Kazuo Oga

is an art director and background artist for many Madhouse Studio and Studio Ghibli anime films. Oga has worked with many respected directors, such as Hayao Miyazaki, Isao Takahata, Yoshiaki Kawajiri, and Osamu Dezaki. He has also published two compilations of his art 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. A documentary about this exhibition was released on DVD and Blu-ray.