His early production credits include character designer, layout and key animator on Showtime's web series WhirlGirl, assistant animator for Lizzie McGuire and storyboard artist for various shows such as Kim Possible on Disney Channel, Ben 10: Alien Force for Cartoon Network, The Batman, Batman: The Brave and the Bold and Green Lantern: First Flight, as well as supervising character designer for Superman/Batman: Public Enemies for Warner Bros.
Thomas landed his first production deal with the late George Jackson's UBO Network, where he created an animated online series called BattleSeed.
Thomas was later invited to speak at the 5th annual TEDx in Incheon, South Korea, where he spoke about his journey and the importance of "Successful Failures".
[citation needed] In August 2017, it was announced that Cannon Busters was acquired by streaming giant Netflix to be co-produced by Satelight and Japanese anime studio Yumeta Company as a 12-episode mini-series and was originally set for a March 2019 release.
On November 17, 2021, Netflix's Yasuke was nominated for Best Main Title in the TV show/ Limited Series Category at the 12th Hollywood Music in Media Awards.
The event also featured retrospective screenings of influential anime films, such as Ninja Scroll, Sword of the Stranger, Redline, Cowboy Bebop: The Movie, and Demon City Shinjuku.
Thomas introduced these films and shared how they not only shaped his career, but each of the key, creative leads on these classics (Takeshi Koike, Yutaka Minowa, Masahiro Ando, Satoshi Iwataki, Naoyuki Onda & Shinichiro Watanabe) worked with him on his anime, "Yasuke."
This comprehensive celebration underscored Thomas's role in advancing cross-cultural storytelling, preserving his creative legacy, and highlighting his contributions to the anime industry.