Nizou Yamamoto

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Nizou Yamamoto

Art June 27, 1953

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 anim…

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Spirited Away

Spirited Away

8.5 2001 Movie
Princess Mononoke

Princess Mononoke

8.3 1997 Movie
Grave of the Fireflies

Grave of the Fireflies

8.5 1988 Movie
Castle in the Sky

Castle in the Sky

8.0 1986 Movie
Perfect Blue

Perfect Blue

8.3 1998 Movie
Weathering with You

Weathering with You

8.0 2019 Movie
Whisper of the Heart

Whisper of the Heart

7.9 1995 Movie
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time

The Girl Who Leapt Through Time

7.8 2006 Movie
Only Yesterday

Only Yesterday

7.4 1991 Movie
The Castle of Cagliostro

The Castle of Cagliostro

7.5 1979 Movie
Lupin the 3rd

Lupin the 3rd

8.0 1971 TV Show
Future Boy Conan

Future Boy Conan

8.4 1978 TV Show

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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

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2026
    The Story of Yanagawa Waterways

    Movie Art Direction

  2. 2024
    Sherlock Hound: The Movie

    Movie Art Direction

  3. 2020
    The Making of Weathering with You

    Movie Self

  4. 2019
    Weathering with You

    Movie Painter

  5. 2012
    Rainbow Fireflies

    Movie Background Designer

  6. 2010
    Welcome to the Space Show

    Movie Background Designer

  7. 2009
    Miyori's Forest

    Movie Director

  8. 2009
    The River's Light

    Movie Art Direction

  9. 2006
    The Girl Who Leapt Through Time

    Movie Art Direction

  10. 2004
    Fantastic Children

    TV show Art Direction

  11. 2001
    Spirited Away

    Movie Background Designer

  12. 1998
    Perfect Blue

    Movie Background Designer

  13. 1997
    Princess Mononoke

    Movie Art Direction

  14. 1995
    Whisper of the Heart

    Movie Background Designer

  15. 1995
    Open the Door

    Movie Art Direction

  16. 1995
    Lupin the Third: Greatest Capers

    Movie Art Direction

More credits
  1. 1993
    Coo of the Far Seas

    Movie Art Direction

  2. 1991
    Only Yesterday

    Movie Background Designer

  3. 1989
    Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland

    Movie Art Direction

  4. 1988
    Grave of the Fireflies

    Movie Art Direction

  5. 1987
    Robot Carnival

    Movie Art Designer

  6. 1987
    Robot Carnival

    TV show Background Designer

  7. 1986
    Castle in the Sky

    Movie Art Direction

  8. 1984
    Sherlock Hound

    TV show Art Direction

  9. 1984
    Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland Pilot 2

    Movie Art Direction

  10. 1982
    Drifting Clouds

    Movie Background Designer

  11. 1981
    Chie the Brat

    Movie Art Direction

  12. 1979
    Future Boy Conan

    Movie Art Direction

  13. 1979
    The Castle of Cagliostro

    Movie Background Designer

  14. 1979
    Anne of Green Gables

    TV show Assistant Art Director

  15. 1978
    Future Boy Conan

    TV show Art Direction

  16. 1971
    Lupin the 3rd

    TV show Art Designer