List of animated feature films of 1997
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This is a list of animated feature films first released in 1997.
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! scope="col" | Country ! scope="col" | Director ! scope="col" | Studio ! scope="col" | Animation technique ! scope="col" | Format | Notes | Release date | Duration |
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| Adarna: The Mythical Bird
| Philippines | Geirry A. Garccia | Guiding Light Productions, Inc. | First feature-length theatrical animated film produced in the Philippines.{{cite web |title=Archives |url=http://www.bulatlat.com/archive/036roland.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080517021741/http://www.bulatlat.com/archive/036roland.html|archivedate=17 May 2008}}{{failed verification|date=April 2021}} | December 25, 1997 | 78 minutes | |||
| Ali Baba and the Pirates {{small|Alì Babà e i pirati}} | Italy | Zlata Potancokova Belli | Airone Cinematografica | | October 10, 1997 | 80 minutes | |||
| Alien from the Darkness {{small|淫獣エイリアン (Injū Alien)}} | Japan | Norio Takanami | PP Project | | January 24, 1997 | 45 minutes | |||
| Anastasia
| United States | 20th Century Fox {{small|(distributor)}} | First Don Bluth film to use digital ink and paint, and the first production of Fox Animation Studios and the inaugural release from 20th Century Fox Animation. | November 21, 1997 | 94 minutes | |||
| Anastasia
| United States | Diane Eskenazi {{small|(uncredited)}} | Golden Films | | May 20, 1997 | 48 minutes | |||
| Annabelle's Wish
| United States | Roy Wilson | Ralph Edwards Productions | | October 21, 1997 | 54 minutes | |||
| Babes in Toyland
| United States | Charles Grosvenor | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Animation | | October 14, 1997 | 74 minutes | |||
| Bakusō Kyōdai Let's & Go!! WGP Bōsō Miniyonku Dai Tsuiseki! {{small|爆走兄弟レッツ&ゴー!!WGP 暴走ミニ四駆大追跡! (The Racing Brothers Let's & Go!! WGP Runaway Mini 4WD Great Pursuit!)}} | Japan | Xebec | | July 5, 1997 | 80 minutes | |||
| The Batman/Superman Movie: World's Finest
| United States | Toshihiko Masuda | Originally aired as a part of the second season of Superman: The Animated Series, the plot is set inbetween episodes 28 and 32 of the overall series. | October 4, 1997 | 64 minutes | |||
| Beauty and the Beast
| United States | Diane Eskenazi {{small|(uncredited)}} | Golden Films | Golden Films' second adaptation of the Beauty and the Beast story after the 1992 film. | July 13, 1997 | 49 minutes | |||
| Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas
| United States | Sequel to Beauty and the Beast (1991); first Disney direct-to-video film to use digital ink and paint. | November 11, 1997 | 72 minutes | |||
| Benjamin Bluemchen {{small|Benjamin Blümchen}} | Germany | {{Ill|Gerhard Hahn (director)|de|3=Gerhard Hahn (Regisseur)|lt=Gerhard Hahn}} | Hahn Film AG | | December 4, 1997 | 75 minutes | |||
| The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue
| United States | Robert C. Ramirez | Hyperion Animation | Sequel to The Brave Little Toaster (1987). | May 20, 1997 | 74 minutes | |||
| Case Closed: The Time-Bombed Skyscraper {{small|名探偵コナン 時計じかけの摩天楼 (Meitantei Konan: Tokei Jikake no Matenrō)}} | Japan | TMS Entertainment | First installment of the Case Closed film series. | April 19, 1997 | 94 minutes | |||
| Cats Don't Dance
| United States | Second and last film produced by Turner Feature Animation, which was later absorbed into Warner Bros. Animation after the Time Warner merger with parent company Turner Entertainment. | March 28, 1997 | 77 minutes | |||
