List of animated feature films of 2008

This is a list of animated feature films first released in 2008.

Released films

Title	Country	Director	Studio	Animation technique	Type	Notes	Release date	Duration
$9.99	Australia	Tatia Rosenthal	Lama Films	Stop motion			September 4, 2008 (Toronto)	78 minutes
31 minutos, la película	Chile Brazil Spain	Álvaro Díaz and Pedro Peirano	Aplaplac, Total Entertainment, User T-38	Puppetry			March 27, 2008 (Chile) August 3, 2012 (Brazil)	83 minutes
The Adventures of Alyonushka and Yeryoma [ru] Приключения Аленушки и Ерёмы (Priklyucheniya Alyonushki i Yeryomy)	Russia	Georgi Gitis	Paradise	CG animation	[1]		November 29, 2008	93 minutes
The carnivore crisis [es]	Spain	Pedro Rivero	DRAX audio	Flash animation			October 8, 2007 (Sitges Film Festival) May 16, 2008 (Spain)	78 minutes
Let's Go! Anpanman: The Secret of Fairy Linlin [ja] (それいけ!アンパンマン 妖精リンリンのひみつ)	Japan	Akinori Nagaoka	Anpanman Production Committee, TMS Entertainment	Traditional			July 12, 2008	52 minutes
Até ao Tecto do Mundo	Portugal	Carlos Silva, Costa Valente, Vítor Lopes		Traditional	[2]		June 2, 2008 (Zlín Film Festival)	74 minutes
Barbie in a Christmas Carol	United States	William Lau	Rainmaker Entertainment	CG animation	Direct-to-video[3]		November 4, 2008	76 minutes
Barbie and the Diamond Castle	United States	Gino Nichele	Rainmaker Entertainment	CG animation	Direct-to-video		September 7, 2008 (Nickelodeon)[4] September 9, 2008 (DVD)	79 minutes
Barbie Mariposa	United States	Conrad Helten	Rainmaker Entertainment	CG animation	Direct-to-video		February 26, 2008	75 minutes (United States) 85 minutes (Argentina)
Batman: Gotham Knight	United States Japan	Toshi Hiruma, Bruce Timm	Warner Bros. Animation	Traditional	Direct-to-video		July 8, 2008	76 minutes
Bleach: Fade to Black BLEACH Fade to Black 君の名を呼ぶ (Burīchi Fade to Black Kimi no Na o Yobu)	Japan	Noriyuki Abe	Studio Pierrot	Traditional			December 13, 2008	95 minutes
Bolt	United States	Chris Williams, Byron Howard	Walt Disney Animation Studios	CG animation			November 21, 2008	96 minutes
Bratz Babyz Save Christmas	United States	Phil Weinstein Mucci Fassett	Mike Young Productions MGA Entertainment	CG animation	Direct-to-DVD		November 5, 2008	70 minutes
Bratz: Girlz Really Rock	United States	Mucci Fassett	MGA Entertainment	CG animation	Direct-to-DVD[5]		September 22, 2008	78 minutes
Bratz Kidz Fairy Tales	United States	Phil Weinstein	MGA Entertainment	CG animation	Direct-to-DVD[6][7]		February 26, 2008	66 minutes
Dashavatar	India	Bhavik Thakore	Phoebus Media	Traditional			June 13, 2008	119 minutes[8]
Davie & Golimyr	United States	Darin McDaniel, Chris Smith, Nathan Smith	Ageless Animation, Lumenas Studios	Stop motion	[9]		March 4, 2008	45 minutes
Dayo: Sa Mundo ng Elementalia	Philippines	Robert Quilao		Traditional			December 25, 2008	90 minutes
Dead Fury	United States	Frank Sudol	BlackArro Productions	Traditional			April 9, 2008 (Philadelphia Film Festival) August 5, 2008 (DVD premiere)	82 minutes
Dead Space: Downfall	United States	Chuck Patton	Film Roman, Electronic Arts	Traditional	Direct-to-video		October 28, 2008	75 minutes
Delgo	United States	Marc F. Adler, Jason Maurer	Electric Eye Entertainment Corporation	CG animation			December 12, 2008	89 minutes
