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Personal Info

Known For

Art

Known Credits

31

Gender

Male

Birthday

1953-06-27

Deathday

2023-08-19 (70 years old)

Place of Birth

Fukue, Nagasaki, Japan [now Goto, Nagasaki, Japan]

Also Known As

  • Ямамото Нидзо
  • 山本二三
  • Nizô Yamamoto
  • Nizo Yamamoto

Nizou Yamamoto

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).

Known For

Spirited Away
8.5%

Spirited Away

Jul 20, 2001

Princess Mononoke
8.3%

Princess Mononoke

Jul 12, 1997

Grave of the Fireflies
8.5%

Grave of the Fireflies

Apr 16, 1988

Castle in the Sky
8.0%

Castle in the Sky

Aug 2, 1986

Perfect Blue
8.3%

Perfect Blue

Feb 28, 1998

Weathering with You
8.0%

Weathering with You

Jun 19, 2019

Whisper of the Heart
7.9%

Whisper of the Heart

Jul 15, 1995

Only Yesterday
7.4%

Only Yesterday

Jul 20, 1991

Future Boy Conan
8.3%

Future Boy Conan

Apr 4, 1978

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Art

2024
劇場版アニメ 名探偵ホームズ as Art Direction
2019
Weathering with You as Painter
2012
Rainbow Fireflies as Background Designer
2010
Welcome to the Space Show as Background Designer
2009
Miyori's Forest as Storyboard Artist
2009
The River's Light as Art Direction
2006
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time as Art Direction
2004
Fantastic Children as Art Direction
2001
Spirited Away as Background Designer
1998
Perfect Blue as Background Designer
1997
Princess Mononoke as Art Direction
1995
Whisper of the Heart as Background Designer
1995
Open the Door as Art Direction
1995
Lupin the Third: Greatest Capers as Art Direction
1993
Coo of The Far Seas as Art Direction
1991
Only Yesterday as Background Designer
1989
Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland as Art Direction
1988
Grave of the Fireflies as Art Direction
1987
The Story of Yanagawa's Canals as Art Direction
1987
Robot Carnival as Background Designer
1987
Robot Carnival as Art Designer
1987
Robot Carnival as Background Designer
1986
Castle in the Sky as Art Direction
1984
Sherlock Hound as Art Direction
1984
Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland Pilot 2 as Art Direction
1982
Drifting Clouds as Background Designer
1981
Chie the Brat as Art Direction
1979
Lupin the Third: The Castle of Cagliostro as Background Designer
1978
Future Boy Conan as Art Direction
1971
Lupin the Third as Art Designer

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2009
Miyori's Forest as Director
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