Person
Nizou Yamamoto
Art · 1953–2023 · Fukue, Nagasaki, Japan [now Goto, Nagasaki, Japan]
Biography
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
Spirited Away
Background Designer
Lupin the 3rd
Art Designer
Anne of Green Gables
Assistant Art Director
Princess Mononoke
Art Direction
Perfect Blue
Background Designer
Future Boy Conan
Art Direction
Castle in the Sky
Art Direction
Weathering with You
Painter
Sherlock Hound
Art Direction
Whisper of the Heart
Background Designer
Filmography
- 2024Sherlock Hound: The MovieArt Direction
- 2020The Making of Weathering with YouSelf
- 2019Weathering with YouPainter
- 2012Rainbow FirefliesBackground Designer
- 2010Welcome to the Space ShowBackground Designer
- 2009Miyori's ForestDirector
- 2009The River's LightArt Direction
- 2006The Girl Who Leapt Through TimeArt Direction
- 2004Fantastic ChildrenArt Direction
- 2001Spirited AwayBackground Designer
- 1998Perfect BlueBackground Designer
- 1997Princess MononokeArt Direction
- 1995Whisper of the HeartBackground Designer
- 1995Open the DoorArt Direction
- 1995Lupin the Third: Greatest CapersArt Direction
- 1993Coo of the Far SeasArt Direction
- 1991Only YesterdayBackground Designer
- 1989Little Nemo: Adventures in SlumberlandArt Direction
- 1988Grave of the FirefliesArt Direction
- 1987The Story of Yanagawa's CanalsArt Direction
- 1987Robot CarnivalArt Designer
- 1987Robot CarnivalBackground Designer
- 1986Castle in the SkyArt Direction
- 1984Sherlock HoundArt Direction
- 1984Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland Pilot 2Art Direction
- 1982Drifting CloudsBackground Designer
- 1981Chie the BratArt Direction
- 1979Future Boy ConanArt Direction
- 1979The Castle of CagliostroBackground Designer
- 1979Anne of Green GablesAssistant Art Director
- 1978Future Boy ConanArt Direction
- 1971Lupin the 3rdArt Designer
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