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Shinichirō WATANABE

渡辺 信一郎
Family name (in kanji): 渡辺
Given name (in kanji): 信一郎
Date of birth: 1965-05-24
Hometown: Kyoto, Japan
Blood type: A
About:
Not to be confused with Watanabe Shinichi (ワタナベシンイチ, AKA 渡邊慎一, AKA "Nabeshin"), another anime director.
Non-anime staff credits:
Director for "Lebron James: The Chamber of Fear" (commercial, Self Doubt segment) (Japanese)
Review:
Fantasia Film Fest 2022: A Girl Meets a Boy and a Robot (Jul 23, 2022)
News: Show:
Anime Limited Announces New Titles at MCM Comic Con London (Updated) (May 24, 2025)
Second Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War U.K. Collector's Blu-ray Released on Monday (Apr 13, 2025)
Totto-chan, Look Back Staff Win Awards at 3rd Niigata Int'l Animation Film Festival (Feb 7, 2025)
NYCC Hosts Shinichiro Watanabe, Kamome Shirahama, Takashi Yamazaki, Hiroyuki Watanabe (Oct 7, 2024)
Disney+ in U.K. Adds Macross 7 and Macross Zero (Sep 26, 2024)
Disney+ in U.K. Adds Macross Plus Movie Edition (Sep 21, 2024)
Disney+ in U.K. Adds Macross Plus OAV Series (Sep 18, 2024)
Birmingham Anime Film Festival Will Run From Thursday (Sep 18, 2024)
Further Films Added To Birmingham Anime Film Festival in September and October (Sep 10, 2024)
More U.K. Cinemas Screening Macross Plus The Movie on September 21 and 22 (Sep 5, 2024)
More Films Added To Birmingham Anime Film Festival in September and October (Sep 5, 2024)
New Cowboy Bebop Book Will Be Published on October 1 (Sep 4, 2024)
Birmingham Anime Film Festival Runs in September and October (Sep 3, 2024)
Anime Screenings at London BFI IMAX Cinema Include Cowboy Bebop Movie (Aug 1, 2024)
Samurai Champloo U.K. Blu-ray Released on Monday (Jul 21, 2024)
Dead Mount Death Play U.K. Blu-ray Released on Monday (Jun 16, 2024)
MVM Will Release New Collector's Blu-ray of Samurai Champloo in June (Apr 15, 2024)
Revenger U.K Blu-ray Released Monday (Updated) (Mar 3, 2024)
Director Chad Stahelski: John Wick Franchise Plans Anime (Nov 12, 2023)
Anime Limited Release Announcements Include Re:Zero Season 2 Collector's Blu-ray (Oct 28, 2023)
Ghibliotheque London Screenings of Metropolis and Animatrix in September (Aug 19, 2023)
Adult Swim, Cowboy Bebop's Shinichiro Watanabe, MAPPA Produce New Original Anime Lazarus (Updated) (Jul 20, 2023)
All-Night Anime Screening in London on Saturday (May 25, 2023)
All-Night Anime Screening in London on May 27 (Apr 23, 2023)
Shinichiro Watanabe, Shuhei Morita's Animated TAISU Shorts to Play at Niigata International Animation Film Festival (Mar 1, 2023)
Shinichiro Watanabe Directs 'A Girl Meets a Boy and a Robot' Animated Short for Chinese Anthology TAISU (Jul 13, 2022)
More Macross Plus Release Details (Jul 3, 2022)
Anime Season at London's BFI Southbank Starts Today, Will Run to the End of May (Mar 28, 2022)
Full BFI Anime Season Announced for Late March, April and May (Mar 14, 2022)
Anime Film Screenings at London's BFI Southbank in Late March and April (Feb 19, 2022)
Netflix's Live-Action Cowboy Bebop Show Posts Opening Credits (Sep 25, 2021)
Blade Runner: Black Lotus Anime's Trailer Reveals Alessia Cara's Music (Jul 23, 2021)
Madhouse's Sonny Boy Sci-Fi Anime Posts New Video, Visual (Jun 17, 2021)
Sonny Boy Sci-Fi Anime Unveils Musical Artists With Input by Cowboy Bebop's Shinichiro Watanabe (Jun 3, 2021)
Netflix Adds Toradora!, A Lull in the Sea, Tokyo Ghoul: re (Aug 1, 2020)
Live-Action Cowboy Bebop, Power Rangers Shows Allowed to Film Again in New Zealand (Jul 3, 2020)
