Shinichirō Watanabe, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Shinichirō Watanabe

anime director

Date of Birth: 24-May-1965

Place of Birth: Kyoto, Kyōto Prefecture, Japan

Profession: screenwriter, record producer, animator, film director

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Gemini


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About Shinichirō Watanabe

  • Shinichiro Watanabe (?? ???, Watanabe Shin'ichiro, 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.

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