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Tonko House LLC is an independent animation studio located in Berkeley, California, founded in July 2014 by former Pixar art directors, Robert Kondo and Daisuke Tsutsumi. The company is best known for its first animated Oscar nominated short film, ''The Dam Keeper'', which was released in 2014, the same year the company was founded. Filmography * ''The Dam Keeper'' (TBA, in development) * ''Leo'' (TBA, in development) Short films * ''The Dam Keeper'' (2014) * ''Moom'' (2016, in collaboration with Marza Animation Planet and Craftar) Television * '' Pig: The Dam Keeper Poems'' (2017) * ''Go! Go! Cory Carson'' (2020, production design) * '' Oni: Thunder God's Tale'' (2022, in collaboration with Dwarf Animation and Megalis) * ''Sleepy Pines'' (TBA, in development) Books Graphic novels * ''The Dam Keeper'' (2017, a collaboration with First Second Books) * ''The Dam Keeper: World Without Darkness'' (2018, a collaboration with First Second Books) * ''The Dam Keeper: Return From The ...
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Daisuke Tsutsumi
(born November 6, 1974) is a Japanese animator and illustrator living in San Francisco, California. He is a former art director of Pixar. Biography Born and raised in Tokyo, Japan, he is married to , a jewelry artist and the niece of acclaimed anime director Hayao Miyazaki. He co-directed ''The Dam Keeper'' which was nominated for the Oscar for short animated film. Filmography *''Ice Age'' (2002) (Matte Painting/Color Stylist Art) *''Robots'' (2005) (Lead Color Key Artist/Additional Design) *'' Horton Hears a Who'' (2008) (Lead Color Design) *''Toy Story 3'' (2010) (Color and Lighting Art Director) *'' Cars 2'' (2011) (Additional Voices) *'' Cars 2: The Video Game'' (2011) (Sushi Chef) *'' Monsters University'' (2013) (Lighting Design and Character Shading Art Director) *''The Dam Keeper'' (2014) (Co-director) *''Moom'' (2016) (Co-director) *'' Oni: Thunder God's Tale'' (2022) (Creator/Showrunner) Books Dice has appeared in both volumes of Blue Sky Studios ''Out of Picture' ...
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Thunder God's Tale
Thunder is the sound caused by lightning. Depending upon the distance from and nature of the lightning, it can range from a long, low rumble to a sudden, loud crack. The sudden increase in temperature and hence pressure caused by the lightning produces rapid expansion of the air in the path of a lightning bolt. In turn, this expansion of air creates a sonic shock wave, often referred to as a "thunderclap" or "peal of thunder". The scientific study of thunder is known as ''brontology'' and the irrational fear ( phobia) of thunder is called ''brontophobia''. Etymology The ''d'' in Modern English ''thunder'' (from earlier Old English ''þunor'') is epenthetic, and is now found as well in Modern Dutch ''donder'' (cf. Middle Dutch ''donre''; also Old Norse ''þorr'', Old Frisian ''þuner'', Old High German ''donar'', all ultimately descended from Proto-Germanic *''þunraz''). In Latin the term was ''tonare'' "to thunder". The name of the Nordic god Thor comes from the Old Norse ...
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Mass Media Companies Established In 2014
Mass is an intrinsic property of a body. It was traditionally believed to be related to the quantity of matter in a physical body, until the discovery of the atom and particle physics. It was found that different atoms and different elementary particles, theoretically with the same amount of matter, have nonetheless different masses. Mass in modern physics has multiple definitions which are conceptually distinct, but physically equivalent. Mass can be experimentally defined as a measure of the body's inertia, meaning the resistance to acceleration (change of velocity) when a net force is applied. The object's mass also determines the strength of its gravitational attraction to other bodies. The SI base unit of mass is the kilogram (kg). In physics, mass is not the same as weight, even though mass is often determined by measuring the object's weight using a spring scale, rather than balance scale comparing it directly with known masses. An object on the Moon would weigh le ...
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American Animation Studios
American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, people who self-identify their ancestry as "American" ** American English, the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States ** Native Americans in the United States, indigenous peoples of the United States * American, something of, from, or related to the Americas, also known as "America" ** Indigenous peoples of the Americas * American (word), for analysis and history of the meanings in various contexts Organizations * American Airlines, U.S.-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas * American Athletic Conference, an American college athletic conference * American Recordings (record label), a record label previously known as Def American * American University, in Washington, D.C. Sports teams Soccer * B ...
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45th Annie Awards
The 45th Annual Annie Awards honoring excellence in the field of animation of 2017 took place on February 3, 2018, at the University of California, Los Angeles's Royce Hall in Los Angeles, California, and presented awards in 35 categories. Production categories On December 4, 2017, the nominations were announced. '' Coco'' earned the most number of nominations with 13, followed by '' The Breadwinner'' with 10. Individual achievement categories Multiple awards and nominations Films The following films received multiple nominations: The following films received multiple awards: Television/Broadcast The following television productions received multiple nominations: The following television productions received multiple awards: References External links Complete list of 45th Annual Annie Awards nominees{{AnnieAwards 2017 File:2017 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The War Against ISIS at the Battle of Mosul (2016-2017); aftermath of ...
