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January Renada (tv)/(tvss), Gerhard Hahn /Hahn Film (Hong Ying (Taiwan)). (Germany) (drawn animation) |
January Bakusou Kyoudai Lets & Go!! WGP [爆走兄弟レッツ&ゴー!! WGP] (tv), Takao Kato /Xebec. (drawn animation) Kido Senshi Gundam W: Endless Waltz [1] [新機動戦記ガンダムW ENDLESS WALTZ] ("Mobile Suit Gundam W: Endless Waltz") (oav), Yasunao Aoki /Sunrise. Mach Go Go Go [マッハGo Go Go] ("Speed Racer X") (tv), Tatsunoko. Shin Kido Senki Gundam W: Endless Waltz [新機動戦記ガンダムW: Endless Waltz] ("New Mobile Report Gundam W: Endless Waltz"; "Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz") [1] (oav), Yasunao Aoki /Sunrise. |
January "Cartoon King" (tv), Shanghai Animation. (China) (drawn animation) anthology of theatrical shorts from Shanghai Animation |
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February Alphanim founded in Paris by Christopher Davin. (France) |
February Cutey Honey F [キューティハニーF] (tv), Toei. (drawn animation) Eat-Man [イートマン] (tv), Deen. Yuusha Ou Gaogaigar ("Brave King Gaogaigar") (tv), Sunrise. |
February Yesu ("Jesus") (f), Jeong Su-Yong /Hahnshin. (South Korea) (drawn animation) |
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March Animation Greats (oav), Lumivision. (drawn animation) The first animated dvd (digital video disc, later digital versatile disc). The disc was a collection of films from the NFB of Canada. Cats Don't Dance, (f), Mark Dindal /Turner Feature. Daria (tv), MTV Animation. The Great Egg-Scape (tvss), Joseph Barbera /Hanna-Barbera. Pullet Surprise (ss), Darrel Van Clitters /Chuck Jones. Redux Riding Hood (tvss), Steve Moore /Disney. This Land Is Your Land: The Animated Kids Songs of Woody Guthrie (oav), Calico. |
March Ivanhoe, the King's Knight (tv), CINAR and France Animation. (Canada/France) (drawn animation) |
March Kleines Arschloch - Der Film ("The Little Asshole" or "The Little Bastard") (f), Michael Schaack and Veit Vollmer /Trickcompany. (Germany) (drawn animation) Le Prince d'Atlantis ("The Prince of Atlantis") (tv), Patrick Clerc and Laurent Bounoure /Pixibox. (France) The Storykeepers (tv), Monster Productions. (Ireland) Tom Thunder (tv), Pixibox. (France) |
March "Alpha" (oav), Masashi Ikeda /Madhouse. (drawn animation) first Vampire Hunter: The Animated Series ("Night Warriors: Darkstalkers Revenge") series Flanders no Inu ("Dog of Flanders") (f), Yoshio Kuroda /Nippon Animation. Doraemon: Nobita no Nejimaki City Boukenki [ドラえもん のび太のねじ巻き都市冒険記] ("Doraemon: Nobita's Adventure in Clockwork City") (f), Tsutomu Shibayama /Shin'ei. Hen [1] ("Weird"; "Strange Love") (oav), Toei (Group TAC). Kero Kero Chime [ケロケロちゃいむ] ("Croaking Chime") (tv), Yoshitaka Koyama /Studio Comet. Kikansha Sensei [機関車先生] ("Teacher Tank Engine") (f), Kozo Kusuba /Nippon Animation. Quo Vadis Vol. 1 (oav), Akira Takamura /No Side. GENCO Inc. founded to produce entertainment films by Taro Maki in Tokyo. |
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April The Angry Beavers (tv)/(tvss), Gunther-Wahl. (drawn animation) (1997-2001) Mighty Ducks the Movie: The First Face-Off (oav), Joe Barruso, Doug Murphy, Blair Peters, Sung Bak Yub /Disney. Nightmare Ned (tv), Disney. Young Hercules (oav), UVA Entertainment. |
