Introducing "Hypergalactic", A Film Co-Created By Sonic Designer Naoto Oshima

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It probably goes without saying, but the vast majority of the people involved with making official Sonic the Hedgehog content don't just make Sonic the Hedgehog content. They occasionally branch off into other mediums or other IPs. For example, it has been announced that the original designer of Sonic, Naoto Oshima is the co-creator for a new CG animated film called Hypergalactic.

The film's plot is simple. It takes place in the not-so-distant future, and follows a teenage girl named Fisher and her baby brother. The pair liberate Ohkan, Earth's forgotten protector, in the hopes that he can help reunite them with their missing parents. So, the trio set off on an adventure that will see them discover the deeper meaning of family. That all said, we don't know who the baby brother's name is, and we don't know who will be voicing him. So, there's still some unanswered questions to be figured out. However, we do know that Oshima not only co-wrote the film's screeplay, but he was involved with writing the story too!

As for the cast, there aren't many. A grand total of 4 have been announced, and we only know of the roles for 1 of them. That person is Adam DeVine, who will be voicing Ohkan. We also know that Elsie Fisher, J. K. Simmons and Sam Richardson are all confirmed to be a part of the cast. Other than that, we know that Toei Animation is producing the film and that Shrek 2 writer David N. Weiss is the one directing.

So, what is the current progress on the film? Well, there's no release date officially announced as of this article's writing. In fact, the film isn't even finished yet. It is currently in post-production, and it is unknown exactly how far into post-production the CG animated adventure film is. Nevertheless, Naoto Oshima has been obviously very busy lately, and it isn't just because of Sonic Superstars.

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[PC the Hedgehog]

Ohkan definitely looks like how I would expect a Sun Wukong character in the Sonic universe to look. Interesting that Oshima is co-writing as well. Never pegged him for a writer. Excited for this!

[Failinhearts]

I really hope this gets a theatrical release. But considering it doesn't seem to have a major film distributor behind it, it would be a very limited theatrical run at best. Which blows. But we take what we can get, right?

It's gonna be cool to see a movie by Oshima, and I wanna give it my support!

who knows, maybe that'll get a blinx or balan movie by him? pleaaaase?

[CrownSlayers Shadow]

This looks interesting.

[Agie]

Dunno if I'll see this film, but I'll have to be sure to at least keep it on my radar. It would be nice to see a film by Naoto Oshima.

[GX -The Spindash-]

Ohkan is clearly Sun Wukong, the Monkey King. And Goku is just Sun Wukong. And Sonic is just Goku.

So by the mathematical identity property, this is Sonic.