List of animated feature films of 2000
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This is a list of animated feature films first released in 2000.
List
[edit]| Title | Country | Director | Studio | Animation technique | Type | 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[1] | |
| 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 | |||
| Go! Anpanman: The Tears of the Mermaid Princess ja:それいけ!アンパンマン 人魚姫のなみだ |
Japan | Akinori Nagaoka | Anpanman Production Committee, TMS Entertainment | Traditional | July 29, 2000 | 55 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 | |
| Amon: Apocalypse of Devilman | Japan | Kenichi Takeshita | Studio Live | Traditional | Direct-to-video | First direct-to-video installment in the Devilman franchise since the 1987 and 1990 OVAs. | May 24, 2000 | 45 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) | |
| Beauty and Warrior Dewi Mayang Sari |
Indonesia | Sukma Romadhon | Wissta Animation Film | 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 | ||
| 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 | |
| Circleen: Mice and Romance 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 | |
| The Four Seasons hu:A négy évszak |
Hungary | Ferenc Cakó | C.A.K.Ó. Stúdió ORTT Duna TV |
Stop motion/Sand animation | Television film | 2000 | 43 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 | Manuel Garcia Ferré | Traditional | July 6, 2000 | 80 minutes | |||
| Heavy Metal 2000 | Canada Germany |
Michael Coldewey Michel Lemire |
CinéGroupe | Traditional | Theatrical | 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 | |
| The Island of the Crab La Isla del cangrejo |
Spain | Txavi Basterretxea Joxan Muñoz |
Traditional | October 2, 2000 | 64 minutes | |||
| Jesus: A Kingdom Without Frontiers | Italy | Jung Soo Yong | 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 | Seventh installment in The Land Before Time film series and the first installment to use digital ink and paint animation. | 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 | |
| Leif Erickson, Discoverer of North America | 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 | Hideki Tonokatsu | 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 | |
| Lotte's Journey South | Estonia | Heiki Ernits Janno Põldma |
Eesti Joonisfilm | Traditional | Direct-to-video | 2000 | 65 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 | |
| Marco Antonio, rescate en Hong Kong | 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 Town Musicians Новые бременские (Novyye bremenskiye) |
Russia | Alexander Gorlenko | Kinomost | Traditional | May 24, 2000 | 56 minutes | ||
| Nien Resurrection | Malaysia | CGI | Direct-to-video | |||||
| Upside down mountain or a movie with a scary title Odwrócona góra albo film pod strasznym tytułem |
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 |
| Optimus Mundus | Russia | Traditional | [2] | |||||
| 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 | |
| The Prince of Dinosaurs Il Principe Dei Dinosauri |
Italy | Orlando Corradi | Mondo TV | Traditional | [3] | 2000 | 79 minutes | |
| Princes and Princesses Princes et princesses |
France | Michel Ocelot | Traditional | January 26, 2000 | 70 minutes | |||
| Prop and Berta 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 | |||||
| The Rescue by Pintin 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 | |
| Robin and the Dreamweavers | United States | Kamoon Song | Lou Scheimer Productions Sunmin Image Pictures Co. (animation) (uncredited) |
Traditional | Television film | Failed pilot for a proposed animated television series. | 75 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 | |
| The Thief of Dreams El Ladrón de sueños |
Spain | Ángel Alonso | Dibulitoon Studio, S.L. | CG animation | November 11, 2000 | 69 minutes 79 minutes (Spain) | ||
| Thomas and the Magic Railroad | United States United Kingdom |
Britt Allcroft | Destination Films Gullane Pictures Isle of Man Film Commission |
Live-action / Stop motion | July 14, 2000 | 84 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 | |
| VeggieTales: Esther... The Girl Who Became Queen | United States | Mike Nawrocki | Big Idea Productions | CGI | Direct-to-video | September 30, 2000[4] | 35 minutes | |
| VeggieTales: King George and the Ducky | United States | Mike Nawrocki | Big Idea Productions | CGI | Direct-to-video | April 1, 2000[5] | 36 minutes |
Highest-grossing films
[edit]The following is a list of the 10 highest-grossing animated feature films first released in 2000.
| Rank | Title | Studio | Worldwide gross | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dinosaur | Walt Disney Feature Animation | $349,822,765 | [6] |
| 2 | Chicken Run | DreamWorks Animation / Aardman Animations / Pathé Pictures | $227,793,915 | [7] |
| 3 | The Emperor's New Groove | Walt Disney Feature Animation | $169,662,340 | [8] |
| 4 | Rugrats in Paris: The Movie | Nickelodeon Movies / Klasky Csupo | $103,291,131 | [9] |
| 5 | The Tigger Movie | DisneyToon Studios | $96,159,800 | [10] |
| 6 | The Road to El Dorado | DreamWorks Animation | $76,432,727 | [11] |
| 7 | Titan A.E. | Fox Animation Studios / David Kirschner Productions | $36,754,634 | [12] |
| 8 | Doraemon: Nobita and the Legend of the Sun King | Asatsu | $31,300,000 | [13] |
| 9 | Digimon: The Movie | Saban Entertainment | $16,600,000 | [14] |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle (U)". British Board of Film Classification. August 31, 2000. Retrieved December 10, 2016.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-09-30. Retrieved 2011-11-25.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Italy's Mondo Drawing Up Five Animated Films | Business solutions from AllBusiness.com
- ^ "Esther ... The Girl Who Became Queen: About the Video". bigidea.com. Archived from the original on August 18, 2000. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
- ^ "Page 3 of Reno Gazette Journal for March 31, 2000". Imgur.com. Retrieved July 5, 2020.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Rugrats in Paris: The Movie (2000)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved July 9, 2017.
- ^ "The Tigger Movie (2000)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved July 9, 2017.
- ^ "The Road to El Dorado (2000)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved March 8, 2017.
- ^ "Titan A.E. (2000)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved July 9, 2017.
- ^ "JAPAN BOX OFFICE | Demon Slayer breaks all time record for OW". May 14, 2012.
- ^ "Digimon: The Movie (2000)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved July 23, 2022.
External links
[edit]- Animated films of the year, listed in the IMDb
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