List of animated feature films of 1998

This is a list of animated feature films first released in 1998.

List

Title	Country	Director	Studio	Animation technique	Format	Notes	Release date	Duration
10+2: The Magic Trail 10+2: La nit màgica	Spain	Miquel Pujol (also a storyboard director)	Accio Infinit Animacions S.L. Televisió de Catalunya (TV3) Televisión Española (TVE) Victory Media Group	Traditional	Television special	A sequel to this special followed three years later, 10+2: The Great Secret (2001).	December 27, 1998	43 minutes
Ahmed, Prince of Alhambra Ahmed, el principe de la Alhambra	Spain	Juan Berasategi [ca; es; eu]	Canal Sur Televisión (participation) Euskal Irrati Telebista (EiTB) (participation) Euskal Média S.A. Lotura Films Ministerio de Cultura (funding)	Traditional	Theatrical	Winner of the Best Music Award at the 2nd Festival of European Animated Feature Films and TV Specials.[1]	July 17, 1998	70 minutes
An All Dogs Christmas Carol	United States	Paul Sabella Gary Selvaggio	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Animation	Traditional	Direct-to-video	Third and final installment in the All Dogs Go to Heaven series; also serves as the series finale to the animated television series based on the films.	November 17, 1998	73 minutes
An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island	United States	Larry Latham	Universal Cartoon Studios	Traditional	Direct-to-video	Third installment in the An American Tail film series.	November 16, 1998	79 minutes
Go! Anpanman: The Palm of the Hand to the Sun ja:それいけ!アンパンマン てのひらを太陽に	Japan	Akinori Nagaoka	Anpanman Production Committee, TMS Entertainment	Traditional			July 25, 1998	55 minutes
Ancient Alien	United States	Steven Churchill	Odyssey Productions	Computer	Direct-to-video Art film Compilation film	Second installment of The Mind's Eye Presents sister series, a follow-up of the original Mind's Eye series.	July 10, 1998	45 minutes
The Animated Adventures of Tom Sawyer	United States	William R. Kowalchuk Jr.	Artisan Entertainment BLT Productions Colorland Animation Productions Tundra Productions	Traditional	Direct-to-video		July 21, 1998	73 minutes
Antz	United States	Eric Darnell Tim Johnson	DreamWorks Pictures DreamWorks Animation Pacific Data Images	Computer	Theatrical	First film produced by DreamWorks Animation.	October 2, 1998	83 minutes
Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero	United States	Boyd Kirkland	Warner Bros. Animation	Traditional	Direct-to-video		March 17, 1998	70 minutes
Beast Wars II: Lio Convoy's Close Call! ビーストウォーズII ライオコンボイ危機一髪! (Bīsuto Wōzu Sekando: Raio Konboi Kiki Ippatsu!)	Japan	Akira Nishimori	Ashi Productions Nihon Ad Systems Toei Company (distributor)	Traditional	Theatrical		December 19, 1998	47 minutes
Belle's Magical World	United States	Cullen Blaine Daniel de la Vega Barbara Dourmashkin Dale Kase Bob Kline Burt Medall Mitch Rochon	Walt Disney Television Animation Disney Video Premiere	Traditional	Direct-to-video	Third installment in the Beauty and the Beast series; compiled from three completed episodes from the proposed animated television series based on the 1991 film.	February 17, 1998	70 minutes
The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars	United States United Kingdom	Robert C. Ramirez	Hyperion Animation The Kushner-Locke Company	Traditional	Direct-to-video	Third and final installment in The Brave Little Toaster film series; based on the 1988 novel of the same name by original author Thomas M. Disch.	May 18, 1998	73 minutes
