LeSean Thomas is an African American animator from the South Bronx. He was self-taught and worked his way into the American cartoon industry. For Adult Swim he worked as an artist on The Boondocks and Black Dynamite. He also worked on The Legend of Korra for Nickelodeon. In 2009 he moved to Seoul, Korea to work on the animation part of making cartoons because America outsources those jobs. After many years of grinding, he has managed to make it as a show creator. Not many Westerners have the opportunity to create their own high-quality anime shows, but LeSean has two original shows of his own creation that are coming out this year. Cannon Busters will be released on Netflix and Children of Ether will be coming out on Crunchy Roll.
His shows are very cross-cultural and take a lot of inspiration from Cowboy Bebop and Samurai Champloo. His characters are mostly people of color too.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/olliebarder/2017/09/26/lesean-thomas-on-netflixs-upcoming-cannon-busters-and-the-creative-cross-cultural-future-of-anime/