Nizou Yamamoto
Art
🎂 1953-06-27
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).
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Art (31)
Art Designer
1971
Art Direction
1978
Art Direction
1984
Art Direction
2004
Background Designer
2001
Background Designer
1987
Art Direction
1997
Painter
2019
Art Direction
1986
Background Designer
1998
Background Designer
1995
Background Designer
1979
Art Direction
2006
Background Designer
1991
Art Direction
1989
Art Designer
1987
Background Designer
1987
Art Direction
1981
Background Designer
2010
Art Direction
1979
Art Direction
1993
Storyboard Artist
2009
Background Designer
2012
Art Direction
1987
Background Designer
1982
Art Direction
2024
Art Direction
2009
Art Direction
1995
Art Direction
1984
Art Direction
1995
Art Direction
1988