List of animated feature films of 1978

A list of animated feature films first released in 1978.

Animated feature films of 1978
Title Country Director Studio Animation technique Notes
The Ballad of the Daltons
La Ballade des Dalton
France René Goscinny
Henri Gruel
Morris
Pierre Watrin
Traditional
Bandar Book: One Million A.D.
100万年地球の旅バンダーブック
(Bandar Book: Hyakuman-Nen Chikyu No Tabi)
Japan Osamu Tezuka Tezuka Productions Traditional TV[1]
Black Beauty United States Hanna-Barbera Traditional TV special
Captain Future Kareinaru Taiyoukei Race
キャプテンフューチャー・華麗なる太陽系レース
Japan Tomoharu Katsumata Toei Animation Traditional TV Special
Fantasia's Attic
El Desván de la Fantasia
Spain José Ramón Sánchez
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
Toei Animation Traditional
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
Gold Wing 123
황금날개 123 (Hwang Geumnalgae 1.2.3.)
South Korea Kim Chung-gi Traditional
Kagaku ninja tai Gatchaman: Gekijô-ban Japan Hisayuki Toriumi Shochiku Traditional
King Fang
大雪山の勇者 牙王 (Daisetsusan no Yūsha Kibaō)
Japan Eiji Okabe Traditional TV
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

The Magic Flute
Il flauto magico
Italy Emanuele Luzzati
Giuilio Gianini
Traditional/Live-action
Mystery of Mamo
aka Lupin the Third and the Secret of Mamo
Japan Sōji Yoshikawa Tokyo Movie Shinsha

Toho

Traditional First installment in the Lupin III series
Ringing Bell
aka. Bell of Chirin
チリンの鈴 (Chirin no Suzu)
Japan Masami Hata Sanrio Traditional
Space Pirate Captain Harlock: The Mystery of the Arcadia
aka. Vengeance of the Space Pirate
(Uchû kaizoku Captain Harlock: Arcadia-gô no nazo)
Japan Toei Animation Traditional
The Stingiest Man in Town United States Japan Arthur Rankin, Jr.

Jules Bass

Katsuhisa Yamada

Rankin-Bass
Topcraft
Traditional TV special
Los Supersabios Mexico Anuar Badín Kinemma S.A. Traditional
Swan Lake Japan
The Talking Parcel United Kingdom Brian Cosgrove Cosgrove Hall Films Traditional
The Thralls
Trællene
Denmark
Thumbelina
世界名作童話 おやゆび姫
Japan Toei Animation Traditional
The Water Babies United Kingdom Lionel Jeffries Pethurst International Ltd. Traditional/Live-action
Watership Down United Kingdom United States Martin Rosen Nepenthe Productions

CIC

Avco Embassy Pictures

Traditional First ever animated feature to be presented in Dolby Stereo

References

  1. 100万年地球の旅 バンダーブック (1978). allcinema (in Japanese). Stingray. Retrieved 17 July 2014.