LeSean Thomas was born on 1975 and is an American television animation producer, director, animator, comic book artist, writer, character designer, and storyboard artist, based in Meguro, Tokyo.
14 Facts About LeSean Thomas
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LeSean Thomas landed his first production deal with the late George Jackson's UBO Network, where he created an animated online series called BattleSeed.
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LeSean Thomas wrote, produced and directed the series, which was presented at the New York Anime Film Festival in 2000.
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LeSean Thomas produced a BattleSeed original animated trailer which aired in theaters as a promotional trailer for the Sci-Fi Channel.
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LeSean Thomas provided production development for the action adventure movie UltraViolet.
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LeSean Thomas is a comic book artist, with work on such titles as Arkanium, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
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LeSean Thomas's books include sketch bible Nervous Breakdowns: The Art of LeSean Thomas Vol.
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LeSean Thomas has released the artbook Midnight Marauder: The Art of LeSean Thomas Vol.
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In 2009, LeSean Thomas relocated to Seoul, South Korea, at the request of Korean animation studio JM Animation to be hired in-house as part of the animation production staff.
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LeSean Thomas was later invited to speak at the 5th annual TEDx in Incheon, South Korea, where he spoke about his journey and the importance of "Successful Failures".
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In 2011, LeSean Thomas was tapped to work on Black Dynamite for Adult Swim.
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LeSean Thomas served as creative producer and supervising director for Season 1 and supervising director in Season 2.
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In November 2014, LeSean Thomas successfully crowd-funded an animated TV series pilot called Cannon Busters: The Animated Series, based on his creator-owned comic book of the same name, featuring production by Japanese anime studio Satelight.
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The event celebrated LeSean Thomas's groundbreaking achievements as one of the few Black Americans working in Japan's anime industry and as the first and only North American creator and director of original anime series such as Children of Ether, Cannon Busters, and Yasuke.