Detective Conan: Full Score of Fear	Japan	Yasuichiro Yamamoto	TMS Entertainment	Traditional			April 19, 2008[10]	115 minutes
Dora Saves the Snow Princess	United States	Katie McWane	Nickelodeon Network	Traditional			November 3, 2008	46 minutes
Doraemon: Nobita and the Legend of the Green Giant 映画 ドラえもん のび太と緑の巨人伝 (Eiga Doraemon Nobita To Midori No Kyojinden)	Japan	Ayumu Watanabe	Shin-Ei Animation	Traditional			March 8, 2008	112 minutes
Dragon Hunters Chasseurs de dragons	France Germany Luxembourg	Arthur Qwak, Guillaume Ivernel	Futurikon	CG animation			March 20, 2008 (Russia and New Zealand) March 26, 2008 (France) April 5, 2008 (United States)	82 minutes
Dragonlance: Dragons of Autumn Twilight	United States	Will Meugniot	Commotion Pictures, Toonz Animation India, Witox	Traditional / CG animation			January 15, 2008	90 minutes
Edison and Leo	Canada	Neil Burns	Perfect Circle Productions	Stop motion			September 4, 2008 (Toronto International Film Festival)	79 minutes
The Enchanted Mountain	Italy	Kim Jun Ok	Mondo TV Studio SEK	Traditional			2008	101 minutes
Fist of the North Star: The Legend of Kenshirô 真救世主伝説 北斗の拳 ケンシロウ伝 (Shin Kyûseishu densetsu Hokuto no Ken – Kenshirô den)	Japan	Toshiki Hirano	TMS Entertainment	Traditional			October 4, 2008	90 minutes
The Flight Before Christmas Niko – Lentäjän poika	Finland Denmark Germany Ireland	Michael Hegner, Kari Juusonen	Animaker Oy, A.Film, Ulysses Films, Magma Films	CG animation			November 1, 2008	80 minutes 45 minutes (TV Version)
Fly Me to the Moon	Belgium	Ben Stassen	nWave Pictures, Illuminata Pictures	CG animation			January 30, 2008 (Belgium) August 15, 2008 (United States)	84 minutes[11] 50 minutes[12] (IMAX version)
Flying Heroes Cher Ami... ¡y yo!	Spain	Miquel Pujol	Accio, Digital Dreams Films, Euroview Animation, Mesfilms	Traditional	[13]		September 26, 2008 (San Sebastián Film Festival) June 19, 2009 (Spain)	85 minutes
A Fox's Tale Kis Vuk	Hungary	György Gát, János Uzsák	DYN Entertainment	CG animation			April 12, 2008 (United Kingdom) April 17, 2008 (Hungary)	85 minutes
From Inside	United States	John Bergin	KC Grinder Productions	Traditional	[14]		May 15, 2008 (Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival) April 25, 2009 (Boston Independent Film Festival) October 21, 2014 (United States)	71 minutes
Futurama: Bender's Game	United States	Dwayne Carey-Hill	The Curiosity Company, 20th Century Fox Television	Traditional	Direct-to-video		November 4, 2008	87 minutes
Futurama: The Beast with a Billion Backs	United States	Peter Avanzino	The Curiosity Company, 20th Century Fox Animation	Traditional	Direct-to-video		June 24, 2008	89 minutes
Garfield's Fun Fest	South Korea United States	Mark A.Z. Dippé	Paws, Inc., The Animation Picture Company	CG animation	Direct-to-video		August 5, 2008	76 minutes
Genius Party Beyond	Japan	Mahiro Maeda, Kôji Morimoto, Kazuto Nakazawa, Shin'ya Ôhira, Tatsuyuki Tanaka	Studio 4°C	Traditional			October 11, 2008	85 minutes
Ghatothkach: Master of Magic	India	Singeetham Srinivas Rao	Shemaroo Entertainment, Sun Animatics	Traditional	[15]		May 23, 2008 (India)	91 minutes
Ghost in the Shell 2.0 攻殻機動隊 2.0 (Gōsuto In Za Sheru/Kōkaku Kidōtai 2.0)	Japan	Mamoru Oshii	Production I.G	Traditional / CG animation			July 12, 2008	83 minutes 85 minutes (Japan)
