Shinichiro Watanabe

Director

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

Born: May 24, 1965 (Age 59) in Kyoto, Japan

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Title	Rating	Job	Role(s)	Year
Scrolls to Screen: A Brief History of Anime Movie	7.2	Actor	Self	2003
Hoshino Gen no Ongaku Kōron TV Show		Actor	VTRゲスト 1 Episode	2022
Cowboy Bebop: The Movie Movie	8	Directing	Storyboard Artist, Director, Original Story	2001
Genius Party Movie Available on 2 streaming services.	6.8	Directing	Director, Screenplay, Creator	2007-2007
Macross Plus: The Movie Movie	7.4	Directing	Director	1995
Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway Movie Available on 1 streaming services.	6.8	Writing	Storyboard	2021
The Animatrix Movie	7.5	Directing	Director, Writer 2 Episodes	2003-2003
Blade Runner: Black Out 2022 Movie	7.2	Directing	Director, Writer	2017
Obatarian TV Special		Directing	Director	1990
Baby Blue Movie		Directing	Director, Screenplay
Osamekamaijo The Art of Sexual Love in the Edo Period Technique Guide Movie		Writing	Writer	2011
Cowboy Bebop TV Show Available on 3 streaming services.	8.7	Directing	Series Director, Writer, Storyboard Artist, Original Story, Original Concept, Director 26 Episodes	1998-1999
Dirty Pair OVA Limited Series	6.9	Directing	Director 3 Episodes	1987-1988
Ergo Proxy TV Show Available on 2 streaming services.	8	Art	Storyboard Artist 1 Episode	2006-2006
The Vision of Escaflowne TV Show Available on 2 streaming services.	7.9	Directing	Director 2 Episodes	1996-1996
Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory TV Show	7.5	Directing	Storyboard Designer, Storyboard Artist, Director 1 Episode	1991-1992
Noein: To Your Other Self TV Show Available on 2 streaming services.	7.3	Art	Storyboard Artist 1 Episode	2005-2006
Samurai Champloo TV Show Available on 4 streaming services.	8.4	Directing	Series Director, Storyboard Artist, Writer, Director, Original Story, Creator 26 Episodes	2004-2005
Space Dandy TV Show Available on 2 streaming services.	7.9	Directing	Series Director, Writer 26 Episodes	2014-2014
Terror in Resonance Limited Series Available on 3 streaming services.	7.9	Directing	Storyboard Artist, Original Concept, Original Story, Director 2 Episodes	2014-2014
Blue Comet SPT Layzner TV Show	7.2	Production	Production Assistant 8 Episodes	1985-1986
Carole & Tuesday TV Show Available on 1 streaming services.	7.6	Production	Supervising Producer, Writer, Screenplay, Original Series Creator, Storyboard Artist, Original Story, Original Concept 24 Episodes	2019-2019
Armor Hunter Merowlink TV Show	7.7	Directing	Director 4 Episodes	1988-1989
TO BE HERO TV Show	6.9	Directing	Series Director, Director, Writer 12 Episodes	2016-2016
Birdy the Mighty Decode TV Show	7	Art	Storyboard Artist 1 Episode	2008-2009
Blade Runner: Black Lotus TV Show Available on 2 streaming services.	6.5	Writing	Creative Producer 13 Episodes	2021-2022
Sonny Boy TV Show Available on 8 streaming services.	7.4	Sound	Music Consultant 12 Episodes	2021-2021
Lazarus TV Show		Directing	Director, Series Director, Creator 1 Episode	2025
A Detective Story Short Film	7.3	Directing	Director, Writer	2003
Cowboy Bebop PV: Don't Bother None Short Film	5.8	Directing	Director, Writer	2012
Kid's Story Short Film	7.3	Directing	Director, Writer	2003
A Girl Meets a Boy and a Robot Short Film		Directing	Director, Writer	2022
Macross Plus Limited Series	7.6	Directing	Series Director, Director 4 Episodes	1994-1994
Kids on the Slope Limited Series Available on 2 streaming services.	8	Directing	Storyboard Artist, Director 2 Episodes	2012-2012
Taisu Project Movie		Directing	Director, Writer	2024
Title	Rating	Job	Role(s)	Year

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