Samurai Champloo Blu-ray Steelbook Released Monday (May 31, 2020)
Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai Released Monday (May 17, 2020)
Terror in Resonance Collectors Blu-ray Released May 18 (May 1, 2020)
Carole & Tuesday Supervising Director Shinichiro Watanabe to Speak at SXSW (Feb 13, 2020)
Anime Limited Will Release Home Editions of Original Card Captor Sakura and B: The Beginning (Oct 25, 2019)
Shinichiro Watanabe Will Be Guest at MCM London (Oct 11, 2019)
Shinichiro Watanabe, BONES' Original Anime Carole & Tuesday Reveals More Staff, Netflix Streaming, Story, Ad, Visual (Nov 7, 2018)
Sound! Euphonium and Higurashi Released Monday (Sep 23, 2018)
Shinichiro Watanabe, BONES Produce Carole & Tuesday Original Anime for April 2019 (Mar 8, 2018)
Ajin: Demi-Human and Genius Party Released Monday (Dec 10, 2017)
Ushio & Tora Released Monday (Updated) (Oct 8, 2017)
Cowboy Bebop's Shinichiro Watanabe Directs Blade Runner Anime Short (Sep 14, 2017)
New Manga Entertainment Releases (Sep 14, 2017)
Samurai Champloo Begins on VICELAND Channel Next Week (Aug 19, 2017)
First Man Anime Festival on in Melbourne This Weekend (Sep 2, 2016)
Expelled from Paradise and Haikyu!! Released Monday (Jul 3, 2016)
Terror in Resonance and Fate/Stay Night Unlimited Blade Works Released Monday (Apr 24, 2016)
Anime Limited Acquires Genius Party Films (Dec 4, 2015)
Space Dandy S2 Released on Blu-ray and DVD Monday (Aug 23, 2015)
Space Dandy Writer to Guest at Manchester Comic Con (Jul 8, 2015)
Giovanni's Island Released Monday (Jan 11, 2015)
Space Dandy and Miyazaki Box-set Released Monday (Dec 7, 2014)
Giovanni's Island Film Wins Media Arts Award (Nov 28, 2014)
Ghost in the Shell Arise and Blu-ray Kill la Kill Released Monday (Nov 23, 2014)
Cowboy Bebop Director Discusses Proposed Live-Action Film, Hypothetical Anime Sequel (Nov 3, 2014)
Third Berserk Feature Film Released Monday (Oct 5, 2014)
Space Dandy UK Updates (Sep 4, 2014)
Space Dandy in the UK (Aug 30, 2014)
Cowboy Bebop Blu-ray Slated for N. America in December (Aug 9, 2014)
Animax Adds Terror in Resonance and Tokyo Ghoul (Aug 5, 2014)
MVM Confirms Samurai Champloo Blu-ray (Aug 1, 2014)
Anime Director Guest at MCM Scotland in September (Jul 18, 2014)
Terror in Resonance Australian and New Zealand Premiere Dates Set (Jul 2, 2014)
Anime Expo to Host Space Dandy Voice Actress Uki Satake (Jun 8, 2014)
Funimation to Stream Terror in Resonance Anime by Cowboy Bebop's Watanabe (May 27, 2014)
Terror of Resonance Home Release and Simulcast (May 27, 2014)
Cowboy Bebop Updates from Anime Limited (May 12, 2014)
Space Dandy Anime's 1st Episode Leaked Before TV Premiere (Jan 3, 2014)
Space Dandy Begins on Wakanim Sunday (Jan 1, 2014)
Space Dandy's 2nd Japanese Promo Previews Voice Cast (Dec 30, 2013)
Space Dandy's Toonami & Animax Asia Ads Streamed (Dec 29, 2013)
Space Dandy's 90-Second Trailer Previews English Dub (Dec 21, 2013)
Anime Limited Acquires Space Dandy (Updated) (Dec 5, 2013)
Bones' Space Dandy Anime Inspires Manga in Young Gangan (Dec 5, 2013)
Bones' Space Dandy Anime Debuts on January 4 With Ian Sinclair (Dec 5, 2013)
Space Dandy's Japanese Full Promo Previews Voices (Dec 2, 2013)
Space Dandy Anime's 2nd Teaser Streamed (Dec 1, 2013)
Junichi Suwabe, 9nine's Uki Satake Lead Space Dandy Cast (Oct 10, 2013)
Bones' Space Dandy Anime's Teaser Promo Streamed (Aug 30, 2013)
BONES' Japan Expo Booth Shows New Space Dandy Stills (Aug 23, 2013)
