Hideo Ogata

Hideo Ogata (尾形英夫, Ogata Hideo^?, (ca.1934 - 25 January 2007)) is a producer and planner in Japan. 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.

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