Hiroshi Ohno
Biography
Hiroshi Ohno (大野広司) was born in 1952 in Aichi Prefecture and joined Kobayashi Production in 1977. In 1982 he debuted as the art director for the anime series Tonde Mon Pe.
In 1983, he joined Studio Fuga with Hiromasa Ogura. In 1988, Ohno started working with Mizutani on the artwork of AKIRA, but then received a call from Studio Ghibli inviting him to become the art director for Hayao Miyazaki’s Kiki’s Delivery Service (1989), an offer he felt he could not turn down. Ohno left AKIRA midway through production. Since 1997, when Mizutani left Studio Fuga, Ohno has been running the company as its director.
Ohno directed the artwork for Hiroyuki Okiura’s A Letter to Momo (2011) and Mamoru Hosoda’s Wolf Children (2012). In 2015 he was responsible for the artwork of the award-winning Miss Hokusai, directed by Keiichi Hara (Annecy Jury Award).
A selection of Ohno’s artwork has been published in his book Ohno Hiroshi Background Art (Tokyo: Kosaido, 2013).
Website of Studio Fuga: http://fuga-kitineko.com/
Photos by Yasuyuki Takagi, 2021
Available artwork
At Riekeles Gallery we’re proud to offer signed prints and poster editions of Hiroshi Ohno’s iconic background artwork.
