Shinichiro Watanabe
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- May 24, 1965, Kyoto, Japan
- Movies
- 15
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.
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Best-Known Movies
The Animatrix
2003
Cowboy Bebop: The Movie
2001
Blade Runner: Black Out 2022
2017
Kid's Story
2003
A Detective Story
2003
Macross Plus: The Movie
1995
Genius Party
2007
Cowboy Bebop: Don't Bother None
2012
Osamekamaijo The Art Of Sexual Love In The Edo Period 36 Kind Guides
2011
Scrolls to Screen: A Brief History of Anime
2003
Filmography
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 2025 | Edge of Time | Director |
| 2024 | TAISU PROJECT | Director, Writer |
| 2022 | A Girl Meets a Boy and a Robot | Writer, Director |
| 2017 | Blade Runner: Black Out 2022 | Writer, Director |
| 2014 | Space Dandy : The Cosmic Compilation | Director |
| 2012 | Cowboy Bebop: Don't Bother None | Writer, Director |
| 2011 | Osamekamaijo The Art Of Sexual Love In The Edo Period 36 Kind Guides | Writer |
| 2011 | Osamekamaijo The Art of Sexual Love in the Edo Period Technique Guide | Writer |
| 2007 | Genius Party | Director, Screenplay |
| 2003 | Kid's Story | Director, Writer |
| 2003 | The Animatrix | Writer, Director |
| 2003 | A Detective Story | Director, Writer |
| 2001 | Cowboy Bebop: The Movie | Director |
| 1995 | Macross Plus: The Movie | Director |
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