Nizou Yamamoto
Known for: Art
Born: June 27, 1953
Died: August 19, 2023
Place of birth: 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).
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Filmography
26 movies · 6 TV shows, newest first
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The Story of Yanagawa Waterways
2026
8.0
Sherlock Hound: The Movie
2024NR
The Making of Weathering with You
2020
8.0
Weathering with You
2019
7.1
Rainbow Fireflies
2012
6.5
Welcome to the Space Show
2010
6.9
Miyori's Forest
2009
6.2
The River's Light
2009
7.8
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
2006
6.2
Fantastic Children
2004
8.5
Spirited Away
2001
8.3
Perfect Blue
1998
8.3
Princess Mononoke
1997
7.9
Whisper of the Heart
1995
5.8
Open the Door
1995
6.6
Lupin the Third: Greatest Capers
1995
6.7
Coo of the Far Seas
1993
7.4
Only Yesterday
1991
6.9
Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland
1989
8.4
Grave of the Fireflies
1988
6.7
Robot Carnival
1987
6.7
Robot Carnival
1987
8.0
Castle in the Sky
1986
7.1
Sherlock Hound
1984
6.3
Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland Pilot 2
1984
6.6
Drifting Clouds
1982
6.8
Chie the Brat
1981
7.6
Future Boy Conan
1979
7.5
The Castle of Cagliostro
1979
7.5
Anne of Green Gables
1979
8.4
Future Boy Conan
1978
8.0
Lupin the 3rd
1971