When you're making anime, if you get all of your inspiration from anime... it's going to lack originality and creativity, so I try to get my inspiration from different genres. — Shinichiro Watanabe Copy Share Image
The anime that inspired me the most and one that I probably have influence from is the very first series of 'Lupin the 3rd.' I'm very drawn to 'Enter the Dragon' and 'Dirty Harry,' too. They definitely inspire me. — Shinichiro Watanabe Copy Share Image
Usually, the things that are quickly slapped together become the big hits, rather than the ones you would painstakingly deliberate on. — Shinichiro Watanabe Copy Share Image
After I began in elementary school, I was able to go to the movies, and that was how I would spend my weekends, watching… — Shinichiro Watanabe Copy Share Image
National borders have always been arbitrarily drawn by people, and in ancient times there was a lot of exchange of people and culture with… — Shinichiro Watanabe Copy Share Image
With 'Space Dandy,' you've obviously got your image of the space and 80s music, and blending them together is how I created it. — Shinichiro Watanabe Copy Share Image
I loved 'The Matrix,' so when they asked me to do some animation relating to it, I was thrilled. — Shinichiro Watanabe Copy Share Image
I wanted to have lots of characters in 'Bebop' without white skin, and if people weren't used to that, well, maybe it would even… — Shinichiro Watanabe Copy Share Image
I believe samurai in the Edo period and modern hip-hop artists have something in common. Rappers open the way to their future with one… — Shinichiro Watanabe Copy Share Image
Some people compare Spike Spiegel to Dirty Harry, and they're both antiheroes. But Spike is an extension of myself. — Shinichiro Watanabe Copy Share Image
When it was released in the 80s in Japan, 'Blade Runner' was actually a series that influenced the Japanese media very much so. I… — Shinichiro Watanabe Copy Share Image
When I was very young, even before I went to what you call elementary school, I used to read and watch Japanese comic books… — Shinichiro Watanabe Copy Share Image
When you're making anime, if you get all of your inspiration from anime... it's going to lack originality and creativity, so I try to… — Shinichiro Watanabe Copy Share Image
Lots of times when you watch anime, the characters all have white skin - all the characters in fantasy stories all have white skin,… — Shinichiro Watanabe Copy Share Image
