About
Shinichiro Watanabe
Overview
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 |
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| 2003 | Scrolls to Screen: A Brief History of Anime | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
Directing |
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| 2024 | Taisu Project | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
| 2022 | A Girl Meets a Boy and a Robot | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
| 2017 | Blade Runner: Black Out 2022 | Directing | Director | 64 Fair |
| 2014 | Space Dandy | Directing | Series Director | 72 Good |
| 2012 | Cowboy Bebop: Don't Bother None | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
| 2007 | Genius Party | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
| 2007 | Baby Blue | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
| 2004 | Samurai Champloo | Directing | Series Director | 81 Very good |
| 2003 | Kid's Story | Directing | Director | 61 Fair |
| 2003 | The Animatrix | Directing | Director | 68 Fair |
| 2003 | A Detective Story | Directing | Director | 61 Fair |
| 2001 | Cowboy Bebop: The Movie | Directing | Director | 70 Good |
| 1998 | Cowboy Bebop | Directing | Director | 84 Very good |
| 1998 | Cowboy Bebop | Directing | Series Director | 84 Very good |
| 1995 | Macross Plus: The Movie | Directing | Director | 60 Fair |
| 1994 | Macross Plus | Directing | Series Director | 70 Good |
| 1994 | Macross Plus | Directing | Director | 70 Good |
| 1990 | Obatarian | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
| BABY BLUE | Directing | Director | 60 Fair |
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| Lazarus | Directing | Series Director | N/A N/A |
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Writing |
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| 2024 | Taisu Project | Writing | Writer | N/A N/A |
| 2022 | A Girl Meets a Boy and a Robot | Writing | Writer | N/A N/A |
| 2021 | Blade Runner: Black Lotus | Writing | Creative Producer | 70 Good |
| 2021 | Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway | Writing | Storyboard | 61 Fair |
| 2019 | CAROLE & TUESDAY | Writing | Original Series Creator | 70 Good |
| 2019 | CAROLE & TUESDAY | Writing | Screenplay | 70 Good |
| 2019 | CAROLE & TUESDAY | Writing | Original Concept | 70 Good |
| 2019 | CAROLE & TUESDAY | Writing | Original Story | 70 Good |
| 2017 | Blade Runner: Black Out 2022 | Writing | Writer | 64 Fair |
| 2014 | Terror in Resonance | Writing | Original Story | 76 Good |
| 2014 | Terror in Resonance | Writing | Original Concept | 76 Good |
| 2012 | Cowboy Bebop: Don't Bother None | Writing | Writer | 59 Average |
| 2011 | Osamekamaijo The Art Of Sexual Love In The Edo Period 36 Kind Guides | Writing | Writer | 59 Average |
| 2011 | Osamekamaijo The Art of Sexual Love in the Edo Period Technique Guide | Writing | Writer | N/A N/A |
| 2007 | Baby Blue | Writing | Screenplay | N/A N/A |
| 2007 | Genius Party | Writing | Screenplay | 59 Average |
| 2004 | Samurai Champloo | Writing | Original Story | 81 Very good |
| 2003 | Kid's Story | Writing | Writer | 61 Fair |
| 2003 | The Animatrix | Writing | Writer | 68 Fair |
| 2003 | A Detective Story | Writing | Writer | 61 Fair |
| 2001 | Cowboy Bebop: The Movie | Writing | Original Story | 70 Good |
| 1998 | Cowboy Bebop | Writing | Original Concept | 84 Very good |
| 1998 | Cowboy Bebop | Writing | Original Story | 84 Very good |
Production |
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| 2019 | CAROLE & TUESDAY | Production | Supervising Producer | 70 Good |
Sound |
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| 2021 | Sonny Boy | Sound | Music Consultant | 69 Fair |
Art |
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| 2001 | Cowboy Bebop: The Movie | Art | Storyboard Artist | 70 Good |