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* ''CowboyBebop'': His original work and the one Watanabe is most famous for.
* ''SamuraiChamploo''
* ''SpaceDandy''
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* ''CowboyBebop'': ''Anime/CowboyBebop'': His original work and the one Watanabe is most famous for.
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* The PerpetualPoverty he often subjected his characters to verged on KafkaKomedy at times.
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* Watanabe's signature protagonist type is a TallDarkAndHandsome male, but even he has deviated from that with ''Anime/CaroleAndTuesday'' with a duo of women. You could also deviate--maybe you'd prefer to focus on a KidHero or a girl
* Watanabe ''loved'' his characters to have PerpetualPoverty--maybe you are different. Maybe you'd rather they weren't ''always'' broke and instead held on to a sizeable amount of wealth for a few episodes? Hell, perhaps you'd prefer your main character to be downright ''rich''!
* Watanabe ''loved'' his characters to have PerpetualPoverty--maybe you are different. Maybe you'd rather they weren't ''always'' broke and instead held on to a sizeable amount of wealth for a few episodes? Hell, perhaps you'd prefer your main character to be downright ''rich''!
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* Watanabe's signature protagonist type is a TallDarkAndHandsome male, but even he has deviated from that with ''Anime/CaroleAndTuesday'' with a duo of women. You could also deviate--maybe you'd prefer to focus on a KidHero or a girl
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* Watanabe ''loved'' his characters to have PerpetualPoverty--maybe you are different. Maybe you'd rather they weren't ''always'' broke and instead held on to a sizeable amount of wealth for a few episodes? Hell, perhaps you'd prefer your main character to be well-off, if not downright ''rich''!
* Watanabe ''loved'' his characters to have PerpetualPoverty--maybe you are different. Maybe you'd rather they weren't ''always'' broke and instead held on to a sizeable amount of wealth for a few episodes? Hell, perhaps you'd prefer your main character to be well-off, if not downright ''rich''!
Eyes are a great visual motif that have shown up in a lot of Watanabe's works.
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* ''CowboyBebop'': His original work and the one Watanabe is most famous for.
* ''SamuraiChamploo''
* ''SpaceDandy''
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* ''SpaceDandy''
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For the main character, you'll definitely want a TallDarkAndHandsome protagonist, like [[Anime/CowboyBebop Spike Spiegel]], [[Anime/SamuraiChamploo Jin and Mugen]] or [[Anime/SpaceDandy Dandy]]. Bonus points if you can get Creator/SteveBlum to voice him.
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* For the main character, you'll definitely want a TallDarkAndHandsome protagonist, like [[Anime/CowboyBebop Spike Spiegel]], [[Anime/SamuraiChamploo Jin and Mugen]] or [[Anime/SpaceDandy Dandy]]. Bonus points if you can get Creator/SteveBlum to voice him.
him. This hero should love [[BloodKnight fighting]], [[BigEater food]], and [[AmazonChaser strong women]] in no particular order, probably has some [[PoliticallyIncorrectHero questionable views about women, children, and/or animals]], and is definitely [[LovableRogue not on the best of terms with the law]]. Nine times out of ten, he'll have run with a gang of some sort in the past and have both a LoveInterest and an archnemesis from the same gang that crosses paths with him in the present. And he usually starts out as an UnscrupulousHero or an UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist, but softens up into a JerkWithAHeartOfGold throughout the course of the series.
* Aside from the main character, you'll need a supporting cast, starting with a {{Foil}} to your hero in the vein of [[Anime/CowboyBebop Jet Black]], [[Anime/SamuraiChamploo Jin]] and [[Anime/SpaceDandy QT]]. He should be [[RedOniBlueOni the Blue Oni to the hero's Red Oni]], the [[NobleMaleRoguishMale Noble Male to the hero's Roguish Male]], and the ByTheBookCop to the hero's CowboyCop. TheLancer should firmly believe in [[GoodOldWays old-fashioned morality]] [[BornInTheWrongCentury that doesn't really fit the world he's in]], which he's gotten a lot of crap for over the years (Jet left the police because he refused to go DirtyCop, Jin is a fugitive, and it's subtly implied that QT would have been junked years ago for showing any kind of sentience if he hadn't wound up with Dandy), that's turned him cynical, though he's still remained steadfast in his code of honor despite this. Chances are he's also a CulturedBadass of some kind.
* Aside from the main character, you'll need a supporting cast, starting with a {{Foil}} to your hero in the vein of [[Anime/CowboyBebop Jet Black]], [[Anime/SamuraiChamploo Jin]] and [[Anime/SpaceDandy QT]]. He should be [[RedOniBlueOni the Blue Oni to the hero's Red Oni]], the [[NobleMaleRoguishMale Noble Male to the hero's Roguish Male]], and the ByTheBookCop to the hero's CowboyCop. TheLancer should firmly believe in [[GoodOldWays old-fashioned morality]] [[BornInTheWrongCentury that doesn't really fit the world he's in]], which he's gotten a lot of crap for over the years (Jet left the police because he refused to go DirtyCop, Jin is a fugitive, and it's subtly implied that QT would have been junked years ago for showing any kind of sentience if he hadn't wound up with Dandy), that's turned him cynical, though he's still remained steadfast in his code of honor despite this. Chances are he's also a CulturedBadass of some kind.
