Nizou Yamamoto
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).
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)
Miyori's Forest
(Storyboard Artist)
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)
Perfect Blue
(Background Designer)
The Castle of Cagliostro
(Background Designer)
Only Yesterday
(Background Designer)
Robot Carnival
(Art Designer)
Spirited Away
(Background Designer)
Robot Carnival
(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)
Coo of the Far Seas
(Art Direction)
The Story of Yanagawa's Canals
(Art Direction)
Future Boy Conan
(Art Direction)
Lupin the 3rd
(Art Designer)
Robot Carnival
(Background Designer)
Fantastic Children
(Art Direction)
Sherlock Hound
(Art Direction)
Anne of Green Gables
(Assistant Art Director)