Hypergalactic

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Hypergalactic
Directed by David N. Weiss
Screenplay by
Story by
  • Naoto Ohshima
  • Joseph Chou
Produced byYoshi Ikezawa
Starring
Edited byPatrick J. Voetberg
Music byChan Brothers
Production
companies
Countries
  • Japan
  • United States
LanguageEnglish

Hypergalactic is an upcoming Japanese-American computer animated adventure film directed and co-written by David N. Weiss. It stars Adam DeVine, Elsie Fisher, J. K. Simmons, and Sam Richardson. It was produced by Toei Animation.

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Premise

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.

Cast

Production

In February 2024, Toei Animation announced that a CG animated adventure film titled Hypergalactic was in collaboration with David N. Weiss, Naoto Ohshima, and Joseph Chou. The studio are calling the film their biggest CGI project to date. Weiss was hired to direct the film, alongside co-writing the screenplay with Oshima and Chou. Adam DeVine, Elsie Fisher, J. K. Simmons, and Sam Richardson joined the voice cast, with Devine voicing the protector of Earth Okhan. Kozo Morishita, Katsuhiro Takagi, and Tim Kwok serve as executive producers. [1] Characters are designed by legendary Naoto Ohshima and Takao Noguchi. 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 [2] after nearly two years of production at Tenh Animation Magic in Tokyo.

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References

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