This is a list of animated feature films first released in 1977. List Title Country Director Production company Animation technique Format Notes Release date Duration Around the World with Bolek and Lolek Poland Stanislaw Dulz Wladyslaw Nehrebecki Studio Filmów Rysunkowych (Bielsko-Biała) Traditional Theatrical First Polish animated feature. September 16, 1977 104 minutes The Bruce McMouse Show United Kingdom Barry Chattington MPL Communications Traditional/Live action Theatrical 1977 55 minutes Bugs Bunny's Easter Special United States Friz Freleng DePatie–Freleng Enterprises Warner Bros. Television Traditional Television special Compilation of theatrical animated shorts; only hour-long Looney Tunes animated television special. April 7, 1977 50 minutes Donald Duck's Summer Magic United States Jack Hannah Jack King Dick Huemer Milt Schaffer Walt Disney Productions Traditional Theatrical Compilation film Film compiled from Disney theatrical animated shorts; originally released theatrically for overseas markets and never in the United States until December 17, 1977. July 23, 1977 75 minutes Dot and the Kangaroo Australia Yoram Gross Yoram Gross Films Hoyts Traditional/Live action Theatrical Live-action animated film December 15, 1977 71 minutes The Easter Bunny Is Comin' to Town United States Japan Jules Bass Arthur Rankin Jr. Rankin/Bass Productions Video Tokyo Production Stop motion Television special April 6, 1977 50 minutes Electronic Man 337 South Korea Lim Jung-kyu Samdo Film Co., Ltd. Traditional Theatrical December 9, 1977 65 minutes Fantastic Animation Festival United States Dean A. Berko Christopher Padilla Voyage Productions Traditional/Stop motion Theatrical Anthology film Compilation film Experimental film Compilation of fourteen selected animated short films of varying quality and style. May 27, 1977 91 minutes 5 Weeks in a Balloon Australia United States Chris Cuddington Hanna-Barbera Australia Traditional Television special Originally aired as the 25th installment of the CBS animated anthology series Famous Classic Tales (1970–1984). November 24, 1977 60 minutes A Flintstone Christmas United States Charles A. Nichols Hanna-Barbera Traditional Television special December 7, 1977 48 minutes Gulliver's Travels United Kingdom Belgium Peter R. Hunt Belvision Traditional/Live action Theatrical Live-action animated film May 6, 1977 80 minutes The Hobbit United States Japan Jules Bass Arthur Rankin Jr. Rankin/Bass Topcraft Traditional Television film November 27, 1977 78 minutes The Holiday of Disobedience Soviet Union Yulian Kalisher Studio Ekran Stop motion/Live action Theatrical Live-action animated film The first, and so far the only, full-length animated feature film from Studio Ekran.Russian animation in letters and figures | Films | ╚THE HOLIDAY OF DESOBEDIENCE╩ 1977 47 minutes A Journey to the Center of the Earth Australia Richard Slapczynski Air Programs International Traditional Television special Originally aired as the 24th installment of the CBS animated anthology series Famous Classic Tales (1970–1984). November 13, 1977 60 minutes The Lighthouse Island East Germany Günter Rätz DEFA-Studio für Trickfilme Stop motion Theatrical Made from 1974 to 1976, released in 1977.Film database of the DEFA-Stiftung, accessed on 2017-07-15. February 4, 1977 41 minutes The Little Magician and the Big Bad Mark East Germany Erwin Stranka DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme Künstlerische Arbeitsgruppe "Babelsberg" VEB Progress Film-Vertrieb (GDR) Traditional Theatrical February 4, 1977 70 minutes Love in Freedom Belgium Jacques Kupissonoff Proeuropa Theatrical May 18, 1977 76 minutes The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh United States Wolfgang Reitherman John Lounsbery Art Stevens Walt Disney Productions Traditional Theatrical Anthology film The first three Winnie the Pooh short films (Honey Tree, Blustery Day and Tigger Too) compiled into a three-part anthology film, with a few minutes of new wraparound animation. The shorts were previously released separately from February 4, 1966 to December 20, 1974. March 11, 1977 74 minutes Mattie the Goose-boy Hungary Attila Dargay Pannónia Filmstúdió Traditional Theatrical April 7, 1977 75 minutes The Mouse and His Child United States Japan Charles Swenson Fred Wolf Murakami-Wolf-Swenson Sanrio Traditional Theatrical November 18, 1977 83 minutes Mr. Rossi's Dreams Italy Bruno Bozzetto Bruno Bozzetto Film Wagner-Hallig Film Traditional Theatrical August 4, 1977 70 minutes New Star of the Giants Japan Tokyo Movie Shinsha Traditional Theatrical December 1, 1977 77 minutesLa pobre viejecitaColombiaFernando LaverdeGlobal Films de ColombiaStop motionTheatricalFirst Colombian animated film.1977 Pete's Dragon United States Don Chaffey Walt Disney Productions Traditional/Live action Theatrical Live-action animated film The last live-action animated film produced by Disney until Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988), released nine years later. November 3, 1977 128 minutes Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown United States Bill Melendez Paramount Pictures United Feature Syndicate Mendelson/Melendez Productions Traditional Theatrical Third feature film in the Peanuts franchise, and the first to be distributed by Paramount Pictures. August 24, 1977 75 minutes Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure United States Richard Williams 20th Century-Fox Bobbs-Merrill Company Traditional/Live action Theatrical April 1, 1977 86 minutes The Rescuers United States Wolfgang Reitherman John Lounsbery Art Stevens Walt Disney Productions Traditional Theatrical June 22, 1977 77 minutes Robot Taekwon V: Underwater Rangers South Korea Kim Cheong-gi U Production Traditional Theatrical July 20, 1977 75 minutes The Scrap and the Cloud Russian animation in letters and figures | Films | «THE SCRAP AND THE CLOUD» Soviet Union Rasa Strautmane Studio Ekran Cutout Theatrical December 31, 1978 55 minutes Space Battleship Yamato Japan Toshio Masuda Office Academy Group TAC Traditional Theatrical First installment of the Space Battleship Yamato series. August 6, 1977 145 minutes Taekwon dongja Maruchi Arachi South Korea Lim Jung-kyu Samdo Film Co., Ltd. Traditional Theatrical July 27, 1977 78 minutes Two Maples Russian animation in letters and figures | Films | «TWO MAPLES» Soviet Union Anatoliy Solin Studio Ekran Cutout Theatrical 1977 35 minutes The Wild Swans Japan Nobutaka Nishizawa Toei Animation Traditional Theatrical First film in the anthology film series Sekai Meisaku Dōwa ( "World Masterpiece Fairy Tales"). March 19, 1977 62 minutes Wizards United States Ralph Bakshi Bakshi Productions 20th Century-Fox Traditional Theatrical Next-to-first animated feature released by 20th Century-Fox, and the first the studio produced. February 9, 1977 80 minutes Xiao shizhu donghua China Wang Shuchen Wu Qiang Shanghai Animation Film Studio Traditional Theatrical 80 minutes
Highest-grossing animated films of the year
Rank Title Studio Gross Ref 1 The Rescuers Walt Disney Productions US$29,000,000 2 Space Battleship Yamato Group TAC US$23,000,000 (2,100,000,000) 3WizardsBakshi ProductionsUS$1,200,000
See also List of animated television series of 1977
References
External links Animated films of the year, listed in the IMDb