Hypergalactic

A teenage girl (Fisher) alongside her younger brother in a not-so-distant future adventure, after liberating the protector of Earth Okhan (DeVine), hope that he can reunite them with their missing parents.

• Adam DeVine as Okhan
• Elsie Fisher
• J. K. Simmons
• Sam Richardson

During TIFFCOM at the 2018 Tokyo International Film Festival on October 24, Toei Animation and Bona Film Group alongside Sammy and Marza Animation Planet initially announced the project, tentatively titled The Monkey Prince with John A. Davis initially set to direct the film from a screenplay by J. David Stem and David N. Weiss, based on an original story by Naoto Oshima with Oshima and Takao Noguchi handling character designs with Chuck Williams serving as a producer. The film will be initially produced in English before being adapted into Mandarin for the Chinese market and has received co-production approval from Chinese authorities. In order to produce the film, Tenh Animation Magic was established two weeks prior with investments from Toei, Sola Entertainment and Galaxy Graphics. Sanzigen was responsible for the film's production hub with the film being scheduled to be released in 2020, in time for that year's Summer Olympics prior to its postponement to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/china-japan-studio-giants-team-big-budget-animation-monkey-prince-1154604/|title=China, Japan Studio Giants Team on Big-Budget Animation 'The Monkey Prince'|first=Patrick|last=Brzeski|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=2018-10-23|access-date=2025-03-25}}{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-07-02/sola-digital-arts-galaxy-graphics-toei-establish-cg-studio-tenh-animation-magic/.133717|title=Sola Digital Arts, Galaxy Graphics, Toei Establish CG Studio 'Tenh Animation Magic'|first=Karen|last=Ressler|date=2018-07-02|access-date=2025-03-25|work=Anime News Network}}{{cite web|url=https://corp.toei-anim.co.jp/ja/press/press-7260056081166127320.html|title=国際合作アニメーション映画『The Monkey Prince(仮)』の製作が決定|work=Toei Animation|language=ja|date=2018-10-25|access-date=2025-03-25}}{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2018/film/asia/monkey-prince-hatched-by-china-bona-and-japan-toei-animation-1202991894/|title='The Monkey Prince' Hatched by China's Bona and Japan's Toei Animation|date=2018-10-24|access-date=2025-03-25|first=Patrick|last=Frater|work=Variety}}

After being sat on development hell for six years, Toei Animation announced on February 2024, that the film, now titled Hypergalactic was in post-production with Weiss now being hired to direct the film (replacing A. Davis), alongside co-writing the screenplay with Oshima and Sola Entertainment founder Joseph Chou from their original story with the latter two replacing Stem and Bona, Sammy and Marza dropping out from the project. The studio is calling the film as their biggest CGI project to date. Adam DeVine, Elsie Fisher, J. K. Simmons, and Sam Richardson joined the film's voice cast, with Devine voicing the protagonist, the protector of Earth Okhan. Toei's Yoshi Ikezawa (replacing Chuck Williams) serves as the film's producer while Kozo Morishita, Katsuhiro Takagi, and Tim Kwok serve as executive producers with Charades handling international sales.{{Cite web |last=Roxborough |first=Scott |date=February 6, 2024 |title=Anime Giant Toei Teams With 'Sonic the Hedgehog' Designer, 'Shrek 2' Writer on 'Hypergalactic' |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/toei-sonic-the-hedgehog-designer-shrek-2-writer-hypergalactic-1235817114/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240206200532/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/toei-sonic-the-hedgehog-designer-shrek-2-writer-hypergalactic-1235817114/ |archive-date=February 6, 2024 |access-date=February 6, 2024 |website=The Hollywood Reporter}} Main production was handled by Tenh Animation Magic in Tokyo led by Sam Salek as visual effects supervisor. Music was conducted by up-and-coming Canadian music duo Chen Brothers with orchestral recording performed in Bratislava early 2024. The color and finish service is provided by The Picture Shop Vancouver under the veteran colorist Claudio Sepulveda.

Post-production had begun by February after nearly two years of production at Tenh Animation Magic in Tokyo.{{Cite web |last=Ritman |first=Alex |date=February 6, 2024 |title=Adam Devine, J.K. Simmons Join Voice Cast of 'Hypergalactic' Animated Feature from 'Sonic' Designer Naoto Oshima |url=https://variety.com/2024/film/global/adam-devine-jk-simmons-hypergalactic-naoto-oshima-sonic-1235899436/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240206200820/https://variety.com/2024/film/global/adam-devine-jk-simmons-hypergalactic-naoto-oshima-sonic-1235899436/ |archive-date=February 6, 2024 |access-date=February 6, 2024 |website=Variety}}

Initially scheduled to be released in 2020, Hypergalactic is scheduled to be released in the United States in 2025.{{Cite web |last=Frater |first=Patrick |date=August 6, 2024 |title=Toei Animation's 'Hypergalactic' Gets Fan Engagement Boost from Spaceport, Roblox and Fortnite (Exclusive) |url=https://variety.com/2024/film/news/toei-animation-hypergalactic-spaceport-roblox-fortnite-1236096636/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240806164255/https://variety.com/2024/film/news/toei-animation-hypergalactic-spaceport-roblox-fortnite-1236096636/ |archive-date=August 6, 2024 |access-date=August 6, 2024 |website=Variety}}

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