List of animated feature films of 2000
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A list of animated feature films released in 2000
| Title | Country | Director | Studio | Animation technique | Format | Notes | Release date | Duration |
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| The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle |  United States |
Des McAnuff | TriBeCa Productions Jay Ward Productions Capella International KC Medien Universal Pictures |
Traditional/CGI/Live action | Theatrical Live-action animated film |
June 30, 2000 | 92 minutes | |
| Ah! My Goddess: The Movie 劇場版「ああっ女神さまっ」 (Gekijōban "Aa! Megami-sama!") |
 Japan |
Hiroaki Gōda | AIC Shochiku |
Traditional | Theatrical | October 21, 2000 | 105 minutes | |
| Aladdin and the Adventure of All Time | United States  Philippines |
Cirio H. Santiago | Premiere Entertainment Productions New Horizons Home Video |
Traditional | Direct-to-video | June 13, 2000 | 81 minutes | |
| Alpamysh Алпамыш |
 Uzbekistan |
Nazim Tulyakhodgaev | Traditional | First Uzbekistan animated feature. | 54 minutes | |||
| Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet the Wolfman | United States |
Kathi Castillo | Bagdasarian Productions Universal Cartoon Studios |
Traditional | Direct-to-video | August 29, 2000 | 77 minutes | |
| Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker | United States |
Curt Geda | Warner Bros. Family Entertainment | Traditional | Direct-to-video | December 12, 2000 (edited version) April 23, 2002 (uncut version) |
73 minutes (edited version) 76 minutes (uncut version) | |
| Dewi Mayang Sari |
 Indonesia |
Traditional | Was adapted into English by IFD Films and Arts in 2002 | December 21, 2000 | 41 minutes | |||
| Blood: The Last Vampire | Japan |
Hiroyuki Kitakubo | Production I.G | Traditional | November 18, 2000 | 48 minutes | ||
| Japan |
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GAGA Communications | CGI | |||||
| The Boy Who Saw the Wind 風を見た少年 (Kaze o mita shōnen) |
Japan |
Kazuki Omori | Brain's Base Hitachi-Maxell |
Traditional | July 22, 2000 | 97 minutes | ||
| Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins | United States |
Tad Stones | Walt Disney Pictures Walt Disney Television Animation Pixar Animation Studios |
Traditional/CGI | Direct-to-video | August 8, 2000 | 70 minutes | |
| Cardcaptor Sakura Movie 2: The Sealed Card 劇場版カードキャプターさくら 封印されたカード (Gekijōban Kādokyaputā Sakura Fūin Sareta Kādo) |
Japan |
Morio Asaka | Madhouse | Traditional | Theatrical | July 15, 2000 | 80 minutes | |
| Case Closed: Captured in Her Eyes 名探偵コナン 瞳の中の暗殺者 (Meitantei Conan: Hitomi no Naka no Ansatsusha) |
Japan |
Kenji Kodama | TMS Entertainment Toho |
Traditional | Theatrical | April 22, 2000 | 95 minutes | |
| Casper's Haunted Christmas |  Canada |
Owen Hurley | The Harvey Entertainment Company Mainframe Entertainment |
CGI | Direct-to-video | October 31, 2000 | 86 minutes | |
| Chicken Run |  United Kingdom United States |
Peter Lord Nick Park |
DreamWorks Animation Aardman Animations Pathé Pictures |
Stop motion | The first feature film production from Aardman, and the highest grossing stop-motion animated feature of all time. | June 23, 2000 (United States) June 30, 2000 (United Kingdom) |
84 minutes | |
| Cirkeline 2: Ost og Kærlighed |
 Denmark |
