This is a list of animated feature films first released in 1997. List Title Country Director Production company Animation technique Format Notes Release date Duration Adarna: The Mythical Bird Philippines Geirry A. Garccia Guiding Light Productions, Inc. FLT Films International Traditional Theatrical First feature-length theatrical animated film produced in the Philippines. December 25, 1997 78 minutes Ali Baba and the Pirates Italy Zlata Potancokova Belli Airone Cinematografica Traditional Theatrical October 10, 1997 80 minutes Alien from the Darkness Japan Norio Takanami PP Project Pink Pineapple Traditional Direct-to-video OVA January 24, 1997 45 minutes Anastasia United States Don Bluth Gary Goldman 20th Century Fox 20th Century Fox Animation Fox Animation Studios Traditional Theatrical First Don Bluth film to use digital ink and paint, and the first production of Fox Animation Studios and the inaugural release from 20th Century Fox Animation. November 21, 1997 94 minutes Anastasia United States Japan Diane Eskenazi Golden Films Sony Wonder Traditional Direct-to-video May 20, 1997 48 minutes Annabelle's Wish United States Roy Wilson Ralph Edwards Productions Traditional Direct-to-video October 21, 1997 54 minutes Babes in Toyland United States Charles Grosvenor Toby Bluth Paul Sabella Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Animation Traditional Direct-to-video October 14, 1997 74 minutes Bakusō Kyōdai Let's & Go!! WGP Bōsō Miniyonku Dai Tsuiseki! Japan Tetsurō Amino Xebec Traditional Theatrical July 5, 1997 80 minutes The Batman/Superman Movie: World's Finest United States Toshihiko Masuda Warner Bros. Animation Traditional Television film Originally aired as a part of the second season of Superman: The Animated Series, the plot is set inbetween episodes 28 and 32 of the overall series. October 4, 1997 64 minutes Beauty and the Beast United States Diane Eskenazi Golden Films Hong Ying Animation Co. Sony Wonder Traditional Television film Golden Films' second adaptation of the Beauty and the Beast story after the 1992 film. July 13, 1997 49 minutes Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas United States Canada Andy Knight Walt Disney Video Premiere Traditional Direct-to-video Sequel to Beauty and the Beast (1991); first Disney direct-to-video film to use digital ink and paint. November 11, 1997 72 minutes Benjamin Bluemchen Germany Luxembourg Hahn Film AG Traditional Theatrical December 4, 1997 75 minutes The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue United States Robert C. Ramirez Hyperion Animation The Kushner-Locke Company Traditional Direct-to-video Sequel to The Brave Little Toaster (1987). May 20, 1997 74 minutes Case Closed: The Time-Bombed Skyscraper Japan Kenji Kodama TMS Entertainment Toho Traditional Theatrical First installment of the Case Closed film series. April 19, 1997 94 minutes Cats Don't Dance United States Mark Dindal Turner Feature Animation Traditional Theatrical Second and last film produced by Turner Feature Animation, which was later absorbed into Warner Bros. Animation after the Time Warner merger with parent company Turner Entertainment. March 28, 1997 77 minutes A Chinese Ghost Story: The Tsui Hark Animation Hong Kong Andrew Chan Film Workshop Triangle Staff Traditional Theatrical July 26, 1997 82 minutes A Christmas Carol United States Stan Phillips DIC Entertainment Traditional Direct-to-video October 11, 1997 72 minutes City Hunter: The Motion Picture Japan Kazuo Yamazaki Kenji Kodama Sunrise Traditional Television film April 25, 1997 88 minutes The Count of Monte Cristo Canada United States Rick Allen Laura Shepherd Blye Migicovsky Productions Phoenix Animation Studios Traditional Direct-to-video May 15, 1997 45 minutes Crayon Shin-chan: Pursuit of the Balls of Darkness Japan Keiichi Hara Shin-Ei Animation Toho Traditional Theatrical April 19, 1997 100 minutes The Day the Earth Moved Japan Toshio Gotō Tama Production Traditional Theatrical Fictionalised account of the aftermath of the Great