Producer Yoshihiro Watanabe will be a guest at Otakon 2025. He is known as the producer behind “Leviathan,” “Beastars,” and “Trigun Stampede.”

Born in 1982 in Japan, Watanabe is a producer at Studio Orange and is currently working on “Trigun Stampede” as the business producer.

Watanabe grew up in Los Angeles, and after graduating from college, he joined the U.S. branch of the animation studio Madhouse. Throughout his early years in anime industry, under legendary Masao Maruyama’s mentorship, Watanabe gained international production experience ranging from live-action to international collaboration projects.

His career involves a range of shows and roles: “Beastars” (2021, Studio Orange, business producer), “Godzilla S.P” (2021, Studio Orange, business producer), “League of Legend: New Journey Short” (2019, P.A. Works, creative producer), and “Eccentric Family 2” (2017, P.A. Works, business producer).
He is currently with Studio Orange and producing a range of future shows including “Beastars Final Season
Part 2,” “Trigun Stargaze” and “Leviathan.”

Otakon 2025 will be held from August 8-10, 2025 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center.