Person: Ogata Hideo

Ogata Hideo, born February 20, 1933 in Kesennuma, Miyagi, Japan and died January 25, 2007, was a producer and planner for anime. He was also the founding editor of Animage magazine, the second largest anime and manga magazine in Japan, and the editor of the Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind manga series. Ogata assisted in the founding of Studio Ghibli. Ogata died of stomach cancer on 25 January 2007 at the age of 73. Hayao Miyazaki read the eulogy at his funeral.

Ogata joined the Tokuma Shoten Publishing Co. in 1961. In the wake of the popularity of animated movie "Uchu Senkan Yamato" (Space Battleship Yamato) released in the late 1970, he became the founding managing editor of Japan's first animation magazine, Animage, published by his company.

Among his achievements, Ogata helped launch the comic version of Hayao Miyazaki's "Kaze no Tani no Nausica" (Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind), and was involved with the hit movie of the same title.

As a producer and planner, Ogata was involved in other Studio Ghibli works including "My Neighbour Totoro" and "Kiki's Delivery Service".