This is the final film written by Audrey Wells before her death in 2018. The film is dedicated to her.
This animated film uniquely has a credited costume designer; haute couture designer Guo Pei designed Chang'e's outfits.
Glen Keane's first involvement with an animated film that doesn't involve Mel Shaw, following his death in 2012 after Frozen (2013) and Big Hero 6 (2014) were released posthumously.
At 27 min, the cartoonish rocket landing in the right eye of the stylized Moon is a nod to the black and white French movie Le Voyage dans la Lune (1902) - English title A Trip to the Moon - by renowned director Georges Méliès.