List of animated feature films of 1997

A list of animated feature films first released in 1997.

Animated feature films first released in 1997
Title	Country	Director	Studio	Technique	Notes	Release	Duration
	Philippines	Geirry A. Garccia		Traditional	^[1]^{[failed verification]}
Anastasia	United States	Don Bluth Gary Goldman	20th Century Fox Fox Animation Studios	Traditional	First Don Bluth film to use digital ink and paint, and the first production from 20th Century Fox Animation.	November 21, 1997	94 minutes
	United States Japan			Traditional	Direct-to-video
Annabelle's Wish	United States	Roy Wilson	Ralph Edwards Productions	Traditional	Direct-to-video	October 21, 1997	54 minutes
Babes in Toyland	United States	Charles Grosvenor Toby Bluth Paul Sabella	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Animation	Traditional	Direct-to-video	October 14, 1997	74 minutes
The Batman/Superman Movie: World's Finest	United States		Warner Bros. Animation	Traditional	Television film	October 4, 1997
Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas	United States Canada	Andy Knight	Walt Disney Video Premiere	Traditional	Direct-to-video; First Disney direct-to-video film to use digital ink and paint.	November 11, 1997	72 minutes
Benjamin Bluemchen Benjamin Blümchen	Germany Luxembourg	[de]	Hahn Film AG	Traditional
The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue	United States	Robert C. Ramirez	Hyperion Animation The Kushner-Locke Company	Traditional	Direct-to-video	May 20, 1997	74 minutes
Cats Don't Dance	United States	Mark Dindal	Turner Feature Animation	Traditional		March 26, 1997	75 minutes
A Chinese Ghost Story: The Tsui Hark Animation Xiao Qian	Hong Kong	Andrew Chan	Film Workshop Triangle Staff	Traditional
A Christmas Carol	United States	Stan Phillips	DIC Entertainment	Traditional	Direct-to-video
City Hunter: The Motion Picture シティーハンターグッド・バイ・マイ・スイート・ハート	Japan	Kazuo Yamazaki Kenji Kodama	Sunrise	Traditional
Crayon Shin-chan: Pursuit of the Balls of Darkness クレヨンしんちゃん暗黒タマタマ大追跡	Japan	Keiichi Hara	Shin-Ei Animation	Traditional
The Day the Earth Moved 地球が動いた日 (Chikyū ga Ugoita Hi)	Japan	Toshio Goto	Tama Production	Traditional
Detective Conan: The Time-Bombed Skyscraper	Japan	Kenji Kodama	TMS Entertainment	Traditional	First installment of the Detective Conan film series.
Dibu: The Movie Dibu: La película	Argentina	Carlos Olivieri Alejandro Stoessel	Patagonik Film Group	Traditional/Live action
The Dog of Flanders: The Movie 劇場版フランダースの犬 (Gekijôban Furandāsu no Inu)	Japan	Yoshio Kuroda	Nippon Animation	Traditional	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.
Doraemon: Nobita and the Spiral City のび太のねじ巻き都市冒険記 (Doraemon: Nobita no Neji maki Shitī Bôkenki)	Japan	Tsutomu Shibayama	Asatsu	Traditional
Dragon Ball GT: A Hero's Legacy 悟空外伝! 勇気の証しは四星球 (Gokū Gaiden! Yūki no Akashi wa Sūshinchū)	Japan	Yoshihiro Ueda Hidehiko Kadota	Toei Animation	Traditional
Elmer's Adventure: My Father's Dragon エルマーの冒険 MY FATHER'S DRAGON (Erumā no Bōken Mai Fāzāsu Doragon)	Japan	Masami Hata	Shochiku	Traditional
The End of Evangelion 新世紀エヴァンゲリオン劇場版 (Shin seiki Evangelion Gekijō-ban: The End of Evangelion)	Japan	Kazuya Tsurumaki Hideaki Anno	Kadokawa Shoten TV Tokyo Sega Corporation Production I.G Movic Starchild Gainax Co., Ltd.	Traditional
Evangelion: Death and Rebirth 新世紀エヴァンゲリオン (Shin seiki Evangelion Gekijō-ban: Shito shinsei)	Japan	Hideaki Anno Masayuki Kazuya Tsurumaki	Kadokawa Shoten TV Tokyo Sega Corporation Production I.G Movic Starchild Gainax Co., Ltd.	Traditional
The Fearless Four Die Furchtlosen Vier	Germany United States United Kingdom	Michael Coldewey Eberhard Junkersdorf Jürgen Richter	Warner Bros. Feature Animation Munich Animation	Traditional
Go to Hell!!	Australia			Traditional
Hana Yori Dango: The Movie	Japan	Shigeyasu Yamauchi	Toei Animation	Traditional
Hercules	United States	Ron Clements John Musker	Walt Disney Feature Animation	Traditional		June 27, 1997	93 minutes
ヘルメス－愛は風の如く Hermes - Ai Wa Kaze No Gotoku	Japan	Tetsuo Imazawa		Traditional	^{[citation needed]}
Hua Mulan	Italy	Orlando Corradi	Mondo TV	Traditional
I Married a Strange Person!	United States	Bill Plympton	Italtoons	Traditional
倔强的凯拉班 Kerabans phantastische Reise	China Germany	Manfred Durniok, Hong Hu Zhao	Shanghai Animation Film Studio	Stop motion
	United States Canada			Traditional	Direct-to-video
Jungle Emperor Leo 劇場版ジャングル大帝 (Gekijōban Janguru Taitei)	Japan	Yoshio Takeuchi	Shochiku Tezuka Productions	Traditional		August 1, 1997	99 minutes
	Germany	Mariola Brillowska Charles Kissing	Interpol Studios Hamburg	Traditional
Kikansha Sensei 機関車先生 (Locomotive Teacher)	Japan		Nippon Animation Fuji Television Network Tohokushinsha Film Corporation Toho	Traditional
The Little Bastard Kleines Arschloch	Germany			Traditional
The Land Before Time V: The Mysterious Island	United States	Charles Grosvenor	Universal Cartoon Studios	Traditional	Direct-to-video
Lapitch the Little Shoemaker Čudnovate zgode šegrta Hlapića	Croatia Germany	Milan Blažeković	Croatia Film HaffaDiebold ProSieben	Traditional
Lupin III: Island of Assassins Rupan Sansei: Walusa P38 (ルパン三世『ワルサーP38』)	Japan		Tokyo Movie Shinsha Nippon TV	Traditional	TV special
	Spain	,	Baleuko S.L.	CGI	Direct-to-video
Mighty Ducks the Movie: The First Face-Off	United States	Doug Murphy	Walt Disney Television Animation	Traditional	Direct-to-video
	United States			Traditional
Незнайка на Луне (Neznayka na lunye)	Russia			Traditional
Perfect Blue パーフェクトブルー (Pāfekuto Burū)	Japan	Satoshi Kon	Madhouse	Traditional		August 5, 1997	81 minutes
The Perfume of the Invisible One Le Parfum de l'invisible	France Italy			Traditional	Made for TV
Pippi Longstocking	Sweden Germany Canada	Clive A. Smith	Nelvana Limited AB Svensk Filmindustri	Traditional
	Italy		Mondo TV	Traditional
Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin	United States	Karl Geurs	Walt Disney Video Premiere	Traditional	Direct-to-video	August 5, 1997	85 minutes
Princess Mononoke もののけ姫 (Mononoke-hime)	Japan	Hayao Miyazaki	Studio Ghibli Toho	Traditional	Japan's highest grossing anime film until Spirited Away.	July 12, 1997	133 minutes
The Quest for the Key to Heaven Jakten på himlens nyckel	Sweden	Karl Gunnar Holmqvist	Home Made and Lean Productions	Stop motion
Slayers Great スレイヤーズぐれいと (Sureiyāzu Gureito)	Japan	Kunihiko Yuyama Hiroshi Watanabe	J.C.Staff	Traditional
Soreike! Anpanman Niji no Piramiddo 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		Tokyo Movie Shinsha	Traditional
Spacibo at the End of the Edo Period 幕末のスパシーボ (Bakumatsu no Spasibo)	Japan		Magic Bus	Traditional
Spur to Glory: The Igaya Chiharu Story 栄光へのシュプール猪谷千春物語 (Eikō e no Spur: Igaya Chiharu Monogatari)	Japan		Mushi Production	Traditional
The Swan Princess II: Escape from Castle Mountain	United States	Richard Rich	Nest Family Entertainment Rich Animation Studios	Traditional	Direct-to-video
Tenchi the Movie 2: The Daughter of Darkness 天地無用!真夏のイヴ (Tenchi Muyō! Manatsu no Ibu)	Japan	Tetsu Kimura	Anime International Company Pioneer LDC Toei Company	Traditional
Tiny Heroes Vacak, az erdő hőse Bobo und die Hasenbande 2 - Abenteuer im Wald	Hungary Germany United States	József Gémes	Pannónia Filmstúdió	Traditional
Tom ja Fluffy	Estonia			Traditional	First Estonian animated feature
Twilight of the Dark Master 支配者の黄昏 (Shihaisha no Tasogare)	Japan	Akiyuki Shinbo	Madhouse	Traditional	OVA
The Ugly Duckling	United Kingdom	David Elvin Martin Gates		Traditional
	United States Canada			Traditional	Direct-to-video

