Hanazuki and Friends: Out of this World (2020)

Hanazuki and Friends: Out of this World is an upcoming 2020 animated feature-length film based on the Hanazuki franchise and the series Hanazuki: Full of Treasures. It was released theatrically on September 4th 2020 in the United States.

Premise
As possible, Hanazuki discovered a tall man in his mask with swords breaks into her home. This was Venos, Venos wants to rule Hanazuki's moon, and burns everything she loves. Kiyoshi and Maroshi faces Venos to stop destroying the moon, but he was too strong. Venos shot a dart on the beast named Hugo, and Hugo was captured. It is all up to Hanazuki to stop Venos, they both arrived on a new planet called Moonflowertopia. Then she meets the Prime Minister called Mizumi, she warns her about an invasion coming to kill every last moonflower on Moonflowertopia. Hanazuki's goal is to save the universe, get Hugo back and defeat Venos.

Cast

 * Adam Driver as Venos
 * Catherine Keener as Prime Minister Mizumi
 * Idris Elba as Benjamin Boyega
 * Jessica DiCicco as Hanazuki/Blue Hemka/Lime Green Hemka
 * Cassandra Lee Morris as Kiazuki
 * Vargus Mason as Kiyoshi
 * Marcus Toji as Maroshi
 * Colleen O'Shaunessey as Little Dreamer/Red Hemka/Yellow Hemka
 * Michael Sinterniklaas as Orange Hemka/Pyramid with Face
 * Avery Kidd Waddell as Sleepy Unicorn/Dazzlessence Jones
 * Tony Goldwyn as Lloyd Hughes
 * James Mcavoy as Chad Connor
 * Ciaran Hinds as Lord Blackness
 * Elise Dobois as Miyumi
 * Scott Menville as Percy Pearson
 * Hugh Jackman as Moonflower guard

Score Rating
7.4/10

Metacritic
76%

Ratings in other countries

 * USA: PG (Mild Action, and some Language)
 * UK: U (Mild threat, violence, very mild language)
 * Ireland: G
 * Canada: G
 * Germany: 6
 * Japan: G

Music
Ramin Djawadi was revealed to be composing the music for the film in August 2018.[73] By January 2019, Brian Tyler, and by November 2019, a co-composer John Powell were believed to be composing music for the film

Songs

 * Alesso ft. Tove Lo - Heroes
 * Jennifer Lopez & Pitbull - Dance Again
 * Sigala - We Got Love (featured song)

Genres
Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Fantasy

Triva

 * This is the first Hanazuki film rated PG.
 * This is the first Paramount Animation film of 2020s to be produced at 2.35:1.
 * Allspark Animation's first animated film of the 2020s.
 * This is the first Hanazuki film to be shot in the 2.35:1 aspect ratio.
 * This was one of the successful films of 2020.
 * Venos's appearance is similar to Slade from Teen Titans Go! To the Movies, particularly his mask.

Spoilers

 * During the scene where Venos interrogates Hanazuki, he gets unmasked and wears an eye patch, and he's revealed to be a Moonflower before he turned bad.
 * Miyumi was also captured by Venos and his Moonbots from the beginning of the movie.

Discovery Family Rating
TV-G

FX Rating
TV-PG

Credits
Main article: Hanazuki and Friends: Out of this World/Credits