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Shoji Kawamori (河森正治 Kawamori Shōji, born February 2, 1960), is a renowned Japanese anime creator and designer, having created or co-created such notable series as The Vision of Escaflowne, Earth Girl Arjuna, Genesis of Aquarion, and nearly every chapter of the Macross series. He is also an accomplished mecha designer — projects featuring his designs range from 1983's Crusher Joe to 2005's Eureka Seven. His projects are usually noted to contain strong themes of love, war, spirituality or mysticism, and ecological concern. He occasionally used the alias Eiji Kurokawa (黒河影次 Kurokawa Eiji) early in his career.

In 2001, he brought his mecha design talent to real-life projects when he designed a variant of the Sony AIBO robotic dog, the ERS-220. [1] He also helped to design various toys for the Takara toyline Diaclone in the early 1980s, many of which were later incorporated into the Transformers toyline. Over 20 years later, he returned to Transformers by designing both the Hybrid Style Convoy and the Masterpiece version of Starscream for Takara.

Videography

Macross

• The Super Dimension Fortress Macross - Original Creator, Production Supervisor, Mechanical Design
• The Super Dimension Fortress Macross: Do You Remember Love? - Original Creator, Director, Mechanical Design, Series Script Supervisor
• The Super Dimension Fortress Macross: Flash Back 2012 - Original Creator, Executive Director, Compilation, Mechanical Design
• Macross Plus - Original Creator, Executive Director, Writer, Mechanical Design
• Macross 7 - Original Creator, Writer, Supervisor, Mechanical Designer
• Macross Dynamite 7 - Original Creator, Series Script Supervisor, Mechanical Designer, Ending Photography
• Macross Zero - Original Creator, Director, Writer, Mechanical Designer

Note: The Super Dimension Fortress Macross II: Lovers, Again is the only animated Macross project in which Kawamori had no involvement.

Other Anime

• Future GPX Cyber Formula series - Machine Design
• The Vision of Escaflowne - Original Creator, Series Script Supervisor
• Escaflowne: A Girl in Gaea - Original Creator
• Spring and Chaos - Director, Screenplay
• Earth Girl Arjuna - Original Creator, Director, Series Script Supervisor
• The Daichis - Earth Defence Family - Original Creator, Series Planner
• Genesis of Aquarion - Original Creator, Director, Series Script Supervisor, Aquarion Design
• Eureka Seven - Main Mechanical Design

Movie (not anime)

• GUNHED - Mechanical Design

Video Games

• Tech Romancer Mechanical design, Original concept
• Omega Boost - Mechanical design advisor, Supervisor, Mechanical/Costume designer, Opening/Ending movie director
• Armored Core: Project Phantasma - Mechanic designer
• Armored Core: Master of Arena - Mechanic designer
• Armored Core 2 - Mechanic concept designer
• Armored Core 2: Another Age - Mechanic concept designer
• Armored Core 3 - Mechanic concept designer
• Silent Line: Armored Core - Mechanic concept designer
• Armored Core: Nexus - Mechanic concept designer

External links

• Shoji Kawamori at the Anime News Network Encyclopedia
• Shoji Kawamori at the Macross Compendium
• Macross Nexus

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