The Dam Keeper Archives

Tonko House Takes Back ‘Dam Keeper’ Rights From Fox, Announces New Development Slate

The Berkeley-based studio founded by Robert Kondo and Dice Tsutsumi reveals big plans for 2019.

Blue Sky’s upcoming “Spies in Disguise” is part of a growing trend in Hollywood to use indie animated shorts as the spark for feature films.

“In the end of the day, you are serving someone else’s story,” director Erick Oh says about working at Pixar.

We explore the new film from “Dam Keeper” directors Robert Kondo and Dice Tsutsumi,

Dice Tsutsumi and Robert Kondo’s new short is based on a Japanese children’s book.

The Oscar-nominated short is also getting a graphic novel series.

What if the animation Oscars were chosen by people who knew nothing about animation?

Good news for fans of animated shorts: the Oscar-nominated shorts will be more widely available to the general public this year than ever before.

We present complete coverage of the animation-related Oscar nominees for the 87th annual Academy Awards.

Former Pixar art director Robert Kondo and Dice Tsutsumi talk about the challenges of directing their first independent film “The Dam Keeper.”

Laika’s “The Boxtrolls” topped the noms with a total of thirteen; the awards will be handed out January 31, 2015, in Los Angeles, California.

Today we look at the work of Chris Sasaki, Cartoon Brew’s Artist of the Day!

The new short film project by Pixar artists Dice Tsutsumi and Robert Kondo wil have its world premiere next week in Berlin.

Eliza Ivanova found employment as an animator at Pixar after graduating from the animation program at CalArts. Her 2011 graduation film …