Traditional | February 11, 2000 | 60 minutes | ||||
| Condor Crux, the Legend Cóndor Crux, la leyenda |
 Spain  Argentina |
Juan Pablo Buscarini Swan Glecer |
Patagonik Film Group Tornasol Films S.A. |
Traditional/CGI | January 6, 2000 | 88 minutes | ||
| Crayon Shin-chan: Rumble in the Jungle | Japan |
Keiichi Hara | Shin-Ei Animation | Traditional | Theatrical | April 22, 2000 | 88 minutes | |
| CyberWorld | United States |
Colin Davies Elaine Despins |
Intel EyeTide Media ZeoCast IMAX Sandde Animation Spin Entertainment |
CGI | Theatrical | IMAX anthology | October 6, 2000 | 44 minutes |
| Digimon: The Movie | Japan United States |
Mamoru Hosoda | Fox Kids Toei Animation Saban Entertainment |
Traditional | Theatrical Compilation film |
October 6, 2000 | 88 minutes | |
| Dinosaur | United States |
Ralph Zondag Eric Leighton |
Walt Disney Feature Animation | CGI/Live action | Theatrical Live-action animated film |
The first computer animated feature film from Disney Animation overall; only the characters are all CGI and the backgrounds were filmed in live action. | May 19, 2000 | 82 minutes |
| Doraemon: Nobita and the Legend of the Sun King ドラえもん のび太の太陽王伝説 (Doraemon Nobita no Taiyōō Densetsu) |
Japan |
Tsutomu Shibayama | Asatsu Shin-Ei Animation Toho (distributor) |
Traditional | Theatrical | March 4, 2000 | 93 minutes | |
| Duck Ugly |  Ireland |
Emmanuel Klotz Deane Taylor |
Millimages TerraGlyph Productions |
Traditional | 2000 | 65 minutes | ||
| The Emperor's New Groove | United States |
Mark Dindal | Walt Disney Feature Animation | Traditional | Theatrical | December 10, 2000 | 78 minutes | |
| Escaflowne | Japan |
Kazuki Akane | Bones Sunrise |
Traditional | June 24, 2000 | 98 minutes | ||
| An Extremely Goofy Movie | United States |
Ian Harrowell Douglas McCarthy |
Disneytoon Studios | Traditional | Direct-to-video | February 29, 2000 | 79 minutes | |
| Négy évszak |
 Hungary |
Ferenc Cakó | C.A.K.Ó. Stúdió ORTT Duna TV |
Stop motion | Television film | 2000 | 59 minutes | |
| Franklin and the Green Knight | Canada |
John van Bruggen | Nelvana | Traditional | Direct-to-video | October 17, 2000 | 75 minutes | |
| The Great Easter Egg Hunt | United States |
Diane Eskenazi | Golden Films | Traditional | Direct-to-video | March 11, 2000 | 47 minutes | |
| Heart, the Joys of Pantriste Corazón, las alegrias de Pantriste |
Argentina |
Traditional | July 6, 2000 | 80 minutes | ||||
| Heavy Metal 2000 | Canada  Germany |
Michael Coldewey Michel Lemire |
CinéGroupe | Traditional | July 10, 2000 | 88 minutes | ||
| Help! I'm a Fish | Germany Ireland Denmark |
Stefan Fjeldmark Michael Hegner Greg Manwaring |
A. Film A/S Munich Animation Terraglyph Interactive Studios |
Traditional | Theatrical | October 6, 2000 | 82 minutes | |
| Hundhotellet |  Sweden |
Per Åhlin | Sandrew Metronome | Traditional | March 10, 2000 | 68 minutes | ||
| Is It Fall Yet? | United States  South Korea |
Karen Disher Guy Moore |
MTV Animation | Traditional | Television film | August 27, 2000 | 75 minutes | |
| La Isla del cangrejo |
Spain |
Txavi Basterretxea Joxan Muñoz |
Traditional | October 2, 2000 | 64 minutes | |||
 Italy |
Mondo TV | Traditional | 2000 | 89 minutes | ||||
| Joseph: King of Dreams | United States |
Rob LaDuca Robert C. Ramirez |
DreamWorks Animation | Traditional | Direct-to-video | Prequel to The Prince of Egypt (1998). | November 7, 2000 | 74 minutes |
