title: Hideji Oda
text: # Hideji Oda
  
  Hideji Oda (小田ひで次, Oda Hideji, born 1962 in Iwate Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese manga artist associated with the Nouvelle manga movement. His book A Patch of Dreams has been translated into English by Fanfare/Ponent Mon. His manga Miyori no Mori has been adapted into an anime television film.
  
  ## Works
  
  * A Diffusion Disease (2 volumes, Kodansha Afternoon, 1995, 1998)
  * Coo's World (2 volumes, Kodansha Afternoon, 2000)
  * Miyori no Mori (1 volume, Akita Shoten, 2005)
  * A Patch of Dreams (1 volume, Asuka Shinsha, 2005 - sequel to Coo's World)
  * Miyori no Mori no Shiki (1 volume, Akita Shoten, 2007)
  