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Shōji Kawamori to Appear at AFA Singapore
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
Film distributor Abnormal Studios announced revealed on Thursday that anime director and mechanical designer Shōji Kawamori will attend Anime Festival Asia in Singapore on November 30. Kawamori will present his original animation film Labyrinth (Meikyū no Shiori) at the convention on November 30 as part of the convention's featured anime lineup.
Anime Festival Asia Singapore will take place at the Suntec Singapore International Convention and Exhibition Centre in Singapore on November 28 to 30.
Kawamori is perhaps most famous for being a key creative planner in The Super Dimension Fortress Macross anime series. He designed most of the franchise's iconic transforming Variable Fighter mecha, and oversaw most of the main installments in the franchise, including the latest, Macross Delta.
Kawamori has also created the Aquarion, AKB0048, and Arjuna series, and was chief director on Jūshinki Pandora at Satelight, the anime studio for which he served as a board director. He has contributed mechanical design work to Patlabor: The Movie, Patlabor 2: The Movie, Eureka Seven, Outlaw Star, Ghost in the Shell, and more. He is credited as the original creator of The Vision of Escaflowne, Basquash!, and Nobunaga The Fool. He has worked in anime production as a director, screenwriter, mechanical designer, and storyboarder.
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