| The Land Before Time VII: The Stone of Cold Fire | United States |
Charles Grosvenor | Universal Cartoon Studios | Traditional | Direct-to-video | Seven installment in The Land Before Time film series. | December 5, 2000 | 74 minutes |
| The Last Mystery of the 20th Century 手塚治虫が消えた!? 20世紀最後の怪事件 (Tezuka Osamu ga Kieta?! 20 Seiki Saigo no Kaijiken) |
Japan |
Satoshi Kuwabara | Tezuka Productions TV Asahi |
Traditional | Television special | December 5, 2000 | 42 minutes | |
| United States |
Traditional | June 23, 2000 (United Kingdom) July 14, 2000 (United States) |
85 minutes | |||||
| The Life & Adventures of Santa Claus | United States |
Glen Hill | Mike Young Productions | Traditional | Direct-to-video | October 31, 2000 | 75 minutes | |
| Lion of Oz | Canada United Kingdom United States |
Tim Deacon | CinéGroupe Sony Wonder |
Traditional | Direct-to-video | August 25, 2000 | 74 minutes | |
| Lupin III: Missed by a Dollar ルパン三世『1＄マネーウォーズ』 (Rupan Sansei: 1 Doru Manē Wōzu) |
Japan |
Tokyo Movie Shinsha Nippon TV |
Traditional | Television special | July 28, 2000 | 91 minutes | ||
| The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea | United States |
Jim Kammerud Brian Smith |
DisneyToon Studios | Traditional | Direct-to-video | September 19, 2000 | 75 minutes | |
| The Magic Pudding |  Australia |
Karl Zwicky | New South Wales Film and Television Office Australian Broadcasting Corporation Premium Movie Partnership |
Traditional | Theatrical | December 14, 2000 | 80 minutes | |
| Spain |
Manuel J. García, Carlos Varela | Traditional | December 1, 2000 | 78 minutes | ||||
| Miracle in Toyland | United States |
Diane Eskenazi | Golden Films | Traditional | Direct-to-video | November 14, 2000 | 47 minutes | |
| The Miracle Maker |  Russia United Kingdom |
Derek W. Hayes Stanislav Sokolov |
Icon Entertainment International Sianel 4 Cymru BBC Films |
Stop motion | Theatrical | March 31, 2000 | 90 minutes | |
| Monster Mash | Italy United States |
Guido Manuli | DIC Entertainment | Traditional | Direct-to-video | August 29, 2000 | 64 minutes | |
| The New Bremen Musicians Новые бременские (Novyye bremenskiye) |
Russia |
Traditional | May 24, 2000 | 56 minutes | ||||
 Malaysia |
CGI | Direct-to-video | ||||||
 Poland |
Leszek Gałysz | Traditional | May 26, 2000 | 77 minutes | ||||
| One Piece: The Movie | Japan |
Junji Shimizu | Toei Animation Fuji Television Shueisha Toei Company |
Traditional | Theatrical | First installment in the One Piece film series; the only film in the franchise to use traditional cel animation. | March 4, 2000 | 51 minutes |
| One Piece TV Special: Adventure in the Ocean's Navel ワンピース TVスペシャル 海のヘソの大冒険 (Wan Pīsu Terebi Supesharu: Umi no Heso no Daibōken) |
Japan |
Yukio Kaizawa | Toei Animation Fuji TV |
Traditional | Television special | First installment in the One Piece television special series | December 20, 2000 | 50 minutes |
| Russia |
Traditional | [1] | ||||||
| Pandavas: The Five Warriors |  India |
Usha Ganesh Raja | Pentamedia Graphics | CGI | India's first 3D animated film | December 23, 2000 | 110 minutes | |
| Pettson och Findus – Kattonauten | Sweden |
Torbjörn Jansson Albert Hanan Kaminski Árpad Szabó |
Happy Life Animation AB | Traditional | October 27, 2000 | 76 minutes | ||
