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Nizou Yamamoto
Born:
1953-06-27
From:
Fukue, Nagasaki, Japan [now Goto, Nagasaki, Japan]
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).
Art
Sherlock Hound: The Movie
Weathering with You
Rainbow Fireflies
Welcome to the Space Show
Miyori's Forest
The River's Light
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
Spirited Away
Perfect Blue
Princess Mononoke
Whisper of the Heart
Open the Door
Lupin the Third: Greatest Capers
Coo of the Far Seas
Only Yesterday
Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland
Grave of the Fireflies
The Story of Yanagawa's Canals
Robot Carnival
Castle in the Sky
Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland Pilot 2
Drifting Clouds
Chie the Brat
Future Boy Conan