Nizou Yamamoto
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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
Credits
Princess Mononoke (1997)
Art Direction
Castle in the Sky (1986)
Art Direction
Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland (1989)
Art Direction
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2006)
Art Direction
Chie the Brat (1981)
Art Direction
Future Boy Conan (1979)
Art Direction
Coo of the Far Seas (1993)
Art Direction
Lupin the Third: Greatest Capers (1995)
Art Direction
The Story of Yanagawa's Canals (1987)
Art Direction
Sherlock Hound: The Movie (2024)
Art Direction
Open the Door (1995)
Art Direction
The River's Light (2009)
Art Direction
Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland Pilot 2 (1984)
Art Direction
Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
Art Direction