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Academy Award For Best Animated Short Film
The Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film is an award given by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) as part of the annual Academy Awards, or Oscars, since the 5th Academy Awards (with different names), covering the year 1931–32, to the present. From 1932 until 1970, the category was known as Short Subjects, Cartoons; and from 1971 to 1973 as Short Subjects, Animated Films. The present title began with the 46th Awards in 1974. During the first 5 decades of the award's existence, awards were presented to the producers of the shorts. Current Academy rules, however, call for the award to be presented to "the individual person most directly responsible for the concept and the creative execution of the film." Moreover, " the event that more than one individual has been directly and importantly involved in creative decisions, a second statuette may be awarded." Only American films were nominated for the award until the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) won ...
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87th Academy Awards
The 87th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best films of 2014 and took place on February 22, 2015, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST / 8:30 p.m. EST. During the ceremony, AMPAS presented Academy Awards (commonly referred to as Oscars) in 24 categories. The ceremony was televised in the United States by ABC, produced by Neil Meron and Craig Zadan and directed by Hamish Hamilton. Actor Neil Patrick Harris hosted the ceremony for the first time. In related events, the Academy held its 6th Annual Governors Awards ceremony at the Grand Ballroom of the Hollywood and Highland Center on November 8, 2014. On February 7, 2015, in a ceremony at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, California, the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement were presented by hosts Margot Robbie and Miles Teller. ''Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)'' wo ...
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First Second Books
First Second Books is an American publisher of graphic novels. An imprint of Roaring Brook Press, part of Holtzbrinck Publishers, First Second publishes fiction, biographies, personal memoirs, history, visual essays, and comics journalism. It also publishes graphic non-fiction for young readers, including thScience ComicsanHistory Comicscollections, and for adults, including thWorld Citizen Comics a line of civics graphic books, and biographical works such as The Accidental Czar'. Some of First Second's biggest hits include '' The Adventure Zone'' graphic novel series, the InvestiGators' series, and the Real Friends' trilogy. Authors and artists published by First Second include Ben Hatke, Gene Luen Yang, Jillian Tamaki, Vera Brosgol, Jen Wang, Shannon Hale, LeUyen Pham, and the legendary Japanese director Hayao Miyazaki. First Second is headed by editorial director Mark Siegel. History First Second launched in U.S. stores and online in May 2006. It was distributed by Ma ...
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Anime News Network
Anime News Network (ANN) is a news website that reports on the status of anime, manga, video games, Japanese popular music and other related cultures within North America, Australia, Southeast Asia and Japan. The website offers reviews and other editorial content, forums where readers can discuss current issues and events, and an encyclopedia that contains many anime and manga with information on the staff, cast, theme music, plot summaries, and user ratings. The website was founded in July 1998 by Justin Sevakis, and operated the magazine '' Protoculture Addicts'' from 2005 to 2008. Based in Canada, it has separate versions of its news content aimed toward audiences in four separate regions: the United States and Canada, Australia and New Zealand, and Southeast Asia. History The website was founded by Justin Sevakis in July 1998. In May 2000, CEO Christopher Macdonald joined the website editorial staff, replacing editor-in-chief Isaac Alexander. On June 30, 2002, Anime ...
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Go! Go! Cory Carson
''Go! Go! Cory Carson'' (known as ''Toot-Toot Cory Carson'' in the United Kingdom and Australia) is a CGI- animated children's television series created by Alex Woo and Stanley Moore, based on the Go-Go Smart Wheels line of toy vehicles manufactured by VTech. The series is co-produced by American companies Kuku Studios, Tonko House and Wilmer Sound and French company Superprod Studio. Its first season of seven episodes was released on Netflix on January 4, 2020; season 2 was released on March 1, 2020. In the United Kingdom, the main cast's voices are dubbed with British voice actors, replacing their original American ones. A special mini-movie titled ''Go! Go! Cory Carson: The Chrissy'' was released on May 1, 2020. Another special titled ''A Go! Go! Cory Carson Summer Camp'' was released on August 4, 2020. A Halloween special ''A Go! Go! Cory Carson Halloween'' was released on October 2, 2020. A Christmas special ''A Go! Go! Cory Carson Christmas'' was released on November 27, ...
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Berkeley, California
Berkeley ( ) is a city on the eastern shore of San Francisco Bay in northern Alameda County, California, United States. It is named after the 18th-century Irish bishop and philosopher George Berkeley. It borders the cities of Oakland and Emeryville to the south and the city of Albany and the unincorporated community of Kensington to the north. Its eastern border with Contra Costa County generally follows the ridge of the Berkeley Hills. The 2020 census recorded a population of 124,321. Berkeley is home to the oldest campus in the University of California System, the University of California, Berkeley, and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, which is managed and operated by the university. It also has the Graduate Theological Union, one of the largest religious studies institutions in the world. Berkeley is considered one of the most socially progressive cities in the United States. History Indigenous history The site of today's City of Berkeley was the te ...
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The Dam Keeper Poems
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with pronouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of pronoun ''thee'') when followed by a ...
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