Shinichirou Watanabe

Shinichirou Watanabe

Animeography

Carole & Tuesday

Carole & Tuesday

add Director (Chief Director), Script (eps 12, 24), Storyboard (eps 1, 12, 24), Original Creator
Cowboy Bebop

Cowboy Bebop

add Director, Script (eps 17, 21), Storyboard (eps 1-2, 5, 9, 17, 25-26), Episode Director (OP, ED1)
Genius Party

Genius Party

add Director (ep 7), Storyboard (ep 7), Screenplay (ep 7)
Lazarus

Lazarus

add Director, Script (ep 1), Storyboard (ep 1), Original Creator Airing
Samurai Champloo

Samurai Champloo

add Director, Script (12, 23-26), Storyboard (eps 1, 12, 14, 17, 26), Episode Director (eps 1, 26)
Space☆Dandy

Space☆Dandy

add Director (Chief Director), Script (ep 1, 9), Storyboard (OP), Episode Director (OP)
Taisu Xilie

Taisu Xilie

add Director (A Girl Meets a Boy and a Robot), Script (A Girl Meets a Boy and a Robot)
Zankyou no Terror

Zankyou no Terror

add Director, Storyboard (eps 1, 11), Episode Director (ep 11), Original Creator

Mangaography

About

Shinichirou Watanabe is a Japanese anime filmmaker, screenwriter, and producer. He is known for directing the popular anime series Cowboy Bebop and Samurai Champloo. Watanabe is noted for blending together multiple genres in his anime. For example, in Cowboy Bebop, classic cowboy western mixes with 1940s/1950s New York City film noir, Jazz music and Hong Kong action movies, all while being set in space. In his later work, Samurai Champloo, Watanabe mixes the cultures of Okinawa, hip-hop, modern-day Japan, and samurai.

Voice Acting Roles