Director

Shinichirou Watanabe

26 works · Active 1988–2025 · Avg score 73/100

Shinichirou Watanabe has been directing since 1988, building a 26-title body of work with a community-average of 73/100. Their voice is most often heard in Sci-Fi, Action, Mecha, with Death Parade as a defining piece.

Signature works

• Death Parade (2015)
• Cowboy Bebop (1998)
• Terror in Resonance (2014)
• Samurai Champloo (2004)
• LAZARUS (2025)
• Carole & Tuesday (2019)

Trademarks

Filmography

2020s

• 2025 — LAZARUS · TV
• 2024 — TAISU PROJECT · ONA

2010s

• 2019 — Carole & Tuesday · TV
• 2019 — More · MUSIC
• 2017 — Blade Runner: Black Out 2022 · ONA
• 2015 — Death Parade · TV
• 2014 — Terror in Resonance · TV
• 2014 — Space Dandy · TV
• 2014 — Space Dandy 2 · TV
• 2012 — Kids on the Slope · TV
• 2010 — Star Driver · TV

2000s

• 2007 — Genius Party · MOVIE
• 2004 — Samurai Champloo · TV
• 2003 — The Animatrix · OVA
• 2001 — Cowboy Bebop: The Movie - Knockin' on Heaven's Door · MOVIE

1990s

• 1998 — Cowboy Bebop · TV
• 1996 — Vision of Escaflowne · TV
• 1995 — Macross Plus Movie Edition · MOVIE
• 1994 — Macross Plus · OVA
• 1993 — Shippuu! Iron Leaguer · TV
• 1992 — Energetic Bomb Ganbaruger · TV
• 1991 — Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory · OVA
• 1990 — Mashin Eiyuuden Wataru 2 · TV
• 1990 — Obatalian · SPECIAL

1980s

• 1988 — Kikou Ryouhei Merowlink · OVA
• 1988 — Dirty Pair (OVA) · OVA