A Bug's Life	United States	John Lasseter	Walt Disney Pictures (distributor) Pixar Animation Studios	Computer	Theatrical		November 25, 1998	95 minutes
Buster & Chauncey's Silent Night	United States	Buzz Potamkin	Columbia TriStar Home Video (distributor) Project X Productions Tundra Productions	Traditional	Direct-to-video		October 13, 1998	49 minutes
Camelot	United States	Greg Garcia	Golden Films Sony Wonder (distributor)	Traditional	Direct-to-video		February 17, 1998	48 minutes
Camelot	Australia		Burbank Animation Studios	Traditional	Direct-to-video		March 24, 1998	50 minutes
Camelot: The Legend	United States	William R. Kowalchuk Jr.	Phoenix Animation Studios Tundra Productions	Traditional	Direct-to-video		May 2, 1998	60 minutes
The Christmas Story Keepers	United States	Jimmy T. Murakami	Shepherd Film Productions Zondervan	Traditional	Direct-to-video Compilation film	Compilation film of episodes 1, 6, 7 and 13 of the animation television series The Story Keepers, that ran for a total of thirteen half-hour episodes.	July 1, 1998	70 minutes
Circleen: City Mouse Cirkeline - Storbyens Mus	Denmark	Jannik Hastrup	Dansk Tegnefilm	Traditional	Theatrical		December 4, 1998	62 minutes
Coco & Drila Adventures: The Magic Sack of Santa Claus	Spain	Julián Tarragó	Avo Film Edizioni	Traditional	Direct-to-video			50 minutes
Computer Animation Celebration	United States		Odyssey Productions	Computer	Direct-to-video Art film Compilation film	Sixth installment of the Computer Animation sub-series, a spin-off from the Mind's Eye series.	January 1, 1998	50 minutes
Crayon Shin-chan: Blitzkrieg! Pig's Hoof's Secret Mission クレヨンしんちゃん 電撃! ブタのヒヅメ大作戦 (Crayon Shin-chan: Dengeki! Buta no Hizume Daisakusen)	Japan	Keiichi Hara	Toho Shin-Ei Animation Asatsu-DK	Traditional	Theatrical		April 18, 1998	99 minutes
Detective Conan: The Fourteenth Target 名探偵コナン 14番目の標的（ターゲット） (Meitantei Conan: Jūyon Banme no Target)	Japan	Kenji Kodama	Toho Company TMS Entertainment	Traditional	Theatrical		April 18, 1998	99 minutes
Dibu 2: Nasty's Revenge Dibu 2, la venganza de Nasty	Spain	Carlos Galettini Emiliano Torres	Buena Vista International (distributor) Patagonik Film Group Televisión Federal (Telefe)	Traditional/Live action	Theatrical Live-action animated film		July 2, 1998	86 minutes
Doraemon: Nobita's Great Adventure in the South Seas 映画ドラえもん のび太の南海大冒険 (Eiga Doraemon: Nobita no Nankai Daibōken)	Japan	Tsutomu Shibayama	Toho Company Shin-Ei Animation	Traditional	Theatrical		March 7, 1998	91 minutes
The Easter Story Keepers	United States	Jimmy T. Murakami	Shepherd Film Productions Zondervan	Traditional	Direct-to-video Compilation film	Compilation film of episodes 10—12 of the animation television series The Story Keepers, that ran for a total of thirteen half-hour episodes.	February 28, 1998	70 minutes
Fake フェイク (Feiku)	Japan	Iku Suzuki	J.C.Staff	Traditional	Direct-to-video OVA		April 21, 1998	58 minutes
FernGully 2: The Magical Rescue	United States	Phil Robinson Dave Marshall	WildBrain Wang Film Productions	Traditional	Direct-to-video	Sequel to FernGully: The Last Rainforest (1992).	March 17, 1998	72 minutes
Fire Force DNAsights 999.9 火聖旅団 ダナサイト999.9 (Kasei Ryodan Danasaito 999.9)	Japan	Masayuki Kojima	Madhouse h.m.p.	Traditional	Theatrical		December 18, 1998	50 minutes
