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Shoji Kawamori, one of Japan's leading mecha designers and holder of the title of "vision creator," and French designer Romain Thomas. The robot anime "Basquash!", created by the Japanese and French designers, and Macross Frontier (Frontier)," also based on Kawamori's original work, will be released nationwide on November 21, 2009 as "Macross Frontier F: The Movie- The Itsuwari no Utahime." The dream collaboration item between these two works is the "BIG FOOT Player Dangun Nose Art Model."

Masaharu Kawamori, who worked on both works, talked about the deep world setting of this Interview Articles, which is not found in collaborations that simply item characters.

■ starting point - diva new character of taste that jumped out of the work world -

It all started when, inspired by the "nose art" seen on real airplanes, they were attached to the König Monsters in the story "Macross Frontier (Frontier)" [hereinafter referred to as "Frontier"].
In the wake of it, or put the nose art to the plastic model of the mechanics that appeared in the same frontier, or nose art itself of Koenig monster becomes figure.

I felt "funny Do" the derivation of such a character straight. In a certain mineral is a but of therefore mechanical, character that comes in, different from the taste to have the original of the mechanical and character, I wonder if come out funny taste, and.

While doing so, this time, when a character that was decorated on a radio-controlled model of a commercial car (characon) was commercialized, I felt that ``a frontier character is beginning to jump out of the work world'', and if so, ``actually The live images and songs of Ranka and Sheryl are also flowing into the real city by super space-time broadcasting, and the "itache" that the person who saw it really put on the car is running..." I thought the view was interesting.

Then, raised the story of the cosplay of the frontier character "Lucky ☆ Star" figure (most lottery premium), which felt it have a different again work the way jumping out of the world and when the nose art , do it there is also to straddle the work to take the plunge, "the other. by doing the official, to there is different from the type, such as I am doing in parody Toka fanzine in the usual sense fun, bar also great pains frontier in satellite Squash! so are also produced, I thought I kind of want to try doing as long as that can be. "

Basquash! Itself is greater say and the Japan side and the France team, because it was a collaboration work on the assumption that beyond the various border, if I wonder if say if there is a frontier and Basquash! Collaboration, and.

That is the starting point for this item.

■ resonance - Basquash That's why established view of the world -

Base is to say Basquash! Of aircraft, and, if it is a concept to say that ... When there is Cheryl to Basquash! World.

Because there is a special mineral that Basquash Save also Altima site of, it is the world Basquash! Of resonance with the fold quartz ultra-space-time broadcast flow. If Basquash! Also technology of location advanced than modern because the world, so also the place where late, or I receive the occasional super-space-time broadcast and Altima site in the crystal radio is being used , the image is not to Dari reflected dub.

Among such, among the people who are to intercept the cross-talk and video and music in the underground, "Why I'm a different song flow at the d Crips?! Something voice'll resemble" be like a It has happened (laughter). In, "That singer Who?!" Or making noise in there are people who are, and. I think It is such a view of the world.

So when looking at the flowing video, but it seems that out also combat mecha, there is really what has been fighting, to not even know just a drama that's, are raised in the underground. Or Let's put the mechanism of the foot seems to have been called because it awaited the "Messiah", there is a team that was considered ....

Legendary league has been done, in Basquash! Of the world that there is a back set that's in the back can save this planet are looking for someone, "" At the other side of the language to say the Messiah, "" Messiah " seems to sense that. that it is like a that I think we have the power of the "legend" just maybe to say a character wearing a "Messiah"? ", the aircraft, which was made Ayaka' to that sort of, like that is not it.

■ impression - good as mono therefore is not a military weapon -

Basquash! I am of the mechanism, consider the concept in better of me, but I Romain Thomas's French designer has me summarizes the actual design, but it is do a very good condition to enter the detail.

"Limbs long and thin, just want to end hypertrophy tip" and I requested, that was me up so extremely summarizes the thin legs and upper arm, now the usually not machine. With that kind of reality, such as a fusion of car and bike, I love that finished in a little different proportions from the usual Japanimation of the robot.

I thought how likely break when they become actual products, but it is do really good. In the commercialization, do not do an ordinary figure, such as "Changing of the bellows of the left and right of the socks part asymmetrical thickness," "use the metal to the knee of the cylinder," "thin joint of movement so that cleanly visible properly" we have requested a point.

Additional detail for the product, you have to put aiming for maximum effect a minimum in.
Since the bad parentheses in reverse too put too much, for example, it is in the center if there square space is not placed in the design, put Preface to the last minute one, such as with a sharp.

Even if the amount of the plating condition and metal sense of detail, usually of different from the Animemeka, where to put ashamed even if I finished in the "mechanical good as things". Even from where 360 ​​degrees if there is a facial expression. If this only detail is on, it's interesting to see from the usually do not angle. Back Toka Toka back.


Of therefore is not a military weapon, it's really good that the bare part is full.
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Kawamori Shoji (Shoji Kawamori)
1960 February 20 / Toyama Prefecture born

A visionary creator who handles original stories, direction, production, scriptwriting, storyboarding, and mecha design. In his early 20s, he designed the "Valkyrie" that appears in the TV series "The Super Dimension Fortress MACROSS," introducing to the world a mechanism that allows a realistic fighter jet to completely transform into a robot, making him a leading figure in transformable robot design. In the field of directing, he also made his directorial debut at the tender age of 24 with the theatrical work "The Super Dimension Fortress MACROSS: Do You Remember Love?". Since then, he has continued to demonstrate his talent in various works.

 

"Macross Frontier: The Movie- The Itsuwari no Utahime", directed by Shoji Kawamori, will be released nationwide on Saturday, November 21st, 2009.

The official website for "Macross Frontier: The Movie- The Itsuwari no Utahime" is here.