▁ 2 7 . 2 ▁million ▁light ▁years ▁away ▁to ▁find ▁that ▁his ▁father ▁is ▁a ▁prisoner ▁in ▁a ▁kingdom ▁of ▁giant ▁al iens ▁who ▁believe ▁in ▁magic ▁and ▁a ▁medieval ▁code ▁of ▁ch ival ry . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁midst ▁of ▁a ▁ra ging ▁battle ▁between ▁good ▁and ▁evil , ▁Jac ▁res c ues ▁his ▁father , ▁his ▁new - found ▁family ▁of ▁al iens , ▁the ▁planet ▁of ▁R aph ic ca , ▁and ▁ultimately , ▁the ▁universe . ▁ ▁Background ▁The ▁film ▁was ▁produced ▁in ▁Sh enz hen , ▁China ▁by ▁the ▁Institute ▁of ▁Digital ▁Media ▁Technology ▁( ID MT ). ▁ ▁The ▁project ▁began ▁with ▁ 2 0 0 ▁anim ators ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 0 ▁and ▁grew ▁to ▁employ ▁more ▁than ▁ 4 0 0 ▁by ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁production . ▁ ▁Un like ▁traditional ▁Chinese ▁films , ▁the ▁movie ▁was ▁dub bed ▁into ▁English ▁first . ▁Pre view ed ▁at ▁the ▁Second ▁International ▁An imation ▁and ▁Cart oon ▁Festival ▁at ▁H ang z hou , ▁China ▁on ▁April ▁ 2 7 ▁and ▁May ▁ 3 , ▁ 2 0 0 6 , ▁The ▁film ▁was ▁based ▁on ▁an ▁original ▁story ▁and ▁designs ▁by ▁Jean ▁" Mo eb ius " ▁G ira ud . ▁ ▁Char acters ▁ ▁C rew ▁Direct ed ▁by ▁Gl enn ▁Cha ika ▁An imation ▁director ▁Kel vin ▁Lee ▁Writ ten ▁by ▁James ▁C ox ▁and ▁Paul ▁G ert z ▁Based ▁on ▁the ▁Story ▁by ▁Jean ▁G ira ud ▁Produ ced ▁by ▁Anthony