is an
art director
Art director is the title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, film industry, film and television, the Internet, and video games.
It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and ...
and
background artist
A background artist or sometimes called a background stylist or background painter is one who is involved in the process of animation who establishes the color, style, and mood of a scene drawn by an animation layout artist. The methods used can e ...
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
artbook
Artists' books (or book arts or book objects) are works of art that utilize the form of the book. They are often published in small editions, though they are sometimes produced as one-of-a-kind objects.
Overview
Artists' books have employed a ...
s and directed a short animated film.
Works (selection)
Director
* , ''2006''
Art director
* ''
The Fantastic Adventures of Unico
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Osamu Tezuka. It was serialized in Sanrio's manga magazine ' from November 1976 to March 1979 and collected in two volumes. A pilot film for a potential television series was produce ...
'' - (ユニコ ''Unico''), ''1979''
* ''
Tomorrow's Joe 2'' - (あしたのジョー2 ''Ashita no Jō Tsū''), ''1980''
* ''
Barefoot Gen
is a Japanese historical manga series by Keiji Nakazawa. Loosely based on Nakazawa's own experiences as a Hiroshima survivor, the series begins in 1945 in and around Hiroshima, Japan, where the six-year-old boy Gen Nakaoka lives wi ...
'' - (はだしのゲン ''Hadashi no gen''), ''1983''
* ''
Toki no Tabibito -Time Stranger-'' - (時空の旅人 ''Toki no Tabibito''), ''1986''
* ''
Wicked City'' - (妖獣都市 ''Yōjū Toshi''), ''1987''
* ''
My Neighbor Totoro'' - (となりのトトロ ''Tonari no Totoro''), ''1988''
* ''Girls in Summer Clothes'' - (夏服の少女たち ''Natsufuku no Shōjo-tachi''), ''1988''
* ''
Only Yesterday'' - (おもひでぽろぽろ ''Omohide Poro Poro''), ''1991''
* ''
Pom Poko'' - (平成狸合戦ぽんぽこ ''Heisei Tanuki Gassen Pon Poko''), ''1994''
* ''
Princess Mononoke
is a 1997 Japanese animated epic historical fantasy film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki and animated by Studio Ghibli for Tokuma Shoten, Nippon Television Network and Dentsu. The film stars the voices of Yōji Matsuda, Yuriko Ishida ...
'' - (もののけ姫 ''Mononoke Hime''), ''1997''
* ''
The Tale of Princess Kaguya'' - (かぐや姫の物語 ''Kaguya-hime no Monogatari''), ''2013''
Assistant background art director
* ''Treasure Island'' - (宝島 ''Takarajima''), ''1978''
* ''
Cobra: Space Adventure'' - (コブラ スペースアドベンチャー ''Kobura Supēsu Adobenchā''), ''1982''
Background art
* ''
Panda! Go, Panda! and the Rainy-Day Circus'' - (パンダコパンダ 雨降りサーカスの巻 ''Panda Kopanda: Amefuri Sākasu no Maki''), ''1973''
* ''
Adventures of Ganba'' - (ガンバの冒険 ''Ganba no Bōken''), ''1975''
* ''
Nobody's Boy: Remi'' - (家なき子 ''Ie Naki Ko''), ''1977''
* ''
Makoto-chan
is a shōnen gag manga by Kazuo Umezu. The series was initially published in ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' from April 18, 1976, to July 8, 1981, and later returned from August 24, 1988, to July 26, 1989, as .
Plot
The series follows the odd ...
'' - (まことちゃん ''Makoto Chan''), ''1980''
* ''
Harmagedon'' - (幻魔大戦 ''Genma Taisen''), ''1983''
* ''
Unico in the Island of Magic
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Osamu Tezuka. It was serialized in Sanrio's manga magazine ' from November 1976 to March 1979 and collected in two volumes. A pilot film for a potential television series was produce ...
'' - (ユニコ 魔法の島へ ''Unico: Mahō no Shima e''), ''1983''
* ''
Lensman'' - (SF 新世紀 レンズマン ''SF Shinseiki Lensman''), ''1984''
* ''
The Dagger of Kamui
is a Japanese novel series by Tetsu Yano released by Kadokawa Shoten from 1984 to 1985.
The series was adapted in 1985 into an anime film directed by Rintaro and animated by Madhouse. The screenplay was adapted by Mori Masaki, and char ...
