List of animated feature films of 1979 explained

A list of animated feature films first released in 1979.

List

Animated feature films of 1979

Title	Country	Director	Studio	Technique	Format	Notes	Release	Duration
The Adventure of Sudsakorn^[1]	Thailand	Payut Ngaokrachang^[2]	Jirabanterng Film^[3]	Traditional	Theatrical	First Thai animated feature,^[4] and Thailand's only animated feature until Khan Kluay, released in 2006.	April 13, 1979^[5]	82 minutes
Adventures of Captain Wrongel	Soviet Union	David Cherkassky	Kievnauchfilm	Cutout	Traditional		September 1979	88 minutes
	Japan	Hiroshi Saitô	Nippon Animation Fuji TV	Traditional	Television film^[6]	Third animated special produced for Fuji TV's "" program.^[7]	June 30, 1979	75 minutes
The Adventures of Sinbad	Australia	Richard Slapczynski	Air Programs International	Traditional	Television special	Originally aired as the 28th installment of the CBS animated anthology series Famous Classic Tales (1970–1984).	November 23, 1979	47 minutes
	Japan	Chikao Katsui	Nikkatsu Children's Movie Mushi Production	Traditional	Theatrical^[8]		July 21, 1979	78 minutes
^[9]	Japan	Hideki Takayama Shotaro Ishinomori	Toei Animation Nippon TV	Traditional	Television film^[10]	^[11] ^[12]	October 7, 1979	71 minutes
Aim for the Ace!	Japan	Osamu Dezaki	Tokyo Movie Shinsha	Traditional	Theatrical^[13]	^[14]	September 8, 1979	88 minutes
All Star Cartoon Revue	United States		Walt Disney Productions	Traditional	Theatrical^[15] Compilation film	Film compiled from Disney theatrical animated shorts; originally released theatrically for overseas markets and never in the United States until March 12, 1980.	November 23, 1979	77 minutes
	South Korea	Song Jeong-hun	Central Film Company	Traditional	Theatrical^[16]		December 23, 1979	63 minutes
	Japan	Eiji Okabe	Nippon Animation Fuji TV	Traditional	Television film^[17]	^[18]	September 28, 1979	82 minutes
Black Star and the Golden Bat	South Korea	Han Heonmyeong	Samyoung Film	Traditional	Theatrical^[19]		July 27, 1979	70 minutes
The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie	United States	Chuck Jones Phil Monroe		Traditional	Theatrical Compilation film	Film compiled from theatrical animated shorts; second of six Looney Tunes compilation feature films.	September 14, 1979	98 minutes
Colargol, the Conqueror of Space	Poland	Tadeusz Wilkosz	Se-ma-for	Stop motion	Theatrical^[20] ^[21]		January 20, 1979	67 minutes
Daddy-Long-Legs	Japan	Masakazu Higuchi	Tatsunoko Production Fuji TV	Traditional	Television film^[22]	Fifth animated special produced for Fuji TV's "" program.	October 10, 1979	69 minutes
	South Korea	Bak Seung-cheol	Hanjin Industry Co., Ltd.	Traditional	Theatrical^[23]		July 28, 1979	75 minutes
Elpidio Valdés	Cuba	Juan Padrón	Instituto Cubano del Arte e Industrias Cinematográficos	Traditional	Theatrical	First Cuban animated feature.		70 minutes
	South Korea	Kim Cheong-gi	Dong-A Advertising	Traditional	Theatrical^[24]		July 22, 1979	82 minutes
	France	Jean Image	Films Jean Image	Traditional	Theatrical		October 24, 1979	78 minutes
The Flintstones Meet Rockula and Frankenstone	United States	Ray Patterson	Hanna-Barbera Productions	Traditional	Television special		October 30, 1979	48 minutes
