Shinichiro Watanabe
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, an…
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Filmography
Acting (2)
Television (1)
Crew (79)
Movies (27)
MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM HATHAWAY The Sorcery of Nymph Circe
2026Storyboard Artist
Edge of Time
2025Director
TAISU PROJECT
2024Director
TAISU PROJECT
2024Writer
A Girl Meets a Boy and a Robot
2022Director
A Girl Meets a Boy and a Robot
2022Writer
Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway
2021Storyboard Artist
Blade Runner: Black Out 2022
2017Director
Blade Runner: Black Out 2022
2017Writer
Space Dandy : The Cosmic Compilation
2014Director
Ein's Summer Vacation
2012Characters
Cowboy Bebop: Don't Bother None
2012Director
Cowboy Bebop: Don't Bother None
2012Writer
Osamekamaijo The Art of Sexual Love in the Edo Period Technique Guide
2011Writer
Genius Party
2007Director
Genius Party
2007Screenplay
Genius Party
2007Storyboard Artist
The Animatrix
2003Director
The Animatrix
2003Writer
A Detective Story
2003Director
A Detective Story
2003Writer
Kid's Story
2003Director
Kid's Story
2003Writer
Cowboy Bebop: The Movie
2001Director
Cowboy Bebop: The Movie
2001Original Story
Cowboy Bebop: The Movie
2001Storyboard Artist
Macross Plus: The Movie
1995Director
Television (52)
Lazarus
2025Director
Lazarus
2025Opening/Ending Animation
Lazarus
2025Screenplay
Lazarus
2025Series Director
Lazarus
2025Storyboard Artist
Blade Runner: Black Lotus
2021Creative Producer
Sonny Boy
2021Music Consultant
CAROLE & TUESDAY
2019Director
CAROLE & TUESDAY
2019Original Concept
CAROLE & TUESDAY
2019Original Series Creator
CAROLE & TUESDAY
2019Original Story
CAROLE & TUESDAY
2019Storyboard Artist
CAROLE & TUESDAY
2019Supervising Producer
CAROLE & TUESDAY
2019Writer
To Be Hero
2016Director
To Be Hero
2016Series Director
To Be Hero
2016Writer
Space Dandy
2014Series Director
Space Dandy
2014Writer
Terror in Resonance
2014Director
Terror in Resonance
2014Original Concept
Terror in Resonance
2014Original Story
Terror in Resonance
2014Storyboard Artist
Kids on the Slope
2012Director
Kids on the Slope
2012Storyboard Artist
Lupin the Third: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine
2012Music Producer
Birdy the Mighty: Decode
2008Storyboard Artist
Michiko & Hatchin
2008Music Producer
Genius Party
2007Director
Genius Party
2007Writer
Ergo Proxy
2006Storyboard Artist
Noein: To Your Other Self
2005Storyboard Artist
Samurai Champloo
2004Director
Samurai Champloo
2004Original Story
Samurai Champloo
2004Series Director
Samurai Champloo
2004Storyboard Artist
Samurai Champloo
2004Writer
Cowboy Bebop
1998Director
Cowboy Bebop
1998Original Concept
Cowboy Bebop
1998Original Story
Cowboy Bebop
1998Series Director
Cowboy Bebop
1998Storyboard Artist
Cowboy Bebop
1998Writer
The Vision of Escaflowne
1996Director
Macross Plus
1994Director
Macross Plus
1994Series Director
Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory
1991Director
Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory
1991Storyboard Artist
Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory
1991Storyboard Designer
Armor Hunter Merowlink
1988Director
Dirty Pair OVA
1987Director
Blue Comet SPT Layzner
1985Production Assistant
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