Mechagirl

Mechagirl is an upcoming American 3D computer-animated science fiction comedy film produced by Universal Animation. Directed by Audel LaRoque and produced by Roy Kobayashi, it is scheduled to be released by Universal Pictures.

Premise
The film follows a teenage girl living in a futuristic Japan who becomes the mech warrior Mechagirl in order to fight against the forces of evil and save Earth.

Production
In May 2018, it was announced that Audel LaRoque was working on a new film. Very little info about the film was released to the public until July 25, 2018, when it was announced that Universal Animation had begun development on an original animated film titled Mech-Girl, which is being written and directed by LaRoque and will pay homage to various Japanese mecha anime and manga. The film is LaRoque's sixth directorial feature film after Paint World, the Computeropolis series and Quest, as well as Universal Animation's first original feature film since Lix. Roy Kobayashi would also produce the film, with Universal Animation CEO Michael Wildshill executive producing.

Further details were revealed a year later at the 2019 Annecy International Animated Film Festival that June, when Wildshill and Universal Animation president David Stainton revealed that the film, now retitled Mechagirl, would be using an art style similar to anime and manga, and that it would feature a number of other anime references and cameo appearances by anime characters, in a manner similar to Who Framed Roger Rabbit, the Toy Story series, Wreck-It Ralph and its sequel Ralph Breaks the Internet, as well as the Computeropolis series. By July 8, 2019, Universal confirmed via Twitter that the film would be released on November 5, 2021. However, in October 2019, it had been removed from its schedule, with Computeropolis 5 taking over its slot of November 5, 2021.