Hanshin earthquake, which took place on January 17, 1995. July 22, 1997 76 minutes Deep Sea Fleet: Submarine 707 Japan Teruo Kogure Knack Productions Traditional Direct-to-video OVA January 10, 1997 45 minutes Dibu: The Movie Argentina Carlos Olivieri Alejandro Stoessel Patagonik Film Group Traditional/Live action Theatrical July 10, 1997 105 minutes The Dog of Flanders: The Movie Japan Yoshio Kuroda Shochiku Nippon Animation Traditional Theatrical Feature film remake of the 1975 animated television series Dog of Flanders, based on the same source material, which originally ran from January 5 to December 28 of that year and produced by the same studio that made the earlier TV series. March 15, 1997 104 minutes Doraemon: Nobita and the Spiral City Japan Tsutomu Shibayama Asatsu Shin-Ei Animation Toho Traditional Theatrical March 8, 1997 99 minutes Dragon Ball GT: A Hero's Legacy Japan Yoshihiro Ueda Hidehiko Kadota Toei Animation Traditional Television special March 26, 1997 46 minutes Droids: The Pirates and the Prince United States Canada Lucasfilm Nelvana 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment Traditional Direct-to-video Compilation film Compilation film of the second story arc of the animated series Star Wars: Droids (1985–1986), covering the first four episodes of the plot and leaving out the concluding episode ("Coby and the Starhunters") from the duration of the narrative. February 11, 1997 85 minutes Elmer's Adventure: My Father's Dragon Japan Masami Hata Shochiku Traditional Theatrical July 5, 1997 98 minutes The End of Evangelion Japan Kazuya Tsurumaki Hideaki Anno Kadokawa Shoten TV Tokyo Sega Corporation Production I.G Movic Starchild Gainax Co., Ltd. Traditional Theatrical July 19, 1997 87 minutes Ewoks: The Haunted Village United States Canada Lucasfilm Nelvana 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment Traditional Direct-to-video Compilation film Compilation film of episodes 1 ("The Cries of the Trees"), 2 ("The Haunted Village"), 3 ("Rampage of the Phlogs") and 9 ("Sunstar vs. Shadowstone") from season one of the animated series Ewoks (1985–1986) that ran for two seasons and 26 episodes from September 7, 1985, to December 13, 1986. February 11, 1997 75 minutes The Fearless Four Germany United States Michael Coldewey Eberhard Junkersdorf Jürgen Richter Warner Bros. Family Entertainment Munich Animation Traditional Theatrical October 2, 1997 87 minutes (German, original release) 81 minutes (English dubbed version) Fujimi Orchestra Japan Akira Nishimori AIC Bee Media Brain's Base Traditional Direct-to-video OVA July 22, 1997 60 minutes Go to Hell!! Australia Ray Nowland Traditional Theatrical 1997 73 minutes Hercules United States Ron Clements John Musker Walt Disney Pictures Walt Disney Feature Animation Traditional Theatrical The eighth Disney animated feature of the Disney Renaissance. June 27, 1997 93 minutes Hercules United States Diane Eskenazi Golden Films Sony Wonder Traditional Direct-to-video February 11, 1997 48 minutes Herkules Germany Roswitha Haas Dingo Pictures Traditional Direct-to-video December 31, 1997 45 minutes Hermes – Winds of Love Japan Tetsuo Imazawa Happy Science Studio Junio Arts Pro Animation Staff Room Sony PCL Traditional Theatrical April 12, 1997 117 minutes Home of Acorns Japan Takashi Anno Osamu Yamamoto Ajia-do Animation Works Japanese Federation of the Deaf Kyosaren Traditional Theatrical The film won the Excellence Award in the 1997 Japan Media Arts Festival (Animation Division). 