Takeo Watanabe
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was a Japanese musician and composer. In addition to composing the well known theme song for Cutie Honey
he has also composed music for multiple television anime and films including Lone Wolf & Cub, Candy Candy
, and Mobile Suit Gundam
.
Tomei Tengu BGM written and performed by Takeo Watanabe was used in the soundtrack of the 2003 movie Lost in Translation
fourteen years after his death. In 2008 Takeo Watanabe posthumously received an Award of Merit from the Tokyo International Anime Fair. He died at the age of 56.
Cutie Honey
is a Japanese media franchise created by Go Nagai. Cutie Honey first appears on volume 41 of the 1973 edition of Shōnen Champion. According to Nagai, she is the first female to be the protagonist of a shōnen manga series....
he has also composed music for multiple television anime and films including Lone Wolf & Cub, Candy Candy
Candy Candy
is a Japanese novel, manga, and anime series. The main character, Candice "Candy" White Ardlay is a blonde American girl with freckles, large emerald green eyes and long, curly hair, worn in pigtails with bows. Candy Candy first appeared in a prose novel by famed Japanese writer Kyoko Mizuki in...
, and Mobile Suit Gundam
Mobile Suit Gundam
is a televised anime series, created by Sunrise. Created and directed by Yoshiyuki Tomino, it premiered in Japan on Nagoya Broadcasting Network on April 7, 1979, and lasted until January 26, 1980, spanning 43 episodes...
.
Tomei Tengu BGM written and performed by Takeo Watanabe was used in the soundtrack of the 2003 movie Lost in Translation
Lost in Translation (film)
Lost in Translation is a 2003 American film written and directed by Sofia Coppola; her second feature film after The Virgin Suicides and it stars Bill Murray and Scarlett Johansson...
fourteen years after his death. In 2008 Takeo Watanabe posthumously received an Award of Merit from the Tokyo International Anime Fair. He died at the age of 56.
Movies
- (ja) Hakuja komachi (1958) Actor
- The Ninja: A New Beginning (1966)
- (ja) Nemuri Kyoshiro 9: Burai-Hikae masho no hada (1967)
- (ja) Waka oyabun o kese (1967)
- (ja) Waka oyabun senryū-hada (1967)
- When the Cookie Crumbles (1967)
- (ja) Bakuto retsuden (1968)
- The Daring Nun (1968)
- Lone Wolf Isazo (1968)
- Nemuri Kyoshiro 10: Onna jigoku (1968)
- Nemuri Kyoshiro 12: Akujo-gari (1969)
- Priest and the Gold Mint (1968)
- Broken Swords (1969)
- Nemuri Kyoshiro manji giri (1969)
- Red Peony Gambler: Flower Cards Match (1969)
- Watch Out, Crimson BatCrimson BatThe Crimson Bat is a series of four movies based around the character of the same name. The character was a blind swordswoman. It was made by Shochiku studios, as a response to the hugely successful Zatoichi series. The character, Ochi, was very similar to the Zatoichi character, that is she was a...
! (1969) - Crimson BatCrimson BatThe Crimson Bat is a series of four movies based around the character of the same name. The character was a blind swordswoman. It was made by Shochiku studios, as a response to the hugely successful Zatoichi series. The character, Ochi, was very similar to the Zatoichi character, that is she was a...
- Oichi: Wanted, Dead or Alive (1970) - The Invisible Swordsman (1970)
- The Return of the Desperado (1970)
- (ja) Asobi (1971)
- Chivalrous Woman (1971)
- Duel of Swirling Flowers (1971)
- (ja) Kaihei yon-gō seito (1971)
- Fearless Avenger (1972)
- Trail of Blood (1972)
- The Cockroach (1973)
- Cockroach Cop (1973)
- Slaughter in the Snow (1973)
- (ja) Hiroshima jingi: Hitojichi dakkai sakusen (1976)
- The Shadowstar (1976) soundtrack
- Shogun's Sadism (1976)
- (ja) Piranha-gundan: Daboshatsu no ten (1977)
- あばれはっちゃく (1979)
- (ja) Miira no hanayome: Kindaichi Kōsuke sirīzu: Arashi no yoru ni ubugoe ga kikoeru (1983)
- Serendipity Stories: Friends on Pure Island (1983)
- Fugitive Samurai (1984)
- (ja) Gokumon-iwa no kubi: Kindaichi Kōsuke shirîzu (1984)
- (ja) Mori no tonto tachi (1984)
- (ja) Kōsui shinjū: Yokomizo Seishi supesharu (1987)
- (ja) Fushichō: Kindaichi Kōsuke no kessaku suiri (1988)
- Lost in TranslationLost in Translation (film)Lost in Translation is a 2003 American film written and directed by Sofia Coppola; her second feature film after The Virgin Suicides and it stars Bill Murray and Scarlett Johansson...
(2003) soundtrack
Animated Movies
- 30000 Miles Under the Sea (1971)
- Mobile Suit GundamMobile Suit Gundamis a televised anime series, created by Sunrise. Created and directed by Yoshiyuki Tomino, it premiered in Japan on Nagoya Broadcasting Network on April 7, 1979, and lasted until January 26, 1980, spanning 43 episodes...
I (1981) - Mobile Suit GundamMobile Suit Gundamis a televised anime series, created by Sunrise. Created and directed by Yoshiyuki Tomino, it premiered in Japan on Nagoya Broadcasting Network on April 7, 1979, and lasted until January 26, 1980, spanning 43 episodes...
II: Soldiers of Sorrow (1981) - Mobile Suit GundamMobile Suit Gundamis a televised anime series, created by Sunrise. Created and directed by Yoshiyuki Tomino, it premiered in Japan on Nagoya Broadcasting Network on April 7, 1979, and lasted until January 26, 1980, spanning 43 episodes...
III: Encounters in Space (1982) soundtrack