Nizou Yamamoto

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Art

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

• The Story of Yanagawa Waterways (2026)
• Sherlock Hound: The Movie (2024)
• The Making of Weathering with You (2020)
• Weathering with You (2019)
• Rainbow Fireflies (2012)
• Welcome to the Space Show (2010)
• Miyori's Forest (2009)
• The River's Light (2009)
• The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2006)
• Spirited Away (2001)
• Perfect Blue (1998)
• Princess Mononoke (1997)
• Whisper of the Heart (1995)
• Open the Door (1995)
• Lupin the Third: Greatest Capers (1995)
• Coo of the Far Seas (1993)
• Only Yesterday (1991)
• Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland (1989)
• Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
• Robot Carnival (1987)
• Castle in the Sky (1986)
• Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland Pilot 2 (1984)
• Drifting Clouds (1982)
• Chie the Brat (1981)
• Future Boy Conan (1979)
• The Castle of Cagliostro (1979)