The Vision of Escaflowne
Shoji Kawamori occasionally used the alias Eiji Kurokawa (黒河影次 "Kurokawa Eiji") early in his anime career when he started as a teenage intern at Studio Nue and worked as assistant artist and animator there during the late seventies and early eighties. Later in his career Kawamori created or co-created the concepts which served as basis for several anime series such as "Super Dimension Fortress Macross", "The Vision of Escaflowne", "Earth Maiden Arjuna", "Genesis of Aquarion", "Macross 7", "Macross Frontier", and "Macross Delta". 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.