| A Chinese Ghost Story: The Tsui Hark Animation {{small|Xiao Qian}} | Hong Kong | Andrew Chan | Film Workshop | | July 26, 1997 | 82 minutes | |||
| A Christmas Carol
| United States | Stan Phillips | | October 11, 1997 | 72 minutes | |||
| City Hunter: The Motion Picture {{small|シティーハンタースペシャル グッド・バイ・マイ・スイート・ハート (City Hunter Special: Goodbye My Sweetheart)}} | Japan | Sunrise | | April 25, 1997 | 88 minutes | |||
| The Count of Monte Cristo
| Canada | Rick Allen | Blye Migicovsky Productions | | May 15, 1997 | 45 minutes | |||
| Crayon Shin-chan: Pursuit of the Balls of Darkness {{small|クレヨンしんちゃん 暗黒タマタマ大追跡 (Kureyon Shinchan: Ankoku Tamatama Daitsuiseki)}} | Japan | Shin-Ei Animation | | April 19, 1997 | 100 minutes | |||
| The Day the Earth Moved {{small|地球が動いた日 (Chikyū ga Ugoita Hi)}} | Japan | Toshio Gotō | Fictionalised account of the aftermath of the Great Hanshin earthquake, which took place on January 17, 1995. | July 22, 1997 | 76 minutes | |||
| Deep Sea Fleet: Submarine 707 {{small|深海の艦隊 サブマリン707 (Sinkai no Kantai Sabumarin Nana Maru Nana)}} | Japan | Teruo Kogure | | January 10, 1997 | 45 minutes | |||
| Dibu: The Movie {{small|Dibu: La película}} | Argentina | Carlos Olivieri | | July 10, 1997 | 105 minutes | |||
| The Dog of Flanders: The Movie {{small|劇場版 フランダースの犬 (Gekijôban Furandāsu no Inu)}} | Japan | Yoshio Kuroda | Shochiku {{small|(distributor)}} | Feature film remake of the 1975 animated television series Dog of Flanders, based on the same source material, which originally ran from January 5 to December 28 of that year and produced by the same studio that made the earlier TV series. | March 15, 1997 | 104 minutes | |||
| Doraemon: Nobita and the Spiral City {{small|ドラえもん のび太のねじ巻き都市冒険記 (Doraemon: Nobita no Neji maki Shitī Bôkenki)}} | Japan | Asatsu | | March 8, 1997 | 99 minutes | |||
| Dragon Ball GT: A Hero's Legacy {{small|ドラゴンボール{{ruby|GT|ジーティー}} 悟空外伝! 勇気の証しは四星球 (Doragon Bōru Jī Tī: Gokū Gaiden! Yūki no Akashi wa Sūshinchū)}} | Japan | Yoshihiro Ueda | | March 26, 1997 | 46 minutes | |||
| Droids: The Pirates and the Prince
| United States | | Lucasfilm | Direct-to-video | Compilation film of the second story arc of the animated series Star Wars: Droids (1985–1986), covering the first four episodes of the plot and leaving out the concluding episode ("Coby and the Starhunters") from the duration of the narrative. | February 11, 1997 | 85 minutes | |||
| Elmer's Adventure: My Father's Dragon {{small|エルマーの冒険 MY FATHER'S DRAGON (Erumā no Bōken Mai Fāzāsu Doragon)}} | Japan | Masami Hata | Shochiku | | July 5, 1997 | 98 minutes | |||
| The End of Evangelion {{small|新世紀エヴァンゲリオン劇場版 Air/まごころを、君に (Shin Seiki Evangerion Gekijō-ban: Ea/Magokoro o, Kimi ni)}} | Japan | Kazuya Tsurumaki | Kadokawa Shoten | | July 19, 1997 | 87 minutes | |||
| Ewoks: The Haunted Village
| United States | | Lucasfilm | Direct-to-video | Compilation film of episodes 1 ("The Cries of the Trees"), 2 ("The Haunted Village"), 3 ("Rampage of the Phlogs") and 9 ("Sunstar vs. Shadowstone") from season one of the animated series Ewoks (1985–1986) that ran for two seasons and 26 episodes from September 7, 1985, to December 13, 1986. | February 11, 1997 | 75 minutes | |||
| The Fearless Four {{small|Die furchtlosen Vier}} | Germany | Michael Coldewey | Warner Bros. Family Entertainment {{small|(distributor)}} | | October 2, 1997 | 87 minutes (German, original release) | |||
| Fujimi Orchestra {{small|富士見二丁目交響楽団 (Fujimi Nichōme Kōkyō Gakudan)}} | Japan | AIC | | July 22, 1997 | 60 minutes | |||
| Go to Hell!!
