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Shinichiro Watanabe

Director • Born 1965

Shinichiro Watanabe

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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

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Lazarus posterLazarusSeries • 2025Cowboy Bebop posterCowboy BebopAnime • 1998Space Dandy posterSpace DandyAnime • 2014Birdy the Mighty: Decode posterBirdy the Mighty: DecodeAnime • 2008Sonny Boy posterSonny BoyAnime • 2021Samurai Champloo posterSamurai ChamplooAnime • 2004CAROLE & TUESDAY posterCAROLE & TUESDAYAnime • 2019Noein: To Your Other Self posterNoein: To Your Other SelfAnime • 2005The Vision of Escaflowne posterThe Vision of EscaflowneAnime • 1996Ergo Proxy posterErgo ProxyAnime • 2006Michiko & Hatchin posterMichiko & HatchinAnime • 2008Blade Runner: Black Lotus posterBlade Runner: Black LotusSeries • 2021Kids on the Slope posterKids on the SlopeAnime • 2012Blue Comet SPT Layzner posterBlue Comet SPT LayznerAnime • 1985To Be Hero posterTo Be HeroSeries • 2016Terror in Resonance posterTerror in ResonanceAnime • 2014Lupin the Third: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine posterLupin the Third: The Woman Called Fujiko MineAnime • 2012Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory posterMobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust MemoryAnime • 1991The Animatrix posterThe AnimatrixMovie • 2003The Animatrix posterThe AnimatrixSeries • 2003Armor Hunter Merowlink posterArmor Hunter MerowlinkAnime • 1988MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM HATHAWAY The Sorcery of Nymph Circe posterMOBILE SUIT GUNDAM HATHAWAY The Sorcery of Nymph CirceMovie • 2026Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway posterMobile Suit Gundam HathawayMovie • 2021Cowboy Bebop: The Movie posterCowboy Bebop: The MovieMovie • 2001