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Behind the anime
Original Creator
Shouji Kawamori is an anime creator, director and mechanical designer.
Shoji Kawamori is a director, scriptwriter, and designer with 98 credits in Aniphoria's catalog. Shouji is from Toyama Prefecture, Japan. Born February 20, 1960. Years active: 1978–present.
Behind the scenes, the most common credits are mechanical design (33), original creator (13), and storyboard (11).
Our catalog lists 98 credits, including AKB0048: next stage, Macross Frontier: Labyrinth of Time, and Cowboy Bebop: The Movie - Knockin' on Heaven's Door.
Their hometown is listed as Toyama Prefecture, Japan.
The person behind the work
Shouji Kawamori is an anime creator, director and mechanical designer. Also a current advisor for Satelight. Famous for his work in the Macross and Transformers franchises. He pioneered several innovative concepts in his works, such as transforming mecha (including the VF-1 Valkyrie in Macross and Optimus Prime in Transformers) and virtual idols (including Lynn Minmay and Sharon Apple in the Macross franchise).
Kawamori attended Keio University together with Macross screenwriter Hiroshi Oonogi and character designer Haruhiko Mikimoto. There they became friends and founded a Mobile Suit Gundam fan club called "Gunsight One," a name the group would use years later during the development of the fictional world of the Macross series.
Later on his career Kawamori created or co-created the concepts which served as basis for several anime series. His projects are usually noted to contain strong themes of love, war, spirituality or mysticism, and ecological concern. Kawamori also helped to design various toys for the Takara toyline, Diaclone in the early '80s.
Among them the first Optimus Prime toy design, Prowl, Bluestreak, Smokescreen, Ironhide, and Ratchet. Over 20 years later, he returned to Transformers by designing both the Hybrid Style Convoy and the Masterpiece version of Starscream for Takara.
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55 titles listed
