Person Details
Birthday: 1965-05-24 09:15:51
Aliases: Shinichirô Watanabe , Shinichirō Watanabe , 渡辺信一郎 , Shin'ichirou WATANABE , Shin'ichirô Watanabe
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
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Movie Involvements: 23
TV Involvements: 45
Most Famous Work
Biography
Shinichirō 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
Space Dandy
(2014) WriterCowboy Bebop
(1998) Original ConceptNoein: To Your Other Self
(2005) Storyboard ArtistKids on the Slope
(2012) Storyboard ArtistSonny Boy
(2021) Music ConsultantMobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory
(1991) DirectorCarole & Tuesday
(2019) Original StorySamurai Champloo
(2004) CreatorActing
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2003 | Self | |
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Directing
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2022 | Director | |
2019 | Director | |
2017 | Director | |
2016 | Director | |
Series Director | ||
2014 | Director | |
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2012 | Director | |
Director | ||
2007 | Director | |
Director | ||
2004 | Series Director | |
Director | ||
2003 | Director | |
Director | ||
Director | ||
2001 | Director | |
1998 | Series Director | |
1995 | Director | |
1994 | Series Director | |
Director | ||
1991 | Director | |
1990 | Director | |
1988 | Director | |
1987 | Director | |
Director | ||
Series Director | ||
Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Writing
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2022 | Writer | |
2021 | Creative Producer | |
Storyboard | ||
2019 | Writer | |
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Screenplay | ||
Original Story | ||
Original Concept | ||
2017 | Writer | |
2016 | Writer | |
2014 | Original Concept | |
Original Story | ||
Writer | ||
2012 | Writer | |
2011 | Writer | |
Writer | ||
2004 | Original Story | |
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2003 | Writer | |
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2001 | Original Story | |
1998 | Original Concept | |
Original Story | ||
Writer | ||
Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Sound
Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
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2021 | Music Consultant | |
Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Production
Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
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2019 | Supervising Producer | |
Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Art
Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
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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 | ||
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Creator
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2007 | Creator | |
2004 | Creator | |
Creator | ||
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