A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Alias:
Shin'ichirou WATANABE
Shin'ichirô Watanabe
Shinichirô Watanabe
Shinichirō Watanabe
Birthplace:
Kyoto, Japan
Born:
May 24, 1965
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
Director:
1990 Obatarian
1995 Macross Plus: The Movie
2001 Cowboy Bebop: The Movie
2003 A Detective Story
2003 Kid's Story
2003 The Animatrix
2007 Baby Blue
2007 Genius Party
2012 Cowboy Bebop: Don't Bother None
2017 Blade Runner: Black Out 2022
2022 A Girl Meets a Boy and a Robot
Original Story:
1990 Obatarian
1995 Macross Plus: The Movie
2001 Cowboy Bebop: The Movie
2003 A Detective Story
2003 Kid's Story
2003 The Animatrix
2007 Baby Blue
2007 Genius Party
2012 Cowboy Bebop: Don't Bother None
2017 Blade Runner: Black Out 2022
2022 A Girl Meets a Boy and a Robot
Screenplay:
1990 Obatarian
1995 Macross Plus: The Movie
2001 Cowboy Bebop: The Movie
2003 A Detective Story
2003 Kid's Story
2003 The Animatrix
2007 Baby Blue
2007 Genius Party
2012 Cowboy Bebop: Don't Bother None
2017 Blade Runner: Black Out 2022
2022 A Girl Meets a Boy and a Robot
Storyboard:
1990 Obatarian
1995 Macross Plus: The Movie
2001 Cowboy Bebop: The Movie
2003 A Detective Story
2003 Kid's Story
2003 The Animatrix
2007 Baby Blue
2007 Genius Party
2012 Cowboy Bebop: Don't Bother None
2017 Blade Runner: Black Out 2022
2021 Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway
2022 A Girl Meets a Boy and a Robot
Storyboard Artist:
1990 Obatarian
1995 Macross Plus: The Movie
2001 Cowboy Bebop: The Movie
2003 A Detective Story
2003 Kid's Story
2003 The Animatrix
2007 Baby Blue
2007 Genius Party
2012 Cowboy Bebop: Don't Bother None
2017 Blade Runner: Black Out 2022
2021 Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway
2022 A Girl Meets a Boy and a Robot
Writer:
1990 Obatarian
1995 Macross Plus: The Movie
2001 Cowboy Bebop: The Movie
2003 A Detective Story
2003 Kid's Story
2003 The Animatrix
2007 Baby Blue
2007 Genius Party
2011 Osamekamaijo The Art of Sexual Love in the Edo Period Technique Guide
2012 Cowboy Bebop: Don't Bother None
2017 Blade Runner: Black Out 2022
2021 Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway
2022 A Girl Meets a Boy and a Robot
Creative Producer:
2021 Blade Runner: Black Lotus
Creator:
2004 Samurai Champloo
2007 Genius Party
2021 Blade Runner: Black Lotus
Director:
1987 Dirty Pair 2
1988 Armor Hunter Merowlink
1991 Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory
1994 Macross Plus
1996 The Vision of Escaflowne
1998 Cowboy Bebop
2003 The Animatrix
2004 Samurai Champloo
2007 Genius Party
2012 Kids on the Slope
2014 Terror in Resonance
2016 To Be Hero
2021 Blade Runner: Black Lotus
???? Lazarus
Music Consultant:
1987 Dirty Pair 2
1988 Armor Hunter Merowlink
1991 Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory
1994 Macross Plus
1996 The Vision of Escaflowne
1998 Cowboy Bebop
2003 The Animatrix
2004 Samurai Champloo
2007 Genius Party
2012 Kids on the Slope
2014 Terror in Resonance
2016 To Be Hero
2021 Blade Runner: Black Lotus
2021 Sonny Boy
???? Lazarus
Original Concept:
1987 Dirty Pair 2
1988 Armor Hunter Merowlink
1991 Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory
1994 Macross Plus
1996 The Vision of Escaflowne
1998 Cowboy Bebop
2003 The Animatrix
2004 Samurai Champloo
2007 Genius Party
2012 Kids on the Slope
2014 Terror in Resonance
2016 To Be Hero
2019 CAROLE & TUESDAY
2021 Blade Runner: Black Lotus
2021 Sonny Boy
???? Lazarus
Original Series Creator:
1987 Dirty Pair 2
1988 Armor Hunter Merowlink
1991 Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory
1994 Macross Plus
1996 The Vision of Escaflowne
1998 Cowboy Bebop
2003 The Animatrix
2004 Samurai Champloo
2007 Genius Party
2012 Kids on the Slope
2014 Terror in Resonance
2016 To Be Hero
2019 CAROLE & TUESDAY
2021 Blade Runner: Black Lotus
2021 Sonny Boy
???? Lazarus
Original Story:
1987 Dirty Pair 2
1988 Armor Hunter Merowlink
1991 Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory
1994 Macross Plus
1996 The Vision of Escaflowne
1998 Cowboy Bebop
2003 The Animatrix
2004 Samurai Champloo
2007 Genius Party
2012 Kids on the Slope
2014 Terror in Resonance
2016 To Be Hero
2019 CAROLE & TUESDAY
2021 Blade Runner: Black Lotus
2021 Sonny Boy
???? Lazarus
Production Assistant:
1985 Blue Comet SPT Layzner
1987 Dirty Pair 2
1988 Armor Hunter Merowlink
1991 Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory
1994 Macross Plus
1996 The Vision of Escaflowne
1998 Cowboy Bebop
2003 The Animatrix
