The Dam Keeper

2015 • 18 minutes

About this movie

The Dam Keeper, an original animated short film by feature animation artists Robert Kondo and Dice Tsutsumi, tells the tale of a young pig encumbered with an important job, and the meeting of a new classmate who changes everything.

Ratings and reviews

I was fortunate enough to have found some info about this exceptional animated piece back before it was offered here, and waited with bated breath to see what would transpire - it ended up being beyond my simple expectations; vaulting my imagination and heart into unchartered territories of emotion, leaving me breathless and teary-eyed. This is the truest firm of animated art, and I cannot recommend this enough. It is simply the most breathtaking selfless piece of animated work I've witnessed since the doomed Rock n' Rule and Animalympics were recently released again - passionate creation, pushed despite the unlikely economic benefits, existing solely to benefit the quiet souls that have the time and merit to let a cartoon move their emotions. Lovely. Beyond words. I will forever be grateful for this animation, and I'm fortunate to be one of the vaulted few who know how important it is. Thank you, thank you for making this. I am forever indebted.

A beautiful story, well animated, fantastic soundtrack. I cried, more than once. Don't know if 6 year old's should watch this though, considering the dark themes. The moth really stood out to me, symbolically. Definetely worth the $3 bucks. My heart was touched by this and I will highly reccomend it to others. Just stunning.

I absolutely loved this short. It should be used for every psychology class or any lessons to be related to friendships and bullying.