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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Filmography
all 40
Director 24
TV Shows 22
Movies 18
Producer 2
Writer 2
Creator 1
self 1
Director / Writer

TAISU PROJECT (2024)
Movie
Director / Writer

A Girl Meets a Boy and a Robot (2022)
Movie
Creative Producer

Blade Runner: Black Lotus (2021)
TV
Music Consultant

Sonny Boy (2021)
TV
Storyboard

Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway (2021)
Movie
Supervising Producer / Original Concept / Original Series Creator / Original Story / Storyboard Artist / Original Series Creator / Original Concept / Writer / Original Story

CAROLE & TUESDAY (2019)
TV
Writer / Director

Blade Runner: Black Out 2022 (2017)
Movie
8
Series Director / Director / Writer

To Be Hero (2016)
TV
Original Concept / Original Story / Storyboard Artist / Original Story / Original Concept

Terror in Resonance (2014)
TV
2
Series Director / Writer

Space Dandy (2014)
TV
6.5
Characters

Ein's Summer Vacation (2012)
Movie
Writer / Director

Cowboy Bebop: Don't Bother None (2012)
Movie
Storyboard Artist

Kids on the Slope (2012)
TV
Storyboard Artist

Birdy the Mighty: Decode (2008)
TV
Creator

Genius Party (2007)
TV
Director / Screenplay

Baby Blue (2007)
Movie
Director / Screenplay

Genius Party (2007)
Movie
Storyboard Artist

Ergo Proxy (2006)
TV
6
Storyboard Artist

Noein: To Your Other Self (2005)
TV
Creator / Series Director / Original Story / Storyboard Artist / Series Director / Director / Original Story / Writer

Samurai Champloo (2004)
TV
5.85
Director / Writer

The Animatrix (2003)
TV
Director / Writer

Kid's Story (2003)
Movie
Writer / Director

The Animatrix (2003)
Movie
6
Director / Writer

A Detective Story (2003)
Movie
Director / Storyboard Artist / Original Story

Cowboy Bebop: The Movie (2001)
Movie
5.5
Series Director / Original Concept / Original Story / Director / Storyboard Artist / Director / Series Director / Original Concept / Original Story / Writer

Cowboy Bebop (1998)
TV
5.6
Series Director / Director / Series Director / Director

Macross Plus (1994)
TV
6
Storyboard Artist / Storyboard Designer / Director

Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory (1991)
TV
Writer

Capricorn (1991)
Movie
Director

Obatarian (1990)
Movie
Director

Armor Hunter Merowlink (1988)
TV
Director

Dirty Pair 2 (1987)
TV
Production Assistant

Blue Comet SPT Layzner (1985)
TV
Creator / Series Director / Series Director / Director

Lazarus
TV
Information
Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1965-05-24 (59 years old)
Birth PlaceKyoto, Japan
CitizenshipsJapan
Also Known AsShinichirô Watanabe, Shinichirō Watanabe, Shin'ichirou WATANABE, Shin'ichirô Watanabe
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