Nizou Yamamoto
Personal Info
Known for
Art
Gender
Male
Birthday
1953-06-27
Day of Death
2023-08-19 (70 years old)
Place of Birth
Fukue, Nagasaki, Japan [now Goto, Nagasaki, Japan]
Nizou Yamamoto
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
Acting
(2020)
Crew
(2024)
Sherlock Hound: The Movie
Art Direction
(2019)
Weathering with You
Painter
(2012)
Rainbow Fireflies
Background Designer
(2010)
Welcome to the Space Show
Background Designer
(2009)
Miyori's Forest
Director, Storyboard Artist
(2009)
The River's Light
Art Direction
(2006)
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
Art Direction
(2001)
Spirited Away
Background Designer
(1998)
Perfect Blue
Background Designer
(1997)
Princess Mononoke
Art Direction
(1995)
Lupin the Third: Greatest Capers
Art Direction
(1995)
Whisper of the Heart
Background Designer
(1995)
Open the Door
Art Direction
(1993)
Coo of The Far Seas
Art Direction
(1991)
Only Yesterday
Background Designer
(1989)
Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland
Art Direction
(1988)
Grave of the Fireflies
Art Direction
(1987)
Robot Carnival
Art Designer, Background Designer
(1987)
The Story of Yanagawa's Canals
Art Direction
(1986)
Castle in the Sky
Art Direction
(1984)
Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland Pilot 2
Art Direction
(1982)
Drifting Clouds
Background Designer
(1981)
Chie the Brat
Art Direction
(1979)
Future Boy Conan
Art Direction
(1979)
Lupin the Third: The Castle of Cagliostro
Background Designer