Stephen Bruner, better known by his stage name Thundercat, is an American multi-genre bass player from Los Angeles, California. He has released two solo albums, and is most noted for his work with producer Flying Lotus, and thrash band Suicidal Tendencies，The original ThunderCats show was animated in Japan while being produced, written and voice-acted in the United States. Many of the animators went on to work for Studio Ghibli, working on Hayao Miyazaki's first film， The series was originally distributed by Rankin-Bass Productions' then-parent company Telepictures Corporation, which would later merge with Lorimar Productions in 1986， In 1989, Lorimar-Telepictures was purchased by and folded into Warner Bros., whose television syndication arm would eventually assume distribution of the show; Warner Bros. has had the rights to the series (and all Lorimar-Telepictures programming) from that point on.