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 · Original Story · Story · Mechanical DesignerEscaflowne: The Movie (2000) - Animation · Original StorySuper Dimension Fortress Macross (1982) - Writer · Original Story · Original Series Creator · 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) - Writer · Original Story · Author · DirectorAni*Kuri15 (2008) - Director · WriterSAKUGAN (2021) - Conceptual DesignSpace Ship Remnant 6 (1996) - Mechanical Designer