Shōji Kawamori (河森 正治, Kawamori Shōji, born February 20, 1960) is a Japanese animation creator and producer, screenwriter, visual artist, and mecha designer. He is best known for creating the Macross mecha animated franchise and the Diaclone toyline, which were in turn the basis for the Robotech and Transformers franchises, respectively.

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Shôji Kawamori was born on 20 February 1960 in Toyama, Japan. He is a writer, known for Macross Zero (2002), Ghost in the Shell (1995) and Macross Frontier: The Wings of Farewell (2011).

Dec 10, 2015 · There are a few truly great figures in Japanese popular culture, one of these is definitely the multi-talented mecha designer and creator Shoji Kawamori.

Macross Director/Designer Shoji Kawamori Designs Reaper Skin for Call of Duty: Mobile (Sep 13, 2021) Space Walker Recruits Macross Creator Shoji Kawamori to Draw Spacecraft for Coloring ...

1 day ago · From the amazing mecha designs by Shoji Kawamori and Kazutaka Miyatake to the gorgeous character artwork by Haruhiko Mikimoto, this movie is an assault on the senses in more ways than one.

Shoji Kawamori (born February 20, 1960) (known in western circles as "Hory Froating Head ") is a mechanical designer (originating from Studio Nue) and anime director with a very distinctive visual aesthetic and animation style.

Sep 6, 2024 · Recently, Shōji Kawamori, one of the industry’s elder statesmen and the creator of the Macross franchise, told me he’d be “perfectly fine” using AI in some of his own work. “From a cost and speed...

Sep 25, 2024 · Macross creator Shoji Kawamori discusses his work on Macross, his philosophies in storytelling, the encroachment of AI in media, and more.

Jan 12, 2025 · Shōji Kawamori (河森 正治, Kawamori Shōji?) is an anime creator and producer, screenwriter, visual artist, and mechanical details and mecha designer. Kawamori helped create the designs for Nero's Devil Breakers for Devil May Cry 5.