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Daisuke Tsutsumi

Japanese animator and illustrator

Field	Value
name	Daisuke Tsutsumi
native_name	堤大介
native_name_lang	ja
birth_place	Tokyo, Japan
othername	Dice Tsutsumi
title	Co-founder and co-CEO of Tonko House (2014–present)
spouse
alma_mater	School of Visual Arts
occupation	Animator, illustrator
employer
relatives

Daisuke Tsutsumi is a Japanese animator and illustrator living in San Francisco, California. He is a former designer of Blue Sky Studios and Pixar, took within fourteen years before he co-founded an independent animation studio Tonko House with Robert Kondo. He co-directed The Dam Keeper with Kondo, which were nominated the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.

Biography

Born and raised in Tokyo, Japan, he is married to Mei Okuyama, a jewelry artist and the niece of acclaimed anime director Hayao Miyazaki.

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) (Lighting Art Director)
Cars 2 (2011) (Sushi Chef, Additional Voices)
Cars 2: The Video Game (2011) (Sushi Chef)
Monsters University (2013) (Color Art Director)
The Dam Keeper (2014) (Co-director)
Moom (2016) (Co-director)
Oni: Thunder God's Tale (2022) (Creator/Showrunner)
Bottle George (2024) (Director)

Books

Dice has appeared in both volumes of Blue Sky Studios Out of Picture anthology, contributing the stories "Noche Y Dia" in Volume 1 and "The Dream of Kyosuke" in Volume 2.

The Dam Keeper has been developed volume graphic novel published by First Second Books:

The Dam Keeper (2017)
The Dam Keeper: World Without Darkness (2018)
The Dam Keeper: Return from the Shadows (2019)

Special projects

In 2008, Dice (along with Ronnie del Carmen. Enrico Casarosa and Yukino Pang) initiated the Totoro Forest Project, a fundraising exhibition/auction to support the non-profit Totoro Forest Foundation. This initiative also produced a corresponding art book reprinting the various pieces contributed and included the likes of James Jean, Charles Vess, Iain McCaig and William Joyce among others.

He is also overseeing Sketchtravel (with Gerald Guerlais) which purpose is passing a real sketchbook "from one artist's hand to another like an Olympic torch in an artistic relay through 12 countries over 4 and half years", and the end result auctioned off to benefit the various chosen charities that the participating artists choose.

References

(2015-01-29). "Embracing a Fantasy From Their Pixar Past: 'The Dam Keeper' Delivers Oscar Nomination for Studio Alumni".
(2011-10-18). "'Toy Story 3' Art Director Married to Hayao Miyazaki's Niece".
(2006-07-17). "SDCC: Out of Picture".
(2008-06-04). "Review: Out of Picture, Vol. 2".
(2015-03-12). "Oscar-Nominated 'Dam Keeper' Filmmakers Set Graphic Novel Deal, Developing Feature".
(2016-12-08). "First Second Unveils New Titles For Fall 2017 By Tillie Walden, Gene Luen Yang, Ben Hatke, Gigi D.G., Andy Hirsch And More".
(2017-08-09). "First Look at First Second's Spring 2018 Graphic Novels".
(January 2024). "The Dam Keeper, Book 3 {{!}} Robert Kondo {{!}} Macmillan".
(2008-07-21). "Dice Tsutsumi on The Totoro Forest Project".
(2008-09-06). "The Totoro Forest Project".
(2011-10-04). "Dice Tsutsumi's Sketchtravel Art Project is Auctioning a Masterpiece of Art History".

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