Tonko House and Hulu Japan produced the Pig: The Dam Keeper Poems (Pig: Oka no Ue no Dam Keeper or “Pig: The Dam Keeper at the Top of the Hill”), a series of animated shorts based on “The Dam Keeper.”
Daisuke “Dice” Tsutsumi (Hayao Miyazaki’s nephew-in-law) and Robert Kondo, both former Pixar art directors, founded Tonko House in 2014 and debuted the 18-minute Oscar-nominated short film “The Dam Keeper” in the same year.
Kumamoto Prefecture announced on Sunday that the planned anime centering on the prefecture’s Kumamon mascot character will be titled Mystery of Kumamon, and will have story concept, composition, and design by Tonko House.
Tonko House is partnering with Fox Animation for a feature-length version.