Galaxy Express 999: Eternal Fantasy 銀河鉄道９９９ エターナルファンタジー (Ginga Tetsudō Surī Nain: Eternal Fantasy)	Japan	Kazuo Yamazaki	Toei Animation	Traditional	Theatrical		March 7, 1998	121 minutes
Gen13	United States	Kevin Altieri	WildStorm Productions Aegis Entertainment	Traditional			July 17, 1998	86 minutes
General Chaos: Uncensored Animation	United States	Keith Alcorn Laurence Arcadias Joel Brinkerhoff Vince Collins David Donar Stefan Eling Eric Fogel Mr. Lawrence Brandon McKinney Tony Nittoli Bill Plympton Walter Santucci Jeff Sturgis		Various	Anthology film		February 6, 1998	81 minutes
Golgo 13: Queen Bee ゴルゴ13〜QUEEN BEE〜 (Gorugo Sātīn: Kuīn Bī)	Japan	Osamu Dezaki	BMG Victor Filmlink International Goodhill Vision Tezuka Productions	Traditional	Direct-to-video OVA		May 21, 1998	57 minutes
Grandma and Her Ghosts 魔法阿媽 (Mofa ama)	Taiwan	Wang Saudi Lee Chun-Man	Plus One Entertainment Inada Film Studio Rice Film International Co. Ltd.	Traditional	Theatrical		April 3, 1998	80 minutes
Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz -Special Edition- 新機動戦記ガンダムＷ Endless Waltz 特別篇 (Shin Kidō Senki Gandamu Uingu: Endoresu Warutsu Supesharu)	Japan	Yasunao Aoki	Sunrise	Traditional	Theatrical	Originally released as a three-part OVA.	August 1, 1998	90 minutes
Gurin with the Foxtail Solan, Ludvig og Gurin med reverompa	Norway	John M. Jacobsen Nille Tystad	Filmkameratene A/S AnimagicNet A/S Svensk Filmindustri (SF)	Traditional	Theatrical	First animated feature from Norway.	August 7, 1998	76 minutes
H.C. Andersen's The Long Shadow H.C. Andersen og den skæve skygge	Denmark	Jannik Hastrup	Dansk Tegnefilm Kompagni Konsortiet H.C. Andersens Lange Skygge Northern Lights (co-production) SVT Drama (co-production) Trust Film Svenska (co-production) Zentropa Productions	Traditional	Theatrical		January 16, 1998	78 minutes
Hercules	Italy	Peter Choi	Mondo TV Hahn Shin Corporation (animation production, uncredited)	Traditional	Television film Compilation film	Compilation film of the four-episode storyline from the animated television series Super Little Fanta Heroes, an anthology series that ran a total of thirty half-hour episodes.		89 minutes
Hercules and Xena – The Animated Movie: The Battle for Mount Olympus	United States	Lynne Naylor	Renaissance Pictures Universal Cartoon Studios	Traditional	Direct-to-video		January 6, 1998	80 minutes
The King of Kings: Jesus	Italy South Korea	Su-yong Jeong	Antoniano di Bologna Mondo TV RAI Radiotelevisione Italiana (in association with) Hahn Shin Corporation (animation production, uncredited)	Traditional	Television film Compilation film	Compilation film of the animated television series Jesus: A Kingdom Without Frontiers, that ran for a total of 26 half-hour episodes.	February 14, 1998	89 minutes
Kirikou and the Sorceress Kirikou et la Sorcière	France Belgium Luxembourg	Michel Ocelot	France 3 Cinéma Les Armateurs Monipoly Productions Odec Kid Cartoons Rija Studio Studio O Trans Europe Film	Traditional	Theatrical		December 9, 1998	71 minutes
Królestwo Zielonej Polany. Powrót The Kingdom of Green Glade. Return	Poland	Krzysztof Kiwerski Longin Szmyd	Studio Filmów Animowanych w Krakowie Agencja Produkcji Filmowej	Traditional			April 24, 1998	68 minutes
The Land Before Time VI: The Secret of Saurus Rock	United States	Charles Grosvenor	Universal Cartoon Studios	Traditional	Direct-to-video	Sixth installment in The Land Before Time film series and the final installment to use cel animation.	December 1, 1998	76 minutes
