Known For
Directing
Known Credits
2
Gender
Male
Birthday
May 24, 1965 (61 years old)
Place of Birth
Kyoto, Japan
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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| 2019 | CAROLE & TUESDAY...Storyboard Artist | |
| 2014 | Terror in Resonance...Storyboard Artist | |
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| 2008 | Birdy the Mighty: Decode...Storyboard Artist | |
| 2007 | Genius Party...Storyboard Artist | |
| 2006 | Ergo Proxy...Storyboard Artist | |
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| 2004 | Samurai Champloo...Storyboard Artist | |
| 2001 | Cowboy Bebop: The Movie...Storyboard Artist | |
| 1998 | Cowboy Bebop...Storyboard Artist | |
| 1991 | Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory...Storyboard Designer | |
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| 2016 | To Be Hero...Director | |
| 2014 | Terror in Resonance...Director | |
| 2014 | Space Dandy : The Cosmic Compilation...Director | |
| 2014 | Space Dandy...Series Director | |
| 2012 | Cowboy Bebop: Don't Bother None...Director | |
| 2012 | Kids on the Slope...Director | |
| 2007 | Genius Party...Director | |
| 2007 | Genius Party...Director | |
| 2004 | Samurai Champloo...Series Director | |
| 2004 | Samurai Champloo...Director | |
| 2003 | Kid's Story...Director | |
| 2003 | The Animatrix...Director | |
| 2003 | A Detective Story...Director | |
| 2003 | The Animatrix...Director | |
| 2001 | Cowboy Bebop: The Movie...Director | |
| 1998 | Cowboy Bebop...Series Director | |
| 1996 | The Vision of Escaflowne...Director | |
| 1995 | Macross Plus: The Movie...Director | |
| 1994 | Macross Plus...Series Director | |
| 1991 | Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory...Director | |
| 1988 | Armor Hunter Merowlink...Director | |
| 1987 | Dirty Pair OVA...Director |
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| 2004 | Samurai Champloo...Creator |
| 2025 | Lazarus...Opening/Ending Animation |
| 2021 | Sonny Boy...Music Consultant | |
| 2012 | Lupin the Third: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine...Music Producer | |
| 2008 | Michiko & Hatchin...Music Producer |
| 2019 | CAROLE & TUESDAY...Supervising Producer | |
| 1985 | Blue Comet SPT Layzner...Production Assistant |
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| 2003 | Scrolls to Screen: A Brief History of Animeas Self |
