Acting credits
4
Early stage
Smaller on-screen catalog so far.
Actor
Shinichi Watanabe
Directing
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 9Series: 31Crew credits: 40
TMDB ID: 1028424
IMDb ID: nm0913859
Known for: Directing
Born: September 6, 1964
Age: 61
Place of birth: Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1990 - 2026
Years active: 37
Average TMDB rating: 7.3
Wikidata: Q2006300
Also known as
Shin'ichi Watanabe • Shinichi 'Nabeshin' Watanabe • Nabeshin • Watanabe Shin`ichi • Watanabe Shin'ichi / ワタナベシンイチ • Watanabe Shin'ichi / 渡辺慎一
Other jobs
Storyboard Artist (22)Director (11)Series Director (3)Camera Production Assistant (1)Key Animation (1)Still Photographer (1)Storyboard (1)
Biography
Shinichi Watanabe (渡邊 慎一 Watanabe Shin'ichi, born September 6, 1964) is a Japanese anime director and voice actor. He is best known for his over-the-top adaptation of Rikdo Koshi's Excel Saga, in which he appears as the character Nabeshin. Watanabe stated that the nickname Nabeshin (which is a combination of 'nabe' in Watanabe and 'shin' in Shinichi) came to him from God. About his unique appearance (dressing similar to the character Arsène Lupin III) Watanabe said he grew out his afro and started wearing bright clothing in order to stand out and get attention.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Shinichi Watanabe.
Camera Production Assistant
The Fearsome Melody
2026 • Movie
Storyboard Artist
Fate/kaleid liner Prisma☆Illya: Prisma☆Phantasm
2019 • Movie
Storyboard Artist
Midnight Crazy Trail
2018 • Movie
Still Photographer
Age 17
2003 • Movie
Director
eX-Driver: Nina & Rei Danger Zone
2002 • Movie
Director
Lupin the Third: The Columbus Files
1999 • Movie
Director
Beast City
1996 • Movie
Director
Super Real Mahjong: Mahjong Battle Scramble
1990 • Movie
Director
Super Real Mahjong: Kasumi Miki Shouko no Hajimemashite
1990 • Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Shinichi Watanabe.
Storyboard Artist • 2 eps
Anne Shirley
2025 • Series
Storyboard Artist • 10 eps
Medalist
2025 • Series
Storyboard Artist • 1 eps
Sorairo Utility
2025 • Series
Storyboard Artist • 2 eps
Haigakura
2024 • Series
Storyboard Artist • 2 eps
Puniru Is a Kawaii Slime
2024 • Series
Storyboard Artist • 2 eps
Protocol: Rain
2023 • Series
Storyboard Artist • 2 eps
Our Dating Story: The Experienced You and the Inexperienced Me
2023 • Series
Storyboard Artist • 2 eps
16bit Sensation: Another Layer
2023 • Series
Storyboard Artist • 1 eps
Pokémon Horizons
2023 • Series
Storyboard Artist • 1 eps
KONOSUBA – An Explosion on This Wonderful World!
2023 • Series
Storyboard Artist • 1 eps
Management of a Novice Alchemist
2022 • Series
Storyboard Artist • 1 eps
I'm Quitting Heroing
2022 • Series
Storyboard Artist • 1 eps
The Great Jahy Will Not Be Defeated!
2021 • Series
Storyboard Artist • 5 eps
Saikyou Kamizmode!
2020 • Series
Storyboard Artist • 5 eps
BOFURI: I Don't Want to Get Hurt, so I'll Max Out My Defense.
2020 • Series
Storyboard Artist • 3 eps
ASSASSINS PRIDE
2019 • Series
Storyboard • 3 eps
Grand Blue Dreaming
2018 • Series
Key Animation • 1 eps
Un-Go
2011 • Series
Director • 25 eps
The Wallflower
2006 • Series
Series Director • 12 eps
Nerima Daikon Brothers
2006 • Series
Storyboard Artist • 1 eps
Da Capo
2003 • Series
as NB (voice) • 26 eps
Tenchi Muyo! GXP
2002 • Series
as Shinichi 'Nabeshin' Watanabe (voice) • 2 eps
Puni Puni Poemy
2001 • Series
Storyboard Artist • 1 eps
Dotto! Koni-chan
2000 • Series