Kazuo Oga Explained

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

• , 2006

Art director

• , 1979
• , 1980
• , 1983
• , 1986
• , 1987
• , 1988
• , 1988
• , 1991
• , 1994
• , 1997
• , 2013

Assistant background art director

• , 1978
• , 1982

Background art

• , 1973
• , 1975
• , 1977
• , 1980
• , 1983
• , 1983
• , 1984
• , 1985
• , 1986
• , 1987
• , 1988
• , 1988
• , 1989
• , 1989
• , 1991
• , 1992
• , 1993
• , 1995
• , 1995
• , 1997
• , 2000
• , 2001
• , 2001
• , 2002
• , 2004
• , 2004
• , 2006
• , 2006
• , 2007
• , 2008
• , 2009
• , 2009
• , 2010
• , 2012
• , 2017
• , 2023

Art books

• Kazuo Oga Art Collection (Oga Kazuo Gashuu). Tokuma Shoten, 1996.
• Kazuo Oga Art Collection II (Oga Kazuo Gashuu 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.^[1] A documentary about this exhibition was released on DVD and Blu-ray.

References

• Filmography on Nausicaa.net

External links

• • • Kazuo Oga on Ghibli.jp (Japanese)
• Kazuo Oga webpage at Nippon Television
• Ad-net Sakigake Kyo Interview Vol.52 Kazuo Oga (Japanese)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Kazuo Oga – the Man Who Drew Totoro's Forest | TABlog | Tokyo Art Beat . 2013-02-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120615171544/http://www.tokyoartbeat.com/tablog/entries.en/2007/09/kazuo-oga-the-man-who-drew-totoros-forest.html . 2012-06-15 . live .