Kazuo Oga
Kazuo Oga is an art director and background artist for many Madhouse Studio and Studio Ghibli anime films. Oga has worked with major directors Hayao Miyazaki, Isao Takahata, Yoshiaki Kawajiri, Osamu Dezaki. He also published two artbooks and directed a short animated film.
Works (selection)
Director
The Night of Taneyamagahara, 2006
Art director
Unico, 1979Tomorrow's Joe, 1980Barefoot Gen, 1983Toki no Tabibito: Time Stranger, 1986Wicked City, 1987My Neighbor Totoro, 1988Girls in Summer Clothes, 1988Only Yesterday, 1991Pom Poko, 1994Princess Mononoke, 1997The Tale of the Princess Kaguya, 2013
Treasure Island, 1978Space Adventure Cobra: The Movie, 1982
Background art
Panda! Go, Panda!, 1973Ganba no Bōken, 1975Nobody's Boy: Remi, 1977Makoto-chan, 1980Genma Wars, 1983Unico, 1983Lensman, 1984The Dagger of Kamui, 1985Barefoot Gen 2, 1986Hoero! Bun Bun, 1987Bride of Deimos, 1988Demon City Shinjuku, 1988Goku Midnight Eye, 1989Kiki's Delivery Service, 1989Urusei Yatsura, 1991Porco Rosso, 1992Ninja Scroll, 1993On Your Mark, 1995Whisper of the Heart, 1995Rurouni Kenshin: The Motion Picture, 1997Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust, 2000Spirited Away, 2001InuYasha the Movie: Affections Touching Across Time, 2001The Cat Returns, 2002Fantastic Children, 2004Howl's Moving Castle, 2004The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, 2006Tales from Earthsea, 2006Highlander: The Search for Vengeance, 2007Ponyo, 2008Kawa no Hikari, 2009Summer Wars, 2009The Secret World of Arrietty, 2010A Letter to Momo, 2012Mary and the Witch's Flower, 2017The Boy and the Heron'', 2023
Art books
Kazuo Oga Art Collection. Tokuma Shoten, 1996. Kazuo Oga Art Collection II. Tokuma Shoten, 2005.
Exhibition
The Museum of Contemporary Art, in Tokyo, Japan sponsored an exhibition called Kazuo Oga – The Man Who Drew Totoro's Forest from July 21, 2007, through September 30, 2007. A documentary about this exhibition Oga Kazuo Exhibition: Ghibli No Eshokunin – The One Who Painted Totoro's Forest was released on DVD and Blu-ray.