| Australia | | | 1997 | 73 minutes | |||
| Hercules
| United States | Walt Disney Pictures {{small|(distributor)}} | The eighth Disney animated feature of the Disney Renaissance. | June 27, 1997 | 93 minutes{{cite web |title=Hercules |url=http://bbfc.co.uk/releases/hercules-1997 |publisher=British Board of Film Classification |access-date=July 21, 2015}} | |||
| Hercules
| United States | Diane Eskenazi {{small|(uncredited)}} | Golden Films | | February 11, 1997 | 48 minutes | |||
| Herkules
| Germany | Roswitha Haas | | December 31, 1997 | 45 minutes | |||
| Hermes – Winds of Love {{small|ヘルメス－愛は風の如く (Hermes – Ai Wa Kaze No Gotoku)}} | Japan | Happy Science | {{citation needed|date=July 2018}} | April 12, 1997 | 117 minutes | |||
| Home of Acorns {{small|どんぐりの家 (Donguri no Ie)}} | Japan | Takashi Anno | Ajia-do Animation Works | The film won the Excellence Award in the 1997 Japan Media Arts Festival (Animation Division). | | 100 minutes | |||
| Hua Mulan
| Italy | Orlando Corradi | Mondo TV | | | | 87 minutes | |||
| I Married a Strange Person!
| United States | Italtoons | | September 8, 1997 | 73 minutes | |||
| Jiang de Kailaban jue {{small|倔强的凯拉班 (The Stubborn Kailaban) Kerabans phantastische Reise (Keraban's Fantastic Journey)}} | China | Manfred Durniok | Shanghai Animation Film Studio | Based on the 1883 novel Kéraban the Inflexible (Keraban-le-têtu) by Jules Verne. | May 11, 1997 | 90 minutes | |||
| Jigoku Sensei Nūbē: Gozen 0 toki Nūbē Shisu {{small|地獄先生ぬ～べ～ 午前0時ぬ～べ～死す (Hell Teacher Nūbē: 0 a.m. Nube Dead)}} | Japan | Yukio Kaizawa | | March 8, 1997 | 45 minutes | |||
| Journey Beneath the Sea
| United States | Stephen Anderson | Direct-to-video | Seventh compilation film of the animated television series The Oz Kids (1996). | March 11, 1997 | 66 minutes | |||
| Jungle Emperor Leo {{small|劇場版 ジャングル大帝 (Gekijōban Janguru Taitei)}} | Japan | Yoshio Takeuchi | Shochiku {{small|(distributor)}} | | August 1, 1997 | 99 minutes | |||
| Katharina & Witt, Fiction & Reality
| Germany | Mariola Brillowska | Interpol Studios Hamburg | | | | 100 minutes | |||
| Kigyō Senshi Yamazaki: Long Distance Call {{small|企業戦士YAMAZAKI ~LONG DISTANCE CALL~ (Corporate Warrior Yamazaki: Long Distance Call)}} | Japan | Ripple Film | | October 25, 1997 | 45 minutes | |||
| Kikansha Sensei {{small|機関車先生 (Locomotive Teacher)}} | Japan | Nippon Animation | | March 29, 1997 | 133 minutes | |||
| King David
| Italy | Mondo TV | Television film | | | 88 minutes | |||
| {{ill|Kleines Arschloch (film)|de|3=Kleines Arschloch (Film)|lt=The Little Bastard}} {{small|Kleines Arschloch}} | Germany | Michael Schaack | Hahn Film AG {{small|(uncredited)}} | | March 6, 1997 | 82 minutes | |||
| The Land Before Time V: The Mysterious Island
| United States | Fifth installment in The Land Before Time film series. | December 9, 1997 | 74 minutes | |||
| Lapitch the Little Shoemaker {{small|Čudnovate zgode šegrta Hlapića}} | Croatia | Croatia Film | Croatian's highest grossing animated film. | June 23, 1997 | 83 minutes | |||