The Legend of Mulan	Netherlands	Darko Perovic	Django Studios	Traditional	Direct-to-video			50 minutes
The Legend of Su-Ling	United States	Diane Eskenazi (uncredited)	Golden Films Sony Pictures (distributor)	Traditional	Direct-to-video		May 26, 1998	48 minutes
The Lion King II: Simba's Pride	United States	Darrell Rooney	Walt Disney Television Animation Disney Video Premiere	Traditional	Direct-to-video	Sequel to The Lion King (1994).	October 27, 1998	82 minutes
The Little Magic Flute Die kleine Zauberflöte	Germany	Curt Linda	Linda Film MFA+ FilmDistribution. (distributor)	Traditional	Theatrical		January 8, 1998	62 minutes
The Little Mermaid	Australia	Geoff Beak Susan Beak	Burbank Animation Studios	Traditional	Direct-to-video			50 minutes
Lucky and Zorba La gabbianella e il gatto	Italy	Enzo D'Alò	La Lanterna Magica	Traditional	Theatrical	Winner a special Nastro d'Argento and the audience award at the Montréal International Children's Film Festival.[2]	December 23, 1998	75 minutes
Lupin III: Crisis in Tokyo Rupan Sansei: Honō no Kioku ~Tokyo Crisis~ (ルパン三世『炎の記憶 ～Tokyo Crisis』)	Japan	Toshiya Shinohara	Tokyo Movie Shinsha Nippon TV	Traditional	Television special		July 24, 1998	95 minutes
Luminous Visions	United States	Steven Churchill	Odyssey Productions	Computer	Direct-to-video Art film Compilation film	Third installment of The Mind's Eye Presents sister series, a follow-up of the original Mind's Eye series.	December 25, 1998	45 minutes
The Magic Forest Hänsel und Gretel im Zauberwald	Germany	Volker Collmann	Fama Film AG Iris Group Iris Productions	Traditional	Television film			60 minutes
The Magic Pipe Волшебная свирель (Volshebnaya Svirel)	Russia	Mikhail Tumelya	AF-Zentr (participation) FAF Entertainment	Stop motion	Television film			47 minutes
MAZE ☆ The Mega-Burst Space: The Giant of Temporary Threat ＭＡＺＥ☆爆熱時空 天変脅威の大巨人 (Maze Bakunetsu Jikū: Tenpen Kyōi no Giant)	Japan	Iku Suzuki	J.C. Staff Toei Company	Traditional	Theatrical		April 25, 1998	42 minutes
The Mighty Kong	United States	Art Scott	L.A. Animation Lana Productions Hahn Shin Corporation	Traditional	Direct-to-video	Animated musical adaptation of the 1933 film King Kong.	June 16, 1998	71 minutes
Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team – Miller's Report 機動戦士ガンダム 第08MS小隊 ミラーズ・リポート (Kidō Senshi Gundam: Dai 08 MS Shōtai – Miller's Report)	Japan	Mitsuko Kase Takeyuki Kanda Umanosuke Iida	Sunrise	Traditional	Theatrical	Originally released as a twelve-part OVA.	August 1, 1998	51 minutes
Money, A Mythology of Darkness	Greece	Vassilis Mazomenos	Greek Film Centre Horme Pictures Oionos	Computer	Theatrical	First European 3D animation feature film.	November 17, 1998	70 minutes
Moses: Egypt's Great Prince	United States	Horseman Cao Arthur Wu (uncredited)	Schwartz & Company (uncredited) UAV Entertainment Animation Ink Hong Ying Animation Company Suzhou Hong Ying Animation Company (uncredited)	Traditional	Direct-to-video		July 13, 1998	51 minutes
Mu-lan	Italy	Alessandro Bulath	Avo Film Edizioni	Traditional	Direct-to-video			60 minutes
Mulan	Australia	Geoff Beak Susan Beak	Burbank Animation Studios	Traditional	Direct-to-video			50 minutes
Mulan	United States	Tony Bancroft Barry Cook	Walt Disney Feature Animation	Traditional	Theatrical	First film fully produced at the Florida division of Walt Disney Feature Animation.	June 19, 1998	87 minutes
