List of animated feature films of 1978

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A list of animated feature films first released in 1978.

Animated feature films of 1978

Title	Country	Director	Studio	Animation technique	Notes	Release date	Duration
77 Group's Secret 77단의 비밀 (77 Danui Bimil)	South Korea		Samdo Film Co., Ltd.	Traditional		July 23, 1978	70 minutes
The Ballad of the Daltons La Ballade des Dalton	France	René Goscinny Morris		Traditional		March 10, 1978	82 minutes
Black Beauty	United States	Chris Cuddington	Hanna-Barbera Australia	Traditional	Television special	October 28, 1978	50 minutes
Captain Future: The Great Race in the Solar System キャプテンフューチャー・華麗なる太陽系レース (Captain Future: Kareinaru Taiyoukei Race)	Japan	Tomoharu Katsumata	Toei Animation	Traditional	Television special	December 31, 1978	58 minutes
Colargol, the Conqueror of Space Colargol zdobywcą kosmosu	Poland	Tadeusz Wilkosz	Se-ma-for	Stop motion	January 20, 1979		67 minutes
달려라 마징가 X (Run Mazinger X)	South Korea			Traditional			67 minutes
Fantasia's Attic El Desván de la Fantasia	Spain			Traditional			75 minutes
Farewell to Space Battleship Yamato さらば宇宙戦艦ヤマト 愛の戦士たち (Saraba Uchū Senkan Yamato Ai no Senshitachi)	Japan	Leiji Matsumoto Toshio Masuda	Group TAC Toei Company	Traditional		July 14, 1978	151 minutes
Ferda the Ant. How Ferda Lived in the World and Stories about his Friend Little Back Ferda Mravenec. Jak se měl Ferda ve světě a Příhody brouka Pytlíka	Czechoslovakia  Soviet Union			Traditional	First Soviet full-length animated film made in the commonwealth with other countries.		60 minutes
똘이장군 제3땅굴편 (Ttoli Janggun je3ttang-gulpyeon)	South Korea	Kim Cheong-gi		Traditional			85 minutes
황금날개 123 (Hwang Geumnalgae 1.2.3.)	South Korea	Kim Cheong-gi		Traditional			71 minutes
King Fang 大雪山の勇者 牙王 (Daisetsusan no Yūsha Kibaō)	Japan		Nippon Animation	Traditional	Television film	September 23, 1978	70 minutes
콩쥐 팥쥐	South Korea			Stop motion		January 23, 1978	72 minutes
Lupin III: The Mystery of Mamo ルパン三世 ルパンVS複製人間 (クローン) (Rupan Sansei: Rupan tai Kurōn)	Japan	Sōji Yoshikawa	Tokyo Movie Shinsha Toho	Traditional	First feature film installment in the Lupin III animated series	December 16, 1978	102 minutes
The Lord of the Rings	United States	Ralph Bakshi	Fantasy Films United Artists	Traditional	First American animated feature to be presented in Dolby Stereo. Longest American animated feature ever, clocking at 133 minutes	November 15, 1978	133 minutes
The Magic Flute Il flauto magico	Italy  Australia	Emanuele Luzzati	Thalia Film	Traditional/Cutout/Live-action			54 minutes
Metamorphoses a. k. a. Winds of Change 星のオルフェウス (Hoshi no Orufeusu)	Japan  United States	Terry Ogisu Hiro Tsugawa	Sanrio	Traditional		May 26, 1978	80 minutes
Nicht alles, was fliegt, ist ein Vogel Nije Ptica Sve Sto Leti	Germany  Yugoslavia				Compilation film of several shorts.	November 25, 1978	79 minutes
One Million-Year Trip: Bander Book 100万年地球の旅バンダーブック (Hyakumannen chikyû no tabi: Bandâ bukku)	Japan	Osamu Tezuka	Tezuka Productions Nippon TV	Traditional	Television film; First two-hour animated television film, and the first and inaugural animated special produced for Nippon TV's 24 Hour TV "Love Saves the Earth" telethon.[1]	August 27, 1978	94 minutes
Proszę słonia Please, Mr. Elephant	Poland	Witold Giersz	Studio Miniatur Filmowych	Traditional		April 1979	63 minutes
Ringing Bell a.k.a. Bell of Chirin チリンの鈴 (Chirin no Suzu)	Japan		Sanrio	Traditional		March 11, 1978	47 minutes
Robot Taekwon V vs. Golden Wings Showdown 로보트 태권V 대 황금날개의 대결	South Korea	Kim Cheong-gi		Traditional		July 26, 1978	66 minutes
Run, Wonder Princess! 날아라 원더공주 (Narara Wondeogongju)	South Korea	Kim Cheong-gi		Traditional		July 31, 1978	75 minutes
Science Ninja Team Gatchaman: The Movie 科学忍者隊ガッチャマン 劇場版 (Kagaku Ninjatai Gatchaman: Gekijōban)	Japan	Hisayuki Toriumi	Shochiku Tatsunoko Production	Traditional		May 12, 1978	110 minutes
손오공과 별들의 전쟁 (Son Goku and the War of the Stars)	South Korea			Traditional			67 minutes
The Stingiest Man in Town	United States  Japan	Arthur Rankin, Jr. Jules Bass Katsuhisa Yamada	Rankin/Bass Topcraft	Traditional	Television special	December 23, 1978	56 minutes
Los Supersabios	Mexico			Traditional		November 4, 1978	78 minutes
The Talking Parcel	United Kingdom	Brian Cosgrove	Cosgrove Hall Films	Traditional	Television film	December 26, 1978	40 minutes
The Thralls Trællene	Denmark	Jannik Hastrup		Traditional		March 27, 1978	84 minutez
Thumbelina 世界名作童話 おやゆび姫 (Sekai Meisaku Dōwa: Oyayubi Hime)	Japan	Yugo Serikawa	Toei Animation	Traditional	Second film in the anthology film series Sekai Meisaku Dōwa (lit. "World Masterpiece Fairy Tales"); Osamu Tezuka provided the character designs for this feature.	March 18, 1978	64 minutes
The Water Babies	United Kingdom	Lionel Jeffries	Pethurst International Ltd.	Traditional/Live-action		June 23, 1978	105 minutes
Watership Down	United Kingdom  United States	Martin Rosen	Nepenthe Productions CIC Avco Embassy Pictures	Traditional	First ever animated feature film to be presented in Dolby Stereo.	October 19, 1978	102 minutes
Wilhelm Busch – Die Trickfilm-Parade: Max und Moritz und andere Streiche	Germany	Hermann Leitner John Halas	Polyphon	Traditional/Live-action		May 15, 1978	82 minutes
Xigua pao 西瓜炮 (Waterwater Cannon)	China	Jin Xi	Shanghai Fine Arts Film Studio	Stop motion			45 minutes

Highest-grossing animated films of the year[]

See also[]

• List of animated television series of 1978

References[]