Gnomes and Trolls: The Secret Chamber Tomtar och Troll: Den hemliga kammaren	Sweden	Robert Rhodin	White Shark	CG animation			January 31, 2008 (Stockholm premiere) March 27, 2009 (Sweden)	75 minutes
Goat Story – The Old Prague Legends Kozí příběh – pověsti staré Prahy	Czech Republic	Jan Tománek	Art And Animation studio	CG animation	[16]		October 16, 2008 (Czech) May 19, 2010 (United States)	80 minutes
Horton Hears a Who!	United States	Jimmy Hayward, Steve Martino	20th Century Fox, 20th Century Fox Animation, Blue Sky Studios	CG animation			March 14, 2008	86 minutes
Idiots and Angels	United States	Bill Plympton	Bill Plympton Studios	Traditional	[17]		April 26, 2008 (Tribeca Film Festival) October 26, 2010 (Los Angeles, California)	78 minutes
If You Were Me: Anima Vision 2 별별 이야기 2 – 여섯 빛깔 무지개 (Byul-Byul Yi-Ya-Gi 2: Yeo-Seot-Bit-Ggal Mu-Ji-Gae)	South Korea	Ann Dong-hee, Ryu Jung-oo, Hong Deok-pyo, Lee Hong-soo, Lee Hong-min, Jung Min-young, Gwon Mi-jeong, Park Yeong-jae	Human Rights Commission of Korea	Traditional / Stop motion			April 17, 2008	95 minutes
Igor	United States	Tony Leondis	Exodus Film Group	CG animation			September 19, 2008 (United States) December 17, 2008 (France) September 11, 2009 (Brazil)	86 minutes
Imaginationland: The Movie	United States	Trey Parker	South Park Digital Studios	CG / Cutout animation	Direct-to-video		March 11, 2008	67 minutes
Immigrants aka. L.A. Dolce Vita Immigrants – Jóska menni Amerika	United States Hungary	Gábor Csupó	Klasky Csupo	Traditional			October 30, 2008 (Hungary) October 31, 2009 (United States)	77 minutes
Impy's Wonderland Urmel voll in Fahrt	Germany	Reinhard Klooss, Holger Tappe	Agir, Ambient Entertainment	CG animation	[18]		May 1, 2008	84 minutes
John's Arm: Armageddon	United States	Matty Boy Anderson	Mike the Pod	Traditional	[19][20]		August 21, 2008 (Atlanta Underground Film Festival)	118 minutes
Journey to Saturn Rejsen til Saturn	Denmark	Kresten Vestbjerg Andersen, Thorbjørn Christoffersen, Craig Frank	A. Film A/S	CG animation			September 26, 2008	90 minutes
Justice League: The New Frontier	United States	Dave Bullock	Warner Bros. Animation	Traditional	Direct-to-video		February 26, 2008	75 minutes
Little Dodo	Germany	Thilo Graf Rothkirch [de], Ute von Münchow-Pohl [fr]	Animationsfabrik, Rothkirch Cartoon Film, Torus	Traditional			January 1, 2008	79 minutes
Kung Fu Panda	United States	John Stevenson, Mark Osborne	DreamWorks Animation	CG animation			May 15, 2008 (Cannes Film Festival) June 6, 2008 (United States)	92 minutes[21]
Kungfu Master aka Wong Fei Hong vs Kungfu Panda 黃飛鴻大戰功夫熊貓	China			CG animation	[22]		August 30, 2008
Kurt Turns Evil Kurt blir grusom	Norway Denmark	Rasmus Sivertsen	Qvisten Animation AS	CG animation	[23]		October 31, 2008	74 minutes
Life is Cool 그녀는 예뻤다 (Geunyeoneun Yeppeotda)	South Korea	Choi Equan, Choe Seung-won		Traditional			June 12, 2008	98 minutes
The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning	United States	Peggy Holmes	DisneyToon Studios	Traditional	Direct-to-video		August 26, 2008	77 minutes
The Little Panda Fighter Ursinho da Pesada	Brazil		Vídeo Brinquedo	CG animation	Direct-to-video		November 18, 2008	51 minutes
