Shinichiro Watanabe
Personal Info
Know For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1965-05-24 (60 years old)
Place of Birth
Kyoto, Japan
Also known As
Shinichirô Watanabe
Shinichirō Watanabe
Shin'ichirou WATANABE
Shin'ichirô Watanabe
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, 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 chanba...
Acting
2003
Production
2001
as Director
2003
as Director
2003
as Director
2007
as Director
1995
as Director
2003
as Writer
2003
as Director
2021
as Storyboard
2022
as Writer
2022
as Director
2003
as Writer
2001
as Storyboard Artist
2001
as Original Story
2007
as Director
2003
as Writer
2017
as Writer
2017
as Director
2012
as Writer
2012
as Director
2007
as Screenplay
2007
as Screenplay
2024
as Director
2024
as Writer
2012
as Characters
2025
as Director
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