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Some of Kawamori's most iconic transforming mecha designs include the VF-1 Valkyrie from the Macross and Robotech franchises, and Optimus Prime (called Convoy in Japan) from the Transformers and Diaclone franchises. [2] In 2001, he brought his mecha design talent to real-life projects when he designed a variant of the Sony AIBO robotic dog, the ...
Mecha also have roles as transporters, recreation, advanced hazmat suits, and other research and development applications. Mecha have been used in fantasy settings, for example in the anime series Aura Battler Dunbine, The Vision of Escaflowne, Panzer World Galient, and Maze. In those cases, the mecha designs are usually based on some ...
The VF-1 was created between 1980 and 1982 by Japanese mecha designer Shoji Kawamori with contributions by his Studio Nue partner Kazutaka Miyatake.The VF-1 Valkyrie was to be the centerpiece mecha design for the anime series The Super Dimension Fortress Macross which aired between 1982 and 1983. [4]
Kunio Okawara (大河原 邦男, Ōkawara Kunio, born December 26, 1947) is a mecha designer in the Japanese anime industry. [1] He was born and currently lives in Inagi, Tokyo, where he works out of a studio in his home. [2] He was one of the pioneering mecha designers in Japan [3] and established the profession of 'mecha design' in the anime ...
Printable version; In other projects ... For real-life mecha, ... Subcategories. This category has only the following subcategory. T. Transformers characters (2 C, 20 P)
When a transformer is first forged, they are in a "Proto-form" state that resembles either a featureless, mannequin-like robot [2] or a being of liquid, shifting metal. [11] As the transformer's consciousness develops, the proto-form takes shape into a robotic form and an alternate mode is soon determined afterward.
Year(s) Name Series Type Notes Ref. 1963–66: Astro Boy: Astro Boy: TV series: 1963–66: Gigantor: Tetsujin 28-go: TV series: 1964: Mighty Atom: The Brave in Space
Mech Eagles from the novel Logan's Run (1967), robotic eagles designed to track and kill people who refuse to die at age 21; Richard Daniel, an intensely loyal, old, un-remodeled robot, belonging to one family for generations, in "All the Traps of Earth" by Clifford Simak. When the last of his entire extended family of owners died, after 200 ...