Fly! Spaceship Geobukseon	South Korea	Song Jeong-yul		Traditional	Theatrical^[25]		July 26, 1979	65 minutes
Future Boy Conan	Japan	Shuichi Motomashi		Traditional	Theatrical^[26]	Film compiled from TV series episodes^[27]	September 15, 1979	122 minutes
Galaxy Express 999	Japan	Rintaro	Toei Animation	Traditional	Theatrical^[28]	^[29]	August 4, 1979	132 minutes
Galaxy Express 999: Can You Live Like a Warrior!!	Japan	Nobutaka Nishizawa Masayuki Akehi Shuji Iuchi	Toei Animation Fuji TV	Traditional	Television special^[30]		October 11, 1979	130 minutes
	Japan	Hiroyoshi Mitsunobu	Nippon Animation Fuji TV	Traditional	Television film^[31]	First animated special produced for Fuji TV's "" program.^[32]	February 18, 1979
Ganbare!! Tabuchi-kun!!	Japan	Tsutomu Shibayama	Tōkyō Movie Shinsha Toho-Towa	Traditional	Theatrical^[33]	^[34]	November 10, 1979	95 minutes
Gancheopjamneun Ttorijanggun	South Korea	Kim Cheong-gi	Dong-A Advertising Co., Ltd.	Traditional	Theatrical^[35]		August 1, 1979	75 minutes
General Ttoli 3	South Korea	Kim Cheong-gi	Dong-A Advertising Co., Ltd.	Traditional	Theatrical^[36]		January 5, 1979	85 minutes
Gulliver's Travels	Australia	Chris Cuddington	Hanna-Barbera Australia	Traditional	Television special	Originally aired as the 27th installment of the CBS animated anthology series Famous Classic Tales (1970–1984).	November 18, 1979	60 minutes
Heidi in the Mountains	Japan	Sumiko Nakao	Nippon Animation Zuiyo Eizo Toho-Towa	Traditional	Theatrical^[37]	Film compiled from TV series episodes	March 17, 1979	107 minutes
	Spain	Jordi Amorós	Ediciones Amaika Estudios Equip Dibujos Animados	Traditional/Live action	Theatrical		April 16, 1979	87 minutes
Jack Frost	United States Japan	Jules Bass Arthur Rankin Jr.	Rankin/Bass Video Tokyo Production	Stop motion	Television special		December 13, 1979	48 minutes
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe	United States	Bill Melendez	Children's Television Workshop Bill Melendez Productions Distinguished Productions Episcopal Radio-TV Foundation	Traditional	Television film		April 1–2, 1979	95 minutes
The Little Convict	Australia	Yoram Gross	Yoram Gross Films Studio Hoyts	Traditional / Live action	Theatrical Live-action animated film	^[38]	December 20, 1979	80 minutes
Little Orbit the Astrodog and the Screechers from Outer Space	France	Jean Image	Films Jean Image	Traditional	Theatrical		March 14, 1979	74 minutes
Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro	Japan	Hayao Miyazaki	Tokyo Movie Shinsha	Traditional	Theatrical^[39]	First anime feature film to be directed by Hayao Miyazaki.^[40]	December 15, 1979	100 minutes
	Japan	Hiroshi Sasagawa	Tatsunoko Production Fuji TV	Traditional	Television film^[41]		May 5, 1979	80 minutes
	Japan	Hiroshi Saitô	Nippon Animation Fuji TV	Traditional	Television film^[42]	Second animated special produced for Fuji TV's "" program.^[43]	April 29, 1979	75 minutes
	Japan	Takashi Kuoka	Toei Animation Fuji TV	Traditional	Television film^[44]	Fourth animated special produced for Fuji TV's "" program.	September 15, 1979	69 minutes
