Nizou Yamamoto

Known for

Art

Born

Jun 27, 1953

Died

Aug 19, 2023

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).

Credits

The Making of Weathering with You

20200.0out of 10

Princess Mononoke

19978.3out of 10

Castle in the Sky

19868.0out of 10

The Girl Who Leapt Through Time

20067.8out of 10

Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland

19896.9out of 10

Chie the Brat

19816.8out of 10

Miyori's Forest

20096.9out of 10

The River's Light

20096.2out of 10

Rainbow Fireflies

20127.1out of 10

Weathering with You

20198.0out of 10

Grave of the Fireflies

19888.5out of 10

Lupin the Third: Greatest Capers

19956.6out of 10

Sherlock Hound: The Movie

20248.0out of 10

Future Boy Conan

19797.6out of 10

Drifting Clouds

19826.6out of 10

Perfect Blue

19988.3out of 10

The Castle of Cagliostro

19797.5out of 10

Only Yesterday

19917.4out of 10