List of animated feature films of 1999 explained

This is a list of animated feature films first released in 1999.

List

Title	Country	Director	Studio	Technique	Format	Notes	Release	Duration
Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet Frankenstein	United States	Kathi Castillo	Bagdasarian Productions, LLC. Universal Cartoon Studios	Traditional	Direct-to-video		September 28, 1999	78 minutes
	United States	Larry Latham	Universal Cartoon Studios	Traditional	Direct-to-video	Fourth and final installment in the An American Tail film series.	December 9, 1999	78 minutes
Anne Frank's Diary	Ireland France Netherlands Luxembourg	Julian Y. Wolff	A-N Production Committee Animation Production Multimedia Investment Associated Studios Global Toon Network Brookfield BS Cleeve Studios Globe Trotter Network				October 22, 1999	88 minutes
	Canada France Germany	Raymond Jafelice					February 26, 1999	79 minutes
Bartok the Magnificent	United States	Don Bluth Gary Goldman	20th Century Fox Animation Fox Animation Studios	Traditional	Direct-to-video	Spin-off/prequel to Anastasia (1997).	November 16, 1999	68 minutes
	United States	Curt Geda Dan Riba Yukio Suzuki	Warner Bros. Animation	Traditional	Direct-to-video		January 10, 1999	132 minutes
Break-Age	Japan	Tsuneo Tominaga	Ripple Film Beam Entertainment	Traditional	Direct-to-video OVA		September 25, 1999	43 minutes
Captain Bluebear: The Film	Germany	Hayo Freitag	ARD Degeto Film Senator Film Produktion TCC Toon Company Cologne TFC Trickompany Filmproduktion	Traditional	Theatrical		December 16, 1999	85 minutes
	Japan	Morio Asaka		Traditional	Theatrical		August 21, 1999	80 minutes
Carnivale	France Ireland	Deane Taylor	Millimages Terraglyph Production				July 10, 1999	74 minutes
Cartoon Noir	United States	Piotr Dumała Jiri Barta Paul Vester Pedro Serrazina Suzan Pitt Julie Zammarchi					December 3, 1999	83 minutes
	Japan	Kenji Kodama	Toho TMS Entertainment	Traditional	Theatrical		April 17, 1999	90  minutes
Century of the Wind	Uruguay	Fernando Birri	Cine Ojo	Mixed/live-action			February 11, 1999 (Berlin International Film Festival)	90 minutes
City Hunter: Death of the Vicious Criminal Ryo Saeba	Japan	Masaharu Okuwaki					April 23, 1999	80  minutes
	Japan	Keiichi Hara	Toho Shin-Ei Animation Asatsu-DK	Traditional	Theatrical		April 17, 1999	110  minutes
Cyber Team in Akihabara: Summer Vacation of 2011	Japan						August 14, 1999	60  minutes
D4: The Trojan Dog	Australia							50 minutes
	United States	Genndy Tartakovsky		Traditional	Television special	First television film produced for Cartoon Network, final television film produced by Hanna-Barbera and the directorial film debut of Genndy Tartakovsky.	December 10, 1999	48 minutes
	Japan	Shigeyasu Yamauchi		Traditional	Theatrical		March 6, 1999	50 minutes
Donkey Kong Country: The Legend of the Crystal Coconut	Canada United States
	Japan	Tsutomu Shibayama		Traditional	Theatrical	Twentieth installment of the Doraemon film series.	March 6, 1999	93  minutes
Doug's 1st Movie	United States	Maurice Joyce	Walt Disney Pictures Jumbo Pictures A. Film A/S Walt Disney Television Animation	Traditional	Theatrical	Based on the television series Doug (1991–1999).	March 26, 1999	83 minutes
The Emperor's Treasure	United States	Diane Eskenazi		Traditional	Direct-to-video		July 31, 1999	46 minutes
Faeries	United Kingdom	Gary Hurst	Cartwn Cymru HIT Entertainment United Productions	Traditional			June 23, 1999	90 minutes
Fantasia 2000	United States	Don Hahn Pixote Hunt Hendel Butoy Eric Goldberg Hendel Butoy James Algar Francis Glebas Paul and Gaëtan Brizzi	Walt Disney Pictures Walt Disney Feature Animation	Traditional	Theatrical	Sequel to Fantasia (1940); The second Disney animated feature film to be a sequel.	December 17, 1999 January 1, 2000 June 16, 2000	74 minutes
The File of Young Kindaichi 2: Murderous Deep Blue	Japan	Daisuke Nishio	Toei Animation	Traditional	Theatrical		August 21, 1999	91 minutes
Goomer	Spain	Jose Luis Feito Carlos Varela	Sociedad General de Derechos Audiovisuales (SOGEDASA) Castelao Producciones	Traditional			July 9, 1999	80 minutes