Nutcracker Fantasy	Japan	Takeo Nakamura	Sanrio Video Tokyo Production	Stop motion	Theatrical^[45]		March 3, 1979	95 minutes
Prince Nezha's Triumph Against the Dragon King a. k. a. Nezha Conquers the Dragon King	China	Yan Dingxian Wang Shuchen Xu Jingda	Shanghai Animation Film Studio	Traditional	Theatrical		May 19, 1979	65 minutes
Proszę słonia	Poland	Witold Giersz	Studio Miniatur Filmowych	Traditional	Theatrical^[46] ^[47]		April 1979	63 minutes
	Denmark	Jannik Hastrup	Dansk Tegnefilm Traellenes Boern	Traditional	Theatrical	Film compiled from TV series episodes	October 8, 1979	90 minutes
Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July	United States Japan	Jules Bass Arthur Rankin Jr.	Rankin/Bass Video Tokyo Production	Stop motion	Television film		November 25, 1979	98 minutes
Scooby Goes Hollywood	United States	Ray Patterson	Hanna-Barbera Productions	Traditional	Television special		December 23, 1979	49 minutes
	Finland	Riitta Nelimarkka Jaakko Seeck	Nelimarkka/Seeck Productions	Traditional	Theatrical	First Finnish animated feature.	October 20, 1979	87 minutes
SpaceBoy Cache	South Korea	Bak Seung-cheol	Samdo Film	Traditional	Theatrical^[48]		July 27, 1979	60 minutes
Star Wars with Sun Wukong	South Korea	Han Heon-myeong	Samdo Film Co., Ltd.	Traditional	Theatrical^[49]		July 21, 1979	67 minutes
	South Korea	Lim Jung-kyu	Sunwoo Production Co., Ltd.	Traditional	Theatrical^[50]	First installment of the Dreamland Cartoon Theater series.	July 21, 1979	70 minutes
Taegeuksonyeon Huin Doksuri	South Korea	Kim Tae-jong	Sejong Culture Corporation	Traditional	Theatrical^[51]		July 15, 1979	75 minutes
Taro the Dragon Boy	Japan	Kiriro Urayama Peter Fernandez	Toei Animation	Traditional	Theatrical^[52]	^[53]	March 17, 1979	75 minutes
	Japan	Kozo Morishita	Toei Animation Nippon TV	Traditional	Television film^[54]		January 7, 1979	70 minutes
Triton of the Sea	Japan	Kazunori Tanahashi		Traditional	Theatrical^[55]	Film compiled from TV series episodes^[56]	March 17, 1979	74 minutes
Ubu et la Grande Gidouille^[57]	France	Jan Lenica	Les Films Armorial^[58] Magic Film^[59]	Cutout	Theatrical	^[60] ^[61]		80 minutes
Uju Heukgisa	South Korea	Bak Jong-hui	Geumryong Film Works	Traditional	Theatrical^[62]		December 22, 1979	75 minutes
	Japan	Satoshi Dezaki	Tezuka Productions Nippon TV	Traditional	Television film^[63]	Second animated special produced for Nippon TV's telethon.^[64]	August 26, 1979	91 minutes
	Japan	Leiji Matsumoto	Academy Productions Fuji TV	Traditional	Television film^[65]	Third feature film in the Space Battleship Yamato series and the only installment to be made exclusively for television; however, it was released in theaters on March 14, 1981.	July 14, 1979	95 minutes
Yakyū-kyō no Uta: Kita no Ookami, Minami no Tora	Japan	Eiji Okabe	Nippon Animation	Traditional	Theatrical^[66]	Compilation film of episodes 13 ("Kita no Ookami, Minami no Tora (Zenpen)") and 14 ("Kita no Ookami, Minami no Tora (Kouhen)") respectively from the animated television series based on the manga of the same name that ran from December 23, 1977 to March 26, 1979 for a total of 25 episodes.^[67]	September 15, 1979	90 minutes

