fansubs2000 Posted February 16, 2005 Share Posted February 16, 2005 I just bought this Transformers book from Japan. It came in yesterday. I found something very interesting in the book. There is a page where i saw Shoji Kawamori's picture on it. My question, why is he in this Transformers book?!?! Did he create some Transformers along with Macross Valkyires!?!? (I know the Jetfire toy was taken from Macross) Can someone read/translate this page and tell me what it says about Kawamori. Did he make other Transformers besides Jetfire? It shows Omega Supreme & Shockwave on the side of the page. Did he design those toys also!?! If you need a bigger picture to read it, click here..... http://photos.imageevent.com/fansubs2000/p...ums/huge/tf.JPG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoBe-Patt Posted February 16, 2005 Share Posted February 16, 2005 it probably has to do with jetfire. Either takara had to as for permission to use the valk design for jetfire, or they are just referring to shoji as being the designer of the VF-1S which takara used to create jetfire. That's just my guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-ZeroOne Posted February 16, 2005 Share Posted February 16, 2005 (edited) I seem to remember reading somewhere that Shoji Kawamori worked on some of the early designs that eventually wound up as Transformers (not just valkyrie/Jetfire) - however, I cannot confirm this and may well have gotten mixed up with something else. Edit: I suspect that Omega Supreme and Shockwave are there because they were both originally designs by other companies - like Jetfire - that wound up under the Transformers banner. Edited February 16, 2005 by F-ZeroOne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr_vandermeer Posted February 16, 2005 Share Posted February 16, 2005 or maybe he's talking about his love of transforming robots? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imode Posted February 16, 2005 Share Posted February 16, 2005 Too lazy to read it all, but he's talking about Studio Nue's work on Diaclones as well as their involvement with Takara in creating some of the original TF designs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fansubs2000 Posted February 17, 2005 Author Share Posted February 17, 2005 (edited) I asked a friend who lives in Japan and he e-maile dme this..... "basically, its an interview. saying that he had helped out with the diaclones (pg. 124) and the first generation transformers, which paved the way for transformers. Then, he created the Macross valkyries. " Edited February 17, 2005 by fansubs2000 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr_vandermeer Posted February 17, 2005 Share Posted February 17, 2005 i forsee a revised version of this book, just like the generations book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ComicKaze Posted February 17, 2005 Share Posted February 17, 2005 So what should I buy? Generations revised version (what is it called? where can I find it?) or this book? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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