'' - (カムイの剣 ''Kamui no Ken''), ''1985''
* ''
Barefoot Gen 2'' - (はだしのゲン2 ''Hadashi no Gen 2''), ''1986''
* ''Hoero! Bun Bun'' - (ほえろブンブン ''Hoero! Bun Bun''), ''1987''
* ''Bride of Deimos'' - (悪魔の花嫁 蘭の組曲 ''Akuma no Hanayome - Ran no Kumikyoku''), ''1988''
* ''
Demon City Shinjuku'' - (魔界都市 新宿 ''Makai Toshi: Shinjuku''), ''1988''
* ''
Goku: Midnight Eye'' - (Midnight Eye ゴクウ ''Midnight Eye Gokū''), ''1989''
* ''
Kiki's Delivery Service'' - (魔女の宅急便 ''Majo no Takkyūbin''), ''1989''
* ''
Urusei Yatsura: Always My Darling'' - (うる星やつら いつだってマイ・ダーリン ''Urusei Yatsura Itsudatte Mai Dārin''), ''1991''
* ''
Porco Rosso'' - (紅の豚 ''Kurenai no Buta''), ''1992''
* ''
Ninja Scroll'' - (獣兵衛忍風帖 ''Jūbē Ninpūchō''), ''1993''
* ''
On Your Mark
is an animated music video created by Studio Ghibli for the song "On Your Mark" by the Japanese rock duo Chage & Aska. The song was released in 1994 as part of the single "Heart". In 1995, Hayao Miyazaki wrote and directed the short film for th ...
'' - (オン・ユア・マーク ''On Yua Māku''), ''1995''
* ''
Whisper of the Heart'' - (耳をすませば ''Mimi o Sumaseba''), ''1995''
* ''
Rurouni Kenshin: The Motion Picture'' - (るろうに剣心 -明治剣客浪漫譚- 維新志士への鎮魂歌 ''Rurōni Kenshin Meiji Kenkaku Rōmantan Ishin Shishi e no Requiem''), ''1997''
* ''
Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust'' - (バンパイアハンターD ''Banpaia hantâ D''), ''2000''
* ''
Spirited Away'' - (千と千尋の神隠し ''Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi''), ''2001''
* ''
InuYasha the Movie: Affections Touching Across Time'' - (映画犬夜叉 時代を越える想い ''Eiga Inuyasha: Toki o Koeru Omoi''), ''2001''
* ''
The Cat Returns'' - (猫の恩返し ''Neko no Ongaeshi''), ''2002''
* ''
Fantastic Children'' - (ファンタジックチルドレン ''Fantajikku Chirudoren''), ''2004''
* ''
Howl's Moving Castle
''Howl's Moving Castle'' is a fantasy novel by British author Diana Wynne Jones, first published in 1986 by Greenwillow Books of New York. It was a runner-up for the annual Boston Globe–Horn Book Award, and won the Phoenix Award twenty years ...
'' - (ハウルの動く城 ''Hauru no Ugoku Shiro''), ''2004''
* ''
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
is a science fiction novel by Yasutaka Tsutsui. Originally serialized from 1965 to 1966, it tells the story of a high-school girl who accidentally acquires the ability to Time travel in fiction, time travel, which leads to a time loop where sh ...
'' - (時をかける少女 ''Toki o Kakeru Shōjo''), ''2006''
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Tales from Earthsea'' - (ゲド戦記 ''Gedo Senki''), ''2006''
* ''
Highlander: The Search for Vengeance'' ''2007''
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Ponyo'' - (崖の上のポニョ ''Gake no Ue no Ponyo''), ''2008''
* ''
Kawa no Hikari
is a 2007 Japanese children's adventure novel written by Hisaki Matsuura and featuring illustrations by Kazuko Shimazu. It was originally serialized in the newspaper ''Yomiuri Shimbun'' between July 25, 2006 and April 23, 2007, before bein ...
'' - (川の光 ''Kawa no Hikari''), ''2009''
* ''
Summer Wars
is a 2009 Japanese animated science fiction film directed by Mamoru Hosoda, produced by Madhouse, and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. The film's voice cast includes Ryunosuke Kamiki, Nanami Sakuraba, Mitsuki Tanimura, Sumiko Fuji and ...
'' - (サマーウォーズ ''Samā Wōzu''), ''2009''
* ''
The Secret World of Arrietty'' - (借りぐらしのアリエッティ ''Kari-gurashi no Arietti''), ''2010''
* ''
A Letter to Momo
is a 2011 Japanese anime drama film produced by Production I.G and distributed by Kadokawa Pictures. The film was written and directed by Hiroyuki Okiura and stars an ensemble cast featuring Karen Miyama, Yuka, Toshiyuki Nishida, Chō and Kō ...
'' - (ももへの手紙 ''Momo e no Tegami''), ''2012''
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.
A documentary about this exhibition "Oga Kazuo Exhibition: Ghibli No Eshokunin - The One Who Painted Totoro's Forest" (ジブリの絵職人 男鹿和雄展 トトロの森を描いた人) was released on DVD and Blu-ray.
Notes
References
Filmography on Nausicaa.net
External links
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Kazuo Oga on Ghibli.jp(Japanese)
Kazuo Oga webpageat
Nippon Television
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Anime directors
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1952 births
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