| Licca-chan to Yamaneko Hoshi no Tabi {{small|リカちゃんとヤマネコ 星の旅 (Licca-chan and the Wildcat: Star Trip)}} | Japan | Ajiado | Originally completed in 1994 to coincide with the 30th anniversary of the Licca-chan dress-up doll (1964-1994), produced and owned by Takara, and the franchise it spawned out. | September 12, 1997 | 78 minutes | |||
| Lupin III: Island of Assassins {{small|ルパン三世『ワルサーP38』 (Rupan Sansei: Walusa P38)}} | Japan | Toshiyasu Shinohara | Tokyo Movie Shinsha | | August 1, 1997 | 93 minutes | |||
| Megasónicos
| Spain | Javier González de la Fuente, José Martínez Montero | Baleuko S.L. | Computer | | | 85 minutes | |||
| Merry Christmas Little Moonky! {{small|Joyeux Noël Petit Moonky!}} | Belgium | Odec Kid Cartoons | | | 48 minutes | |||
| Mighty Ducks the Movie: The First Face-Off
| United States | Doug Murphy | Walt Disney Television Animation | Reedited alternate version of the eponymous two-part storyline "The First Face Off", the pilot of the television series Mighty Ducks: The Animated Series that aired from September 6, 1996 to January 17, 1997 for a total of 26 half-hour episodes. | April 8, 1997 | 66 minutes | |||
| Mondo Plympton
| United States | Plymptoons | A "best of..." compilation of animator Bill Plympton's classic shorts, including "Your Face", "How to Kiss", "One of Those Days", "25 Ways to Quit Smoking", "Plymptoons", "Nosehair" and "How to Make Love to a Woman". In between, an animated version of Bill answers questions about his life and career. | March 28, 1997 | 53 minutes | |||
| Monsieur Seguin's Goat {{small|La Chèvre de Monsieur Seguin}} | France | Eveline Fouché | Mathares | Based on the 1866 book of the same title by Alphonse Daudet. | February 4, 1997 | 54 minutes | |||
| Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth {{small|新世紀エヴァンゲリオン劇場版 シト新生 (Shin Seiki Evangerion Gekijō-ban: Shi to Shinsei)}} | Japan | Hideaki Anno | Kadokawa Shoten | | March 15, 1997 | 72 minutes {{small|("Death")}} | |||
| Neznayka on the Moon {{small|Незнайка на Луне (Neznayka na lunye)}} | Russia | Yuriy Butyrin | FAF Entertainment | | Based on the 1965 novel Dunno on the Moon by Nikolay Nosov. | | 151 minutes | |||
| Perfect Blue {{small|パーフェクトブルー (Pāfekuto Burū)}} | Japan | Madhouse | Directorial debut of Satoshi Kon. | August 5, 1997 | 81 minutes | |||
| The Purfume of the Invisible One {{small|Le Parfum de l'invisible}} | France | Blue Dahlia Productions | Baseed on the 1986 comic Le Parfum de l'invisible by Milo Manara. | | 68 minutes | |||
| Pippi Longstocking | Sweden Germany Canada | Nelvana Limited | | August 22, 1997 | 77 minutes | ||
| Pocahontas and the Spider Woman
| Italy | Kim Jun Ok | Television film | | | 79 minutes | |||
| Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin
| United States | Karl Geurs | | August 5, 1997 | 85 minutes | |||
| Princess Mononoke {{small|もののけ姫 (Mononoke-hime)}} | Japan | Studio Ghibli | Japan's highest grossing anime film until Spirited Away (2001). | July 12, 1997 | 133 minutes | |||
| Psycho Diver: Soul Siren {{small|サイコダイバー 魔性菩薩 (Psycho Diver: Mashō Bosatsu)}} | Japan | Madhouse | | May 21, 1997 | 49 minutes | |||
| The Quest for the Key to Heaven {{small|Jakten på himlens nyckel}} | Sweden | Karl Gunnar Holmqvist | Home Made and Lean Productions | | | January 24, 1997 | 73 minutes | |||
