TONKOCAST

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.

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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 grateful for our talented circle of friends to share this love with.

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.