Otoko wa Tsurai yo: Torajirō Wasure na Kusa 男はつらいよ ～寅次郎忘れな草～ (It's Tough Being a Man: Tora-san's Forget Me Not)	Japan	Setsuko Shibuichi	Eiken Magic Bus Tokyo Broadcasting System	Traditional	Television special	Animated adaptation of the 1973 film Tora-san's Forget Me Not, the eleventh installment of the Otoko wa Tsurai yo film series.	August 7, 1998	114 minutes
Papyrus: Seth's Revenge Une aventure de Papyrus - La vengeance de Seth (A Papyrus Adventure - The Vengeance of Seth)	French Canada	Michel Gauthier	Dupuis Audiovisuel MediaToon Medver Inc. TF1 (distributor)	Traditional	Television film Compilation film	Compilation film of episodes 1-3, 6-8, 13 and 14 of the animated television series Papyrus, based on the comic series of the same title by Lucien De Gieter.		73 minutes
Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World	United States	Tom Ellery Bradley Raymond	Walt Disney Television Animation Disney Video Premiere	Traditional	Direct-to-video	Sequel to Pocahontas (1995).	August 25, 1998	72 minutes
Pokémon: The First Movie – Mewtwo Strikes Back 劇場版ポケットモンスター ミュウツーの逆襲 (Gekijōban Poketto Monsutā: Myūtsū no Gyakushū)	Japan	Kunihiko Yuyama	Toho Warner Bros. Pictures OLM, Inc.	Traditional	Theatrical	First installment of the Pokémon film series.	July 18, 1998	75 minutes
The Prince of Egypt	United States	Simon Wells Brenda Chapman Steve Hickner	DreamWorks Pictures DreamWorks Animation	Traditional	Theatrical	The highest grossing non-Disney traditionally animated feature until The Simpsons Movie (2007).	December 18, 1998	99 minutes
Prince of the Nile: The Story of Moses	Australia		Burbank Animation Studios	Traditional	Direct-to-video			50 minutes
Quest for Camelot	United States	Frederik Du Chau	Warner Bros. Animation	Traditional	Theatrical		May 15, 1998	86 minutes
Reise um die Erde in 80 Tagen Around the World in Eighty Days	China Germany	Manfred Durniok Hong Hu Zhao	Shanghai Animation Film Studio	Stop motion	Theatrical		November 8, 1998	90 minutes
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie	United States	William R. Kowalchuk	Golden Books Family Entertainment Tundra Productions	Traditional	Direct-to-video		October 16, 1998	92 minutes
The Rugrats Movie	United States	Igor Kovalyov Norton Virgien	Paramount Pictures (distributor) Nickelodeon Movies Klasky Csupo	Traditional	Theatrical	First non-Disney animated film to gross over $100,000,000 at the box office.	November 20, 1998	80 minutes
Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island	United States	Jim Stenstrum	Hanna-Barbera Warner Bros. Animation	Traditional	Direct-to-video	The sixth Scooby-Doo film overall, and the first installment in the franchise's direct-to-video series.	September 22, 1998	77 minutes
The Secret of Mulan [cy; zh]	United States China	Peter Fernandez (also a voice director)	Schwartz & Co. Hong Ying Animation	Traditional	Direct-to-video	Third and final film in the UAV The Secret of... series.	July 10, 1998	50 minutes
The Secret of NIMH 2: Timmy to the Rescue	United States	Dick Sebast	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Animation	Traditional	Direct-to-video	Sequel to The Secret of NIMH (1982).	December 22, 1998	69 minutes
Silant Legend Silat Legenda	Malaysia	Hassan Abd Muthalib		Traditional	Theatrical		August 27, 1998	90 minutes
Slayers Gorgeous スレイヤーズごうじゃす (Sureiyāzu gōjasu)	Japan	Hiroshi Watanabe	J.C.Staff	Traditional	Theatrical	Fourth installment in the Slayers film series.	August 1, 1998	64 minutes
