Based on the oscarnominated animated short film of the same name, the dam keeper is a lush, vibrantly drawn graphic novel trilogy by tonko house cofounders robert kondo and dice tsutsumi. Twentieth century fox animation is partnering with upstart animation firm tonko house for a feature version of the dam keeper, an animated short nominated for. The dam keeper big eddy film festival in narrowsburg new. Watch a clip from the dam keeper by pixars dice tsutsumi and. The dam keeper, a short film by feature animation artists robert kondo and dice tsutsumi tells the tale of a young pig encumbered with an. Broken exclusively by cartoon brew, tonko house is also partnering with hulu japan to produce a tv series based on the short film. I saw this in the with the other oscarnominated animated shorts, and this is the one that stuck with me. The dam keeper feature film will pick up several years after the events of the short, which was dialoguefree 2d the fulllength movie, to be penned by john henry hinkel, will have dialogue and is.
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Tonko houses debut film directed by robert kondo and. World without darkness is the second volume in the series. The studio also recently produced moom, another awardwinning animated short film based on a picture book by. Its been almost a year since weve reported on the short film project by pixar artists dice tsutsumi toy story 3 art director and robert kondo. The dam keeper is an 18minute short film from last year and it is a truly multicultural project. Tonko houses short film the dam keeper is now streaming on. Dice tsutsumi, of animation studio tonko house, discusses the graphic novel sequels to the awardwinning short film, the dam keeper. The dam keeper 2014 watch the dam keeper full movie online 123movies. The dam keeper feature film coming from pixar alums. Dive into the art of the dam keeper in a collection of concept art made for the movie. Fox animation developing the dam keeper movie variety. Everything you need to know about the dam keeper movie. Two pixar art directors in their down time at work embarked in a sort of coop mission, which resulted in creating a short film called the dam keeper, which was eventually picked up by magnolia pictures for a distribution deal now, daisuke dice tsutsumi and robert kondo are continuing the saga of pig and fox, but setting it five. Based on the oscarnominated animated short film of the same name, the dam keeper is a lush, vibrantly drawn story about a young pig who is burdened with saving his village.
The dam keeper poems by erick oh adventure short film. The two writers and directors kondo and tsutsumi have japanese names, the narrator is mads mikkelsens brother lars from denmark and its an american production. Although socially rejected by his peers, he is befriended by the artistic fox. The creative duo behind tonko house are robert kondo and dice tsustumi, a pair of pixar expatriates who together created the beloved oscarnominated short film, the dam keeper in 2014. Tonko house and 20th century fox animation are partnering to develop a feature film based on the short film of the same name. Tonko house, the berkeley, californiabased animation studio founded by robert kondo and dice tsutsumi, has new plans for the feature film based on their oscarnominated short the dam keeper.
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