiveLive actionPerformance

LIVEWIRE PUNPEE “Sofa Kingdomcome”

2020
00:01:15
Participated alongside backspacetokyo, under director Takuto Shimbo, in the real-time AR production for PUNPEE’s one-man live “Sofa Kingdomcome,” held on Space Shower TV’s online live house “LIVEWIRE.” Designed motifs appearing in the two songs “GIZMO” and “Time Machine ni Notte,” a large number of objects associated with PUNPEE, and Itabashi Station in the future, expressing the world of the music.

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