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May The Rainbow Fish and Dazzle the Dinosaur (oav), Drew Edwards /Sony Wonder. (drawn animation) Spawn: The Animated Series (tv), Brad Rader and Chuck Patton /HBO Animation. |
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May Discworld ("Discworld: Wyrd Sisters") (tv), Jean Flynn /Cosgrove-Hall. (Great Britain) (drawn animation, some cgi animation) |
May Battle Athletes Daiundokai [1] [バトルアスリーテス大運動会] ("Battle Athletes Great Sports Meet") (oav), Kazuhiro Ozawa /AIC. (drawn animation) "Black & White" (oav), Yasushi Nagaoka /Animate Film. CLAMP Gakuen Tanteidan [CLAMP学園探偵団] ("CLAMP Campus Detectives"; "Clamp School") (tv), Osamu Nabeshima /Pierrot. NG Kishi Lamune & 40 Hanou Fresh [1] ("NG Knight Lamune & 40 Fire Fresh") (oav), Ashi Production. Psycho Diver: Masho Bosatsu (oav), Mamoru Kobe /Madhouse. "Tokyo Success" (oav), Noboyuki Takenouchi /Shaft. |
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June Hercules (f), John Musker and Ron Clements /Disney. (drawn animation) |
June Kleo the Misfit Unicorn (tv), Stanfield Animation. (Canada) (drawn animation) |
June The Animal Shelf (tvss), Ellen Meske /Cosgrove-Hall. (Great Britain) (model animation) (1997-2000) |
June Nin-Pen Manmaru [忍ペンまん丸] ("Ninja Penquin Man-Maru") (tv)/(tvss), Tetsuo Yasumi /Shin'ei. (drawn animation) |
June Jue jiang de Kailaban ("Snow White and the Frog Prince") (tv), Qian Yunda /Shanghai Animation and Manfred Durniok Film. (China/Germany) (cut-out animation) Plasmo (tvss), Plasmo Mega Studios. (Australia) |
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July Captain Star (tv), Filmworks. (Great Britain) (drawn animation) |
July Anime TV de Hakken!! Tamagotchi [アニメ TVで発見!!たまごっち] ("Animation Found on Television!! Tamagotchi") (tvss), Masami Hata /Studio Gallop. (drawn animation) Azumi Mama Mia [あずみ マンマ・ミーア] (tvss), Yukio Kaizawa /Toei. Cutey Honey F (sf), Toei. Elmer no Boken: My Father's Dragon ("Elmer's Adventure: My Father's Dragon") (f), Masami Hata /Aubec. Hare Tokidoki Buta [はれときどきぶた] ("Fine, Occasionally Hog"; "Tokyo Pig") (tv), Shinichi Watanabe /Group TAC. Jikoku Sensei Nube: Kyoufu no Natsu Yasumi! Asashi no Uni no Gensetsu [地獄先生ぬ~べ~ 恐怖の夏休み!! 妖しの海の伝説!] ("Hell Teacher Nube: Summer Holiday of Fear! Legend of the Sea of Suspicion") (sf), Atsuji Shimizu /Toei. Misutenaide Daisy [みすて♥ないでデイジー] ("Don't Leave Me Alone, Daisy") (tv), Yuji Mutoh /Studio Deen. Mononoke Hime ("Princess Mononoke") (f), Hayao Miyazaki /Ghibli. Perfect Blue (f), Kon Satoshi /Studio 4ºC and Madhouse. Rayearth [1] (oav), Toshio Hirano /TMS. Rekka no Honou [烈火の炎] ("Flame of Recca") (tv), Pierrot. Tamagotchi Honto no Hanashi [たまごっちホントのはなし] ("Tamagotchi: A True Story") (ss), Masami Hata /Toei. Tokyo Kido Police ("Tokyo Mobile Police"; "Tokyo Private Police") [1] (oav), Shinichi Higashi /Green Bunny. |
July Jeonsa La-i-an ("The Last Warrior Ryan") (f), Lim Byeong-Seok /Cine Dream. (South Korea) (drawn animation) Nanjungi-lgi ("Admiral's Diary") (f), Byeon Kang-Mun /HanKil Production. (South Korea) Siu Sin ("Xiaoqian" ("Jinjian the Dog") or "A Chinese Ghost Story: The Animation") (f), Andrew Chan and Tsui Hark /Hong Kong Cinefex (Triangle Staff). (Hong Kong) Uijeog Im Kkgeokjeong ("Lim Keok Jeon, Korean Robin Hood") (f), Kim Cheong-Ki /Stoen Bell Animation. (South Korea) |
