Art
Nizou Yamamoto
1953 · Fukue, Nagasaki, Japan [now Goto, Nagasaki, Japan]
26 films
Bio
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).
Filmography
Spirited Away
Background Designer
Princess Mononoke
Art Direction
Perfect Blue
Background Designer
Castle in the Sky
Art Direction
Whisper of the Heart
Background Designer
Weathering with You
Painter
The Castle of Cagliostro
Background Designer
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
Art Direction
Only Yesterday
Background Designer
Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland
Art Direction
Robot Carnival
Art Designer
Coo of the Far Seas
Art Direction