Nizou Yamamoto
- Known for
- Art
- Born
- June 27, 1953
- Died
- August 19, 2023
- Birthplace
- 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).
Filmography
Sherlock Hound: The Movie 2024
Art Direction
- The Making of Weathering with You
The Making of Weathering with You 2020
as Self
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
The Story of Yanagawa Waterways 1987
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
Future Boy Conan 1979
Art Direction
The Castle of Cagliostro 1979
Background Designer
Credits from TMDB.