Shinichiro Watanabe, the director of Samurai Champloo, slams AI as a “heartless monster” in anime, praising human emotion’s ...

Watanabe's anime showcases sleek animation, grey characters, and amazing music scores. Cowboy Bebop and Samurai Champloo ...

Watanabe may be taking a page out of his own book with the credits sequence for Lazarus, which could hint at a dark ending ...

Shinichiro Watanabe is one of the most successful figures in anime, and he didn't hold back his opinion on AI in the midst of ...

Shinichirō Watanabe’s Samurai Champloo blends samurai action, hip-hop culture, and bold storytelling into one unforgettable ...

Elijah Gonzalez Drawing on a variety of influences, from chanbara films to hip-hop music, and oozing with self-confident flair, Shinichiro Watanabe’s Samurai Champloo is simply one of the ...

As Pedro Pascal’s continued meteoric rise in Hollywood continues in 2025, the rave reviews also continue to pour in. Pascal ...

Helmed by Shinichirō Watanabe and elevated by Flying Lotus’ electrifying score, it fuses philosophical introspection with heart-racing sci-fi spectacle. Its bold narrative explores free will ...

The legendary Shinichirō Watanabe, best known for directing Cowboy Bebop and Samurai Champloo, came back this year with a new anime titled Lazarus, which was released earlier this month on Adult ...

The completely original sci-fi series is helmed by none other than Cowboy Bebop’s Shinichirō Watanabe, though critic Ryan Guar's review of the first five episodes states that Lazarus is far ...

Samurai Champloo is another uniquely stylish and resonating anime from beloved Cowboy Bebop director Shinichiro Watanabe. Animated by studio Manglobe, the series is set in a fictionalized Edo-era ...