Tadashi Ozawa is a freelance animator who has served as an animation director at Studio Ghibli and a producer at Mad House, where he was in charge or training new animators. In addition to creating the popular How to Draw Anime and Game Characters series, Ozawa has contributed to a number of hit Anime works, including: The Art of Naussica, Laputa, Akira, Lodoss Wars and Yawara.