Art
Kazuo Oga
JA, EN cinema · 48 credits
Born
29 February 1952 (age 74)
Birthplace
Senboku, Akita, Japan
Also known as Kazuo Ojika · 男鹿 和雄
Kazuo Oga is an art director and background artist for many Studio Ghibli and Madhouse Studio 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.
Known for
Filmography
The Boy and the Heron
Background Designer
Totto-chan: The Little Girl at the Window
Background Designer
The Imaginary
Background Designer
Mirai
Background Designer
Mary and The Witch's Flower
Background Designer
In This Corner of the World
Background Designer
The Boy and the Beast
Background Designer
When Marnie Was There
Background Designer
The Tale of The Princess Kaguya
Art Direction
A Letter to Momo
Background Designer
From Up on Poppy Hill
Background Designer
Arrietty
Background Designer
Summer Wars
Background Designer
Ponyo
Background Designer
Highlander: The Search for Vengeance
Background Designer
The Night of Taneyamagahara
Director, Painter, Screenplay, Writer
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
Background Designer
Howl's Moving Castle
Background Designer
Patlabor WXIII the Movie
Assistant Art Director
Spirited Away
Background Designer
Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust
Background Designer
Joseph: King of Dreams
Background Designer
Princess Mononoke
Art Direction
Samurai X: The Motion Picture
Background Designer
Whisper of the Heart
Background Designer
Pom Poko
Art Direction
Ninja Scroll
Background Designer
Porco Rosso
Background Designer
Only Yesterday
Art Direction
Urusei Yatsura: Always My Darling
Background Designer
Kiki's Delivery Service
Background Designer
My Neighbor Totoro
Art Direction
Fairy King
Background Designer
Girls in Summer Dresses: Hiroshima, August 6, 1945
Background Designer
Demon City Shinjuku
Background Designer
Wicked City
Art Direction, Production Design
Space-Time Traveler - Time Stranger
Art Direction
Barefoot Gen 2
Background Designer
Lensman
Background Designer
Barefoot Gen
Art Direction
Harmagedon
Painter
Unico in the Island of Magic
Background Designer
Space Adventure Cobra
Assistant Art Director
The Fantastic Adventures of Unico
Art Direction, Animation
Panda! Go Panda!: Rainy Day Circus
Background Designer