Highest-grossing animated films of the year

Rank	Title	Studio	Distributor rentals
1	Galaxy Express 999	Toei Animation		^[68]
2	The Castle of Cagliostro	Tokyo Movie Shinsha		^[69]

See also

• List of animated television series of 1979

External links

• Animated films of the year, listed in the IMDb

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Adventure of Sudsakorn - 电影. Douban. December 17, 2023.
2. Web site: Sudsakorn screening every Sunday morning at Film Archive. Thai Film Journal. December 17, 2023.
3. Web site: The Adventure of Sudsakorn (1979). Trakt. December 17, 2023.
4. Web site: Thailand: The Adventure of Sudsakorn. M+. December 17, 2023.
5. Web site: The Adventure of Sudsakorn (animation movie, 1979). Kinorium. December 17, 2023.
6. Web site: http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=235482. ja:トンデモネズミ大活躍 (1979). 17 July 2014. allcinema. Stingray. Japanese.
7. Web site: トンデモネズミ大活躍 作品紹介 NIPPON ANIMATION. Nippon Animation. June 21, 2024.
8. Web site: 映画アニメ 北極のムーシカ・ミーシカ (1979)について 映画データベース. allcinema. June 21, 2024.
9. Web site: Age of the Great Dinosaurs (1979). IMDB. December 17, 2023.
10. Web site: TVMアニメ 大恐竜時代 (1979)について 映画データベース. allcinema. June 21, 2024.
11. Web site: Age Of The Great Dinosaurs (TV) (1979). FilmAffinity. December 17, 2023.
12. Web site: Age of the Great Dinosaurs Review (1979). The Spinning Image. December 17, 2023.
13. Web site: 映画アニメ 劇場版 エースをねらえ！ (1979)について 映画データベース. allcinema. June 21, 2024.
14. Web site: エースをねらえ！ 1970年代 TMS作品一覧 アニメーションの総合プロデュース会社 トムス・エンタテインメント. tms-e.co.jp. December 17, 2023.
15. Web site: Kalle Ankas festliga upptåg (1978). Svensk Filmdatabas. December 17, 2023.
16. Web site: 동물 보물섬. KMDb. December 17, 2023.
17. Web site: TVアニメ アンネの日記 アンネ・フランク物語 (1979)について 映画データベース. allcinema. June 21, 2024.
18. Web site: アンネ・フランク物語-アンネの日記と童話より- 作品紹介 NIPPON ANIMATION. Nippon Animation. June 21, 2024.
19. Web site: 검은별과 황금박쥐. KMDb. December 17, 2023.
20. Web site: COLARGOL ZDOBYWCĄ KOSMOSU. FilmPolski.pl. December 17, 2023.
21. Web site: Colargol zdobywcą kosmosu (1978). Filmweb. December 17, 2023.
22. Web site: TVMアニメ あしながおじさん (1979)について 映画データベース. allcinema. June 21, 2024.
23. Web site: 도깨비 감투. KMDb. December 17, 2023.
24. Web site: 은하함대 지구호. KMDb. December 17, 2023.
25. Web site: 날아라 우주전함 거북선. KMDb. December 17, 2023.
26. Web site: 映画アニメ 未来少年コナン (1979)について 映画データベース. allcinema. June 21, 2024.
27. Web site: 未来少年コナン [劇場版] 作品紹介 NIPPON ANIMATION]. Nippon Animation. June 21, 2024.
28. Web site: 映画アニメ 銀河鉄道999 (1979)について 映画データベース. allcinema. June 21, 2024.
29. Web site: 劇場版 銀河鉄道999. Toei Animation. June 21, 2024.
30. Web site: TVMアニメ 銀河鉄道999 君は戦士のように生きられるか！？ (1979)について 映画データベース. allcinema. June 21, 2024.
31. Web site: TVアニメ がんばれ！ぼくらのヒットエンドラン (1979)について 映画データベース. allcinema. June 21, 2024.
32. Web site: がんばれ！ぼくらのヒットエンドラン 作品紹介 NIPPON ANIMATION. Nippon Animation. June 21, 2024.
