Shinichiro Watanabe
Known for: Directing
Born: May 24, 1965
Place of birth: Kyoto, Japan
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
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Filmography
18 movies · 24 TV shows, newest first
7.3
MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM HATHAWAY The Sorcery of Nymph Circe
2026
NR
Edge of Time
2025
7.5
Lazarus
2025
NR
TAISU PROJECT
2024
NR
A Girl Meets a Boy and a Robot
2022
9.5
Hoshino Gen no Ongaku Kōron
2022
7.0
Blade Runner: Black Lotus
2021
7.4
Sonny Boy
2021
7.2
Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway
2021
7.2
CAROLE & TUESDAY
2019
7.1
Blade Runner: Black Out 2022
2017
6.1
To Be Hero
2016
7.7
Terror in Resonance
2014
NR
Space Dandy : The Cosmic Compilation
2014
7.5
Space Dandy
2014
7.0
Ein's Summer Vacation
2012
6.2
Cowboy Bebop: Don't Bother None
2012
7.7
Kids on the Slope
2012
7.1
Lupin the Third: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine
2012
6.0
Osamekamaijo The Art Of Sexual Love In The Edo Period 36 Kind Guides
2011
NR
Osamekamaijo The Art of Sexual Love in the Edo Period Technique Guide
2011
6.8
Michiko & Hatchin
2008
7.1
Birdy the Mighty: Decode
2008
6.5
Genius Party
2007
7.6
Genius Party
2007
7.7
Ergo Proxy
2006
7.4
Noein: To Your Other Self
2005
8.3
Samurai Champloo
2004
10.0
Scrolls to Screen: A Brief History of Anime
2003
7.1
Kid's Story
2003
7.2
The Animatrix
2003
7.2
A Detective Story
2003
7.9
The Animatrix
2003
7.7
Cowboy Bebop: The Movie
2001
8.5
Cowboy Bebop
1998
8.1
The Vision of Escaflowne
1996
7.0
Macross Plus: The Movie
1995
7.1
Macross Plus
1994
7.4
Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory
1991
6.8
Armor Hunter Merowlink
1988
6.8
Dirty Pair OVA
1987
8.7
Blue Comet SPT Layzner
1985