Watanabe, BONES' Space Dandy Anime's Characters, Story Unveiled (Aug 19, 2013)
Shinichiro Watanabe Reveals Space Dandy Comedy TV Anime (Updated) (Aug 10, 2013)
Bandai America s 'space-dandy.us' Domain (Aug 6, 2013)
Cowboy Bebop Released on Blu-ray Monday (Updated 2) (Jul 28, 2013)
Bandai Visual s 'space-dandy.jp' Domain (Jul 19, 2013)
Otakon to Host Sunrise Producer Masayuki Ozaki (Jul 17, 2013)
Otakon to Host Cowboy Bebop Director Shinichiro Watanabe (Jun 26, 2013)
Kids on the Slope Released Monday (Jun 23, 2013)
MCM London Comic Con Begins Friday (May 23, 2013)
MCM London Comic Con Details (May 18, 2013)
MVM: No Delay on Kids on the Slope (May 8, 2013)
Cowboy Bebop Director Shinichiro Watanabe Edinburgh Event May 28 (May 5, 2013)
Cowboy Bebop Director Shinichiro Watanabe Guest at London Expo in May (Updated) (Apr 10, 2013)
Cowboy Bebop Helmer Shinichiro Watanabe, BONES Plan New TV Anime (Oct 16, 2012)
Cowboy Bebop Helmer Shinichiro Watanabe, MAPPA Plan New TV Anime (Oct 15, 2012)
MVM To Release Kids on the Slope in 2013 (Sep 6, 2012)
Crunchyroll Adds Kids on the Slope TV Anime (Apr 6, 2012)
Cowboy Bebop Back on Amazon UK Soon, Says Beez (Feb 15, 2012)
Sakamichi no Apollon Manga Gets Spinoff Series in March (Jan 30, 2012)
Apollon Reunites Cowboy Bebop Director, Composer Kanno (Jan 26, 2012)
Anime Legends Edition of Cowboy Bebop Remix Available Today (Jan 2, 2012)
Beez Confirms Anime Legends Reissue of Code Geass R2 and Cowboy Bebop (Nov 11, 2011)
Image Entertainment to Reissue Cowboy Bebop Anime Film (Sep 30, 2010)
Keanu Reeves Discusses Live-Action Cowboy Bebop (Sep 15, 2010)
Live-Action Bebop Producer Reveals 1212 Entertainment (Nov 12, 2009)
Keanu Reeves: Live-Action Cowboy Bebop is in Rewriting (Sep 22, 2009)
Producer: Live-Action Cowboy Bebop Will Not Be Origin Story (Jan 21, 2009)
Live-Action Cowboy Bebop Proposal Officially Announced (Jan 15, 2009)
FUNimation Entertainment to Distribute Samurai Champloo  (Dec 31, 2008)
Keanu Reeves Hopes to Star in Live-Action Cowboy Bebop (Dec 17, 2008)
Genius Party, Live-Action Grave of the Fireflies at NYC (Sep 14, 2008)
Yuuya Yagira Denies Alleged Suicide Attempt Reports (Sep 2, 2008)
Genius Party Actor Yagira Hospitalized After Overdose (Aug 31, 2008)
Yoko Kanno Makes Voice Cameo in Genius Party Beyond (Aug 19, 2008)
Michiko to Hatchin Trailer with Actual Footage Streamed (Aug 18, 2008)
Genius Party Beyond Film's New Trailer Streamed (Jul 30, 2008)
Live-Action Cowboy Bebop Film in Development at Fox (Jul 22, 2008)
Montreal's Fantasia Fest to Show Manga/Anime Films (Jun 26, 2008)
Toronto Short Film Fest to Host Director Kei Oyama (Jun 9, 2008)
Shinichiro Watanabe to Speak at Toronto Film Festival (Jun 1, 2008)
Studio 4°C's Genius Party Beyond Trailer Posted (Apr 9, 2008)
30-Second Michiko to Hatchin Trailer Posted Online (Mar 27, 2008)
Michiko to Hatchin TV Anime Confirmed for 2008 (Mar 9, 2008)
Appleseed Director Aramaki to Attend D.C. Screening (Jan 25, 2008)
3 Genius Party Directors to Attend U.S. Premiere (Jan 17, 2008)
Genius Party's Premiere Dates at Kennedy Center Set (Jul 30, 2007)
Kyoto Museum Exhibits Genius Party, CoroCoro, Terra E… (Jul 18, 2007)
Studio 4°C Speaks Before Genius Party's Japan Opening (Jun 28, 2007)
Genius Party Hosts Open Video Contest on MySpace (May 11, 2007)
Variety Names Studio 4°C Founder Among Cannes's Movers (May 10, 2007)
Studio 4℃ Sets Genius Party Release Dates (Apr 11, 2007)
Genius Party international premiere confirmed (Mar 14, 2007)
Poll: Favorite Anime Directors Part 2 (Jan 4, 2007)
