| 1 | [[quoteright:340:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Shoji_Kawamori_with_his_work_8058.PNG]] |
| 2 | [[caption-width-right:340:Pictured with the intellectual properties that he created and designed himself]] |
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| 4 | Shoji Kawamori (born February 20, 1960) ([[FanNickname known in western circles]] as "[[{{Engrish}} Hory Froating]] [[http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f344/GoStopBlvd/HoryFroatingHead.jpg Head]]") is a mechanical designer (originating from Creator/StudioNue) and anime director with a very distinctive visual aesthetic and animation style. He frequently works together with Music/YokoKanno and the animation director [[MacrossMissileMassacre Ichiro Itano]]. |
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| 6 | He has created and/or directed the following: |
| 7 | [[index]] |
| 8 | * ''Anime/{{Macross}}'': |
| 9 | ** ''Anime/SuperDimensionFortressMacross'': With Noboru Ishiguro |
| 10 | ** ''Anime/MacrossDoYouRememberLove'': With Noboru Ishiguro |
| 11 | ** ''Anime/MacrossPlus'': With Creator/ShinichiroWatanabe |
| 12 | ** ''Anime/Macross7'': With Tetsuro Amino |
| 13 | ** ''Anime/MacrossZero'' |
| 14 | ** ''Anime/MacrossFrontier'': With Yasuhito Kikuchi |
| 15 | ** ''Anime/MacrossDelta'': With Kenji Yasuda |
| 16 | * ''Anime/TheVisionOfEscaflowne'': With Kazuki Akane |
| 17 | * ''The Daichis - Earth Defense Family'': With Tetsu Kimura |
| 18 | * ''Anime/EarthMaidenArjuna'' |
| 19 | * ''Anime/GenesisOfAquarion'' |
| 20 | ** ''Anime/AquarionEvol'': With Yusuke Yamamoto |
| 21 | ** ''Anime/AquarionLogos'' |
| 22 | ** ''Aquarion: Myth of Emotions'' |
| 23 | * ''Anime/{{Basquash}}'': With Thomas Romain, Shin Itagaki, and Hidekazu Sato |
| 24 | * ''Anime/AnimalDetectivesKiruminzoo'': With Soichi Masui |
| 25 | * ''Anime/AKB0048'': With Yoshimasa Hiraike |
| 26 | * ''Anime/NobunagaTheFool'': With Hidekazu Sato |
| 27 | * ''Spring And Chaos'' |
| 28 | * ''[[Anime/LastHope2018 Last Hope]]'' |
| 29 | [[/index]] |
| 30 | |
| 31 | He has also done mechanical design for the following: |
| 32 | * ''VideoGame/AceCombatAssaultHorizon'': Designed the ASF-X Shinden II. His ''Anime/{{Macross}}'' background shows through with it's design and functions. |
| 33 | * ''VideoGame/ArmoredCore'' series |
| 34 | * ''TabletopGame/BattleTech'': Until Harmony Gold filed a lawsuit in contravention of decisions that were made in Japanese courts. |
| 35 | ** Technically it was the other way round: he didn't really designed original BT mechs, FASA just used his ''Macross'' designs for them. |
| 36 | * ''Anime/BlueSubmarineNo6'' |
| 37 | * ''Literature/BodaciousSpacePirates'' |
| 38 | * ''VideoGame/ChousokuHenkeiGyrozetter'' |
| 39 | * ''Anime/CowboyBebop'': With Creator/ShinichiroWatanabe. Also wrote the screenplay for Episode 18. |
| 40 | * ''Literature/CrusherJoe'' |
| 41 | * ''VideoGame/DaemonXMachina'' |
| 42 | * ''Anime/{{Daimos}}'' |
| 43 | * ''Anime/{{Dangaioh}}'': Also provided some key animation for episode 1. |
| 44 | * ''Anime/EurekaSeven'' |
| 45 | * ''Anime/FutureGPXCyberFormula'' series: Technically cars, but they're mechanical designs nonetheless. |
| 46 | * ''Franchise/GhostInTheShell'' |
| 47 | * ''Anime/GlassFleet'' |
| 48 | * ''Film/GodzillaVsBiollante'' |
| 49 | * ''{{Film/Gunhed}}'' |
| 50 | * ''Toys/LEGOExoForce'' |
| 51 | * ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam0083StardustMemory'' [[note]]A case of PromotedFanboy; Shoji has been into Universal Century ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'' - he doesn't really care for the alternate universes - since the very beginning in 1979.[[/note]] |
| 52 | * ''{{Anime/Moldiver}}'' |
| 53 | * ''Anime/OutlawStar'' |
| 54 | * ''Franchise/{{Patlabor}}'' series |
| 55 | * ''Anime/SaberMarionetteJ'': Did key animation for episodes 1 and 5. |
| 56 | * ''WesternAnimation/ThunderbirdsAreGo'' |
| 57 | * ''WesternAnimation/TimeJamValerianAndLaureline'' |
| 58 | * ''{{Franchise/Transformers}}'': Masterpiece Starscream and Hybrid Style Convoy; also designed [[Franchise/TransformersGenerationOne the original toys]] Optimus Prime[[note]]as well as the toys for Bluestreak[=/=]Prowl[=/=]Smokescreen & Ironhide[=/=]Ratchet[[/note]] and [[Anime/SuperDimensionFortressMacross Jetfire]] were based upon. |
| 59 | * ''Anime/{{Ulysses 31}}'' |
| 60 | |
| 61 | !! Shoji Kawamori frequently uses the following in his works: |
| 62 | |
| 63 | %%* BelligerentSexualTension |
| 64 | %%* CoolPlane |
| 65 | * GodNeverSaidThat: Many of the things he supposedly said to "troll" the ''Anime/MacrossFrontier'' fandom [[http://forums.animesuki.com/showthread.php?p=2585414#post2585414 were fiction made up by a disgruntled member of the fandom.]] |
| 66 | %%* HumongousMecha |
| 67 | %%* LoveTriangle |
| 68 | %%* MacrossMissileMassacre |
| 69 | %%* OrganicTechnology |
| 70 | %%* RedOniBlueOni |
| 71 | * TechnologyPorn: He graduated as an aircraft engineer, which is ''really'' evident in his designs. |
| 72 | %%* ThemeMusicPowerUp |
| 73 | * TransformingMecha: The creator of transforming [[RealRobot real robots]] himself. He designed the [[Anime/SuperDimensionFortressMacross VF-1 Valkyrie]] and [[Franchise/{{Transformers}} Optimus Prime]], who are among the most famous of all mecha, period. |
| 74 | * TrollingCreator: He does have a way of messing with audience expectations, even those who have been following his work for a long time. |
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