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Directing

Shinichiro Watanabe

Career

Active from 1987 to 2025, busiest in 2003 with 4 main titles.

Average score
GoodWatch score76/100
Highest rated
Poster for Cowboy Bebop
Cowboy Bebop
GoodWatch score94/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 29 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 5.9 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.9 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.2 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.7 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 7.9 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Shinichiro Watanabe Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    2.0, average 5.4
  • Historical
    1.2, average 2.5
  • Biographical
    0.1, average 1.0
  • Family Dynamics
    4.1, average 4.9

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Existential Dread 3
  • Tragic Heroism 2
  • Mind-Bending 2
  • Philosophical Sci-Fi 2
  • High-Concept Animation 2
  • Found Family Dynamics 2
  • Character-Driven Mystery 2
  • Political Intrigue 2
  • Mecha Anime 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

18
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

6 titles Β· average score 70
MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM HATHAWAY The Sorcery of Nymph Circe
MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM HATHAWAY The Sorcery of Nymph Circe (2026)
GoodWatch score 62

Storyboard Artist

Edge of Time
Edge of Time (2025)

Director

TAISU PROJECT
TAISU PROJECT (2024)

Writer, Director

Hoshino Gen no Ongaku Kōron
Hoshino Gen no Ongaku Kōron (2022)

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A Girl Meets a Boy and a Robot
A Girl Meets a Boy and a Robot (2022)

Writer, Director

Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway
Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway (2021)
GoodWatch score 78

Storyboard Artist

2010s

5 titles Β· average score 72
Blade Runner: Black Out 2022
Blade Runner: Black Out 2022 (2017)
GoodWatch score 72

Director, Writer

Space Dandy : The Cosmic Compilation
Space Dandy : The Cosmic Compilation (2014)
GoodWatch score 80

Director

Cowboy Bebop: Don't Bother None
Cowboy Bebop: Don't Bother None (2012)

Writer, Director

Ein's Summer Vacation
Ein's Summer Vacation (2012)
GoodWatch score 65

Characters

Osamekamaijo The Art of Sexual Love in the Edo Period Technique Guide
Osamekamaijo The Art of Sexual Love in the Edo Period Technique Guide (2011)

Writer

2000s

6 titles Β· average score 72
Genius Party
Genius Party (2007)
GoodWatch score 63

Director, Storyboard Artist

Mind Game
Mind Game (2004)
GoodWatch score 81

Music Producer

The Animatrix
The Animatrix (2003)
GoodWatch score 73

Writer, Director

Kid's Story
Kid's Story (2003)
GoodWatch score 70

Writer, Director

A Detective Story
A Detective Story (2003)

Writer, Director

Cowboy Bebop: The Movie
Cowboy Bebop: The Movie (2001)
GoodWatch score 73

Original Story, Director

1990s

1 title Β· average score 78
Macross Plus: The Movie
Macross Plus: The Movie (1995)
GoodWatch score 78

Director