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Shinichiro Watanabe

Name in Native Language: "渡辺信一郎" (Japanese/JA)
Film Director / Screenwriter / Record Producer / Animator | * 05/24/1965 (58) | Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture (Japan)
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Shinichirō Watanabe (渡辺 信一郎, Watanabe Shin'ichirō, born on May 24, 1965) is a Japanese anime television and film director, best known for directing the critically acclaimed and commercially successful anime series Cowboy Bebop, Samurai Champloo, and Space Dandy. Considered an auteur of Japanese animation by film and television critics, Watanabe's work is characterized by evocative uses of music, mature themes, and the incorporation of multiple genres. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Animation | Science-Fiction & Fantasy | Action & Adventure

Known for these Movies & Shows

Straight from the creators of the groundbreaking Matrix trilogy, this collection of short animated films from the world's leading anime directors fuses computer graphics and Japanese anime to provide ...

The Animatrix

Certification unknown

2003 | 3.6/5 | 1h 42min
Animation, Science Fiction
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The year is 2071. Following a terrorist bombing, a deadly virus is released on the populace of Mars and the government has issued the largest bounty in history, for the capture of whoever is behind it ...

Cowboy Bebop: The Movie

R

2001 | 3.8/5 | 1h 55min
Action, Animation, Science Fiction
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In 2071, roughly fifty years after an accident with a hyperspace gateway made the Earth almost uninhabitable, humanity has colonized most of the rocky planets and moons of the Solar System. Amid a ris ...

Cowboy Bebop

TV-14

1998 | 4.3/5 | 25min per episode
Animation, Action & Adventure, Science-Fiction & Fantasy, Western
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Fifty years have passed since mankind began migrating to the new frontier: Mars. It's an age where most culture is produced by AI, and people are content to be passive consumers. There's a girl. Scrap ...

Carole & Tuesday

TV-PG

2019 | 3.5/5 | 23min per episode
Animation, Science-Fiction & Fantasy, Drama
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Movies with Shinichiro Watanabe as Actor(1)

as himself2003 Scrolls to Screen: A Brief History of Anime

Movies with Shinichiro Watanabe as Crew(15)

Writing/Storyboard2021 Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway
Directing/Director2017 Blade Runner: Black Out 2022
Writing/Writer2017 Blade Runner: Black Out 2022
Directing/Director2012 Cowboy Bebop: Don't Bother None
Writing/Writer2012 Cowboy Bebop: Don't Bother None
Directing/Director2007 Genius Party
Directing/Director2003 A Detective Story
Writing/Writer2003 A Detective Story
Directing/Director2003 The Animatrix
Writing/Writer2003 The Animatrix
Directing/Director2003 Kid's Story
Writing/Writer2003 Kid's Story
Art/Storyboard Artist2001 Cowboy Bebop: The Movie
Directing/Director2001 Cowboy Bebop: The Movie
Directing/Director1995 Macross Plus: The Movie

TV Shows/Series with Shinichiro Watanabe as Crew(41)

Sound/Music Consultant2021 Sonny Boy
Writing/Creative Producer2021 Blade Runner: Black Lotus
Production/Supervising Producer2019 Carole & Tuesday
Directing/Series Director2019 Carole & Tuesday
Writing/Writer2019 Carole & Tuesday
Directing/Director2019 Carole & Tuesday
Writing/Screenplay2019 Carole & Tuesday
Writing/Original Series Creator2019 Carole & Tuesday
Writing/Original Concept2019 Carole & Tuesday
Writing/Original Story2019 Carole & Tuesday
Directing/Series Director2016 To Be Hero
Directing/Director2016 To Be Hero
Writing/Writer2016 To Be Hero
Directing/Director2014 Terror in Resonance
Art/Storyboard Artist2014 Terror in Resonance
Writing/Original Concept2014 Terror in Resonance
Writing/Original Story2014 Terror in Resonance
Directing/Series Director2014 Space Dandy
Writing/Writer2014 Space Dandy
Directing/Director2012 Kids on the Slope
Art/Storyboard Artist2012 Kids on the Slope
Art/Storyboard Artist2008 Birdy the Mighty: Decode
Art/Storyboard Artist2006 Ergo Proxy
Art/Storyboard Artist2005 Noein: To Your Other Self
Directing/Series Director2004 Samurai Champloo
Art/Storyboard Artist2004 Samurai Champloo
Writing/Writer2004 Samurai Champloo
Directing/Director2004 Samurai Champloo
Creator/Creator2004 Samurai Champloo
Writing/Original Story2004 Samurai Champloo
Writing/Writer1998 Cowboy Bebop
Directing/Series Director1998 Cowboy Bebop
Art/Storyboard Artist1998 Cowboy Bebop
Writing/Original Story1998 Cowboy Bebop
Writing/Original Concept1998 Cowboy Bebop
Directing/Series Director1994 Macross Plus
Directing/Director1994 Macross Plus
Art/Storyboard Designer1991 Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory
Directing/Assistant Director1991 Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory
Art/Storyboard Artist1991 Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory
Directing/Director1987 Dirty Pair 2

Citizenship: Japan
Born: Monday, 05/24 1965 (May) in Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture (Japan) (current age: 58 years + 332 days)
Zodiac sign: Gemini (Chinese zodiac sign: Snake)
Languages: Japanese (JA)
Other names for Shinichiro Watanabe (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Shinichirô Watanabe"
"Shinichirō Watanabe"
"渡辺信一郎"
"Shin'ichirou WATANABE"
"Shin'ichirô Watanabe"
"渡边信一郎"
"わたなべ しんいちろう" (Kana/Japanese)
"Shin’ichirō Watanabe"
Shinichiro Watanabe frequently works together with these people:
Shuko Murase (14x, Crew)
Shingo Natsume (10x, Crew)
Kazuki Akane (10x, Crew)
Keiko Nobumoto (9x, Crew)
Kazuto Nakazawa (9x, Crew)
Michael Hodges (8x, Crew)
Li Haoling (7x, Crew)
Yoshiyuki Ito (7x, Crew)
Ryo-timo (6x, Crew)
Sayo Yamamoto (6x, Crew)
Masaaki Yuasa (6x, Crew)
Seiichi Nakatani (5x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:101684, Added: 06/05/2018, Last updated: 03/22/2024