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Shinichirō Watanabe

Author of The Animatrix [2003 film]

41+ Works 885 Members 10 Reviews 1 Favorited

About the Author

Image credit: Autograph session with Shinichirō Watanabe at Japan Expo 2009 (Paris, France) / Georges Seguin (Okki)

Series

Works by Shinichirō Watanabe

The Animatrix [2003 film] (2003) — Director — 275 copies, 4 reviews
Cowboy Bebop [1998 TV series] (1998) — Director — 220 copies, 2 reviews
Cowboy Bebop - The Movie (2001) — Director — 161 copies, 2 reviews
Cowboy Bebop - Session 1 (2000) — Director — 35 copies
Samurai Champloo [2004 TV series] (2011) — Director — 32 copies
Roman Album: Samurai Champloo (2007) 28 copies, 1 review
Samurai Champloo Film Manga Volume 1 (2006) 15 copies, 1 review
Samurai Champloo, Volume 1 (Episodes 1-4) — Director — 11 copies
Space☆Dandy: The Complete Series (2014) — Director — 11 copies
Space☆Dandy: Season 1 (2014) — Director — 10 copies
Terror in Resonance [2014 television series] (2016) — Director — 8 copies
Space☆Dandy: Season 2 (2014) — Director — 6 copies

Associated Works

Cowboy Bebop, Volume 1 (1999) — Cooperation — 526 copies, 2 reviews
Cowboy Bebop, Volume 2 (1999) — Cooperation — 325 copies, 1 review
Cowboy Bebop, Volume 3 (2000) — Cooperation — 311 copies, 1 review
Cowboy Bebop: Shooting Star, Volume 1 (2003) — Cooperation — 234 copies, 3 reviews
Cowboy Bebop: Shooting Star, Volume 2 (2003) — Cooperation — 153 copies
The Ultimate Matrix Collection [2004 boxset] (2004) — Director — 141 copies
The Matrix Ultimate Collection [2023 boxset] — some editions — 1 copy

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Common Knowledge

Canonical name
Watanabe, Shinichirō
Legal name
渡辺 信一郎
Watanabe Shin'ichirō
Birthdate
1965-05-24
Gender
male
Nationality
Japan
Birthplace
Kyoto, Japan
Associated Place (for map)
Kyoto, Japan

Members

Reviews

11 reviews
Fluid animation, good story, entertaining but not spectacular. As a fan of the original series, I felt this standalone feature was one of the better anime movies out there, but not a timeless classic. I'm aware that there is a huge fanbase behind the anime but this singular movie lacks the impact the series did. It feels like a better animated, extra episode. 4 Stars out of five because it doesn't quite reach greatness.
Samurai Champloo is one of my favorite anime for its art style, quirky storytelling and collaborative nature. This is the companion book for the anime, a short read to be sure. I particularly enjoyed the character layouts near the end - not just the main characters but all the characters. Overall a nice look behind the scenes.
The series is fantastic. However this edition cannot play English subtitles while playing dubbed version.
It’s really cool book but I only suggest this book to people who like comics, or ninja samurai the thing is that starts of with this one the another guy then a girl then the guy is an a illegal alien and he kills all the men in the restaurant then this guy says look at your hand and the guy starts screaming then the other guy comes. Now the two guy’s I was talking about are really good samurai’s and they kill people. Then they both meet up in the restaurant and fight in there and burn show more the place down then the girl comes and she worked there and she said you guy’s are coming with me and they ok now their on a trip to see sunflower samurai and there all fugitives show less

Awards

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Associated Authors

Keiko Nobumoto Screenplay
Lana Wachowski Screenwriter
Peter Chung Director
Andy Wachowski Screenwriter
Mahiro Maeda Director
Takeshi Koike Director
Yoshiyuki Takei Co-Director
Kimitoshi Yamane Mechanical design, Mechanical art design
Katsuyoshi Kobayashi Sound director, Audio director
Don Davis Composer
Taoshihiro Kawamoto Character design
Shihoko Nakayama Color coordinator
Isam Imakake Set design
Junichi Higashi Art director
Kazu Ikeguchi Producer
Yoichi Ogami Director of photography
Hiroyuki Okiura Director (Opening scene)
Hajime Yatate Original story
Toshihiro Kawamoto Animation director
Mauo Ueda Producer
Yuitaka Nakamura Action animation director
Masami Goto Mechanical animation director
Ryohei Tsunoda Executive producer
Takayuki Yoshi Executive producer
Seatbelts Music performers
Shuichi Kakesu Film editing

Statistics

Works
41
Also by
8
Members
885
Popularity
#28,943
Rating
½ 3.6
Reviews
10
ISBNs
33
Languages
2
Favorited
1

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