NIZOU YAMAMOTO
ART
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)..
Princess Mononoke 1997
Castle in the Sky 1986
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time 2006
Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland 1989
Chie the Brat 1981
Grave of the Fireflies 1988
Lupin the Third: Greatest Capers 1995
Future Boy Conan 1979
Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland Pilot 2 1984
Coo of The Far Seas 1993
The Story of Yanagawa's Canals 1987
Fantastic Children 2004
Sherlock Hound 1984