Japanese anime creator and producer, screenwriter, visual artist, and mecha designer Shoji Kawamori is exhibiting his design drafts, character models, toys and story notes at the “Shoji Kawamori Expo” exhibition.
A poster of the exhibition. File photos
Kawamori created or co-created the concepts which served as the basis for several anime series such as “The Super Dimension Fortress Macross,” “The Vision of Escaflowne,” “Earth Maiden Arjuna,” “Genesis of Aquarion,” “Macross 7,” “Macross Frontier” and “Macross Delta.”
A robot from "The Super Dimension Fortress Macross."
His projects are usually noted to contain strong themes of love, war, spirituality or mysticism, and ecological concern. Kawamori is currently executive director at the animation studio Satelight.
Shoji Kawamori
Kawamori is also a visual artist and a mecha designer. Projects featuring his designs range from 1983’s “Crusher Joe” to 2005’s “Eureka Seven.” Also, each and every variable fighter from the official “Macross” series continuity has been designed by him.
A poster of "Eureka Seven."
In 2001, he brought his mecha design talent to real-life projects when he designed a variant of the Sony AIBO robotic dog, the ERS-220.
Kawamori also helped to design various toys for the Takara toyline Diaclone in the early 1980s, many of which were later incorporated into Hasbro’s “Transformers” toyline. Quite a few of them became iconic “Transformers: Generation 1” toy designs. 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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Dates: Until Jan. 10, 2020
Tickets: 88 yuan
Venue: LG, MixC World, Nanshan District (南山区深圳万象天地LG层)
Metro: Line 1 to Hi-tech Park Station (高新园站), Exit A
