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  1. Nizo Yamamoto (山本 二三, Yamamoto Nizō, 27 June 1953 – 19 August 2023) was a Japanese art director. He began his career working on Future Boy Conan , but also worked on numerous films, most notably Studio Ghibli films such as Castle in the Sky , Grave of the Fireflies , Princess Mononoke , and Spirited Away .

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    (山本二三 Yamamoto Nizō) was born on June 27, 1953, in Fukue-shi (a town within Gotou City [Gotou-shi]), in Nagasaki Prefecture, and is one of the most well-known anime art directors and background artists in Japan.

    He is especially famous for his work on several of the Studio Ghibli films directed or produced by Hayao Miyazaki or Isao Takahata including 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).

    His filmography both before and since his time at Ghibli includes titles such as Conan: The Boy in Future (1978), the NHK World Masterpiece Theater TV series Anne of Green Gables (1979), The Castle of Cagliostro (1979), Chie the Brat (1981), Sherlock Hound (1984), Little Nemo - Adventures in Slumberland (1989), and more recently The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2006) and Welcome to the Space Show (宇宙ショーへようこそ Uchuu Shou e Youkoso?) (2010). In 2007 Yamamoto directed (as well as handled storyboards and backgrounds) his first film, the Fuji TV special Miyori's Forest (ミヨリの森 Miyori no Mori?).

    Yamamoto had decided to enter the anime industry after seeing the 1974 NHK TV series Heidi, Girl of the Alps and landed his first job at Ad Cosmo the same year. By 1978 he was working at Nippon Animation - with the people responsible for Heidi - first with Miyazaki on Future Boy Conan, and the following year with Takahata on Anne. Yamamoto was invited to join Studio Ghibli at its inception in 1985 to work on Castle in the Sky.

    Yamamoto left Studio Ghibli after the completion of production on Spirited Away and continues to work as a freelance artist at the company he founded and directs, Kaieisha. An exhibition covering the more than 30 years of his anime background work was held in in 2012 at the Museum of Art in Kochi City, Kochi Prefecture, on the island of Shikoku.

    See the Nizō Yamamoto (books) page for a list of books or articles illustrated by, written by, or about Yamamoto.

  2. Aug 22, 2023 · 1920. Nizô Yamamoto, an acclaimed animation art director and background artist whose warmly realistic work can be seen in many iconic Studio Ghibli films, died Saturday, August 19 at age 70 due ...

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  3. Aug 21, 2023 · Acclaimed anime art director Nizo Yamamoto passed away due to stomach cancer on Saturday, August 19. He was 70. A service will be held on August 27 at 11:00 a.m. in Hanno City in Saitama ...

  4. Nizo Yamamoto was born in Goto, Nagasaki Japan. He took part in a number of masterpieces, such as “Castle in the Sky,” “Grave of Fireflies, ” “Princess Mononoke,” and “The Girl Who Leapt Through Time,” as the art director. This museum exhibits Nizo’s animation scene paintings and his original portraits of Goto views.

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  5. Aug 23, 2023 · Japanese art director and background painter Nizo Yamamoto died on August 19 of stomach cancer. He was 70. Yamamoto was born in Goto City, Nagasaki Prefecture, in 1953.

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  7. Aug 21, 2023 · His dynamic cloud paintings in the 2019 anime film "Weathering With You" by director Makoto Shinkai earned the nickname "Nizo clouds" among fans. A native of Goto, Nagasaki Prefecture in southwestern Japan, Yamamoto died at his home in Saitama Prefecture near Tokyo. His hometown houses the "Nizo Yamamoto Art Museum," where his artwork is exhibited.

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