Ayumu Watanabe (渡辺 歩, Watanabe Ayumu, September 3, 1966) is a Japanese animation director, animator, and director born in Tokyo. He also worked under the alias Kakeru Watanabe (渡辺 カケル, Watanabe Kakeru).
When Shin-Chan and friends step out of their world and into the real world, they must work together with some unlikely allies to stop an enemy that threatens all animated life.