Gundress	Japan	Junichi Sakai Katsuyoshi Yatabe Kazumasa Fujiie Kentaro Izaki	Toei Company The "Gundress" Production Committee	Traditional	Theatrical		March 20, 1999	84 minutes
Happy Birthday: Inochi Kagayaku Toki	Japan	Satoshi Dezaki	Magic Bus	Traditional	Theatrical		July 27, 1999	80  minutes
The Iron Giant	United States	Brad Bird	Warner Bros. Feature Animation	Traditional/CGI	Theatrical		July 31, 1999 August 6, 1999	87 minutes[1]
Jack and the Beanstalk	United Kingdom	Martin Gates	Martin Gates Productions Carrington Productions International	Traditional	Direct-to-video		October 11, 1999	75 minutes
Jingle Bells[2]	United States	Bert Ring	Hyperion Pictures	Traditional	Direct-to-video		September 7, 1999	48 minutes
	Japan	Hiroyuki Okiura	Production I.G. Bandai Visual	Traditional	Theatrical		November 17, 1999	102 minutes
The King and I	United States	Richard Rich	Warner Bros. Family Entertainment Morgan Creek Productions Rankin/Bass Productions Nest Family Entertainment Rich Animation Studios	Traditional	Theatrical		March 19, 1999	89 minutes[3]
Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen Mae Hashutsujo: The Movie	Japan	Shinji Takamatsu	Toho Fuji TV NAS Shueisha Studio Gallop	Traditional	Theatrical		December 23, 1999	95 minutes
The Legend of the Titanic	Italy	Orlando Corradi Kim J. Ok	SEK Studio ITB Spain Hollywood Gang Productions USA Mondo TV	Traditional			April 17, 1999	84 minutes
Lotus Lantern	China	Chang Guangxi	Shanghai Animation Film Studio	Traditional			July 30, 1999	85 minutes
Lupin III: The Columbus Files	Japan	Shinichi Watanabe		Traditional	Television special		July 30, 1999[4]	92 minutes
	United States	Stan Phillips	DIC Entertainment	Traditional	Direct-to-video		August 3, 1999[5]	75 minutes
Manuelita	Argentina	Manuel García Ferré	García Ferré Entertainment	Traditional			July 8, 1999	86 minutes
Marco: 3000 Leagues in Search of Mother	Japan	Kozo Kuzuha		Traditional	Theatrical	Feature film remake of the 1976 animated television series 3000 Leagues in Search of Mother, based on the same source material, which originally ran January 4 to December 26 of that year and produced by the same studio that made the earlier TV series; An earlier feature film was produced and released in 1980 compiled from episodes of the aforementioned TV series.	April 2, 1999	98 minutes
Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas	United States	Alex Mann Jean-François Laguionie	Walt Disney Television Animation Disney Video Premiere	Traditional	Direct-to-video		November 9, 1999	66 minutes
Millionaire Dogs	Germany	Michael Schoemann	Ostdeutscher Rundfunk Brandenburg (ORB) EIV Entertainment Invest GmbH & Company KG Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF) Benchmark Entertainment Picture Productions	Traditional			April 1, 1999	82 minutes
Mishy and Mushy	Hungary	Béla Ternovszky	Studió 2	Traditional			December 16, 1999	87 minutes
A Monkey's Tale	France United Kingdom Germany Hungary	Jean-François Laguionie	Canal + France 3 British Sky Broadcasting Kecskemétfilm	Traditional			June 2, 1999	79 minutes
My Neighbors the Yamadas	Japan	Isao Takahata		Traditional	Theatrical	Seventh animated feature directed by Isao Takahata.	July 17, 1999	104 minutes
The Nuttiest Nutcracker	United States	Harold Harris	Dan Krech Productions Pacific Title/Mirage	CGI	Direct-to-video		October 19, 1999	48 minutes
O' Christmas Tree[6]	United States	Bert Ring	Hyperion Pictures	Traditional	Direct-to-video		November 5, 1999	48 minutes
Our Friend, Martin	United States	Rob Smiley, Vincenzo Trippetti	DIC Entertainment Columbia TriStar Television DHX Media	Traditional	Direct-to-video		January 12, 1999	61 minutes
Olive, the Other Reindeer	United States	Oscar Moore	20th Century Fox Animation DNA Productions Flower Films The Curiosity Company Fox Television Studios	CGI	Television special		December 17, 1999	45 minutes
Pettson & Findus – The Cat and the Old Man Years	Sweden	Albert Hanan Kaminski	Happy Life Animation TV-Loonland AG	Traditional			December 25, 1999	75 minutes
