Akio Watanabe

Akio Watanabe (渡辺 明夫) is a Japanese animator, illustrator, character designer, supervisor, director, dōjin artist and a member of the circle Pokopii (ぽこぴー). His pseudonym is Poyoyon♥Rock (ぽよよん♥ろっく). He worked with Akiyuki Shinbo at Shaft. His representative works include key animation for Popotan, and character design for Nurse Witch Komugi, The SoulTaker and Monogatari.

Under the name Akio Watanabe
Anime
 * Starship Girl Yamamoto Yohko (character design)
 * The SoulTaker (character design)
 * Nurse Witch Komugi (character design)
 * Magical Canan (character design)
 * Hoshizora Kiseki (director, script, character design, storyboard, animation direction, color design)
 * Monogatari (chief animation director, character design)
 * The World God Only Knows (character design)
 * Pretty Rhythm: Aurora Dream (original character design)
 * Etotama (original character design)
 * Zaregoto (character design)
 * Fireworks (character design)
 * Higurashi When They Cry - Gou and Sotsu (character design)
 * Rumble Garanndoll (original character design)


 * Computer games
 * Zutto Issho (animation director, character design)
 * L no Kisetsu
 * Missing Blue
 * Grisaia no Kajitsu (character design)

Others
 * Hoshiiro Drop (cover art)
 * 22/7 (original character design for Yuki Tojo)
 * PeroPero☆Teacher (Director, Character Design)

Under the name Poyoyon♥Rock

 * Anime
 * Djibril – The Devil Angel (episode 2 opening movie)
 * Netrun-mon
 * Popotan (character design)


 * Computer games
 * Let's Fish! Hooked On
 * Court no Naka no Tenshi-tachi
 * Popotan
 * To Heart 2 (opening movie)
 * Queen's Blade: Spiral Chaos (character design; for some characters)
 * Queen's Gate: Spiral Chaos (character design; for some characters)
 * Akiba's Trip: Undead & Undressed (character design)


 * Trading Card Games
 * Aquarian Age


 * Others
 * Saitama O157 prevention campaign poster
 * "Moe Loan" Ron-tan (Livedoor Credit)
 * "Akiba Kei SNS 'Filn Mascot characters Fil and Fal