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What genres are you going to mix together? HeavyMetal and [[AfterTheEnd post-apocalyptic fiction]], ProgressiveRock with a MedievalEuropeanFantasy/{{Wuxia}} combination, or perhaps a mix of TwoFistedTales and NewWeird brought together by jazz fusion? Go crazy mixing genres--you're only limited by your imagination!
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What genres are you going to mix together? HeavyMetal and [[AfterTheEnd post-apocalyptic fiction]], ProgressiveRock with a MedievalEuropeanFantasy/{{Wuxia}} combination, combination of MedievalEuropeanFantasy and {{Wuxia}}, or perhaps a mix of TwoFistedTales and NewWeird brought together by jazz fusion? Go crazy mixing genres--you're only limited by your imagination!
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Creator/ShinichiroWatanabe, the creator of such legendary classics as ''Anime/CowboyBebop'', ''Anime/SamuraiChamploo'', and ''Anime/SpaceDandy'', has acquired renown for his mastery of GenreBusting, episodic series, and creating anime [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff that's extremely well-loved in the west.]] So, it's no surprise that many wish to achieve a degree of his greatness by learning how to write like him.
!'''Necessary Tropes'''
* Shinichiro Watanabe is the undisputed master of writing episodic series, for one good reason: Although he has {{Running Gag}}s aplenty, ''his stories are never StrictlyFormula.'' Spike Spiegel and Jet Black may always hunt down a new bounty but never score a single woolong, but no two bounties were quite the same--bounties included a drug dealer addicted to his own product, a crazed eco-terrorist, and a cult leader, and not all of the villains of the week were even bounties to begin with--the question of bounties was never brought up for the BigBad Vicious or the most memorable villain Tongpu. Heck, they even ''successfully'' caught a bounty in the BatmanColdOpen of one episode and spent the rest of it focusing on Spike training someone! This continued with ''Samurai Champloo'', which dealt with Mugen, Jin, and Fuu going from town to town trying to reach Edo and encountering different people, but some were action-packed swordfight-centric episodes while others dealt with more mundane stuff like Mugen learning how to read.
* GenreBusting. Shinichiro Watanabe blended sci-fi, westerns, HeroicBloodshed, and FilmNoir together through jazz in ''Cowboy Bebop'', brought JidaiGeki and hip-hop together in ''Samurai Champloo,'' and fused TheFifties and disco with a parody of RaygunGothic shows with ''Space Dandy.'' Generally, you'll want to mix a music genre with a bunch of story genres.
!'''Choices, Choices'''
What genres are you going to mix together? HeavyMetal and [[AfterTheEnd post-apocalyptic fiction]], ProgressiveRock with a MedievalEuropeanFantasy/{{Wuxia}} combination, or perhaps a mix of TwoFistedTales and NewWeird brought together by jazz fusion? Go crazy mixing genres--you're only limited by your imagination!
!'''Pitfalls'''
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!'''Potential Subversions'''
* The biggest way you can deviate from Shinichiro Watanabe is to pick a single genre and stick to it, as well as using arc-based storytelling instead of episodic formats.
* Watanabe's signature protagonist type is a TallDarkAndHandsome male, but even he has deviated from that with ''Anime/CaroleAndTuesday'' with a duo of women. You could also deviate--maybe you'd prefer to focus on a KidHero or a girl
* Watanabe ''loved'' his characters to have PerpetualPoverty--maybe you are different. Maybe you'd rather they weren't ''always'' broke and instead held on to a sizeable amount of wealth for a few episodes? Hell, perhaps you'd prefer your main character to be downright ''rich''!
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!'''Writers' Lounge'''
!!'''Suggested Themes and Aesops'''
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!!'''Potential Motifs'''
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!!'''Suggested Plots'''
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!'''Departments'''
!!'''Set Designer''' / '''Location Scout'''
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!!'''Props Department'''
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!!'''Costume Designer'''
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!!'''Casting Director'''
For the main character, you'll definitely want a TallDarkAndHandsome protagonist, like [[Anime/CowboyBebop Spike Spiegel]], [[Anime/SamuraiChamploo Jin and Mugen]] or [[Anime/SpaceDandy Dandy]]. Bonus points if you can get Creator/SteveBlum to voice him.