| Pokémon: Mewtwo Returns ポケットモンスター ミュウツー! 我ハココニ在リ MEWTWO SAGA (Poketto Monsutā: Myuutsū! Ware wa Koko ni Ari MEWTWO SAGA) |
Japan |
Kunihiko Yuyama | OLM | Traditional | Television special | December 30, 2000 | 60 minutes | |
| Pokemon 3: The Movie Entei-Spell of the Unknown 劇場版ポケットモンスター 結晶塔の帝王 ENTEI (Gekijōban Poketto Monsutā Kesshōtō no Teiō Entei) |
Japan |
Kunihiko Yuyama | OLM, Inc. | Traditional | Theatrical | July 8, 2000 | 74 minutes | |
| Il Principe Dei Dinosauri |
Italy |
Orlando Corradi | Mondo TV | Traditional | [2] | 2000 | 79 minutes | |
| Princes and Princesses Princes et princesses |
 France |
Michel Ocelot | Traditional | January 26, 2000 | 70 minutes | |||
| Prop og Berta |
Denmark  Latvia |
Per Fly | Stop motion | November 27, 2000 | 77 minutes | |||
| Read or Die | Japan |
Koji Masunari | Studio Deen | Traditional | ||||
| Redwall: The Movie | Canada |
Traditional | 84 minutes | |||||
| Los Pintín al rescate |
Argentina |
Traditional | July 13, 2000 | 82 minutes | ||||
| The Road to El Dorado | United States |
Don Paul Eric "Bibo" Bergeron |
DreamWorks Animation | Traditional | Theatrical | March 31, 2000 | 89 minutes | |
| Rugrats in Paris: The Movie | United States Germany |
Stig Bergqvist Paul Demeyer |
Nickelodeon Movies Klasky Csupo |
Traditional | Theatrical | November 17, 2000 | 78 minutes | |
| The Scarecrow | United States |
Brian Nissen Richard Rich |
Nest Family Entertainment Rich Animation Studios |
Traditional | Direct-to-video | August 22, 2000 | 81 minutes | |
| Scooby-Doo and the Alien Invaders | United States |
Jim Stenstrum | Hanna-Barbera Warner Bros. Animation Warner Bros. Family Entertainment Mook Animation |
Traditional | Direct-to-video | Final Scooby-Doo film to use traditional cel animation | October 3, 2000 | 71 minutes |
| Sinbad: Beyond the Veil of Mists | India United States |
Alan Jacobs Evan Ricks |
Improvision Corporation Pentafour Software |
CGI | First animated feature that uses motion capture. | February 18, 2000 | 82 minutes | |
| Soreike! Anpanman: Kieta Jam Oji-san それいけ! アンパンマン 消えたジャムおじさん (Let's Go! Anpanman: Uncle Jam Has Disappeared) |
Japan |
Akinori Nagaoka | TMS Entertainment Nippon TV |
Traditional | Television special | February 21, 2000 | 50 minutes | |
| Soreike! Anpanman Ningyohime no Namida それいけ! アンパンマン 人魚姫のなみだ (Let's Go! Anpanman: The Tears of the Mermaid Princess) | Japan |
Akinori Nagaoka | TMS Entertainment Media Box Tokyo Theatres |
Traditional | Theatrical | July 29, 2000 | 55 minutes | |
| Street Fighter Alpha: The Animation Street Fighter Zero (ストリートファイターZERO) | Japan |
Shigeyasu Yamauchi | Group TAC | Traditional | Direct-to-video OVA |
August 31, 2000 | 93 minutes | |
| The Tangerine Bear | United States |
Bert Ring | Family Home Entertainment | Traditional | Direct-to-video | November 11, 2000 | 48 minutes | |
| El Ladrón de sueños |
Spain |
Ángel Alonso | Dibulitoon Studio, S.L. | CG animation | December 15, 2000 | 69 minutes 79 minutes (Spain) | ||
| Tom and Jerry Meet Frosty the Snowman | United States | Audu Paden | Turner Entertainment Universal Cartoon Studios |
Traditional | Direct-to-video | May 17, 2000 | 82 minutes | |
| The Tigger Movie | United States Japan |
Jun Falkenstein | DisneyToon Studios | Traditional | Theatrical | February 11, 2000 | 78 minutes | |
| Titan A.E. | United States |
