Shinichiro Watanabe
Directing
- Born
- May 24, 1965 (age 61) · 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.
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Known for
The Animatrix
May 9, 2003
Cowboy Bebop: The Movie
September 1, 2001
Blade Runner: Black Out 2022
September 26, 2017
Kid's Story
June 3, 2003
A Detective Story
April 4, 2003
Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway
June 11, 2021
Macross Plus: The Movie
October 6, 1995
Genius Party
July 7, 2007
MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM HATHAWAY The Sorcery of Nymph Circe
January 30, 2026
Cowboy Bebop: Don't Bother None
December 12, 2012
Osamekamaijo The Art Of Sexual Love In The Edo Period 36 Kind Guides
April 28, 2011
Ein's Summer Vacation
December 21, 2012
Behind the camera17
- 2026MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM HATHAWAY The Sorcery of Nymph Circe Storyboard Artist
- 2025Edge of Time Director
- 2024TAISU PROJECT Director, Writer
- 2022A Girl Meets a Boy and a Robot Director, Writer
- 2021Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway Storyboard Artist
- 2017Blade Runner: Black Out 2022 Writer, Director
- 2014Space Dandy : The Cosmic Compilation Director
- 2012Ein's Summer Vacation Characters
- 2012Cowboy Bebop: Don't Bother None Writer, Director
- 2011