Nizou Yamamoto
- Known for
- Art
- Born
- June 27, 1953
- Died
- August 19, 2023 (aged 70)
- Birthplace
- Fukue, Nagasaki, Japan [now Goto, Nagasaki, Japan]
Biography
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
Filmography
Sherlock Hound: The Movie
Movie · Art Direction
Weathering with You
Movie · Painter
Barakamon
TV · Other · 12 eps
Rainbow Fireflies
Movie · Background Designer
Welcome to the Space Show
Movie · Background Designer
Miyori's Forest
Movie · Storyboard Artist
The River's Light
Movie · Art Direction
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
Movie · Art Direction
Fantastic Children
TV · Art Direction · 26 eps
Spirited Away
Movie · Background Designer
Perfect Blue
Movie · Background Designer
Princess Mononoke
Movie · Art Direction
Lupin the Third: Greatest Capers
Movie · Art Direction
Whisper of the Heart
Movie · Background Designer
Open the Door
Movie · Art Direction
Coo of the Far Seas
Movie · Art Direction
Only Yesterday
Movie · Background Designer
Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland
Movie · Art Direction
Grave of the Fireflies
Movie · Art Direction
Robot Carnival
Movie · Art Designer, Background Designer
The Story of Yanagawa Waterways
Movie · Art Direction
Robot Carnival
TV · Background Designer · 1 ep
Castle in the Sky
Movie · Art Direction
Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland Pilot 2
Movie · Art Direction
Sherlock Hound
TV · Art Direction · 26 eps
Drifting Clouds
Movie · Background Designer
Chie the Brat
Movie · Art Direction
Future Boy Conan
Movie · Art Direction
The Castle of Cagliostro
Movie · Background Designer
Anne of Green Gables
TV · Assistant Art Director · 1 ep
Future Boy Conan
TV · Art Direction · 26 eps
Lupin the 3rd
TV · Art Designer · 155 eps