| Title
|
Country
|
Director
|
Studio
|
Technique
|
Format |
Notes |
Release |
Duration
|
Around the World with Bolek and Lolek
Wielka podróż Bolka i Lolka (Bolek and Lolek's Great Journey) |
Poland |
Stanislaw Dulz
Wladyslaw Nehrebecki |
Studio Filmów Rysunkowych (Bielsko-Biała) |
Traditional |
Theatrical |
First Polish animated feature. |
September 16, 1977 |
104 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
전자인간 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
Праздник непослушания (Prazdnik neposlushaniya) |
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.[1] |
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
|
Krabat – The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Krabat, Čarodějův učeň |
Czechoslovakia
West Germany |
Karel Zeman |
Bavaria Atelier
Ceskoslovenský Filmexport
Filmové Studio Gottwaldov
Krátký Film Praha
Süddeutscher Rundfunk (SDR)
Ustredni Pujcovna Filmu |
Cutout |
Theatrical |
|
March 1, 1978 |
73 minutes
|
The Lighthouse Island
Die Leuchtturminsel |
East Germany |
Günter Rätz |
DEFA-Studio für Trickfilme |
Stop motion |
Theatrical |
Made from 1974 to 1976, released in 1977.[2] |
February 4, 1977 |
41 minutes
|
The Little Magician and the Big Bad Mark
Der kleine Zauberer und die große Fünf |
East Germany |
Erwin Stranka |
DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme
Künstlerische Arbeitsgruppe "Babelsberg" (as DEFA Gruppe Babelsberg)
VEB Progress Film-Vertrieb (GDR) (distributor) |
Traditional |
Theatrical |
|
February 4, 1977 |
70 minutes
|
| Love in Freedom Liefde in vrijheid |
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
Lúdas Matyi |
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
I sogni del signor Rossi |
Italy |
Bruno Bozzetto |
Bruno Bozzetto Film
Wagner-Hallig Film |
Traditional |
Theatrical |
|
August 4, 1977 |
70 minutes
|
New Star of the Giants
新巨人の星 |
Japan |
|
Tokyo Movie Shinsha |
Traditional |
Theatrical |
|
December 1, 1977 |
77 minutes
|
| 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
로보트 태권 V 제3탄 수중특공대 (Robot Taekwon V the 3rd: The Undersea Special Forces) |
South Korea |
Kim Cheong-gi |
U Production |
Traditional |
Theatrical |
|
July 20, 1977 |
75 minutes
|
Space Battleship Yamato
宇宙戦艦ヤマト (Uchū Senkan 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
태권동자 마루치 아라치 (The Taekwondo Master Maruchi Arachi) |
South Korea |
Lim Jung-kyu |
Samdo Film Co., Ltd. |
Traditional |
Theatrical |
|
July 27, 1977 |
78 minutes
|
The Wild Swans
世界名作童話白鳥の王子 (Sekai Meisaku Dōwa: Hakuchō no Ōji) |
Japan |
Nobutaka Nishizawa |
Toei Animation |
Traditional |
Theatrical |
First film in the anthology film series Sekai Meisaku Dōwa (lit. "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
新来的小石柱 (The New Little Stone Pillar) |
China |
Wang Shuchen
Wu Qiang |
Shanghai Animation Film Studio |
Traditional |
Theatrical |
|
|
80 minutes
|
