Shinichiro Watanabe



Shinichiro Watanabe is a well-known Japanese anime director. He likes to mix different opposing styles into his works to create something new--for example, Cowboy Bebop is cowboy space opera mixed with film noir, martial arts, and jazz. Samurai Champloo fuses traditional samurai with hip-hop music and culture.

Not to be confused with Shinichi Watanabe, the director of Excel Saga.

He has directed the following full-length works:


 * Macross Plus
 * Cowboy Bebop
 * Samurai Champloo
 * Kids On the Slope

He has also worked on shorter works for the following:
 * Armor Hunter Mellowlink
 * The Animatrix: A Detective Story
 * Eureka Seven: Third ending animation
 * Star Driver: First opening animation

He's also the music producer for Lupin the Third: Mine Fujiko no Iu Onna

Tropes found in his work:

 * Anachronism Stew: Used exceedingly well.
 * Genre Roulette
 * Go Out with a Smile
 * The Rival
 * Taking You with Me
 * You Killed My Father / Revenge Before Reason