Socialisation of the Bull? Socializacija bika?	Slovenia	Zvonko Coh Milan Eric	E-motion Film RTV Slovenija SKUC	Traditional	Theatrical	First animated feature from Slovenia.	May 20, 1998	78 minutes
The Spirit of Mickey	Australia		Walt Disney Productions Walt Disney Home Video	Traditional	Direct-to-video Compilation film	Film compiled from Disney theatrical animated shorts and footage from Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color and The Mickey Mouse Club; originally made to coincide with Mickey Mouse's 70th anniversary that year.	July 14, 1998	83 minutes
Soreike! Anpanman Tenohira o Taiyō ni それいけ! アンパンマン てのひらを太陽に (Let's Go! Anpanman: The Palm of the Hand to the Sun)	Japan	Akinori Nagaoka	Shochiku-Fuji Ltd. (distributor) Tokyo Movie Shinsha	Traditional	Theatrical		July 25, 1998	55 minutes
Spriggan スプリガン (Supurigan)	Japan	Hirotsugu Kawasaki	Toho (distributor) Studio 4°C	Traditional	Theatrical		September 5, 1998	91 minutes
The Story of Rennyo 蓮如物語 (Rennyo Monogatari)	Japan	Osamu Kasai	Toei Animation	Traditional	Theatrical
The Swan Princess: The Mystery of the Enchanted Kingdom a. k. a. The Mystery of the Enchanted Treasure	United States	Richard Rich	Nest Family Entertainment Rich Animation Studios	Traditional	Direct-to-video	Third installment in The Swan Princess film series.	August 4, 1998	71 minutes
A Tale of Egypt	United States		Golden Films Sony Wonder (distributor)	Traditional	Direct-to-video		June 19, 1998	46 minutes
Touch: Miss Lonely Yesterday タッチ Miss Lonely Yesterday あれから君は… (Tatchi Misu Rōnrī Iesutādei Are kara Kimi ha...)	Japan	Gisaburō Sugii (chief) Akinori Nagaoka Ryūichi Kimura (assistant)	Group TAC Nippon TV	Traditional	Television special		December 11, 1998	93 minutes
The Untouchables vs Al Catone Los Intocables contra Al Catone	Spain		BRB Internacional S.A.	Traditional	Television film Compilation film	Compilation film of the animated television series The Untouchables of Elliot Mouse, that ran from 1996 until 1997 for a total of 26 half-hour episodes.		75 minutes
Visitor	Japan	Atsushi Tokuda	GAGA Pictures avex JIC WOWOW Amuse Soft Entertainment, Inc.	Computer/Traditional	Television film		November 7, 1998	84 minutes
What Neighbours are Animals! ¡Qué vecinos tan animales!	Spain	Maite Ruiz de Austri	Extra Extremadura de Audiovisuales S.A. Artes Audiovisuales Libre Junta de Extremadura Ayuntamiento de Ciceres	Traditional	Theatrical		September 4, 1998	66 minutes
The Whip Master Der Peitschenmeister	Germany	Daniel Nocke	Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF)	Stop motion				56 minutes
Le Voyage de la Souris The Fantastic Journey of a Special Mouse	France	Anne Caprile	Archimède International	Stop motion	Compilation film	Film compiled from independent animated shorts.		65 minutes

Highest-grossing animated films of the year

Rank	Title	Studio	Worldwide gross	Ref.
1	A Bug's Life	Pixar	$363,398,565	[3]
2	Mulan	Walt Disney Animation	$304,320,254	[4]
3	The Prince of Egypt	DreamWorks	$218,613,188	[5]
4	Antz	Pacific Data Images	$171,757,863	[6]
5	Pokémon: The First Movie	OLM, Inc.	$163,644,622	[7]
6	The Rugrats Movie	Nickelodeon Movies / Klasky Csupo	$140,894,675	[8]
7	Quest for Camelot	Warner Bros. Feature Animation	$38,172,500	[9]
8	Doraemon: Nobita's Great Adventure in the South Seas	Asatsu	$21,010,000	[10]
9	Case Closed: The Fourteenth Target	TMS Entertainment	$14,528,588
10	Crayon Shin-chan: Blitzkrieg! Pig's Hoof's Secret Mission	Shin-Ei Animation	$8,243,000

See also

• List of animated television series of 1998