Little Princess School Escola de Princesinhas	Brazil	Ale Mc Haddo	Vídeo Brinquedo	Flash animation	Direct-to-video			40 minutes
Little Spirit: Christmas in New York	United States	Leopoldo Gout, Susan Holden	Curious Pictures Jersey Films MediaEdge	CG animation	Direct-to-video		December 10, 2008	60 minutes
Los Campeones de la Lucha Libre	United States	Eddie Mort	Fwak! Animation Azteca Cine	Flash animation			July 12, 2008	72 minutes
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa	United States	Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath	DreamWorks Animation	CG animation			November 7, 2008	89 minutes
Mamma Moo and the Crow Mamma Mu & Kråkan'	Sweden	Igor Veichtaguin		Traditional			September 19, 2008	77 minutes 78 minutes
Mia and the Migoo Mia et le Migou	France	Jacques-Rémy Girerd	Folimage	Traditional			December 10, 2008	91 minutes
A Miser Brothers' Christmas	United States	Dave Barton Thomas	Cuppa Coffee Studios, Warner Bros. Animation	Stop motion	Direct-to-video		December 13, 2008[24]	49 minutes
Mission in Mocland – A Superspace Adventure [es]	Spain	Juan Manuel Suárez, Juanma Suárez		CG animation			November 7, 2008	84 minutes
The Missing Lynx El Lince Perdido	Spain	Raul Garcia, Manuel Sicilia		CG animation			September 29, 2008 (Animadrid) December 25, 2008 (Spain)	100 minutes
Moonbeam Bear and His Friends Der Mondbär: Das große Kinoabenteuer	Germany	Thomas Bodenstein Mike Maurus		CG animation			October 16, 2008	71 minutes
Moomin and Midsummer Madness Muumi I vaarallinen Juhannus	Finland	Maria Lindberg	Filmkompaniet	Stop motion			March 11, 2008 (BUFF Film Festival) April 18, 2008	88 minutes
Nak	Thailand	Natthaphong Ratanachoksirikul	beboydcg	CG animation	[25][26]		April 3, 2008	100 minutes
Naruto Shippuden The Movie: Bonds 劇場版 NARUTO−ナルト− 疾風伝 絆 (Gekijōban Naruto Shippūden: Kizuna)	Japan	Masahiko Murata	Aniplex, Studio Pierrot	Traditional			August 2, 2008	93 minutes
Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow	United States	Jay Oliva, Gary Hartle	Marvel Animation, Madhouse	Traditional	Direct-to-video		September 2, 2008	78 minutes
One Piece: Episode of Chopper Plus: Bloom in the Winter, Miracle Cherry Blossom エピソードオブチョッパー+ 冬に咲く、奇跡の桜 (Episōdo Obu Choppā Purasu: Fuyu ni Saku, Kiseki no Sakura)	Japan	Junji Shimizu	Toei Animation	Traditional			March 1, 2008	113 minutes
Open Season 2	United States	Matthew O'Callaghan, Todd Wilderman	Sony Pictures Animation, Reel FX Creative Studios	CG animation	Direct-to-video		September 24, 2008 (South Africa) January 27, 2009 (North America)	76 minutes
Pattenrai!! ~ Minami no Shima no Mizu Monogatari	Japan	Noboru Ichiguro	Mushi Productions	Traditional			November 15, 2008	90 minutes
The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: A VeggieTales Movie	United States	Mike Nawrocki	Universal Pictures Big Idea Productions Jellyfish Studios Starz Animation	CG animation			January 11, 2008	86 minutes
Pokémon: Giratina and the Sky Warrior aka. Pocket Monsters Diamond & Pearl the Movie: Giratina and the Sky Bouquet: Shaymin 劇場版ポケットモンスター ダイヤモンド&パール ギラティナと氷空（そら）の花束 シェイミ (Gekijōban Poketto Monsutā Daiyamondo Pāru Giratina to Sora no Hanataba Sheimi)	Japan	Kunihiko Yuyama, Tom Wayland	OLM, Inc.	Traditional			July 19, 2008	96 minutes
