Shinichiro Watanabe
Born: 1965-05-24 in Kyoto, Japan
Known For: Directing
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. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Filmography
2026
- MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM HATHAWAY The Sorcery of Nymph Circe ... (Storyboard Artist)
2025
- Lazarus ... (Series Director)
- Edge of Time ... (Director)
2024
- TAISU PROJECT ... (Director)
2022
- Hoshino Gen no Ongaku Kōron as VTRゲスト
- A Girl Meets a Boy and a Robot ... (Writer)
2021
- Sonny Boy ... (Music Consultant)
- Blade Runner: Black Lotus ... (Creative Producer)
- Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway ... (Storyboard Artist)
2019
- CAROLE & TUESDAY ... (Supervising Producer)
2017
- Blade Runner: Black Out 2022 ... (Writer)
2016
- To Be Hero ... (Director)
2014
- Space Dandy ... (Series Director)
- Terror in Resonance ... (Director)
- Space Dandy : The Cosmic Compilation ... (Director)
2012
- Lupin the Third: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine ... (Music Producer)
- Kids on the Slope ... (Director)
- Cowboy Bebop: Don't Bother None ... (Writer)
- Ein's Summer Vacation ... (Characters)
2011
2008
- Birdy the Mighty: Decode ... (Storyboard Artist)
- Michiko & Hatchin ... (Music Producer)
2007
- Genius Party ... (Director)
- Genius Party ... (Director)
2006
- Ergo Proxy ... (Storyboard Artist)
2005
- Noein: To Your Other Self ... (Storyboard Artist)
2004
- Samurai Champloo ... (Storyboard Artist)
2003
- The Animatrix ... (Writer)
- The Animatrix ... (Director)
- A Detective Story ... (Director)
- Kid's Story ... (Director)
- Scrolls to Screen: A Brief History of Anime as Self
2001
- Cowboy Bebop: The Movie ... (Director)
1998
- Cowboy Bebop ... (Writer)
1996
- The Vision of Escaflowne ... (Director)
1995
- Macross Plus: The Movie ... (Director)
1994
- Macross Plus ... (Series Director)
1991
- Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory ... (Storyboard Designer)
1988
- Armor Hunter Merowlink ... (Director)
1987
- Dirty Pair OVA ... (Director)
1985
- Blue Comet SPT Layzner ... (Production Assistant)