!!'''Stunt Department'''
* First and foremost, you'll want to have the main protagonist practice a martial art that mirrors the musical genre you've chosen for your work in some way, shape or form. Spike Spiegel had Jeet Kune Do, which was Bruce Lee's attempt at blending different martial art styles into something that defied all previous traditions, much like how jazz and bebop did. Mugen had a breakdancing-influenced style called "Champloo Kendo" that takes bits and pieces from other martial arts and making up the rest as he goes along, which mirrors hip-hop's use of sampling and improvisation.
* Secondly, for one-on-one fights, match up the character with a person who fights ''incredibly'' differently from the main character himself. Spike, a Jeet Kune Do and GunKata master, had Vincent, a MasterSwordsman, for his mortal nemesis, and Mugen's rival Jin was the most traditional master of kenjutsu you could find in the ''Samurai Champloo'' world.
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!'''Extra Credit'''
!!'''The Greats'''
!!'''The Epic Fails'''
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!'''Necessary Tropes'''
* Shinichiro Watanabe is the undisputed master of writing episodic series, for one good reason: Although he has {{Running Gag}}s aplenty, ''his stories are never StrictlyFormula.'' Spike Spiegel and Jet Black may always hunt down a new bounty but never score a single woolong, but no two bounties were quite the same--bounties included a drug dealer addicted to his own product, a crazed eco-terrorist, and a cult leader, and not all of the villains of the week were even bounties to begin with--the question of bounties was never brought up for the BigBad Vicious or the most memorable villain Tongpu. Heck, they even ''successfully'' caught a bounty in the BatmanColdOpen of one episode and spent the rest of it focusing on Spike training someone! This continued with ''Samurai Champloo'', which dealt with Mugen, Jin, and Fuu going from town to town trying to reach Edo and encountering different people, but some were action-packed swordfight-centric episodes while others dealt with more mundane stuff like Mugen learning how to read.
* GenreBusting. Shinichiro Watanabe blended sci-fi, westerns, HeroicBloodshed, and FilmNoir together through jazz in ''Cowboy Bebop'', brought JidaiGeki and hip-hop together in ''Samurai Champloo,'' and fused TheFifties and disco with a parody of RaygunGothic shows with ''Space Dandy.'' Generally, you'll want to mix a music genre with a bunch of story genres.
!'''Choices, Choices'''
What genres are you going to mix together? HeavyMetal and [[AfterTheEnd post-apocalyptic fiction]], ProgressiveRock with a MedievalEuropeanFantasy/{{Wuxia}} combination, or perhaps a mix of TwoFistedTales and NewWeird brought together by jazz fusion? Go crazy mixing genres--you're only limited by your imagination!
!'''Pitfalls'''
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!'''Potential Subversions'''
* The biggest way you can deviate from Shinichiro Watanabe is to pick a single genre and stick to it, as well as using arc-based storytelling instead of episodic formats.
* Watanabe's signature protagonist type is a TallDarkAndHandsome male, but even he has deviated from that with ''Anime/CaroleAndTuesday'' with a duo of women. You could also deviate--maybe you'd prefer to focus on a KidHero or a girl
* Watanabe ''loved'' his characters to have PerpetualPoverty--maybe you are different. Maybe you'd rather they weren't ''always'' broke and instead held on to a sizeable amount of wealth for a few episodes? Hell, perhaps you'd prefer your main character to be downright ''rich''!
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!'''Writers' Lounge'''
!!'''Suggested Themes and Aesops'''
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!!'''Potential Motifs'''
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!!'''Suggested Plots'''
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!'''Departments'''
!!'''Set Designer''' / '''Location Scout'''
TBA
!!'''Props Department'''
TBA
!!'''Costume Designer'''
TBA
!!'''Casting Director'''
For the main character, you'll definitely want a TallDarkAndHandsome protagonist, like [[Anime/CowboyBebop Spike Spiegel]], [[Anime/SamuraiChamploo Jin and Mugen]] or [[Anime/SpaceDandy Dandy]]. Bonus points if you can get Creator/SteveBlum to voice him.
!!'''Stunt Department'''
* First and foremost, you'll want to have the main protagonist practice a martial art that mirrors the musical genre you've chosen for your work in some way, shape or form. Spike Spiegel had Jeet Kune Do, which was Bruce Lee's attempt at blending different martial art styles into something that defied all previous traditions, much like how jazz and bebop did. Mugen had a breakdancing-influenced style called "Champloo Kendo" that takes bits and pieces from other martial arts and making up the rest as he goes along, which mirrors hip-hop's use of sampling and improvisation.
* Secondly, for one-on-one fights, match up the character with a person who fights ''incredibly'' differently from the main character himself. Spike, a Jeet Kune Do and GunKata master, had Vincent, a MasterSwordsman, for his mortal nemesis, and Mugen's rival Jin was the most traditional master of kenjutsu you could find in the ''Samurai Champloo'' world.
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!'''Extra Credit'''
!!'''The Greats'''
!!'''The Epic Fails'''
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