About
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
Sherlock Hound: The Movie2024 · Art Direction
Weathering with You2019 · Painter
Rainbow Fireflies2012 · Background Designer
Welcome to the Space Show2010 · Background Designer
Miyori's Forest2009 · Director, Storyboard Artist
The River's Light2009 · Art Direction
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time2006 · Art Direction
Spirited Away2001 · Background Designer
Perfect Blue1998 · Background Designer
Princess Mononoke1997 · Art Direction
Whisper of the Heart1995 · Background Designer
Open the Door1995 · Art Direction
Lupin the Third: Greatest Capers1995 · Art Direction
Coo of the Far Seas1993 · Art Direction
Only Yesterday1991 · Background Designer
Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland1989 · Art Direction
Grave of the Fireflies1988 · Art Direction
The Story of Yanagawa's Canals1987 · Art Direction
Robot Carnival1987 · Art Designer, Background Designer
Castle in the Sky1986 · Art Direction