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Nizou Yamamoto

Nizou Yamamoto

Known For Art
Birthday Jun 27, 1953
Died Aug 19, 2023 (70)
Birthplace Fukue, Nagasaki, Japan [now Goto, Nagasaki, Japan]
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Updated Nov 15, 2024 (Update)
Entry Date Apr 27, 2024
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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 fi ... lms 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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Weathering with You

Weathering with You

2019

Painter

Spirited Away

Spirited Away

2001

Background Designer

Perfect Blue

Perfect Blue

1998

Background Designer

Princess Mononoke

Princess Mononoke

1997

Art Direction

Whisper of the Heart

Whisper of the Heart

1995

Background Designer

Grave of the Fireflies

Grave of the Fireflies

1988

Art Direction

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