Ponyo 崖の上のポニョ (Gake no ue no Ponyo)	Japan	Hayao Miyazaki	Studio Ghibli	Traditional			July 19, 2008	101 minutes[27]
Resident Evil: Degeneration バイオハザード：ディジェネレーション (Baiohazādo: Dijenerēshon)	Japan United States	Makoto Kamiya	Capcom Studios, Sony Pictures, Digital Frontier	CG animation			October 17, 2008	96 minutes
Roadside Romeo रोडसाइड रोमियो	India	Jugal Hansraj	Walt Disney International India	CG animation			October 23, 2008 (Kuwait)[28] October 24, 2008 (India and United States)	93 minutes[29]
Scooby-Doo! and the Goblin King	United States	Joe Sichta	Warner Bros. Animation	Traditional	Direct-to-video		September 23, 2008	75 minutes[30]
Sing to the Dawn 曦望	Singapore	Philip Mitchell	MediaCorp Raintree Pictures, Infinite Frameworks Studios, Kalyana Shira Film	Traditional		First Singaporian animated feature	October 30, 2008	93 minutes
Sita Sings the Blues	United States	Nina Paley	Nina Paley	Flash animation			February 11, 2008 (Berlin)	82 minutes
The Sky Crawlers スカイ・クロラ (Sukai Kurora)	Japan	Mamoru Oshii	Production I.G	Traditional			August 2, 2008	122 minutes
Space Chimps	Canada	Kirk DeMicco	Vanguard Animation, Starz Media	CG animation			July 18, 2008	81 minutes[31]
Spike	France	David Alaux, Éric Tosti	TAT Productions	CG animation			December 26, 2008	35 minutes
Spirit of the Forest Espíritu del bosque	Spain	David Rubin	Dygra Films	CG animation			September 12, 2008	90 minutes
Star Wars: The Clone Wars	United States	Dave Filoni	Lucasfilm Animation	CG animation			August 10, 2008 (Grauman's Egyptian Theatre) August 15, 2008 (United States)	98 minutes[32]
Storm Rider Clash of the Evils	China	Dante Lam	Puzzle Animation Studio Limited Shanghai Media Group	Traditional/CG animation			September 15, 2008 (Hong Kong) July 19, 2009 (China)	98 minutes
Sunshine Barry & The Disco Worms Disco Ormene	Denmark Germany	Thomas Borch Nielsen	Disco Ormene	CG animation	[33]		October 10, 2008	75 minutes[34]
The Tale of Despereaux	United Kingdom United States	Rob Stevenhagen, Sam Fell	Relativity Media, Framestore Feature Animation, Universal Animation Studios	CG animation			December 19, 2008	97 minutes[35]
The Tale of Soldier Fedot, The Daring Fellow Про Федота-стрельца, удалого молодца (Pro Fedota-Streltsa, Udalogo Molodtsa)	Russia	Ludmila Steblyanko	Kinokompaniya CTB, Melnitsa Animation Studio	Traditional			December 14, 2008	70 minutes
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann: Gurren Chapter 劇場版 天元突破グレンラガン 【紅蓮篇】 (Gekijōban Tengen Toppa Guren Ragan [Guren Hen])	Japan	Hiroyuki Imaishi	Gainax	Traditional			September 6, 2008	112 minutes
Tinker Bell	United States	Bradley Raymond	DisneyToon Studios, Prana Studios	CG animation			October 28, 2008	78 minutes[36]
Tiny Robots Robozinhos	Brazil	Michelle Gabriel	Vídeo Brinquedo	CG animation	Direct-to-video		2008	45 minutes
The Toe Tactic	United States	Emily Hubley	Orchard Pictures, Hubbub, Hermetic Pictures	Traditional	[37]		March 2008 (New Directors/New Films) and (South by Southwest Film Festival) January 28, 2009 (United States)	83 minutes
Tripping the Rift: The Movie	Canada	Bernie Denk	Anchor Bay Entertainment	CG animation	Direct-to-DVD[38]		March 25, 2008.[39]	75 minutes
