Shoji Kawamori
Directing · Director · Author · Mechanical & Creature Designer
Born Feb 20, 1960 · Taira, Toyama, Japan [now Nanto, Toyama, Japan]
Active 1982–present
Shoji Kawamori is an anime creator, director and mechanical designer, best known as the original creator for nearly every Macross chapter.
Filmography
Labyrinth (2026) — DirectorLatair the Earth (2025) — DirectorGhost in the Shell (1995) — Mechanical DesignerBumblebee (2018) — Original StoryThe Vision of Escaflowne (1996) — Screenplay · Writer · Original Series Creator · Director · Original Story · Storyboard Artist · CreatorPatlabor 2: The Movie (1993) — Mechanical DesignerMacross: Do You Remember Love? (1984) — Director · Author · Story · Original Story · Mechanical DesignerEscaflowne: The Movie (2000) — Animation · Original StorySuper Dimension Fortress Macross (1982) — Writer · Original Series Creator · Original Story · Director · ScreenplayMacross Plus: The Movie (1995) — Director · Original StoryMacross Frontier (2008) — Storyboard Artist · Original Series Creator · Series DirectorMacross Zero (2002) — Director · Storyboard Artist · Original Story · Series Director · Series Composition · CreatorMacross Plus (1994) — Original Story · OtherMobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory (1991) — Mechanical DesignerRahXephon (2002) — Storyboard ArtistGenius Party (2007) — Director · Screenplay · Mechanical DesignerPatlabor WXIII the Movie (2002) — Mechanical DesignerMacross Frontier: The False Songstress (2009) — Director · Original Story · ScreenplayFuture GPX Cyber Formula (1991) — Mechanical DesignerDRAGON PILOT: Hisone and Masotan (2018) — Mechanical DesignerThe Super Dimension Fortress Macross: Flash Back 2012 (1987) — Original Story · Writer · Director · AuthorMacross: 20th Anniversary (2002) — Original StorySAKUGAN (2021) — Conceptual DesignAni*Kuri15 (2008) — Director · Writer