Pippi Longstocking: Pippi's Adventures in the South Seas	Sweden		Nelvana Svensk Filmindustri (SF) TFC Trickompany Filmproduktion Taurus Film	Traditional		Film compiled from TV series episodes	September 4, 1999	70 minutes
	Japan	Kunihiko Yuyama	Toho Warner Bros. Pictures OLM	Traditional	Theatrical		July 17, 1999	82 minutes
Puss in Boots	United States	Phil Nibbelink	Phill Nibbelink Productions	Traditional/Flash	Direct-to-video	Animated entirely by one person (Phil Nibbelink). One of the first animated films made with Macromedia Flash.	January 1, 1999 July 6, 1999	75 minutes
Die Reise zum Mond	China Germany	Manfred Durniok Hong Hu Zhao	Manfred Durniok Filmproduktion Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk (MDR) Oriental Communications Shanghai Animation Film Studio	Stop motion			December 27, 1999	80 minutes
Revolutionary Girl Utena: Adolescence of Utena	Japan	Kunihiko Ikuhara	Toei Company J.C. Staff	Traditional	Theatrical		August 14, 1999	87 minutes
Samurai Shodown 2: Asura Zanmaeden	Japan	Kazuhiro Sasaki	Ajiado Enix	Traditional		Two-part OVA.	June 25, 1999 September 30, 1999 December 24, 1999	56 minutes
Scooby-Doo! and the Witch's Ghost	United States	Jim Stenstrum	Hanna-Barbera Productions Warner Bros. Animation	Traditional	Direct-to-video		October 5, 1999	66 minutes[7]
Shōta no Sushi: Kokoro ni Hibiku Shari no Aji	Japan	Toshitaka Tsunoda	Studio Comet Nippon Cultural Broadcasting Group TV Tokyo	Traditional	Television special		October 11, 1999
The Sissy Duckling	United States	Anthony Hall	Hyperion Pictures Fil-Cartoons	Traditional	Television special	Story adapted by the author Harvey Fierstein into a children's picture book of the same title published three years later.	July 24, 1999	53 minutes
Snow White and the Frog King	China	Qian Yunda, Chan Rudong, Wu Zhongwen	Shanghai Animation Film Studio Man Dunyok Production Company
Soreike! Anpanman Yūki no Hana ga Hiraku Toki	Japan	Toshiya Shinohara	Tokyo Movie Shinsha	Traditional	Theatrical		July 24, 1999
	United States	Trey Parker	Comedy Central Films Braniff Productions Scott Rudin Productions	Traditional	Theatrical	Based on the television series South Park (1997–present).	June 23, 1999 June 30, 1999	81 minutes[8]
Tarzan	United States	Kevin Lima Chris Buck	Walt Disney Pictures Walt Disney Feature Animation	Traditional	Theatrical	Tenth and final film of the Disney Renaissance.	June 12, 1999 June 16, 1999	88 minutes[9]
Tarzan of the Apes	United States	Diane Eskenazi Darcy Wright		Traditional	Direct-to-video		March 9, 1999	48 minutes
Tenchi Forever! The Movie	Japan	Hiroshi Negishi	Anime International Company Pioneer LDC GAGA Communications	Traditional	Theatrical		April 24, 1999	95 minutes
The Three Little Pigs	Australia
Tobias Totz and His Lion	Germany						September 30, 1999	72 minutes
Toy Story 2	United States	John Lasseter	Walt Disney Pictures Pixar Animation Studios	CGI	Theatrical	Sequel to Toy Story (1995); The first Pixar film to be a sequel.	November 13, 1999 [10] November 24, 1999	92 minutes[11]
Wakko's Wish	United States	Liz Holzman Rusty Mills Tom Ruegger	Warner Bros. Family Entertainment Warner Bros. Animation Amblin Entertainment	Traditional	Direct-to-video	The first Animaniacs media to use digital paint and paint.	December 21, 1999	80 minutes
We Wish You a Merry Christmas[12]	United States	Bert Ring	Hyperion Pictures	Traditional	Direct-to-video		September 7, 1999	48 minutes
Werner – Volles Rooäää!!!	Germany	Gerhard Hahn	Achterbahn AG Constantin Film Hahn Film AG	Traditional	Theatrical		September 16, 1999	78 minutes
	United States	Harry Arends Jun Falkenstein Karl Geurs	Walt Disney Television Animation Disney Video Premiere	Traditional	Direct-to-video Compilation film	Film based on, and compiled from episodes of from, the TV series The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1988–1991).	November 9, 1999	70 minutes[13]
You're Under Arrest: The Movie	Japan	Junji Nishimura	Studio Deen	Traditional	Theatrical		April 24, 1999	92 minutes, 90 minutes
Zeno – For the Infinity of Love	Japan	Takashi Ui	Mr. Zeno's Movie Making Party M Project	Traditional	Theatrical	Based on the life of Polish Franciscan friar Zenon Żebrowski (1891–1982).

