From Tonko House, the makers of bold, Oscar-nominated short “The Dam Keeper”, comes a new four-part series debuting October 21st on Netflix. Oni: Thunder God’s Tale introduces us to Onari, a curious and courageous girl, daughter and friend. She seeks the powers that can help defeat the evil Oni, on their way to possibly destroy […]
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TRAILER: Tonko House’s “ONI: Thunder God’s Tale”
June 2nd, 2022 
Jerry Beck In a world filled with the oddball gods and monsters of Japanese mythology, one of the creature’s free-spirited daughters, Onari, is determined to follow in the footsteps of the mighty heroes of lore, but her unique powers are yet to be revealed. Does she have what it takes to fight to protect her peaceful village […]
Less Is More: The Simple Beauty of “Dam Keeper Poems”, “The Big Bad Fox”, and “The Yamadas”
January 8th, 2018 Charles Solomon We live in an era of visual overload. Animation studios are producing images so detailed, they’re virtually indistinguishable from live action, but why do they want to? How does rendering every leaf in the background make a story more compelling? What does an audience gain by seeing each stitch in a cartoon character’s sweater? Why […]
Tonko House and 20th Century Fox Animation Developing “Dam Keeper” Feature
November 17th, 2016 Jerry Beck Tonko House and 20th Century Fox Animation announced today that they are partnering to develop a feature film based on The Dam Keeper, the 2015 Academy Award-nominated animated short written and directed by Tonko House founders Robert Kondo and Daisuke “Dice” Tsutsumi. Kondo and Tsutsumi, former art directors at Pixar (Toy Story 3, Monster’s University, […]
