Person

Shinichiro Watanabe

Directing · Born 1965-05-24 · 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. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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  Cowboy Bebop

  Writer

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  Samurai Champloo

  Storyboard Artist

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  Lazarus

  Series Director

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  Blue Comet SPT Layzner

  Production Assistant

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  Sonny Boy

  Music Consultant

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  Space Dandy

  Series Director

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  CAROLE & TUESDAY

  Supervising Producer

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  Ergo Proxy

  Storyboard Artist

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  Birdy the Mighty: Decode

  Storyboard Artist

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  Noein: To Your Other Self

  Storyboard Artist

• 2026MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM HATHAWAY The Sorcery of Nymph CirceStoryboard Artist
• 2025Edge of TimeDirector
• 2025LazarusSeries Director
• 2024TAISU PROJECTDirector
• 2022A Girl Meets a Boy and a RobotDirector
• 2022Hoshino Gen no Ongaku KōronVTRゲスト
• 2021Blade Runner: Black LotusCreative Producer
• 2021Sonny BoyMusic Consultant
• 2021Mobile Suit Gundam HathawayStoryboard Artist
• 2019CAROLE & TUESDAYSupervising Producer
• 2017Blade Runner: Black Out 2022Writer
• 2016To Be HeroDirector
• 2014Terror in ResonanceDirector
• 2014Space Dandy : The Cosmic CompilationDirector
• 2014Space DandySeries Director
• 2012Ein's Summer VacationCharacters
• 2012Cowboy Bebop: Don't Bother NoneWriter
• 2012Kids on the SlopeDirector
• 2012Lupin the Third: The Woman Called Fujiko MineMusic Producer
• 2011Osamekamaijo The Art of Sexual Love in the Edo Period Technique GuideWriter
• 2011Osamekamaijo The Art Of Sexual Love In The Edo Period 36 Kind GuidesWriter
• 2008Michiko & HatchinMusic Producer
• 2008Birdy the Mighty: DecodeStoryboard Artist
• 2007Genius PartyDirector
• 2007Genius PartyDirector
• 2006Ergo ProxyStoryboard Artist
• 2005Noein: To Your Other SelfStoryboard Artist
• 2004Samurai ChamplooStoryboard Artist
• 2003Scrolls to Screen: A Brief History of AnimeSelf
• 2003Kid's StoryDirector
• 2003The AnimatrixWriter
• 2003A Detective StoryDirector
• 2003The AnimatrixDirector
• 2001Cowboy Bebop: The MovieDirector
• 1998Cowboy BebopWriter
• 1996The Vision of EscaflowneDirector
• 1995Macross Plus: The MovieDirector
• 1994Macross PlusSeries Director
• 1991Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust MemoryStoryboard Designer
• 1988Armor Hunter MerowlinkDirector
• 1987Dirty Pair OVADirector
• 1985Blue Comet SPT LayznerProduction Assistant