Dice Tsutsumi and Erick Oh sat together to have a conversation about OSCAR shortlisted animation 'OPERA'. OPERA is a massive 8K size animation piece which reflects our human society. Let's hear how Erick created this ambitious project. This interview will be up until March 15th.

One of our production team members, Kenneth Mallari interviewed three incredible storytellers, Bradley Furnish, Ryusuke Villemin, and Toshi Nakamura. They are the core team in creating our new Tonko House Original Series, Acorns. We have created a new Acorns YouTube Channel, http://bit.ly/WatchAcorns Episodes are coming soon! So please subscribe! Acorns Creators: Written & Directed by Bradley Furnish Produced by Ryusuke Villemin Animation - Toshi Nakamura Based on the original idea...

For this Tonkocast-- our Producer, Sara Sampson had the incredible opportunity to interview Emmy Award Winner Celine Desrumaux! In this interview Celine talks about her journey as an artist, the transition to working from home, & her thoughts on certain trends in animation. We hope you enjoy! Celine is currently working on Glen Keane's upcoming animated film Over the Moon as the Production Designer and has worked on projects such as The Little Prince, SGT. Stubby, Back to the Moon; and...

We had the incredible opportunity to interview Graham Annable in our latest Tonkocast! His passion for comics lead him to a range of fantastic opportunities involving the comic book, video game, & film industry.

Today's Tonkocast guest is the one and only Kevin Dart, he is the Creative Director of Chromosphere. Please listen as Robert and Kevin talk about their time at Pixar, starting Chromosphere, and their future projects.

Our Production designer, Mike Dutton interviewed two incredible storytellers, Alex Woo and Stanley Moore the co-founders of Kuku Studios. They are the creators of a new Netflix show, Go! Go! Cory Carson. It is production designed by Tonko House. You can watch season 1 now on Netflix and on March 1st, the second season is coming out on Netflix! Please check it out!

Tonko House leaders Robert Kondo, Dice Tsutsumi, and Zen Miyake take an open and sincere walk through the studio's journey in 2018 and share their hopes for the future!

Listen to this live podcast with Rosana Sullivan and Courtney Lockwood. Rosie Sullivan who created Kitbull which has been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film is interviewed by Courtney. Catch this special treat of insight from powerful moms in the animation industry!

Our special guest for Tonkocast #26 is the one and only Mike Dutton! With his experience as one of the first members on the Google Doodle Team (the folks responsible for the exciting illustrations that we see on Google’s main search page), and after years of working at YouTube as illustrator and art director for YouTube Kids, Mike joined the Tonko House family to art direct an upcoming project! We are so happy to have him onboard and excited to share his story.

Inktober is here! Jake Parker is our guest for our podcast! Jake is an independent author and illustrator who have done many things from animation visual development, from graphic novels to children's books to online teaching. What Jake may be best known is that he's the creator of #Inkotober! Be inspired with Jake's story!

Welcome to our annual leadership wrap-up for Tonko House. Thank you for joining us to hear an honest assessment of the 2019 journey for our independent animation studio. Tonko House is all about sharing our journey itself--not just our achievements but also our struggles. Co-founder Dice Tsutsumi interviews Tonko House's CEO Robert Kondo to go over some of the big challenges and achievements in this past year as well as what's to come in 2020.

Listen to this live podcast with Bobby Chiu and Robert Kondo on his YouTube Channel, Chiustream. Hear more about The Dam Keeper Graphic Novels, Schoolism, the Lightbox Expo, the Korea Exhibition and more. We are excited to bring this to you!

Today's Tonkocast guest is LAIKA animator and indie filmmaker, Tingting Liu. Ting Ting's independent short film, First Bloom, was released on October 19th via Vimeo for a limited three weeks! Join us as we discuss her journey and the influences behind her beautiful artwork.

Our guests for Tonkocast #19 is the talented writer, illustrator, and Academy Award winning filmmaker, Bill Joyce. Bill's work has been highly influential, not just for children all over the world but also for filmmakers and artists who have been inspired by his incredible stories. Buckle your seatbelts and get ready to be inspired as Bill shares candid stories of his professional journey.

Today's Tonkocast guest is film Director, Jorge Gutiérrez. You may know him as the Director of The Book of Life (2014) and The Son of Jaguar (2017), or as the creator of El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera. All-together, Jorge is a symbol of indie filmmaking and an inspiration to all of us at Tonko House. Ready to be swept away? Give it a listen and leave your thoughts in the comments section below!

For our first post of 2017 our then Production Manager, Courtney Lockwood interviews our leaders Zen Miyake, Dice Tsutsumi, and Robert Kondo to walk through their experience of growing a studio and their hopes for the upcoming year. Website: www.tonkohouse.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0JyYj-OHh2xzrpf11zndgg?

Our Tonkocast #6 guests are Bobby Chiu and Kei Acedera from Imaginism Studios. Both Bobby and Kei are top film concept illustrators as well as inspiring entrepreneurs. They run the successful preproduction studio, Imaginism and their affordable online educational venture called Schoolism.

Our Tonkocast #3 guest is Erick Oh, a favorite of Pixar's animators. Erick served as the animation supervisor on the short film The Dam Keeper who Dice and Robert trust as an animator and filmmaker much more than themselves at times. Erick is also a prolific film director who made 10 short films on his own. Tonko House has been blessed with tremendous support from this amazing community of animation industry. We love talking about animation and filmmaking here at Tonko House. We are most...

Today's Tonkocast guest is film Director, Eusong Lee. Eusong's film, "My Moon," is 8 min 2D animated short film. An animated short film about a relationship between three celestial bodies; a romance between Earth, Moon, and Sun. Presenting “My Moon”, a new short film directed by Eusong Lee, brought to you by King of Pine in collaboration with Chromosphere.

We are excited to introduce our guests for Tonkocast # 28, Neth Nom and Sara Sampson! Neth (Director) and Sara (Producer) are the creators of Sonder (2018), one of the first animated films to utilize real-time rendering with the Unity game engine. Join us in conversation as we discuss their unique pipeline and the experience of working remotely with a large crew of creatives from around the world.

For this special edition Tonkocast our Producers, Courtney Lockwood and Megan Bartel, interview the incredible Jinko Gotoh. Jinko has worked as a Producer on films like Space Jam (1996), Finding Nemo (2003) and, most recently, The Lego Movie 2 (2019). She is also a consultant and Vice-president of Women in Animation (WIA). It was a great honor to speak with her and we are excited for you all to hear the conversation in this special edition Tonkocast #25.

Our guests for Tonkocast #22 are our 2018 fall semester interns Rebecca Chan and Laura Swalley!

Today's Tonkocast guest is film Director and Animator, Siqi Song. Siqi's film, "Sister" an Academy Award nominee for Best Animated Short Film is a stop-motion piece which tells the story of a man who remembers his childhood growing up with an annoying little sister in 1990s China.

Our guests for #18 are an amazing filmmaking duo Max Porter and Ru Kuwahata a.k.a. Tiny Inventions!