Shoji Kawamori



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
 * BattleTech: 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.