Nizou Yamamoto

1953 - 2023

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

Background Designer

Art Designer

Art Direction

Director

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