Shinichirō Watanabe Wants You to Stop Comparing Lazarus and Cowboy Bebop

Shinichirō Watanabe Wants You to Stop Comparing Lazarus and Cowboy Bebop

The anime legend reveals his desire to create something innovative and authentic in Lazarus, and the source of its Cowboy Bebop vibes.

Before ‘Lazarus’: Swordplay and Hip-Hop in ‘Samurai Champloo’

With ‘Cowboy Bebop’ director Shinichiro Watanabe’s newest anime launching this Sunday, AWN columnist Andrew Osmond reviews a very similar series the legendary filmmaker made in 2004… set in samurai Japan and boasting a strikingly different soundtrack.

If you hear Shinichiro Watanabe is working on a new anime, it's normal for you to think of something like "Cowboy Bebop" or "Samurai Champloo." But Watanabe himself makes it clear: his new series, "Lazarus", is not an attempt to...