Shōji Kawamori

, 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 (and creator of the original series concept). 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 when he started as a member of Studio Nue.

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". [http://www.eet.com/story/OEG20011108S0066] 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. He is currently executive director at animation studio Satelight.

Videography

"Macross"

*"The Super Dimension Fortress Macross" - Original Creator, Production Supervisor, Mechanical Design
*"" - Original Creator, Director, Mechanical Design, Series Script Supervisor
*"" - 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
*"Macross Frontier" - Original Creator, Supervising Director, Story Composition

Note: "" 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
*"" - Original Creator
*"Spring and Chaos" - Director, Screenplay
*"Earth Girl Arjuna" - Original Creator, Director, Series Script Supervisor
*"The Daichis - Earth's Defense Family" - Original Creator, Series Planner
*"Genesis of Aquarion" - Original Creator, Director, Series Script Supervisor, Aquarion Design
*"Eureka Seven" - Main Mechanical Design
*"Engage Planet Kiss Dum" - Main Mechanical Design
*"Apo Mekhanes Theos Gigantic Forumula" - Mechanical designer (Yunowa VIII)
*"" - Designed the RX-78GP01 "Zephyrantes" and the RX-78GP02A "Physalis" Gundams
*"Ulysses 31" - Mechanical Design
*"Dangaio"- Mechanical Design, key animation
*"Ghost in the Shell"- Mechanical Design

Movie (not anime)

*"Gunhed" - Mechanical Design

Video Games

*"" - Mechanic Designer
*"" - Mechanic Designer
*"Armored Core 2" - Mechanic Concept Designer
*"" - Mechanic Concept Designer
*"Armored Core 3" - Mechanic Concept Designer
*"" - Guest Designer
*"" - Mechanic Concept Designer
*"" - Mechanic Concept Designer
*"" - Main Mechanical Designer
*"" - Main Mechanical Designer
*"Omega Boost" - Mechanical Design Advisor, Supervisor, Mechanical/Costume Designer, Opening/Ending Movie Director
*"Tech Romancer" Mechanical Design, Original Concept

External links

*imdb name|name=Shôji Kawamori|id=0442828
* [http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=31 Shōji Kawamori at the Anime News Network Encyclopedia]
* [http://macross.anime.net/production/creators/kawamori_shoji/index.html Shoji Kawamori] at the [http://macross.anime.net/ Macross Compendium]