Nizou Yamamoto

Twitterhttps://twitter.com/kaieishanizoy Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/nizoyamamoto/ Wiki jphttps://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/ One of Japans leading scenic artists and art directors. Noted for his work as an art director on titles such as Future Boy Conanhttps://anilist.co/anime/302/ Grave of the Fireflieshttps://anilist.co/anime/578/ Fantastic Childrenhttps://anilist.co/anime/455/ and The Girl Who Leapt Through Timehttps://anilist.co/anime/2236/. He was also one fifth of Princess Mononokehttps://anilist.co/anime/164/s art directors. In 1995 Hayao Miyazakihttps://anilist.co/staff/96870/ went to the ancient forests of Yakushima of Kyushu an inspiration for the landscape of Nausica of the Valley of the Windhttps://anilist.co/anime/572/ and the mountains of ShirakamiSanchi in northern Honshu for location scouting along with the five art directors and other production staff. On August 19 2023 he died of stomach cancer at his home aged 70.