Nizou Yamamoto
Known for: Art
Born: June 26, 1953 in Fukue, Nagasaki, Japan [now Goto, Nagasaki, Japan] - Died: August 18, 2023
Nizou Yamamoto (山本 二三, Yamamoto Nizō) was born on 27 June 1953 in Fukue-shi (a town within Gotou City [Gotou-shi]), in Nagasaki Prefecture, and was one of the most well-known anime art directors and background artists in Japan. He was especially famous for his work on several of the Studio Ghibli films directed or produced by Hayao Miyazaki or Isao Takahata including Laputa: Castle in the Sky (1986), Grave of the Fireflies (1988), Only Yesterday (1991), Whisper of the Heart (1995), Princess Mononoke (1997), and Spirited Away (2001).
Known for
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The Making of Weathering with You
Self
Princess Mononoke
Art Direction
Castle in the Sky
Art Direction
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
Art Direction
Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland
Art Direction
Chie the Brat
Art Direction
Miyori's Forest
Director
The River's Light
Art Direction
Rainbow Fireflies
Background Designer
Weathering with You
Painter
Grave of the Fireflies
Art Direction
Lupin the Third: Greatest Capers
Art Direction
Sherlock Hound: The Movie
Art Direction
Future Boy Conan
Art Direction
Drifting Clouds
Background Designer
The Castle of Cagliostro
Background Designer
Only Yesterday
Background Designer
Perfect Blue
Background Designer
Robot Carnival
Art Designer
Spirited Away
Background Designer
Welcome to the Space Show
Background Designer
Whisper of the Heart
Background Designer
Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland Pilot 2
Art Direction
Open the Door
Art Direction