Kazuo Oga

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Kazuo Oga (男鹿 和雄, Oga Kazuo, born 29 February 1952, in

Works (selection)

Director

• The Night of Taneyamagahara (種山ヶ原の夜, Taneyamagahara no Yoru), 2006

Art director

• Unico (ユニコ, Yuniko), 1979
• Tomorrow's Joe 2
  (あしたのジョー2, Ashita no Jō Tsū), 1980
• Barefoot Gen (はだしのゲン, Hadashi no Gen), 1983
• Toki no Tabibito: Time Stranger (時空の旅人 -Time Stranger-), 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 Ponpoko), 1994
• Princess Mononoke (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
• Space Adventure Cobra: The Movie (スペースアドベンチャーコブラ, Supēsu Adobenchā Kobura), 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 (まことちゃん), 1980
• Harmagedon: Genma Wars (幻魔大戦 ‒ハルマゲドン‒, Genma Taisen: Harumagedon), 1983
• Unico in the Island of Magic (ユニコ 魔法の島へ, Yuniko: Mahō no Shima e), 1983
• Lensman
  (SF 新世紀 レンズマン, SF Shinseiki Lensman), 1984
• The Dagger of Kamui (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 (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, Rurouni Kenshin: Ishin Shishi e no Chinkonka), 1997
• Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust (吸血鬼ハンターD ブラッドラスト, Banpaia Hantā Dī: Buraddorasuto), 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 (ハウルの動く城, Hauru no Ugoku Shiro), 2004
• The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (時をかける少女, Toki o Kakeru Shōjo), 2006
• Tales from Earthsea (ゲド戦記, Gedo Senki), 2006
• Highlander: The Search for Vengeance (?), 2007
• Ponyo (崖の上のポニョ, Gake no Ue no Ponyo), 2008
• Kawa no Hikari (川の光, Kawa no Hikari), 2009
• Summer Wars (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 (ももへの手紙, Momo e no Tegami), 2012
• Mary and the Witch's Flower (メアリと魔女の花, Meari to Majo no Hana), 2017
• The Boy and the Heron (君たちはどう生きるか, Kimitachi wa Dō Ikiru ka), 2023

Art books

• Kazuo Oga Art Collection (Oga Kazuo Gashuu). Tokuma Shoten, 1996.
  ISBN 4-19-860526-2
• Kazuo Oga Art Collection II (Oga Kazuo Gashuu II). Tokuma Shoten, 2005.
  ISBN 4-19-862074-1

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 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

• Kazuo Oga at
  IMDb
• Kazuo Oga at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
• Kazuo Oga on Ghibli.jp (Japanese)
• Kazuo Oga webpage at
  Nippon Television
• Ad-net Sakigake Kyo Interview Vol.52 Kazuo Oga (Japanese)