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August It Was My Best Birthday Ever, Charlie Brown (oav), Bill Melendez /Melendez. (drawn animation) Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin (oav), Karl Geurs /Disney. South Park (tv), Comedy Central. |
August Pippi Longstocking (f), Clive Smith, Bill Giggie, and Michael Schaack /Nelvana and Trickcompany. (Canada/Germany) (drawn animation) |
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August Chikyuu Ga Ugoita Hi ("The Day the Earth Shook") (f), Toshio Goto /Tama Production. (drawn animation) Chou Kousoku Gran Doll [1] [超光速グランド-ル] (“Hyper Speed Gran Doll”) (oav), Hideki Tonokatsu /Zero-G Room. Jungle Taitei [ジャングル大帝] ("Jungle Emperor Leo") (f), Toshio Takeuchi /Tezuka. Lupin Sansei: Walther P-38 [ルパン三世 ワルサーP38] ("Lupin III: Walther P-38") (tvsp), Hiroyuki Yano /TMS. Pendant [1] [ペンダント] (oav), Yoshihiro Oka /Studio Hibari. Slayers Great [スレイヤーズぐれぇと] (sf), Hiroshi Watanabe /J.C. Staff. Tenchi Muyo! Manatsu no Eve ("Tenchi Muyo! Midsummer's Eve"; "Tenchi Muyo! Daughter of Darkness") (f), Satoshi Kimura /AIC. |
August Napen Younghwa ("A Bad Movie") (ss), DAL. (South Korea) (cgi animation) "Yokies" (tvss), Fine Animation. (Malaysia) Fine Animation established by Eurofine Sendirian Berhad to make animated films of various types. (Malaysia) |
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September The Batman-Superman Adventures (tv), Warner Bros. Television. (drawn animation) contains Batman (tv) and Superman (tv) (1997-2000) Extreme Dinosaurs (tv), DIC Entertainment. Extreme Ghostbusters (tv), Sony Animation. I Married A Strange Person (f), Bill Plympton /Plympton. Mummies Alive (tv), DIC Entertainment. One Saturday Morning (tv), Disney. Science Court (tv)/(edu), Tom Snyder Productions. The Secret of Anastasia (oav), UVA Entertainment. The Wacky World of Tex Avery (tv), DIC Entertainment. Witches in Stitches (tvsp), Jerry Reynolds and Russ Harris /Perennial. |
September Animal Crackers ("Betes a Craquer") (tv)/(tvss), CINAR and Alphanim. (Canada/France) (drawn animation) Blazing Dragons (tv), Nelvana and Ellipse. (Canada/France) Caillou (tv)/(tvss), CINAR. (Canada) The Country Mouse and the City Mouse Adventures // Souris des Villes, Souris des Champs (tv), CINAR and France Animation. (Canada/France) Student Bodies (tv), Telescene Film Group Productions. (Canada) Teletoon, an animation television cable network begins broadcasting its French component. The network was created by The Family Channel, YTV, Nelvana, and CINAR Films. (Canada) |
September Achille Talon ("Walter Melon") (tv)/(tvss), Bruno Bianchi /Saban International. (France) (drawn animation) Donkey Kong Country (tv), Medialab and Nelvana. (France/Canada) Kipper (tvss), Grand Slamm. (Great Britain) Les Petites Sorcières // Aprendices de Bruja ("The Little Witches") (tv), Eunice Alvarado /Millesime Productions and D'Ocon Films. (France/Spain) Noah's Island (tv), Telemagination. (Great Britain) Petit Potam ("The Little Hippo") (tv)/(tvss), Marina. (France) T.R.A.N.S.I.T. (ss), Piet Kroon /Illuminated Film Company and Picture Start. (Netherlands/Great Britain) Les Zinzins de l'Espace or Maison a louer ("Space Goofs" or "Home to Rent") (tv)/(tvss), Gaumont. (France) Zorro (tv), Fred Wolf Films. (Ireland) |
