{"id":166274,"date":"2022-10-10T16:26:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-10T16:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jwolfepr.com\/dev\/?p=166274"},"modified":"2024-08-21T19:27:20","modified_gmt":"2024-08-21T19:27:20","slug":"oni-thunder-gods-tale-dice-tsutsumi-introduces-his-oddball-pantheon-exclusive-art-animation-magazine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jwolfepr.com\/dev\/oni-thunder-gods-tale-dice-tsutsumi-introduces-his-oddball-pantheon-exclusive-art-animation-magazine\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018ONI: Thunder God\u2019s Tale\u2019: Dice Tsutsumi Introduces His Oddball Pantheon (Exclusive Art) | Animation Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Animation Magazine<\/em> \u2014 October 10, 2022
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***This article originally appeared in the November \u201922 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 324)***<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

ONI: Thunder God\u2019s Tale<\/em>, the new limited series from Tonko House, the indie studio behind the 2014 Oscar-nominated short The Dam Keeper<\/em>, is one of the much-anticipated highlights of the fall season. The stop-motion-inspired, CG-animated series features a lush and physically tangible world filled with the oddball gods and monsters of Japanese mythology, where the free-spirited Onari \u2014 a brave young girl caught between two worlds divided \u2014 is determined to find her unique power that will allow her to protect her peaceful village from the encroaching threat of the gods\u2019 mysterious enemies, the \u201cOni.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The four-episode series was created by showrunner and Tonko House co-founder Daisuke \u201cDice\u201d Tsutsumi, who grew up on tales of Japanese mythology in his native Japan. It was produced by Sara K. Sampson (Sonder<\/em>), and executive produced by Tsutsumi alongside Tonko House co-founder Robert Kondo, who also served as production designer, and Tonko\u2019s head of content, Kane Lee (Crow: The Legend<\/em>, Namoo<\/em>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inspired by a painting Tsutsumi created for an exhibition in Japan,\u00a0ONI<\/em>, he says, is his most personal project yet. \u201cThe painting I did was of characters from folklore I grew up with in Japan,\u201d he explains. \u201cAt the time, there wasn\u2019t much of a story just yet, but I felt like I would love to share my childhood memories and the things I was excited about growing up \u2014 the stories that I loved \u2014 through my lens, through my perspective. Of course, it was just a painting. Who knew that it would turn into a 150-minute story?\u201d (Read full story…<\/a><\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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