The John Ashu Company

The John Ashu Company (Also credited as Dublin Creative Associates for TV Shows unrelated to the Bolderie franchise) is an Irish-British Media Company which is a Division of Japanese holding company Bollard Studios. This company is known for the Bolderie Media Universe.

History
This company first started as Thrower Entertainment until it was changed to Doorbell Media due to legal issues with Star Thrower Entertainment. After a few months later, the "Media" was changed to "Marina" since there's already a company called Doorbell Media. Months later, it was changed to it's current name The John Ashu Company as John felt that the name Doorbell Marina no longer suited this company.

In January 30, 2022, John annouced that The John Ashu Company will acquire The Walt Disney Company for £507.000 but after 5 days of ownership, he was forced to sell it back to its owner but kept the rights to the Jetix's brand, the Blue Sky Studio and most of the Saban Entertainment projects and characters that were acquired by Disney, including getting all of the Muppet projects made before 2004 (with the exception of many Muppets project that weren't aquired by Disney, Muppet Treasure Island. The Muppet Christmas Carol and Bear in the Big Blue House), nearly all of the pre-2019 20th Century Studios libraries and most of the Oswald the Lucky Rabbit shorts that are not retained by Universal (The John Ashu Company also acquired the rights to the pre-2005 DreamWorks Pictures movies, Streaming and Distribution rights to all future and past Terrytoons projects, almost all of the Famous Studios/Fleischer Studios cartoons and characters that didn't enter the public domain, the rights to Rotten Ralph, all of the Charlie Chaplin and Laurel and Hardy films that did not enter public domain and nearly all of the Cosgrove Hall Films libraries). After the acquisitions, John founded Ashu Classics (later named Dublin Classics) to manage the entire characters and libraries.

A day after, John annouced plans to revive the French production comapny that originally produced Mr. Men and Little Miss, Marina Productions (in which Mediatoon Distribution will own 25%) and turning it into an animation studio. In March 17, 2022, Matthew Corbett announced that The John Ashu Company will no longer do business in Russia due to their invasion of Ukraine.

In April 30, 2022, The John Ashu Company signed a 5-pictures deal with France 3 Cinéma to produce 5 French-British Films with Universal Pictures handling Worldwide distribution and BAC Films handling European distribution (excluding the UK & Ireland). After their deal has ended, The John Ashu Company and France 3 Cinéma announced that they will create Paroko Pamoto Imagination to manage the Films and Characters. A month later. The John Ashu Company (along with Creators Syndicate and King Feature Syndicate) Acquired all of the Pogo-related titles, including all of the strips and branding, and formed a company called Pogo, Inc., a joint venture between The John Ashu Company, King Feature Syndicate and Creators Syndicate (Many of the strips that were inherited from Publisher-Hall Syndicate were also moved to Pogo, Inc.).

Filmgraphy
BOLD = Movies/Tv Shows made under the Gruppo Ashu label.

Shows/Movies marked with * are made under the Maker for Adults label

Feature Films

 * Belle Bat: The Movie (With Rainbow S.p.A)
 * The Good, The Bad, and The Cool*
 * Barkbaa the Dogsheep Movie (With Phil Roman Entertainment)
 * Mr Manx Missle (Produced through Selento Studios)
 * Koala Kay Movie (With LucasFilm)
 * The Foxbusters (With Heyday Films and DreamWorks Animation)
 * Thumbelina (With Rainbow S.p.A and Nordisk Film)
 * Marmot: The Movie (With Rai Cinema)
 * Luna Moona: The Movie (Produced through Selento Studios, With Gaumont and UFA)
 * Henny Penny {With The Walt Disney Company Italy)

Television shows

 * Harold & Kiwi
 * Barkbaa the Dogsheep
 * Bolderie Tales (With Rainbow S.p.A and Amblin Television)
 * Marmot
 * The Adventures of Roxy and Martin (With A. Film Production and Jam Filled Entertainment)
 * The Hormigatas
 * The Van Beuren Show (With Paramount Television Studios, Rai Fiction, Xilam, Telescreen B.V. and Jam Filled Entertainment)
 * Brian Epstein and The Beetles
 * The Magic Roundabout (With Xilam)
 * Jim Dog and Co
 * Pacer the Macer*
 * Dr. Moreau and The Mutants (With Tandem Communications, The Jim Henson Company and Xilam)
 * Luna Moona and the Girls (Produced through Selento Studios)
 * Bolderie
 * Mother Goose and Grimm (With Grimmy, Inc, Film Roman and Amblin Television)
 * Cipper Chucker (Produced through Selento Studios)
 * The Circusmites
 * The New Bubsy Show (With Xilam, Anima Vitae and Film Roman)

TV Films

 * How Harold Met Kiwi

Short Films

 * PimPam the Little Bird
 * Raconia
 * Reynarda the Fox (Produced through Selento Studios)

Shorts

 * Marnic's Desert

TV Specials

 * Moreno Squirrel Finds Love

Marina Productions

 * Timbuctoo Tales (With Thoip)
 * The New Mr. Men Show (With Thoip, Tristar Television and BBC Studios)
 * Spyro The Dragon (With Activision Blizzard Studios, 9 Story Media Group and Universal Animation Studios)
 * Plants vs Zombies: The Series (With Creative Power Entertaining, Portfolio Entertainment and Warner Bros. Animation)
 * The Sega Sanrio Show (Animation Service, with Sega of America, Sanrio Digital and Dreamscape Entertainment)

Short Films Co-Produced with France 3 Cinéma

 * The Maps and The Laps
 * The Beaver and The Bear
 * The Tale of a Cat Without Reproduction Organs
 * The Boy and Girl in the Animal World
 * Noma the Hedgehog

Shows that aren't Produced by The John Ashu Company but copyrighted by John Ashu Enterprises

 * The Jim Dog Show (Produced by Dargaud Media and Belvision Studios)
 * El Bullado (Produced by Ánima Estudios)
 * Hormigata Family (Produced by 9 Story Media Group and Xilam)

Trivia

 * Anyone or anything that is called Bolderie are replaced with the word Ballon, which is a Dutch word for Balloon.
 * It was originally known as Doorbell Marina (it was also known as Thrower Entertainment) until John changed it to The John Ashu Company since he felt that the name Doorbell Marina no longer suited this company.
 * John has a few rules for The John Ashu Company (and its Divisions and Subsidiaries).
 * No illegal items on The John Ashu Company's property.
 * All Voice Actors/Actresses are allowed to voice any ethnic characters they want, even if they're not of the same ethnicity.
 * Bolderie Characters are allowed to appear on fan works as long as the heroes are not portrayed as the villains.
 * Interspecies couples are allowed as long as humans and animals are not romantically attracted to each other.
 * Members of Anti-LGBT organizations are forbidden from entering The John Ashu Company.
 * The mascot of the company is Lewis, an anthropomorphic Marsupial.