Highest-grossing animated films of the year[]

Rank	Title	Studio	Worldwide gross	Ref.
1	Hercules	Walt Disney Feature Animation	$252,712,101	^[2]
2	Princess Mononoke	Studio Ghibli	$159,375,308 (¥14.5 billion)	^[3]
3	Anastasia	Fox Animation Studios	$139,804,348	^[4]
4	Doraemon: Nobita and the Spiral City	Asatsu	$17,966,000 (¥2 billion)	^[5]^[6]
5	The End of Evangelion	Gainax Co., Ltd.	$13,025,350 (¥1.45 billion)	^[6]

References[]

^ "Archives". Archived from the original on 17 May 2008.
^ "Hercules (1997) - Box Office Mojo". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
^ "Princess Mononoke (1999) - Box Office Mojo". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
^ "Anastasia (1997) - Box Office Mojo". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
^ "JAPAN: Shin Godzilla Repeats Atop Box Office In Sophomore Frame; Delivers Atomic Second Weekend". The Box Office Theory — Forums. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "過去興行収入上位作品一般社団法人日本映画製作者連盟". www.eiren.org. Retrieved 11 August 2016.

[1] "Archives". Archived from the original on 17 May 2008.

[2] "Hercules (1997) - Box Office Mojo". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 11 August 2016.

[3] "Princess Mononoke (1999) - Box Office Mojo". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 11 August 2016.

[4] "Anastasia (1997) - Box Office Mojo". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 11 August 2016.

[5] "JAPAN: Shin Godzilla Repeats Atop Box Office In Sophomore Frame; Delivers Atomic Second Weekend". The Box Office Theory — Forums. Retrieved 11 August 2016.

[:0-6] Jump up to: ^a ^b "過去興行収入上位作品一般社団法人日本映画製作者連盟". www.eiren.org. Retrieved 11 August 2016.

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