September Hanitarou Desu [ハニ太郎です。] ("I'm Hanitarou") (tvss), Yukio Kaizawa /Toei. (drawn animation) Master Mosquiton '99 [マスターモスキートン'99] (tv), Hiroshi Negishi /Zero-G Room. Yume no Crayon Oukoku [夢のクレヨン王国] ("Dream Crayon Kingdom") (tv), Toei. |
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October Annabelle's Wish (oav), Baer Animation. (drawn animation) Babes in Toyland (oav), Toby Bluth /MGM Animation. Babysitting the Idiot, Part 1 (net), John Kricfalusi /Spumco. Channel Umptee-3 (tv), Sony Animation. A Christmas Carol (oav), Stan Phillips /DIC Entertainment. Little Mouse on the Prairie (tv), Saban Entertainment. Men In Black: The Animated Series (tv), Sony Animation. Mother Goose: A Rappin' and Rhymin' Special (tvsp), Hyperion. The Tales of Waterville (oav), Armand Escalante /Epic Entertainment. Don Messick (September 7, 1926-October 24, 1997) (voice actor) dies. |
October Pippi Longstocking (tv), Nelvana, AB Svensk Filmindustri, Iduna Film, and TFC Trickompany. (Canada/Sweden/Germany) (drawn animation) Sam and Max: Freelance Police (tv)/(tvss), Nelvana. (Canada) |
October Ali Baba e i pirati ("Ali Baba and the Pirates") (f), Zlata Potancokova /Airone Cinematografica. (Italy) (drawn animation) Fennec (tv)/(tvss), Cactus and Ellipse. (France) (drawn animation) Princess Sissi (tv), Saban International. (France) |
October Battle Athletes Daiundokai [バトルアスリーテス大運動会] ("Battle Athletes Great Sports Meet"; "Battle Athletes Victory") (tv), Kazuhito Akiyama /AIC. (drawn animation) Chou Majin Eiyuuden Wataru [超魔神英雄伝ワタル] ("Super Demon Hero Wataru") (tv), Shuji Iuchi /Sunrise. Dennou Sentai Voogie's Angel [1] [電脳戦隊ヴギィズ・エンジェル] ("Cyber Battle Team Voogie's Angel") (oav), Masami Obari, J.C. Staff. Elf wo Karumono Tachi II [エルフを狩るモノたちII] ("Those Who Hunt Elves II") (tv), Group TAC. Fortune Quest L [フォーチュンクエストL] (tv), EG Film. Gakkyu-oh Yamazaki [学級王ヤマザキ] ("King of Classroom, Yamazaki") (tv), Magic Bus. Gambare Goemon ("Hang in There, Goemon!") (tv), Masayoshi Yatabe /Public and Basic. Kenfu Denki Berserk [剣風伝奇ベルセルク] ("Sword Wind Romance Berserk"; "Berserk") (tv), Naohito Takahashi /OLM. Kyuuketsu Hime Miyu [吸血姫美夕] ("Vampire Princess Miyu") (tv), Toshihiro Hirano /AIC. Next Senki Ehrgeiz [ネクスト戦記EHRGEIZ] ("Next War Chronicle Ehrgeiz") (tv), Toshifumi Kawase /Deen. Sakura Momoko Gekijou: Cojicoji [さくらももこ劇場コジコジ] ("Momoko Sakura Theatre: Cojicoji") (tv), Jun Takagi /Nippon Animation. Shinkai Densetsu Mermanoid [深海伝説マーメノイド] ("Deep Sea Legend Mermanoid") (tv), Shigeru Morikawa /Triangle Staff and Kitty Film. Virus [ウイルス] ("Virus Buster Serge") (tv), Masami Obari /Plum. |
October Kitu and Woofl (tvss), Henderson Bowman. (Australia) (model animation) Wan Laiming (萬籟鳴 (traditional), 万籁鸣 (pinyin)) (January 18, 1900-October 7, 1997) (producer, director, animator) dies. (China) |
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November Dope Sheet (tv)/(edu), Illuminations. (Great Britain) Series on the history of animation. (1997-1999) The Snow Queen's Revenge (oav), Martin Gates /Martin Gates Productions. (Great Britain) Stagefright (ss), Steve Box /Aardman. (Great Britain) |