| The Secret of Anastasia
| United States | Lee Lan | Schwartz & Company | Second film in the UAV The Secret of... series. | December 25, 1997 | 57 minutes | |||
| Slayers Great {{small|スレイヤーズ ぐれいと (Sureiyāzu gurēto)}} | Japan | Kunihiko Yuyama | Third installment in the Slayers film series. | August 2, 1997 | 64 minutes | |||
| Soreike! Anpanman: Niji no Piramiddo {{small|それいけ! アンパンマン 虹のピラミッド (Let's Go! Anpanman: The Pyramid of the Rainbow)}} | Japan | Shunji Ōga | Tokyo Movie Shinsha | {{Cite web |title=それいけ！アンパンマン 第9弾 虹のピラミッド {{!}} アンパンマン {{!}} TMS作品一覧 |url=https://www.tms-e.co.jp/alltitles/anpanman/060314.html |access-date=2024-01-15 |website=アニメーションの総合プロデュース会社 トムス・エンタテインメント |language=ja}}{{Citation |title=映画 それいけ! アンパンマン 虹のピラミッド |url=https://www.hulu.jp/soreike-anpanman-the-pyramid-of-the-rainbow |access-date=2024-01-15 |language=ja}} | July 28, 1997 | 56 minutes | |||
| Spacibo at the End of the Edo Period {{small|幕末のスパシーボ (Bakumatsu no Spasibo)}} | Japan | | September 20, 1997 | 85 minutes | |||
| Spur to Glory: The Igaya Chiharu Story {{small|栄光へのシュプール 猪谷千春物語 (Eikō e no Spur: Igaya Chiharu Monogatari)}} | Japan | Fictionalisation based on the life of Chiharu Igaya (born May 20, 1931), a Japanese alpine skier. | September 13, 1997 | 90 minutes | |||
| Spy of Darkness {{small|淫獣VS女スパイ (Injū vs. Onna Spy)}} | Japan | PP Project | | March 28, 1997 | 43 minutes | |||
| The Swan Princess: Escape from Castle Mountain
| United States | Nest Family Entertainment | Sequel to The Swan Princess (1994). | July 18, 1997 | 71 minutes | |||
| Tenchi the Movie 2: The Daughter of Darkness {{small|天地無用!真夏のイヴ (Tenchi Muyō! Manatsu no Ibu)}} | Japan | Tetsu Kimura | Anime International Company | Second installment in the Tenchi Muyo! film series. | August 2, 1997 | 65 minutes | |||
| Tiny Heroes {{small|Vacak, az erdő hőse Bobo und die Hasenbande 2 – Abenteuer im Wald}} | Hungary | | Sequel to The Seventh Brother (1991). | April 19, 1997 | Israel: | |||
| Tom and Fluffy {{small|Tom ja Fluffy}} | Estonia | Heiki Ernits | Eesti Joonisfilm | | First Estonian animated feature. | May 1997 | 73 minutes | |||
| Twilight of the Dark Master {{small|支配者の黄昏 (Shihaisha no Tasogare)}} | Japan | Madhouse | | November 11, 1997 {{small|(United States)}} | 45 minutes | |||
| The Ugly Duckling | United Kingdom
| David Elvin | Martin Gates Productions | | | September 13, 1997 | 81 minutes | ||
| Underground Adventure
| United States | Stephen Anderson | Direct-to-video | Sixth compilation film of the animated television series The Oz Kids (1996). | February 18, 1997 | 64 minutes | |||
| Violin in the Starry Sky {{small|星空のバイオリン (Hoshizora no Violin)}} | Japan | Space Eizô | Originally first shown at the 1997 Nichieikyo Film Festival. | May 4, 1997 | 82 minutes |
Highest-grossing animated films of the year
See also
References
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External links
- [https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?title_type=feature&genres=animation&release_date=1997-01-01,1997-12-31&sort=num_votes,desc&adult=include Animated films of the year], listed in the IMDb
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