Highest-grossing animated films of the year

Rank	Title	Studio	Worldwide gross	Ref.
1	Toy Story 2	Pixar Animation Studios	$490,728,379	[14]
2	Tarzan	Walt Disney Feature Animation	$448,191,819	[15]
3		OLM, Inc.	$133,949,270	[16]
4	Fantasia 2000	Walt Disney Feature Animation	$90,874,570	[17]
5		Comedy Central Films / Scott Rudin Productions	$83,137,603	[18]
6	The Iron Giant		$31,333,917	[19]
7			$20,900,000
8	Doug's 1st Movie		$19,440,089	[20]
9		TMS Entertainment	$17,719,333
10	The King and I	Warner Bros. Feature Animation	$11,993,021	[21]

See also

• List of animated television series of 1999

References

Works cited

• Book: Galbraith IV, Stuart . Stuart Galbraith IV . The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography . 2008 . . 978-1461673743.

External links

• Animated films of the year, listed in the IMDb

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Iron Giant (U) . . August 26, 1999 . August 18, 2015 . October 3, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151003093804/https://bbfc.co.uk/releases/iron-giant-1970-1 . live .
2. Web site: Jingle Bells (Video 1999). IMDb. November 11, 2024.
3. Web site: The King and I (U) . . April 15, 1999 . April 1, 2013.
4. Book: ルパン三世アニメ全歴史完全版 . . 978-4-575-30406-0 . April 1, 2012. 153–155.
5. Book: McCormick, Moira. Buena Vista to Roll Out Promotions for End-Of-'99 Releases. Billboard. 1999-06-12. 2019-07-09. 67.
6. Web site: O' Christmas Tree (Video 1999). IMDb. November 11, 2024.
7. Web site: Scooby-Doo and the Witch's Ghost. https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211213/Ms7PibDwe4k . 2021-12-13 . live. WB Official YouTube Channel. August 17, 2021.
8. Web site: South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (15) . . August 23, 1999 . February 11, 2016.
9. Web site: Tarzan . . January 30, 2015 .
10. Bell . Carrie . 'Toy Story 2': The Premiere . Entertainment Weekly . July 23, 2015 . November 26, 1999. https://web.archive.org/web/20150724042316/https://ew.com/article/1999/11/26/toy-story-2-premiere/. July 24, 2015. live.
11. News: Toy Story 2 . . November 24, 1999. September 21, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180921191306/https://www.nytimes.com/1999/11/24/movies/film-review-animated-sequel-finds-new-level-of-imagination.html. September 21, 2018. live.
12. Web site: We Wish You a Merry Christmas (Video 1999). IMDb. November 11, 2024.
13. Web site: Winnie the Pooh: Seasons of Giving (1999. Allmovie. May 18, 2020.
14. Web site: Toy Story 2 (1999). Box Office Mojo. June 28, 2015.
15. Web site: Tarzan (1999). Box Office Mojo. June 28, 2015.
16. Web site: Pokémon: The Movie 2000 (1999) . . June 30, 2015.
17. Web site: Fantasia 2000 (35mm & IMAX) (1999). Box Office Mojo. June 28, 2015.
18. Web site: South Park - Bigger, Longer and Uncut (1999). Box Office Mojo. June 28, 2015.
19. Web site: The Iron Giant (1999) - Financial Information . Box Office Mojo. June 28, 2015.
20. Web site: Doug's 1st Movie . Box Office Mojo. June 28, 2015.
21. Web site: The King and I. Box Office Mojo.