Don Bluth Gary Goldman |
20th Century Fox 20th Century Fox Animation Fox Animation Studios |
Traditional/CGI | Theatrical | Final production overall from Fox Animation Studios, as the company was closed down before its release, and the last feature film, for now, directed by Don Bluth. | June 16, 2000 | 94 minutes |
| Titanic: The Legend Goes On Titanic – La leggenda continua |
Italy |
Kim Lox Camillo Teti |
Titanic Cartoons SRL Roma Medusa Film |
Traditional | Theatrical | September 15, 2000 | 82 minutes | |
| Tom Sawyer | United States |
Paul Sabella | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Animation | Traditional | Direct-to-video | Final production overall from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Animation, the company went dormant after its release. | April 4, 2000 | 89 minutes |
| Tweety's High-Flying Adventure | United States |
Karl Torege Charles Visser James T. Walker |
Warner Bros. Animation Warner Bros. Family Entertainment |
Traditional | Direct-to-video | First direct-to-video installment in the Looney Tunes franchise. | September 12, 2000 | 72 minutes |
| Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust 吸血鬼ハンターD ブラッドラスト (Banpaia Hantā Dī: Buraddorasuto) |
Japan |
Yoshiaki Kawajiri | Madhouse | Traditional | Theatrical | July 2000 | 102 minutes |
Highest-grossing animated films of the year[]
| Rank | Title | Studio | Worldwide gross | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dinosaur | Walt Disney Feature Animation | $349,822,765 | [3] |
| 2 | Chicken Run | DreamWorks Animation / Aardman Animations / Pathé Pictures | $224,834,564 | [4] |
| 3 | The Emperor's New Groove | Walt Disney Feature Animation | $169,327,687 | [5] |
| 4 | Pokémon: The Movie 2000 | OLM | $133,949,270 | [6] |
| 5 | Rugrats in Paris: The Movie | Nickelodeon Movies / Klasky Csupo | $103,291,131 | [7] |
| 6 | The Tigger Movie | DisneyToon Studios | $96,159,800 | [8] |
| 7 | Fantasia 2000 | Walt Disney Feature Animation | $90,874,570 | [9] |
| 8 | The Road to El Dorado | DreamWorks Animation | $76,432,727 | |
| 9 | Titan A.E. | Fox Animation Studios David Kirschner Productions |
$36,754,634 | [10] |
| 10 | Doraemon: Nobita and the Legend of the Sun King | Asatsu | $32,000,000 | [11] |
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-09-30. Retrieved 2011-11-25.
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- ^ "Dinosaur (2000)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved July 9, 2017.
- ^ "Chicken Run (2000)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved July 9, 2017.
- ^ "The Emperor's New Groove (2000)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved July 9, 2017.
- ^ "Pokémon: The Movie 2000 (2000)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved July 9, 2017.
- ^ "Rugrats in Paris: The Movie (2000)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved July 9, 2017.
- ^ "The Tigger Movie (2000)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved July 9, 2017.
- ^ "Fantasia 2000 (1999)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved July 9, 2017.
- ^ "Titan A.E. (2000)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved July 9, 2017.
- ^ "JAPAN BOX OFFICE | Demon Slayer breaks all time record for OW". forums.boxofficetheory.com. May 14, 2012.
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