2004 Samurai Champloo
2007 Genius Party
2012 Kids on the Slope
2014 Terror in Resonance
2016 To Be Hero
2019 CAROLE & TUESDAY
2021 Blade Runner: Black Lotus
2021 Sonny Boy
???? Lazarus
Screenplay:
1985 Blue Comet SPT Layzner
1987 Dirty Pair 2
1988 Armor Hunter Merowlink
1991 Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory
1994 Macross Plus
1996 The Vision of Escaflowne
1998 Cowboy Bebop
2003 The Animatrix
2004 Samurai Champloo
2007 Genius Party
2012 Kids on the Slope
2014 Terror in Resonance
2016 To Be Hero
2019 CAROLE & TUESDAY
2021 Blade Runner: Black Lotus
2021 Sonny Boy
???? Lazarus
Series Director:
1985 Blue Comet SPT Layzner
1987 Dirty Pair 2
1988 Armor Hunter Merowlink
1991 Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory
1994 Macross Plus
1996 The Vision of Escaflowne
1998 Cowboy Bebop
2003 The Animatrix
2004 Samurai Champloo
2007 Genius Party
2012 Kids on the Slope
2014 Space Dandy
2014 Terror in Resonance
2016 To Be Hero
2019 CAROLE & TUESDAY
2021 Blade Runner: Black Lotus
2021 Sonny Boy
???? Lazarus
Storyboard Artist:
1985 Blue Comet SPT Layzner
1987 Dirty Pair 2
1988 Armor Hunter Merowlink
1991 Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory
1994 Macross Plus
1996 The Vision of Escaflowne
1998 Cowboy Bebop
2003 The Animatrix
2004 Samurai Champloo
2005 Noein: To Your Other Self
2006 Ergo Proxy
2007 Genius Party
2008 Birdy the Mighty: Decode
2012 Kids on the Slope
2014 Space Dandy
2014 Terror in Resonance
2016 To Be Hero
2019 CAROLE & TUESDAY
2021 Blade Runner: Black Lotus
2021 Sonny Boy
???? Lazarus
Storyboard Designer:
1985 Blue Comet SPT Layzner
1987 Dirty Pair 2
1988 Armor Hunter Merowlink
1991 Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory
1994 Macross Plus
1996 The Vision of Escaflowne
1998 Cowboy Bebop
2003 The Animatrix
2004 Samurai Champloo
2005 Noein: To Your Other Self
2006 Ergo Proxy
2007 Genius Party
2008 Birdy the Mighty: Decode
2012 Kids on the Slope
2014 Space Dandy
2014 Terror in Resonance
2016 To Be Hero
2019 CAROLE & TUESDAY
2021 Blade Runner: Black Lotus
2021 Sonny Boy
???? Lazarus
Supervising Producer:
1985 Blue Comet SPT Layzner
1987 Dirty Pair 2
1988 Armor Hunter Merowlink
1991 Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory
1994 Macross Plus
1996 The Vision of Escaflowne
1998 Cowboy Bebop
2003 The Animatrix
2004 Samurai Champloo
2005 Noein: To Your Other Self
2006 Ergo Proxy
2007 Genius Party
2008 Birdy the Mighty: Decode
2012 Kids on the Slope
2014 Space Dandy
2014 Terror in Resonance
2016 To Be Hero
2019 CAROLE & TUESDAY
2021 Blade Runner: Black Lotus
2021 Sonny Boy
???? Lazarus
Writer:
1985 Blue Comet SPT Layzner
1987 Dirty Pair 2
1988 Armor Hunter Merowlink
1991 Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory
1994 Macross Plus
1996 The Vision of Escaflowne
1998 Cowboy Bebop
2003 The Animatrix
2004 Samurai Champloo
2005 Noein: To Your Other Self
2006 Ergo Proxy
2007 Genius Party
2008 Birdy the Mighty: Decode
2012 Kids on the Slope
2014 Space Dandy
2014 Terror in Resonance
2016 To Be Hero
2019 CAROLE & TUESDAY
2021 Blade Runner: Black Lotus
2021 Sonny Boy
???? Lazarus
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Additional data for Film Titles come from The Open Movie Database (OMDb).
At least one plug-in comes from IMDb.
Data are -- hey, it's a plural -- subject to the limitations of their sources. (For example, TMDB search results currently max out at 20.) I am limiting myself to free data sources for now. (No, a "free trial" is not free.)
While much of the above data are retrieved directly from outside APIs and other such sources, data from American Film Institute (AFI) and British Film Institute (BFI) were manually entered the old fashioned way into a MySQL database. Re BFI I took the following liberties:
Regarding profile removals and data corrections:
Filtering is applied here to film projects flagged as "adult" by TheMovieDB. Pending "popular demand" I am contemplating a login and profile system with preferences (such as whether to allow adult images to appear) and permissions (such as data entry).
Whereas the overall purpose of this website is to serve as a personal demo/portfolio/workshop of web and data skills, this Movies section is not meant to compete with or substitute for far more definitive movie websites.
Whether or not he still clings to an award which he won in 1986 as a film critic for his college's newspaper, Jeffrey Hartmann is not responsible for the texts of overviews and biographies supplied by external data sources.