Ruben A. Aquino was born on December 18, 1953 in Okinawa, Japan. His mother is Japanese while his father is Filipino.
He studied in Christ the King International School in Okinawa from kindergarten to high school and graduated in 1971. He attended the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia and majored in architecture.
From 1975 to 1979, Ruben worked as a graphic artist in Honolulu, Hawaii. He worked for Farmhouse Films as a trainee, which was his first job in animation.

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