Academy Award nomination, animated short film “Dam Keeper” YouTube full-length free delivery

2020.04.27

In view of the situation that many people are forced to spend their time at home due to the influence of the new coronavirus that spreads around the world, we have decided to offer the full-length free distribution on YouTube’s Tonko House channel for a limited time. Please enjoy the gem story.

In addition, KADOKAWA Co., Ltd. released a picture book of “Dam Keeper” on March 29, 2019, and held the “Tonko House Film Festival” at EJ Anime Theater Shinjuku from April to May of the same year. We are currently selling various goods such as “Dam Keeper” picture books at the Kadokawa Store.

"Dam Keeper" Story

The town is a large dam, damming the polluted atmosphere. It is Pig, a solitary pig boy, who lives in the windmill hut above the dam and turns the windmill in the morning and evening to protect the town. People used to hide pigs, even though they knew who was in town. In the new semester, transfer student Fox came to a school in the town. Loves to draw and interacts with the innocent Fox, which brings down Pig’s lonely heart. However, one day an incident happened …

>Tonko House YouTube Channel

At the Kadokawa Store, including the picture book "Dam Keeper", Tonko House goods are on sale!

>Click here to purchase goods

1) Picture book “Dam Keeper” (1,760 yen including tax) * Electronic books are also on sale

2) Tonko House Film Festival 2019 Tote Bag (2,037 yen including tax)

3) Bamboo tumbler (1,834 yen including tax)

4) A set of 2 earth-friendly clear file sets (2 types) (1,019 yen each including tax)

5) Drawstring bag (1,019 yen including tax)

6) B2 art poster (916 yen including tax)

What is Tonko House?

Daisuke Tsutsumi and Robert Kondo are art directors at Pixar, one of the best anime studios in the world.
While working, he wrote the script himself and made a self-produced movie. The two directors’ first film “Dumb Key”
Par has won more than 20 awards at international film festivals around the world and won the 2015 American Academy Awards for Short Films.
It was nominated for and made a big sensation. In 2014, they established Tonko House, independent of Pixar. With new colleagues, he is expanding his range of activities in various fields such as video, publishing, and art events. Currently planning and developing a new product.

New

New

Featured articles

Tokyo

Art

Event

Special Exhibition “Daikakuji Temple, Former Saga Gosho – New Currents: Paintings Related to the Gosho” will be held at night to commemorate the 1,150th anniversary of the temple’s founding.

Due to the popularity of the exhibition “Daikakuji Temple, Former Saga Palace: New Flowers and Paintings Related to the Palace,” which will be held at the Heiseikan of the Tokyo National Museum from Tuesday, January 21, 2025, the museum will be open at night. In addition, from Tuesday, February 18, a limited-edition novelty gift will be distributed to visitors who purchase exhibition merchandise for 4,000 yen or more, including tax.

Shiga

Travel

Event

Culture

[KYUKAMURA OHMI-HACHIMAN]Tour of Lake Biwa’s famous landmarks ‘Enjoying “Biwa Ichi” by bus – around Lake Biwa’ tour.

The resort hotel ‘KYUKAMURA OHMI-HACHIMAN’, located on the eastern shore of Lake Biwa in Shiga Prefecture, in Omi Hachiman City, known for its Omi merchants and Azuchi Castle, is inviting participants to join the ‘Biwaichi’ bus tour, which immerses them in the historical romance of Shiga Prefecture, which has flourished as a key transport hub since ancient times, close to Kyoto and Nara.
To ensure that visitors can enjoy Omi in an easy-to-understand way, Mr Yoshiyuki Onuma, Senior Researcher at the National Institute for Historical Resource Development, will accompany them throughout the tour and provide explanations.

Yamaguchi

SAKURA

Event

[Kai Nagato]Spring-only cherry blossom viewing stay to enjoy the rows of cherry trees along the Otoshin River, ‘Spring Ranman Stay’.

From 25 March to 6 April 2025, Kai Nagato Onsen Ryokan is offering a “Spring Stay” to enjoy the murmur of the Onshin River, which heralds the arrival of spring, and the cherry blossoms. In spring, the rows of cherry blossom trees along the Onshin River, which flows in front of Kai Nagato, are in full bloom, adding colour to the hot spring resort. This plan allows you to enjoy the rows of cherry blossom trees, which have attracted many tourists to the area, to your heart’s content. This plan offers guests a special seat on the Kawadoko Terrace before dinner so that they can enjoy the cherry blossoms at any time during their stay.

Hiroshima

Art

The Most Beautiful Museum in the World: Simose Art Museum Wins UNESCO’s Prestigious Versailles Prize!

Pick Up

Pick Up