Nizou Yamamoto
Art
Biography
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).
As actor 1
On the crew 31
Lupin the 3rd
1971
Spirited Away
2001
Anne of Green Gables
1979
Princess Mononoke
1997
Future Boy Conan
1978
Perfect Blue
1998
Sherlock Hound
1984
Castle in the Sky
1986
Whisper of the Heart
1995
Weathering with You
2019
The Castle of Cagliostro
1979
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
2006
Only Yesterday
1991
Fantastic Children
2004
Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland
1989
Robot Carnival
1987
Lupin the Third: Greatest Capers
1995
Welcome to the Space Show
2010
Miyori's Forest
2009
Robot Carnival
1987
Future Boy Conan
1979
The Story of Yanagawa Waterways
2026
Chie the Brat
1981
Coo of the Far Seas
1993
Rainbow Fireflies
2012
Sherlock Hound: The Movie
2024
The River's Light
2009
Drifting Clouds
1982
Open the Door
1995
Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland Pilot 2
1984
Grave of the Fireflies
1988