Nizou Yamamoto
Production Designer · Actor · DirectorNizou 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).
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FILMOGRAPHY
DIRECTOR1
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Sherlock Hound: The Movie
2024
Art Direction
Weathering with You
2019
Painter
Rainbow Fireflies
2012
Background Designer
Welcome to the Space Show
2010
Background Designer
Miyori's Forest
2009
Storyboard Artist
The River's Light
2009
Art Direction
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
2006
Art Direction
Spirited Away
2001
Background Designer
Perfect Blue
1998
Background Designer
Princess Mononoke
1997
Art Direction
Lupin the Third: Greatest Capers
1995
Art Direction
Whisper of the Heart
1995
Background Designer
Open the Door
1995
Art Direction
Coo of the Far Seas
1993
Art Direction
Only Yesterday
1991
Background Designer
Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland
1989
Art Direction
Grave of the Fireflies
1988
Art Direction
Robot Carnival
1987
Art Designer, Background Designer
The Story of Yanagawa's Canals
1987
Art Direction
Castle in the Sky
1986
Art Direction
Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland Pilot 2
1984
Art Direction
Drifting Clouds
1982
Background Designer
Chie the Brat
1981
Art Direction
Future Boy Conan
1979
Art Direction
The Castle of Cagliostro
1979
Background Designer
