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Shinichiro Watanabe

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Shinichiro Watanabe

Born
(age 61)
Birthplace
Kyoto, Japan
Credits
44 titles

Biography

Shinichiro Watanabe (渡辺 信一郎 Watanabe Shin'ichirō, born May 24, 1965) is a Japanese anime television and film director. He is best known for directing the critically acclaimed and commercially successful anime series Cowboy Bebop, Samurai Champloo, and Space Dandy.

Watanabe is known for incorporating multiple genres into his anime creations. In Cowboy Bebop, for example, Watanabe blends classic cowboy western with 1960s/1970s New York City film noir, jazz/blues music, Hong Kong action movies, and sets the entire series in space. In his later work, Samurai Champloo, Watanabe unites the cultures of Okinawa, hip hop, modern-day Japan, and chanbara.

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Known For

Acting credits 2

YearTitleRole
2022 Hoshino Gen no Ongaku Kōron TV VTRゲスト (1 ep)
2003 Scrolls to Screen: A Brief History of Anime Film Self

Crew credits 42

YearTitleJob
2026 MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM HATHAWAY The Sorcery of Nymph Circe Film Storyboard Artist
2025 Edge of Time Film Director
2025 Lazarus TV Series Director, Screenplay, Storyboard Artist, Opening/Ending Animation, Creator (13 ep)
2024 TAISU PROJECT Film Director, Writer
2022 A Girl Meets a Boy and a Robot Film Director, Writer
2021 Cowboy Bebop TV Associate Producer (10 ep)
2021 Blade Runner: Black Lotus TV Creative Producer (13 ep)
2021 Sonny Boy TV Music Consultant (12 ep)
2021 Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway Film Storyboard Artist
2019 CAROLE & TUESDAY TV Supervising Producer, Writer, Storyboard Artist, Original Concept, Original Series Creator, Original Story, Director (24 ep)
2017 Blade Runner: Black Out 2022 Film Writer, Director
2016 To Be Hero TV Series Director, Writer (12 ep)
2014 Terror in Resonance TV Director, Storyboard Artist, Original Concept, Original Story (1 ep)
2014 Space Dandy : The Cosmic Compilation Film Director
2014 Space Dandy TV Series Director, Writer (26 ep)
2012 Ein's Summer Vacation Film Characters
2012 Cowboy Bebop: Don't Bother None Film Director, Writer
2012 Kids on the Slope TV Director, Storyboard Artist (1 ep)
2012 Lupin the Third: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine TV Music Producer (13 ep)
2011 Osamekamaijo The Art Of Sexual Love In The Edo Period 36 Kind Guides Film Writer
2011 Osamekamaijo The Art of Sexual Love in the Edo Period Technique Guide Film Writer
2008 Michiko & Hatchin TV Music Producer (22 ep)
2008 Birdy the Mighty: Decode TV Storyboard Artist (1 ep)
2007 Genius Party Film Director, Screenplay, Storyboard Artist
2007 Genius Party TV Director, Writer (1 ep)
2006 Ergo Proxy TV Storyboard Artist (1 ep)
2005 Noein: To Your Other Self TV Storyboard Artist (1 ep)
2004 Mind Game Film Music Producer
2004 Samurai Champloo TV Series Director, Storyboard Artist, Writer, Original Story, Creator (26 ep)
2003 Kid's Story Film Director, Writer
2003 The Animatrix Film Director, Writer
2003 A Detective Story Film Director, Writer
2003 The Animatrix TV Director, Writer (2 ep)
2001 Cowboy Bebop: The Movie Film Director, Storyboard Artist, Original Story
1998 Cowboy Bebop TV Writer, Series Director, Storyboard Artist (2 ep)
1996 The Vision of Escaflowne TV Director (2 ep)
1995 Macross Plus: The Movie Film Director
1994 Macross Plus TV Director (4 ep)
1991 Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory TV Storyboard Designer, Storyboard Artist, Director (1 ep)
1988 Armor Hunter Merowlink TV Director (4 ep)
1987 Dirty Pair OVA TV Director (3 ep)
1985 Blue Comet SPT Layzner TV Production Assistant (8 ep)
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