The John Ashu Company

The John Ashu Company is an Irish-British Production Company which is a Division of Bollard Studios. This company is known for the Bolderie Media Universe and the JA Animated 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 aquire 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 aquired by Disney, including getting UK & Ireland Streaming and Distribution rights to 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) and most of the Oswald the Lucky Rabbit shorts that are not retained by Universal (The John Ashu Company also aquired 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 to manage the entire characters and libraries.

A day after, John annouced plans to make his own streaming channel, Ashu+ and reviving the French animation studio that originally produced Mr. Men and Little Miss, Marina Productions (in which Mediatoon Distribution will own 25%). 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, John Ashu 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. 12 days later, The John Ashu Company signed a deal with Disney to allow DisneyLand to use their Bolderie Characters for their parks, with most of the Bolderie cast members reprising their roles as their characters.

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

 * Harold & Kiwi: The Movie (co-produced with Amblin Entertainment and 9 Story Media Group)
 * Belle Bat: The Movie (co-produced with RAI Fiction)
 * The Good, The Bad, and The Cool*
 * Barkbaa the Dogsheep Movie (co-produced with Phil Roman Entertainment)
 * Mr. Manx Missile (Co-produced with William Streets)*
 * Koala Kay Movie (co-produced with LucasFilm)
 * The Foxbusters (Co-produced with ITV Studios and DreamWorks Animation)
 * Thumbelina (Co-produced with Rainbow S.p.A and Nordisk Film)
 * Roxy the Wildcat
 * Marmot: The Movie (Co-produced with RAI Fiction)
 * Henny Penny {Co-produced with The Walt Disney Company Italy)

Television shows

 * Harold & Kiwi
 * Barkbaa the Dogsheep
 * Bolderie Tales (Co-produced with Heyday Films and Amblin Television)
 * Marmot
 * The Adventures of Roxy and Martin (Co-produced with A. Film Production and Jam Filled Entertainment)
 * Baby The Lamb
 * The Hormigatas
 * The Van Beuren Show (Co-produced with CBS Studios, Rai Fiction, France Télévisions, Telescreen B.V. and Jam Filled Entertainment)
 * Brian Epstein and The Beatles
 * Billo The Bip
 * The Magic Roundabout (Co-produced with Xilam)
 * El Bullado (Co-produced with Televisa)
 * Pacer the Macer*
 * Dr. Moreau and The Mutants (Co-produced with Wildbrain Studios, The Jim Henson Company and Xilam)
 * Camp Manda
 * Bolderie
 * Mother Goose and Grimm (Co-produced with Grimmy, Inc, Film Roman and Amblin Television)
 * Baby Bolderie
 * The New Bubsy Show (Co-produced with Studio 100 Animation, Anima Vitae and Film Roman)

TV Films

 * How Harold Met Kiwi

Short Films

 * PimPam the Little Bird
 * Raconia

TV Specials

 * Moreno Squirrel Finds Love

Marina Productions

 * Timbuctoo Tales (Co-produced with Thoip)
 * The New Mr. Men Show (Co-produced with Thoip, TriStar Television and BBC Studios)
 * Spyro The Dragon (Co-produced with Activision Blizzard Studios, 9 Story Media Group and Universal Animation Studios)
 * Plants vs Zombies: The Series (Co-produced with Creative Power Entertaining, Portfolio Entertainment and Warner Bros. Animation)

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

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.
 * The only countries were John Ashu has no copyright powers is in Germany, Austria, Brazil, Russia, France, Quebec and Belgium.
 * 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.