33. Web site: 映画アニメ がんばれ!! タブチくん!! (1979)について 映画データベース. allcinema. June 21, 2024.
34. Web site: がんばれ!!タブチくん!! 1970年代 TMS作品一覧 - トムス・エンタテインメント. tms-e.co.jp. December 17, 2023.
35. Web site: 간첩잡는 똘이장군. KMDb. December 17, 2023.
36. Web site: 똘이장군 제3땅굴편. KMDb. December 17, 2023.
37. Web site: 映画アニメ アルプスの少女ハイジ (1979)について 映画データベース. allcinema. June 21, 2024.
38. Web site: The Little Convict - Yoram Gross Films. yoramgrossfilms.com.au. December 17, 2023.
39. Web site: 映画アニメ ルパン三世 カリオストロの城 (1979)について 映画データベース. allcinema. June 21, 2024.
40. Web site: ルパン三世 カリオストロの城 ルパン三世 TMS作品一覧 - トムス・エンタテインメント. tms-e.co.jp. December 17, 2023.
41. Web site: TVMアニメ 怪盗ルパン 813の謎 (1979)について 映画データベース. allcinema. June 21, 2024.
42. Web site: TVアニメ まえがみ太郎 (1979)について 映画データベース. allcinema. June 21, 2024.
43. Web site: まえがみ太郎 作品紹介 NIPPON ANIMATION. Nippon Animation. June 21, 2024.
44. Web site: TVMアニメ ジャン・バルジャン物語 (1979)について 映画データベース. allcinema. June 21, 2024.
45. Web site: 映画アニメ くるみ割り人形 (1979)について 映画データベース. allcinema. June 21, 2024.
46. Web site: PROSZĘ SŁONIA. FilmPolski.pl. December 17, 2023.
47. Web site: Proszę słonia (1978). Filmweb. December 17, 2023.
48. Web site: 우주소년 캐시. KMDb. December 17, 2023.
49. Web site: 손오공과 별들의 전쟁. KMDb. December 17, 2023.
50. Web site: 별나라 삼총사. KMDb. December 17, 2023.
51. Web site: 태극소년 흰 독수리. KMDb. December 17, 2023.
52. Web site: 映画アニメ 龍の子太郎 (1979)について 映画データベース. allcinema. June 21, 2024.
53. Web site: 龍の子太郎 - 作品ラインナップ. Toei Animation. June 21, 2024.
54. Web site: TVアニメ あしたの勇者（イレブン）たち (1979)について 映画データベース. allcinema. June 21, 2024.
55. Web site: 映画アニメ 海のトリトン (1979)について 映画データベース. allcinema. June 21, 2024.
56. Web site: TRITON OF THE SEA (THEATRICAL VERSION)｜ANIMATION｜TEZUKA OSAMU OFFICIAL. Osamu Tezuka. December 17, 2023.
57. Web site: Ubu et la grande gidouille = Ubu and the great gidouille. WorldCat. December 17, 2023.
58. Web site: Ubu et la Grande Gidouille. Association Française du Cinéma d'Animation. December 17, 2023.
59. Web site: Ubu et la Grande Gidouille de Jan Lenica (1976). Unifrance. December 17, 2023.
60. Web site: Ubu et la grande Gidouille (1979). FilmAffinity. December 17, 2023.
61. Web site: Jan Lenica's Ubu. 50 Watts. December 17, 2023.
62. Web site: 우주 흑기사. KMDb. December 17, 2023.
63. Web site: TVMアニメ 海底超特急マリン・エクスプレス (1979)について 映画データベース. allcinema. June 21, 2024.
64. Web site: Undersea Super Train: Marine Express｜ANIMATION｜TEZUKA OSAMU OFFICIAL. Osamu Tezuka. December 17, 2023.
65. Web site: 映画アニメ 宇宙戦艦ヤマト 新たなる旅立ち (1981)について 映画データベース. allcinema. June 21, 2024.
66. Web site: 映画アニメ 野球狂の詩 北の狼南の虎 (1979)について 映画データベース. allcinema. June 21, 2024.
67. Web site: 野球狂の詩 北の狼南の虎 [劇場版] 作品紹介 NIPPON ANIMATION]. Nippon Animation. June 21, 2024.
68. Book: May 2012. キネマ旬報ベスト・テン85回全史 1924-2011. Kinema Junpo ムック. Kinema Junposha. 978-4873767550. 380.
69. The Castle of Cagliostro (Audio Commentary by Reed Nelson) . DVD . . Altamonte Springs, Florida . 1979.