November Aun no Baka ("Silly Aun") (oav), Kouji Masunari /AIC. (drawn animation) first Photon ("Photon: The Idiot Adventures") series Dr. Slump [ドクタースランプ] (tv), Toei. Mata Mata Saber Marionette J ("Once Again Saber Marionette J"; "Saber Marionette J Again: Plasmatic Crisis") [1] (oav), Masami Shimoda /Studio Junior. |
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December The Land Before Time V: The Mysterious Island (oav), Charles Grosvenor /Universal Cartoon. (drawn animation) The Online Adventures of Ozzie the Elf (tvsp), Will Vinton Studio. Santa vs. the Snowman (tvsp), Steve Oedekerk /DNA Productions. |
December Dibu 2: La venganza de Nasty (f), Carlos Galettini. (Argentina) (drawn animation) |
December Benjamin Blumchen-Seine Schonsten Abenteuer ("Benjamin Blümchen-His Most Beautiful Adventures") (f), Gerhard Hahn /Hahn. (Germany) (drawn animation) Father Christmas and the Missing Reindeer (tvsp), John Doyle /Cosgrove-Hall. (Great Britain) Le Monde Secret du Père Noël ("The Secret World of Santa Claus") (tv), Marathon and Ciné-Groupe. (France/Canada) |
December "A Floral Army in a Floral Capital" (oav), Takaaki Ishiyama /Radix. (drawn animation) first Sakura Taisen: Ouka Kenran ("Sakura Wars: Dazzling Cherry Blossom") series (1997-1998) Burn Up! Excess [バーンナップエクセス] (tv), Magic Bus. (drawn animation) Detatoko Princess [1] ("Suddenly Princess") (oav), Akiyuki Shinbo /J.C. Staff. Kindaichi Shounen no Jiken-haku: Shanghai Gyojin Densetsu ("Young Kindaichi's Casebook: The Legend of the Shanghai Fishwoman") (f), Toei. "Macross Dynamite 7 [1]" (oav), Tetsuroh Amino. Rurouni Kenshin the Movie (f), Hatsuki Tsuji /Gallop. |
December "The Green Chariot Hamos" (tv), Daiwon Productions. (South Korea) (drawn animation) Scrooge Koala's Christmas (tvsp), John Macbeth Clark /energee. (Australia) |
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no date I Miss You (mv), John Kricfalusi /Spumco. (drawn animation, some cgi animation, some live action) The Journey Begins (oav), James A. Simon. Officer Buckle and Gloria (ss), Chris Larson /O'Plenty Animation. |
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no date Onkyo Seimeitai Noiseman ("Noiseman Sound Insect") (ss), Koji Morimoto /Bandai Visual. (drawn animation) Tekken ("Iron Fist"; "Tekken the Motion Picture" (f), Kunihisa Sugishima /Deen. |
no date Anastasia (oav), Burbank Animation. (Australia) (drawn animation) Camelot (oav), Burbank Animation. (Australia) Commerce (ss), Kireet Khurana /Climb Films and NFB. (India/Canada) (drawn animation) Doppleganger (ss), Nick Siskin /Flying Gherkin. (Australia) Hercules (oav), Burbank Animation. (Australia) Ibong Adarna ("The Mystical Bird") (f), Animasia. (Philippines) Li'l Elvis Jones and the Truckstoppers (tv), Australian Children's Television Foundation, Viskatoons, France Animation. (Australia/France) Little Hammer (f). (Republic of Korea) Tabaluga (tv)/(tvss), Yoram Gross Film Studio. (Australia) The Toothbrush Family (tvss), Southern Star. (Australia) Uncle (ss), Adam Elliot. (Australia) Fine Animation founded in Kuala Lumpur. (Malaysia) Image Plus studio founded in Seoul by Jung Won Man to make clay animated television programming. (Republic of Korea) SEK Studio (Scientific Educational Korea) founded in Pyongyang. (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) |
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