Moonzy: Homecoming, also known as Moonzy. Returning Home (), formerly known as Moonzy and the Big Journey () is a 2024 Russian animated adventure film directed and written by Konstantin Bronzit, and based on the Moonzy television series. The plot follows Moonzy, who goes on an adventure to return to the moon, by going to a mountain.
A sequel, Moonzy: The Other Side of the Moon, was released on 27 August 2026.
Plot
An old moth scientist finds a piece of moonshell falling from the moon and landing into a pond, and goes out to discover it. Moonzy, a lunar bee, emerges from the shell.
One year later, Moonzy and his friends, Flip, a grasshopper, and Woopie and Poopsie, two caterpillars, visit the moth to see his shell. The moth hypnotizes Moonzy, causing him to have a vision of the moon, his home, along with his mother his mother, when a meteorite suddenly struck his home that sent him flying into Earth. The moth declines Moonzy to reconcile with his mother, leading to a brawl started by Woopsie and Poopsie, before the group flees the lab. The moth sedates them after a chase. The next day, the group wake up on a leaf, finding a mountain. En route, they are cornered by the moth, but they escape on a dragonfly. Flip accidentally knocks Moonzy's shell into a hole. The group help Moonzy recover it.
Nearing the mountain, the group is chased by a purple centipede. They incapacitate it and arrive at the mountain. Before Moonzy can return to the moon, they are attacked by the centipede. The moth arrives and throws a bag of sleeping pellets onto Moonzy's moonshell, allowing him to defeat the centipede with it. Moonzy then returns to the moon, and reconciles with his mother. Moonzy then returns to Earth, reconciling with her friends. Meanwhile, the centipede climbs back up the cliff it fell into, revealing it is still alive.
Cast
Anna Slynko as Moonzy, a purple lunar bee Mariya Tsvetkova as Moonzy's Mom Yuliya Zorkina as Flip, a grasshopper / Granny Annie Oleg Kulikovich as Woopsie and Poopsie, twin caterpillars Anatoly Petrov as General Stringer / Mr. Webber the Spider / Mr. Diggins Valerii Smekalov as an old moth scientist
Production The original script for the film was written in 2013 and finalized in early 2023. The film was officially announced in March 2023. On 17 March 2023, Konstantin Bronzit stated that the film will be a "road movie" and will be finished by the end of 2023, but at the time, the release date was not yet announced.
Release The film was released in Russia on 29 August 2024.
Reception Moonzy: Homecoming has an 80 score based on two critic reviews on Kritikanstvo.
Sequel A sequel, Moonzy: The Other Side of the Moon () is scheduled to be released on 27 August 2026. The project was officially presented by CTB Film Company at the in-person defense of the animated national projects of the Film Foundation on September 24, 2025. According to industry publications, the film will be a direct sequel to Moonzy: Homecoming (2024) and will take place on the Moon.
During the project's presentation, it was announced that the main action of the film would take place on the Moon, where Moonzy and his friends would go. According to producer Sergey Selyanov, the new story would be related to the search for Moonzy's father and would continue the storyline from the first film. It was also reported that the characters would use a constructed vehicle or a rocket, and that the film would feature elements of the lunar world that were not previously shown in the series. The concept art for the project was presented at the same event.
Cast Anna Slynko as Moonzy, a purple lunar bee Mariya Tsvetkova as Moonzy's Mom Maksim Sergeev as Moonzy's Dad Yuliya Zorkina as Flip, a grasshopper / Granny Annie Oleg Kulikovich as Woopsie and Poopsie, twin caterpillars Konstantin Bronzit as a raven Anatoly Petrov as General Stringer / Mr. Webber the Spider / Mr. Diggins Valerii Smekalov as an old moth scientist Anton Savenkov as a swammer Anatoly Dubanov as stickers
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