100 minutes Hua Mulan Italy Orlando Corradi Mondo TV Traditional 87 minutes I Married a Strange Person! United States Bill Plympton Italtoons Traditional Theatrical September 8, 1997 73 minutes Jiang de Kailaban jue China Germany Manfred Durniok Hong Hu Zhao Shanghai Animation Film Studio Stop motion Theatrical Based on the 1883 novel Kéraban the Inflexible (Keraban-le-têtu) by Jules Verne. May 11, 1997 90 minutes Jigoku Sensei Nūbē: Gozen 0 toki Nūbē Shisu Japan Yukio Kaizawa Toei Animation Traditional Theatrical March 8, 1997 45 minutes Journey Beneath the Sea United States Canada Stephen Anderson Roman Arambula Keith Ingham Hyperion Pictures Traditional Direct-to-video Compilation film Seventh compilation film of the animated television series The Oz Kids (1996). March 11, 1997 66 minutes Jungle Emperor Leo Japan Yoshio Takeuchi Shochiku Tezuka Productions Traditional Theatrical August 1, 1997 99 minutes Katharina & Witt, Fiction & Reality Germany Mariola Brillowska Charles Kissing Interpol Studios Hamburg Traditional 100 minutes Kigyō Senshi Yamazaki: Long Distance Call Japan Tsuneo Tominaga Ripple Film Bandai Music Entertainment Happinet Pictures Traditional Direct-to-video OVA October 25, 1997 45 minutes Kikansha Sensei Japan Kōzō Kusuba Nippon Animation Fuji Television Network Tohokushinsha Film Corporation Toho Traditional Theatrical March 29, 1997 133 minutes King David Italy Orlando Corradi Mondo TV Traditional Television film Compilation film 88 minutes Germany Michael Schaack Veit Vollmer Hahn Film AG Senator Film Produktion TCB Toon Company Berlin TFC Trickompany Filmproduktion Traditional Theatrical March 6, 1997 82 minutes The Land Before Time V: The Mysterious Island United States Charles Grosvenor Universal Cartoon Studios Traditional Direct-to-video Fifth installment in The Land Before Time film series. December 9, 1997 74 minutes Lapitch the Little Shoemaker Croatia Germany Milan Blažeković Croatia Film HaffaDiebold ProSieben Traditional Theatrical Croatian's highest grossing animated film. June 23, 1997 83 minutes Licca-chan to Yamaneko Hoshi no Tabi Japan Tsutomu Shibayama Ajiado Group TAC Takara Toho Traditional Direct-to-video OVA Originally completed in 1994 to coincide with the 30th anniversary of the Licca-chan dress-up doll (1964-1994), produced and owned by Takara, and the franchise it spawned out. September 12, 1997 78 minutes Lupin III: Island of Assassins Japan Toshiyasu Shinohara Hiroyuki Yano Tokyo Movie Shinsha Nippon TV Traditional Television special August 1, 1997 93 minutes Megasónicos Spain Javier González de la Fuente, José Martínez Montero Baleuko S.L. Computer Direct-to-video 85 minutes Merry Christmas Little Moonky! Belgium France André Moons Pierre Urbain Odec Kid Cartoons Moonkys Co G3 Productions TF1 Radio Télévision Belge Francophone (RTBF) Les Films de la Perrine Traditional Television film 48 minutes Mighty Ducks the Movie: The First Face-Off United States Doug Murphy Walt Disney Television Animation Traditional Direct-to-video Reedited alternate version of the eponymous two-part storyline "The First Face Off", the pilot of the television series Mighty Ducks: The Animated Series that aired from September 6, 1996 to January 17, 1997 for a total of 26 half-hour episodes. April 8, 1997 66 minutes Mondo Plympton United States Bill Plympton Plymptoons Traditional Theatrical Compilation film A "best of..." compilation of animator Bill Plympton's classic shorts, including "Your Face", "How to Kiss", "One of Those Days", "25 Ways to Quit Smoking", "Plymptoons", "Nosehair" and "How to Make Love to a Woman". In between, an animated version of Bill answers questions about his life and career. March 28, 1997 53 minutes Monsieur Seguin's Goat France Eveline Fouché Vladimir Goncharov Mathares Borisfen Millimages PolyGram Traditional Television special Based on the 1866 book of the same title by Alphonse Daudet. February 4, 1997 54 minutes Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth Japan Hideaki Anno Masayuki Kazuya Tsurumaki Kadokawa Shoten TV Tokyo Sega Corporation Production I.G Movic Starchild Gainax Co., Ltd. Traditional Theatrical March 15, 1997 72 minutes 28 minutes 68 minutes 68 minutes Neznayka on the Moon Russia Yuriy Butyrin Andrey Ignatenko Aleksandr Lyutkevich FAF Entertainment Russkoye zoloto Traditional Based on the 1965 novel Dunno on the Moon by Nikolay Nosov. 151 minutes Perfect Blue Japan Satoshi Kon Madhouse Traditional Theatrical Directorial debut of Satoshi Kon. August 5, 1997 81 minutes The Purfume of t