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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).
Known for
Spirited Away
2001
Perfect Blue
1998
Only Yesterday
1991
Miyori's Forest
2009
Future Boy Conan
1979
Robot Carnival
1987
Chie the Brat
1981
Open the Door
1995
Drifting Clouds
1982