Shinichirō Watanabe
Shinichirō Watanabe | |
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| 渡辺 信一郎 | |
Watanabe at the 2009 Japan Expo | |
| Born | May 24, 1965 Kyoto, Japan |
| Occupation(s) | Anime television director, film director |
| Years active | 1990–present |
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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, Space Dandy, Terror in Resonance, and Carole & Tuesday. 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.