Shoji Kawamori

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Pictured with the intellectual properties that he created and designed himself

Shoji Kawamori is a mechanical designer and anime director with a very distinctive visual aesthetic and animation style. He frequently works together with Yoko Kanno and the animation director Ichiro Itano.

He has directed the following:

• Super Dimension Fortress Macross
  • Macross Plus: With Shinichiro Watanabe
  • Macross 7
  • Macross Zero
  • Macross Frontier
• Tenkuu no Escaflowne (The Vision of Escaflowne)
• Earth Maiden Arjuna
• Sousei no Aquarion (Genesis of Aquarion)
  • Aquarion Evol
• Basquash

He has also done mechanical design for the following:

• LEGO
• Dangaioh
• Battle Tech: Until Harmony Gold filed a lawsuit in contravention of decisions that were made in Japanese courts.
• Patlabor series
• Future GPX Cyber Formula series: Technically cars, but they're mechanical designs nonetheless.
• Outlaw Star
• Cowboy Bebop: With Shinichiro Watanabe
• Armored Core series
• Eureka Seven
• Transformers: Masterpiece Starscream and Hybrid Style Convoy
• Ace Combat Assault Horizon: Designed the ASF-X Shinden II. His Macross background shows through with it's design and functions.
• Time Jam: Valérian and Laureline

He frequently uses the following:

• Belligerent Sexual Tension
• Humongous Mecha
• Love Triangle
• Macross Missile Massacre
• Organic Technology
• Red Oni, Blue Oni
• Theme Music Power-Up
• Transforming Mecha
• Trolling Creator / Wrong Genre Savvy: He has a way with audience expectations, even those who have been following his work for a long time.