Nizou Yamamoto
Art
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
Art31
movieSherlock Hound: The Movie
2024
Art Direction
movieWeathering with You
2019
Painter
movieRainbow Fireflies
2012
Background Designer
movieWelcome to the Space Show
2010
Background Designer
movieMiyori's Forest
2009
Storyboard Artist
movieThe River's Light
2009
Art Direction
movieThe Girl Who Leapt Through Time
2006
Art Direction
tvFantastic Children
2004
Art Direction
movieSpirited Away
2001
Background Designer
moviePerfect Blue
1998
Background Designer
moviePrincess Mononoke
1997
Art Direction
movieWhisper of the Heart
1995
Background Designer
movieOpen the Door
1995
Art Direction
movieLupin the Third: Greatest Capers
1995
Art Direction
movieCoo of the Far Seas
1993
Art Direction
movieOnly Yesterday
1991
Background Designer
movieLittle Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland
1989
Art Direction
movieGrave of the Fireflies
1988
Art Direction
movieThe Story of Yanagawa's Canals
1987
Art Direction
movieRobot Carnival
1987
Art Designer, Background Designer
tvRobot Carnival
1987
Background Designer
movieCastle in the Sky
1986
Art Direction
tvSherlock Hound
1984
Art Direction
movieDrifting Clouds
1982
Background Designer
movieChie the Brat
1981
Art Direction
movieFuture Boy Conan
1979
Art Direction
movieThe Castle of Cagliostro
1979
Background Designer
tvAnne of Green Gables
1979
Assistant Art Director
tvFuture Boy Conan
1978
Art Direction
tvLupin the 3rd
1971
Art Designer
Acting1
Directing1
movieMiyori's Forest
2009
Director