FILM DIRECTOR

Shinichirō Watanabe

1965 - Today

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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, and Space Dandy. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Shinichirō Watanabe has received more than 2,358,613 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Shinichirō Watanabe is the 1,244th most popular film director (down from 972nd in 2019), the 1,413th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,150th in 2019) and the 50th most popular Japanese Film Director.

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  • 2.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.20

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.88

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.64

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Shinichirō Watanabe ranks 1,244 out of 2,041. Before him are Abram Room, Antonio Mercero, Colin Higgins, Lorenza Mazzetti, Sergey Urusevsky, and Cédric Klapisch. After him are José Luis Cuerda, Mario Mattoli, Eric Kripke, Paweł Edelman, Gaston Kaboré, and Kwak Jae-yong.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1965, Shinichirō Watanabe ranks 279. Before him are Natalie Dessay, Robert Tappan Morris, José Morais, Anke Engelke, Momoko Sakura, and Ľubomír Moravčík. After him are Matt Biondi, Roschdy Zem, Frank Ordenewitz, Roman Coppola, Sadie Frost, and Mia Zapata.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Shinichirō Watanabe ranks 1,413 out of 6,245. Before him are Masami Ihara (1967), Hiroshi Nanami (1972), Hideki Kamiya (1970), Momoko Sakura (1965), Tsutomu Nihei (1971), and Ryo Kawasaki (1947). After him are Maho Shimizu (1960), Tetsuo Hamuro (1917), Daichi Kamada (1996), Takao Kobayashi (1961), Hiromi Hara (1958), and Heath (1968).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Japan

Among film directors born in Japan, Shinichirō Watanabe ranks 50. Before him are Masaaki Yuasa (1965), Shinya Tsukamoto (1960), Kei Kumai (1930), Kihachi Okamoto (1924), Naomi Kawase (1969), and Shunji Iwai (1963). After him are Yōjirō Takita (1955), Ryusuke Hamaguchi (1978), Hiromasa Yonebayashi (1973), Takashi Shimizu (1972), Jun'ichi Kōuchi (1886), and Hiroyuki Imaishi (1971).

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