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Shinichiro Watanabe
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…
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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
Filmography
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2026
MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM HATHAWAY The Sorcery of Nymph Circe
Movie Storyboard Artist
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2025
Edge of Time
Movie Director
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2025
Lazarus
TV show Series Director
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2024
TAISU PROJECT
Movie Director
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2022
A Girl Meets a Boy and a Robot
Movie Director
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2022
Hoshino Gen no Ongaku Kōron
TV show VTRゲスト
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2021
Blade Runner: Black Lotus
TV show Creative Producer
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2021
Sonny Boy
TV show Music Consultant
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2021
Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway
Movie Storyboard Artist
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2019
CAROLE & TUESDAY
TV show Supervising Producer
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2017
Blade Runner: Black Out 2022
Movie Writer
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2016
To Be Hero
TV show Series Director
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2014
Terror in Resonance
TV show Director
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2014
Space Dandy : The Cosmic Compilation
Movie Director
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2014
Space Dandy
TV show Series Director
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2012
Ein's Summer Vacation
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2012
Cowboy Bebop: Don't Bother None
Movie Writer
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2012
Kids on the Slope
TV show Director
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2012
Lupin the Third: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine
TV show Music Producer
- 2011
- 2011
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2008
Michiko & Hatchin
TV show Music Producer
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2008
Birdy the Mighty: Decode
TV show Storyboard Artist
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2007
Genius Party
Movie Director
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2007
Genius Party
TV show Director
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2006
Ergo Proxy
TV show Storyboard Artist
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2005
Noein: To Your Other Self
TV show Storyboard Artist
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2004
Samurai Champloo
TV show Series Director
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2003
Kid's Story
Movie Director
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2003
Scrolls to Screen: A Brief History of Anime
Movie Self
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2003
The Animatrix
Movie Writer
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2003
A Detective Story
Movie Director
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2003
The Animatrix
TV show Director
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2001
Cowboy Bebop: The Movie
Movie Director
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1998
Cowboy Bebop
TV show Writer
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1996
The Vision of Escaflowne
TV show Director
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1995
Macross Plus: The Movie
Movie Director
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1994
Macross Plus
TV show Director
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1991
Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory
TV show Storyboard Designer
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1988
Armor Hunter Merowlink
TV show Director
