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John Aoshima

@johnaoshima

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Storyteller at heart. Director in Development at Warner Bros. Pictures Animation

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🎬 THE VALE — ORIGINS IS NOW STREAMING GLOBALLY! 🌎

After an incredible festival run, The Vale — Origins is having its global online premiere TODAY on @omeleto, the award-winning short film platform with 4 million subscribers! 🚀

From a San Diego Comic-Con world premiere in front of nearly 1,000 people to:

🏆 Best Animation — @johnaoshima Geekfest’s Long Beach Comic Con Film Festival
🏆 Best Actor — @msleasalonga San Diego Kids International Film Festival
🏆 Best Adaptation — Portland Festival of Cinema, Animation & Technology. Congratulations to @abigailhingwen, for bringing your vision to life from film to novel and even listed as a New York Times bestseller! 📚🔥Huge thanks to the entire cast and crew who rallied together to make this happen.

🍿 Watch the full film now on @omeleto Please share it and let us know what you think!

#TheValeOrigins #Omeleto #ShortFilm #AwardWinning #IndieFilm FilmPremiere Novel NYTimesBestSeller by @johnaoshima

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23 days ago

🎬 Meet our first Industry Panelist: John Aoshima!

We’re thrilled to welcome acclaimed animation director John Aoshima to The Production Exchange’s Second Annual Mixer! 🌟

John has helped bring fan favorites like DuckTales, Gravity Falls, and American Dad! to life, and is currently directing the highly anticipated Hello Kitty feature film. 🎥✨

Join us as John shares insights from his incredible career, creative journey, and years working at the highest levels of animation.

🎤 Hear from industry leaders.
🤝 Make new connections.
🎬 Foster community.

📅 Wednesday, September 16
🎟️ Spots are limited — RSVP today!
https://partiful.com/e/VoL168ieuTE18EH1MsGe?c=kjUrt47N

And John is just the beginning… more panelists to come! 👀

#TheProductionExchange #JohnAoshima #Animation #FilmIndustry #EntertainmentIndustry taken in Los Angeles, California by @johnaoshima

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“There’s a real human message here,” says [John] Aoshima. “We’re showing a positive approach to creativity and how it gets made, coming from the right place, from the human soul, and connects with people. It’s about this family, about this boy, wanting to ignite imagination and get through the grief. That’s what I want everyone to walk away thinking about.”

[Abigail Hing] Wen adds, “The story of why The Vale began is a flashback in the novel and had originally been the opening. It felt like a discrete enough story that I could tackle as a short film. My family and I had also known the same grief. We had a really hard time having a second child and know that loss well.”

Wen’s directorial debut is a hybrid animated/live-action short about a 5-year-old who draws his way out of grief, and the parents who build his sketches into an AI-powered virtual sanctuary – made without AI.

Read the full interview from @victoriadavisd on AWN.com!

#animation #animationworld #johnaoshima #abigailhingwen #thevale by @johnaoshima

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Fun times at the Hello Kitty night!! by @johnaoshima

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Thank you to everyone who came out for the world premiere of The Vale — Origins! What an incredible launch. Thank you @comic_con for your faith in this new fantasy universe, to all the journalists, @deadline @dessigomezz @sdccblog for covering us, and to all our Elves for your love and energy—this room was packed because of you ❤️ For those who couldn’t join us live, the panel recording will be available shortly with a link in my bio. And stay tuned for where to find the short film online in the coming weeks. The novel is available where books are sold. More photos coming ❤️

Panelists left to right: @dantebasco @abigailhingwen @johnaoshima @andromeda.saxophone @efrembonetti Egan Xander

#sdcc #sdcc2026 #comiccon #abigailhingwen by @johnaoshima

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Look what showed up on my door step today! My very first #emmy win 🏆🎉 Couldn’t have achieved this without the incredible support and leadership by #tsuburaya #Netflix and our ultra crew behind #ultramanrising !!! by @johnaoshima

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Ultraman: Rising has won a Children’s & Family Emmy® Award for Outstanding Sound Mixing and Sound Editing for an Animated Program!

Congratulations to Gary A. Rizzo, Randy Thom, Brian Chumney, Leff Lefferts, Samson Neslund, Jamey Scott, Christopher Manning, John Cucci, Dan O’Connell and Rich Quinn! taken in New York City by @johnaoshima

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Congratulations to ILM’s James Saunders for his Children’s & Family Emmy® Award in the “Individual Achievement in Animation” category for ULTRAMAN: RISING! taken in New York City by @johnaoshima

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Congratulations to the filmmakers and creative teams on Ultraman: Rising for their Children’s and Family Emmy® nomination for Outstanding Animated Special! taken in Industrial Light & Magic by @johnaoshima

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Fourth screening of the trip! This time at Warner Brothers, hosted by the amazing @johnaoshima and organized by @cattsylim . Thank you to everyone that came and for the incredible enthusiasm you showed. @illusorium @martiriofilms @warnerbrosanimation by @johnaoshima

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