Turok: Son of Stone	United States	Tad Stones, Curt Geda, Dan Riba, Frank Squillace	Classic Media, Film Roman, Starz Media	Traditional	Direct-to-DVD[40]		February 5, 2008	73 minutes
Unstable Fables: 3 Pigs & a Baby	United States	Howard E. Baker, Arish Fyzee	The Jim Henson Company, Prana Animation Studios, Flame Ventures	CG animation	Direct-to-DVD		March 4, 2008	76 minutes
Unstable Fables: Tortoise vs. Hare	United States	Howard E. Baker, Arish Fyzee	The Jim Henson Company, Prana Animation Studios, Flame Ventures	CG animation	Direct-to-DVD		September 9, 2008	76 minutes
Unstable Fables: Goldilocks and the 3 Bears	United States	Howard E. Baker, Arish Fyzee	The Jim Henson Company, Prana Animation Studios, Flame Ventures	CG animation	Direct-to-DVD		December 16, 2008	78 minutes
Urduja	Philippines	Mike Tuviera, Antonio Tuviera	APT Entertainment	Traditional			June 18, 2008	100 minutes
VeggieTales: Tomato Sawyer and Huckleberry Larry's Big River Rescue	United States	Brian Roberts	Big Idea Productions	CG animation	Direct-to-video		July 15, 2008[41]	49 minutes
WALL-E	United States	Andrew Stanton	Pixar	CG animation			June 23, 2008 (Los Angeles) June 27, 2008 (United States)	97 minutes[42]
Waltz with Bashir ואלס עם באשיר	Israel Germany France	Ari Folman	Bridgit Folman Film Gang, Les Films d'Ici	Flash animation			May 13, 2008 (Cannes) June 5, 2008 (Israel)	90 minutes[43]
Winner and the Gold Child	Italy	Orlando Corradi	Mondo TV SEK Studio	Traditional
The World Is Hot Enough	Canada	Edin Ibric	March Entertainment	Traditional			February 5, 2008	72 minutes
Wanderer in the land of Elementalia Dayo: Sa Mundo ng Elementalia	Philippines	Robert Quilao	Cutting Edge Productions	Traditional / CG animation			December 25, 2008	90 minutes
Yes! Precure 5 GoGo! Happy Birthday in the Land of Sweets Yes!プリキュア5 GoGo! お菓子の国のハッピーバースディ♪ (Yes! Precure 5 GoGo! Okashi no Kuni no Happy Birthday)	Japan	Tatsuya Nagamine	Toei Animation	Traditional			November 8, 2008	72 minutes
El Zorro Ladrón	Spain	Juan Bautista Berasategi	Lotura Films	Traditional			2008 February 6, 2009 (Spain)	70 minutes

Highest-grossing films

The following is a list of the 11 highest-grossing animated feature films first released in 2008.

Highest-grossing animated films of 2008^[44]

Rank	Title	Studio	Worldwide gross	Ref.
1	Kung Fu Panda	DreamWorks Animation / Paramount Pictures	$631,744,560	[45]
2	Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa	DreamWorks Animation / Paramount Pictures / Pacific Data Images	$603,900,354	[46]
3	WALL-E	Pixar / Walt Disney Pictures	$533,281,433	[47]
4	Bolt	Walt Disney Animation Studios / Walt Disney Pictures	$309,979,994	[48]
5	Horton Hears a Who!	Blue Sky Studios / 20th Century Fox	$297,138,014	[49]
6	Ponyo	Studio Ghibli	$201,750,937	[50]
7	The Tale of Despereaux	Relativity Media / Framestore / Universal Animation	$86,947,965	[51]
8	Star Wars: The Clone Wars	Lucasfilm / Warner Bros. Pictures	$68,282,844	[52]
9	Space Chimps	20th Century Fox	$64,834,964	[53]
10	Pokémon: Giratina and the Sky Warrior	OLM, Inc.	$43,338,599	[54]
11	The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: A VeggieTales Movie	Universal Pictures / Big Idea Entertainment	$12,981,269	[55]

See also

• List of animated television series of 2008