CircleCity: DragonCircle XYZ

CircleCity: A DragonCircle XYZ Adventure is a 2018 American-Japanese adult animated action adventure comedy television film based off the CircleCity television series. The film is not a sequel to the 2016 CircleCity: City Vs. World film, but it's rather a sequel of the DragonCircle XYZ arc. The film is the third film in the CircleCity film series. In the film, the characters of CircleCity gets trapped in various anime series. The film was directed by the writer of the majority of the DragonCircle arc, Chaossy. IAmBagel returns to write for the arc after only writing the first episode, and co-writing the second episode. The film was originally announced as a theatrical film but in October of 2017, the film was announced to be changed into a television film.

Summary
The gang of CircleCity travel to Japan, where they find a hotel. During which, Dustin finds a big ass red button, and Lloyd shouts at Dustin to not press it. Dustin ignores this command and presses it, which at first does nothing, but then it makes them all go in a hole which teleports them to a world of animation rip offs.

Plot
The gang was hanging out watching TV when they get mail in the early morning, which as not normal to them. They open the letter, of which contains tickets to travel to Japan.

After a chaotic battle between Benny and Lloyd, a knight in 90s clothing fashion appeared in front of the two, welding a saber and he looks at the camera, saying "The world has gone to shit. We need you two back to help us." After the two agreed, they are transported back to the present world, where robots and villains are invading the Earth. Benny exclaims "Holy fu-" but before he could finish his sentence, he was cut off by the closing credits music.

Cast

 * as Lloyd
 * as Super Saiyan Lloyd
 * as Lloyd's Japanese voice actor
 * as Benny, and as The Crafty Gentleman
 * as Super Saiyan Derp
 * as Derp's Japanese voice actor
 * as Dr. Hurt
 * as Dr. Hurt's Japanese voice actor
 * as Dustin
 * as Dustin's Japanese voice actor
 * as Fat Bob
 * as Fat Bob's Japanese voice actor
 * as Jessica
 * as Jessica's Japanese voice actress
 * as Narrator
 * as Knight in 90s clothing fashion (cameo)

Production
Production of the film started in December of 2016 with a 2019 estimated release date. Dab-mcgee and Chaossy wrote the majority of the film, alongside Vision executive and founder TechKon and CircleCity writer Ralf Hat. Animation took place at Rough Draft Studios in South Korea, while 3D action and animation would take place at Venga Shanghai. Studio Acesky in Japan helped with 2D animation and 2D action sequences. The film was said to be a mix of both Civil War and the original series. David Production was asked to animate some sequences of the films climax.

As production ran smoothly in 2017 and in October of 2017, it was announced that the film would be instead be released in the winter of 2018, and as a television film than a theatrical film. The budget and the short running time would point towards it.

The process for animation also included trying to recreate some animation styles, such as Dragon Ball, Pokemon, Yu-Gi-Oh, Attack on Titan, and JoJo's Bizarre Adventure.

Release
The film will premiere on Vision's Sundown block at 7 pm EST, leading into the Xelphos III hour-long special. The film will be simulcasted on Vision (Canada), Vision (Scandinavia), and Vision UK. AXN Latin America will air the film at 10 pm local time. In the Netherlands, Fox will simulcast the movie. In Italy, it will be shown on a time delay on VH1. Sky Cinema will simulcast the film in Germany. Ciné+ Premier will also simulcast the film in France. Vision Australia/New Zealand will air the film a few hours later in primetime.

Marketing
The first trailer was shown at SDCC 2018 and released to YouTube and Facebook a day later.

Home media
CircleCity: A DragonCircle XYZ Adventure was released to Digital HD on December 11, 2018, and January 29, 2019 on DVD and Bluray.