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Shinichiro Watanabe

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1965Born, Kyoto

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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

Known for

Cowboy BebopWriter

The AnimatrixWriter

Cowboy Bebop: The MovieDirector

Samurai ChamplooSeries Director

Terror in ResonanceDirector

Filmography

All Directing Writing Producing

2026MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM HATHAWAY The Sorcery of Nymph CirceStoryboard ArtistMovie

2025Edge of TimeDirectorMovie

2025LazarusSeries Director · 13 episodes · Screenplay · 3 episodes · Storyboard Artist · 1 episode · Opening/Ending Animation · 12 episodes · CreatorShow

2024TAISU PROJECTDirector · WriterMovie

2022A Girl Meets a Boy and a RobotWriter · DirectorMovie

2021Cowboy BebopAssociate Producer · 10 episodesShow

2021Blade Runner: Black LotusCreative Producer · 13 episodesShow

2021Sonny BoyMusic Consultant · 12 episodesShow

2021Mobile Suit Gundam HathawayStoryboard ArtistMovie

2019CAROLE & TUESDAYSupervising Producer · 24 episodes · Writer, Original Concept, Original Series Creator, Original Story · 24 episodes · Storyboard Artist · 1 episode · Director · 24 episodesShow

2017Blade Runner: Black Out 2022Writer · DirectorMovie

2016To Be HeroSeries Director, Director · 12 episodes · Writer · 12 episodesShow

2014Terror in ResonanceDirector · 1 episode · Storyboard Artist · 2 episodes · Original Concept, Original Story · 11 episodesShow

2014Space Dandy : The Cosmic CompilationDirectorMovie

2014Space DandySeries Director · 26 episodes · Writer · 4 episodesShow

2012Ein's Summer VacationCharactersMovie

2012Cowboy Bebop: Don't Bother NoneWriter · DirectorMovie

2012Kids on the SlopeDirector · 1 episode · Storyboard Artist · 2 episodesShow

2012Lupin the Third: The Woman Called Fujiko MineMusic Producer · 13 episodesShow

2011Osamekamaijo The Art Of Sexual Love In The Edo Period 36 Kind GuidesWriterMovie

2011Osamekamaijo The Art of Sexual Love in the Edo Period Technique GuideWriterMovie

2008Michiko & HatchinMusic Producer · 22 episodesShow

2008Birdy the Mighty: DecodeStoryboard Artist · 1 episodeShow

2007Genius PartyDirector · Screenplay · Storyboard ArtistMovie

2007Genius PartyDirector · 1 episode · Writer · 1 episodeShow

2006Ergo ProxyStoryboard Artist · 1 episodeShow

2005Noein: To Your Other SelfStoryboard Artist · 1 episodeShow

2004Mind GameMusic ProducerMovie

2004Samurai ChamplooSeries Director, Director · 26 episodes · Writer, Original Story · 26 episodes · Storyboard Artist · 2 episodes · CreatorShow

2003Kid's StoryDirector · WriterMovie

2003The AnimatrixWriter · DirectorMovie

2003A Detective StoryDirector · WriterMovie

2003The AnimatrixDirector · 2 episodes · Writer · 2 episodesShow

2001Cowboy Bebop: The MovieDirector · Storyboard Artist · Original StoryMovie

1998Cowboy BebopWriter · 2 episodes · Series Director · 26 episodes · Storyboard Artist · 7 episodesShow

1996The Vision of EscaflowneDirector · 2 episodesShow

1995Macross Plus: The MovieDirectorMovie

1994Macross PlusDirector · 4 episodesShow

1991Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust MemoryStoryboard Designer, Storyboard Artist · 2 episodes · Director · 6 episodesShow

1988Armor Hunter MerowlinkDirector · 4 episodesShow

1987Dirty Pair OVADirector · 3 episodesShow

1985Blue Comet SPT LayznerProduction Assistant · 8 episodesShow

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