Shinichiro Watanabe
Age: N/A | From: Kyoto, Japan
Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: Shinichirô Watanabe , Shinichirō Watanabe , Shin'ichirou WATANABE , Shin'ichirô Watanabe
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Kyoto, Japan
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 29
TV Involvements: 52
Most Famous Work
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 chanbara. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Most Famous Work
Cowboy Bebop
(1998) Director
Lazarus
(2025) Creator
CAROLE & TUESDAY
(2019) Original Story
The Vision of Escaflowne
(1996) Director
Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory
(1991) Director
Samurai Champloo
(2004) Creator
Blue Comet SPT Layzner
(1985) Production Assistant
Terror in Resonance
(2014) Original StoryActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | VTRゲスト | |
| 2003 | Self | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Directing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Director | |
| Series Director | ||
| 2024 | Director | |
| 2022 | Director | |
| 2017 | Director | |
| 2016 | Series Director | |
| Director | ||
| 2014 | Director | |
| Series Director | ||
| 2012 | Director | |
| Director | ||
| 2007 | Director | |
| Director | ||
| 2004 | Series Director | |
| Director | ||
| Director | ||
| Director | ||
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| 2001 | Director | |
| 1998 | Series Director | |
| Director | ||
| 1996 | Director | |
| 1995 | Director | |
| 1994 | Series Director | |
| Director | ||
| 1991 | Director | |
| 1988 | Director | |
| 1987 | Director | |
| Director | ||
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Writing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Screenplay | |
| 2024 | Writer | |
| 2022 | Writer | |
| 2021 | Creative Producer | |
| Storyboard | ||
| 2019 | Writer | |
| Original Concept | ||
| Original Series Creator | ||
| Original Story | ||
| 2017 | Writer | |
| 2016 | Writer | |
| 2014 | Original Concept | |
| Original Story | ||
| Writer | ||
| 2012 | Characters | |
| Writer | ||
| 2011 | Writer | |
| Writer | ||
| 2007 | Screenplay | |
| Screenplay | ||
| 2004 | Writer | |
| Original Story | ||
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| Writer | ||
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| 2001 | Original Story | |
| 1998 | Writer | |
| Original Story | ||
| Original Concept | ||
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Art
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Storyboard Artist | |
| 2019 | Storyboard Artist | |
| 2014 | Storyboard Artist | |
| 2012 | Storyboard Artist | |
| 2008 | Storyboard Artist | |
| 2006 | Storyboard Artist | |
| 2005 | Storyboard Artist | |
| 2004 | Storyboard Artist | |
| 2001 | Storyboard Artist | |
| 1998 | Storyboard Artist | |
| 1991 | Storyboard Designer | |
| Storyboard Artist | ||
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Visual Effects
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Opening/Ending Animation | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Creator
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Creator | |
| 2007 | Creator | |
| 2004 | Creator | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Sound
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Music Consultant | |
| 2008 | Music Producer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Production
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Supervising Producer | |
| 1985 | Production Assistant | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
