Acting credits
2
Early stage
Smaller on-screen catalog so far.
Actor
Shinichiro Watanabe
Directing
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
1.5
Low visibility
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Movies: 18Series: 24Crew credits: 40
TMDB ID: 56342
IMDb ID: nm0913860
Known for: Directing
Born: May 24, 1965
Age: 61
Place of birth: Kyoto, Japan
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1985 - 2026
Years active: 42
Average TMDB rating: 7.34
Wikidata: Q723867
Also known as
Shinichirô Watanabe • Shinichirō Watanabe • Shin'ichirou WATANABE • Shin'ichirô Watanabe
Other jobs
Director (16)Writer (6)Series Director (5)Storyboard Artist (5)Music Producer (2)Characters (1)Creative Producer (1)Music Consultant (1)
Biography
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
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Shinichiro Watanabe.
Storyboard Artist
MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM HATHAWAY The Sorcery of Nymph Circe
2026 • Movie
Director
Edge of Time
2025 • Movie
Director
TAISU PROJECT
2024 • Movie
Director
A Girl Meets a Boy and a Robot
2022 • Movie
Storyboard Artist
Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway
2021 • Movie
Writer
Blade Runner: Black Out 2022
2017 • Movie
Director
Space Dandy : The Cosmic Compilation
2014 • Movie
Characters
Ein's Summer Vacation
2012 • Movie
Writer
Cowboy Bebop: Don't Bother None
2012 • Movie
Writer
Osamekamaijo The Art Of Sexual Love In The Edo Period 36 Kind Guides
2011 • Movie
Writer
Osamekamaijo The Art of Sexual Love in the Edo Period Technique Guide
2011 • Movie
Director
Genius Party
2007 • Movie
Director
Kid's Story
2003 • Movie
as Self
Scrolls to Screen: A Brief History of Anime
2003 • Movie
Writer
The Animatrix
2003 • Movie
Director
A Detective Story
2003 • Movie
Director
Cowboy Bebop: The Movie
2001 • Movie
Director
Macross Plus: The Movie
1995 • Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Shinichiro Watanabe.
Series Director • 13 eps
Lazarus
2025 • Series
as VTRゲスト • 1 eps
Hoshino Gen no Ongaku Kōron
2022 • Series
Creative Producer • 13 eps
Blade Runner: Black Lotus
2021 • Series
Music Consultant • 12 eps
Sonny Boy
2021 • Series
Supervising Producer • 24 eps
CAROLE & TUESDAY
2019 • Series
Series Director • 12 eps
To Be Hero
2016 • Series
Director • 1 eps
Terror in Resonance
2014 • Series
Series Director • 26 eps
Space Dandy
2014 • Series
Director • 1 eps
Kids on the Slope
2012 • Series
Music Producer • 13 eps
Lupin the Third: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine
2012 • Series
Music Producer • 22 eps
Michiko & Hatchin
2008 • Series
Storyboard Artist • 1 eps
Birdy the Mighty: Decode
2008 • Series
Director • 1 eps
Genius Party
2007 • Series
Storyboard Artist • 1 eps
Ergo Proxy
2006 • Series
Storyboard Artist • 1 eps
Noein: To Your Other Self
2005 • Series
Series Director • 26 eps
Samurai Champloo
2004 • Series
Director • 2 eps
The Animatrix
2003 • Series
Writer • 2 eps
Cowboy Bebop
1998 • Series
Director • 2 eps
The Vision of Escaflowne
1996 • Series
Series Director • 4 eps
Macross Plus
1994 • Series
Storyboard Designer • 1 eps
Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory
1991 • Series
Director • 4 eps
Armor Hunter Merowlink
1988 • Series
Director • 3 eps
Dirty Pair OVA
1987 • Series
Production Assistant • 8 eps
Blue Comet SPT Layzner
1985 • Series