Watanabe Interview Audio Online (May 3, 2006)
Shinichiro Watanabe in Houston Interview (Feb 9, 2006)
Bonus Shinichiro Watanabe Event in Houston (Feb 5, 2006)
Shinichiro Watanabe at Michigan State University (Feb 1, 2006)
Watanabe in Detroit (Jan 13, 2006)
Shinichiro Watanabe in Detroit (Jan 12, 2006)
Shinichiro Watanabe in Houston (Jan 3, 2006)
Shinichiro Watanabe at AnimeFest (Aug 4, 2005)
New Cowboy Bebop Special Edition (Feb 16, 2005)
New Studio 4°C Anime (Feb 11, 2005)
Cowboy Bebop Re-Mastered (Aug 21, 2004)
Samurai Champloo Date set (Mar 19, 2004)
t.A.T.u. Anime (Dec 10, 2003)
New Animatrix Review (Jun 4, 2003)
LA Times Interviews Watanabe (Mar 29, 2003)
Animatrix DVD Details (Feb 7, 2003)
Animatrix in theatres March 21st (Jan 18, 2003)
BAAF to run Anime on Time Square Astro Screen (Aug 1, 2002)
Official: Cowboy Bebop Staff at BAAF (Jul 16, 2002)
Cowboy Bebop Staff at BAAF (Jul 15, 2002)
Anmatrix Preview & Names (Jun 1, 2002)
More Cowboy Bebop Anime? (Oct 3, 2001)
English Cowboy Bebop Site Online (Sep 23, 2001)
Akadot Announces 3rd Bebop Contest (May 1, 2001)
AKADot: Cowboy Bebop Month (Apr 12, 2001)
SPECIAL REPORT: Otakon '99 Wrap-up (Jul 6, 1999)
Convention report:
San Diego Comic-Con: Shinichiro Watanabe Deep Dives into LAZARUS (Aug 1, 2023)
Interest:
Shinichiro Watanabe Spills the Tea on the Live-Action Cowboy Bebop, The Animatrix (Jan 27, 2023)
Cowboy Bebop, Carole & Tuesday's Shinichiro Watanabe Directs Flying Lotus Music Video (May 13, 2019)
Director Shinichiro Watanabe Explains Musical Choices in Carole & Tuesday Anime (Mar 4, 2019)
Interviews:
Shinichiro Watanabe on How the John Wick Director ed the Lazarus Anime Team (Nov 25, 2024)
Interview: Shinichiro Watanabe (Sep 3, 2013)
Press Release:
Shinichiro Watanabe to star at MCM London Comic Con (Sep 5, 2014)
Other articles: Show:
Anime Director Shinichirō Watanabe's Corporate Dystopias (May 28, 2025)
This Week in Anime - Beyond Bebop (Mar 6, 2025)
This Week in Anime - Metallic Rouge and 25 Years of BONES (Feb 8, 2024)
The Best Anime Of 2019 - Part II (Dec 31, 2019)
The Best Anime Of 2019 - Part I (Dec 30, 2019)
The Best And Worst Anime Of Summer 2019 (Sep 27, 2019)
The List - The Top 5 Shinichiro Watanabe Anime (Sep 8, 2019)
The List - 7 Heart-Pounding Swordfights (Aug 24, 2019)
15 Years of Samurai Champloo (Jun 26, 2019)
This Week in Games: Paradise Tossed (Oct 4, 2018)
Blade Runner's Unbelievable Influence On Anime (Oct 6, 2017)
Anime Spotlight - Space Dandy (Dec 30, 2013)
The Mike Toole Show - Unfinished Business (Jul 1, 2012)
The Spring 2012 Anime Preview Guide - Zac Bertschy (Mar 31, 2012)
The Spring 2012 Anime Preview Guide - Carl Kimlinger (Mar 31, 2012)
Anime Spotlight: KIDS ON THE SLOPE (Mar 27, 2012)
Shelf Life - Vampire Diaries (Feb 6, 2012)
Shelf Life - Digital Love (Nov 14, 2011)
Hey, Answerman! - Where Are They Now? (Sep 9, 2011)
Hey, Answerman! - Portmanteau-Related Tomfooligans (Sep 3, 2010)
Hey, Answerman! (Dec 18, 2009)
Shelf Life - Fresh Blood (Oct 19, 2009)
Hey, Answerman! (Jul 31, 2009)
Chicks On Anime - The Perfect Man(?) (Feb 17, 2009)
Hey, Answerman! (Jan 23, 2009)
The Fall 2008 Anime Preview Guide - Casey Brienza (Oct 4, 2008)
The Click - June 16 - 22 (Jun 16, 2007)
The Click - March 4th-10th (Mar 4, 2006)
Shelf Life - Rug Weaving 211 (Jun 2, 2003)
Cowboy Bebop Theatrical Reviews (Apr 4, 2003)
Ms. Answerman Transforms (Mar 14, 2003)
2002 - Theatrical Anime in Review (Jan 14, 2003)
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