Shinichiro Watanabe
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
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Samurai Champloo
2004 · Director
The Vision of Escaflowne
1996 · Director
CAROLE & TUESDAY
2019 · Director
To Be Hero
2016 · Director
Kids on the Slope
2012 · Director
Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory
1991 · Director
Terror in Resonance
2014 · Director
The Animatrix
2003 · Director
Cowboy Bebop: The Movie
2001 · Director
Armor Hunter Merowlink
1988 · Director
The Animatrix
2003 · Director
Dirty Pair OVA
1987 · Director
Genius Party
2007 · Director
Blade Runner: Black Out 2022
2017 · Director
Macross Plus: The Movie
1995 · Director
Cowboy Bebop: Don't Bother None
2012 · Director
Genius Party
2007 · Director
A Girl Meets a Boy and a Robot
2022 · Director
TAISU PROJECT
2024 · Director
Kid's Story
2003 · Director
A Detective Story
2003 · Director
Space Dandy : The Cosmic Compilation
2014 · Director
Edge of Time
2025 · Director