Nizou Yamamoto
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).

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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)
Director | 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
Whisper of the Heart (1995)
Background Designer
Open the Door (1995)
Art Direction
Lupin the Third: Greatest Capers (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
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
Lupin the Third: The Castle of Cagliostro (1979)
Background Designer