List of animated feature films of 2000

This is a list of animated feature films first released in 2000.

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Title Country Director Studio Animation technique Type Notes Release date Duration
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

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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

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References

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  1. ^ "The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle (U)". British Board of Film Classification. August 31, 2000. Retrieved December 10, 2016.
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-09-30. Retrieved 2011-11-25.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ Italy's Mondo Drawing Up Five Animated Films | Business solutions from AllBusiness.com
  4. ^ "Esther ... The Girl Who Became Queen: About the Video". bigidea.com. Archived from the original on August 18, 2000. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
  5. ^ "Page 3 of Reno Gazette Journal for March 31, 2000". Imgur.com. Retrieved July 5, 2020.
  6. ^ "Dinosaur (2000)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved July 9, 2017.
  7. ^ "Chicken Run (2000)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved July 9, 2017.
  8. ^ "The Emperor's New Groove (2000)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved July 9, 2017.
  9. ^ "Rugrats in Paris: The Movie (2000)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved July 9, 2017.
  10. ^ "The Tigger Movie (2000)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved July 9, 2017.
  11. ^ "The Road to El Dorado (2000)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved March 8, 2017.
  12. ^ "Titan A.E. (2000)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved July 9, 2017.
  13. ^ "JAPAN BOX OFFICE | Demon Slayer breaks all time record for OW". May 14, 2012.
  14. ^ "Digimon: The Movie (2000)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved July 23, 2022.
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