A teenager finds herself transported to a deep forest setting where a battle between the forces of good and the forces of evil is taking place. She bands together with a rag-tag group characters in order to save their world—and ours. A young girl finds herself transported into an alternate world, where good forces are fighting against their evil counterparts. Soon, she joins forces with others to save their world and her own. Epic (stylized as epic) is a 2013 American animated fantasy action-adventure film loosely based on William Joyce's 1996 children's book The Leaf Men.