List of animated feature films of 2001

A list of animated feature films released in 2001

Title	Country	Director	Studio	Animation technique	Notes
10 + 2: The Great Secret 10 + 2: El gran secret	Spain			Traditional
Aida of the Trees Aida degli alberi	Italy United Kingdom	Guido Manuli	Medusa	Traditional
Atlantis: The Lost Empire	United States	Gary Trousdale Kirk Wise	Walt Disney Pictures Walt Disney Feature Animation	Traditional
Barbie in the Nutcracker	United States	Owen Hurley	Mainframe Entertainment Mattel Entertainment	CG animation	Direct-to-Video
Birdvillage : The Movie	United States	Scott Cawthon	Cawthon Entertainment	CG animation	Direct-to-video
Birdvillage Beak's Vacation	United States	Scott Cawthon	Cawthon Entertainment	CG animation	Direct-to-video
Birdvilage Beak's Snowball Fight	United States	Scott Cawthon	Cawthon Entertainment	CG animation	Direct-to-video
Becassine and the Viking Treasure Bécassine - Le trésor Viking	France			Traditional
Christmas Carol: The Movie	United Kingdom Germany	Jimmy T. Murakami	Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studios Pathé Pictures Illuminated Film Company FilmFour Productions Winchester Films U.S./UK Film Council Saturn Films	Traditional / Live-Action
Commando Stoertebeker Kommando Störtebeker	Germany			Traditional
Cowboy Bebop, Knockin' on Heaven's Door	Japan	Shinichirō Watanabe	Sunrise Bones Bandai Visual	Traditional
Crayon Shin-chan: The Adult Empire Strikes Back クレヨンしんちゃん 嵐を呼ぶ モーレツ！オトナ帝国の逆襲 (Kureyon Shinchan: Arashi o Yobu: Mōretsu! Otona Teikoku no Gyakushū?)	Japan	Keiichi Hara	Shin-Ei Animation	Traditional
Detective Conan: Countdown to Heaven	Japan	Kenji Kodama	Toho	Traditional
Doraemon: Nobita and the Winged Braves ドラえもん のび太と翼の勇者たち (Doraemon Nobita to Tsubasa no Yūsha-tachi)	Japan	Tsutomu Shibayama	Asatsu Toho	Traditional
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within	Japan United States	Hironobu Sakaguchi	Square Pictures	CG animation
Fracasse	Spain France			Traditional	Television film[1]
Franklin's Magic Christmas	Canada	John van Bruggen	Nelvana	Traditional	TV Special
Fünf Wochen im Ballon	China Germany	Manfred Durniok, Hong Hu Zhao	Shanghai Animation Film Studio	Stop motion
Hamtaro: Adventures in Ham-Ham Land	Japan			Traditional
The Happy Cricket O Grilo Feliz	Brazil	Walbercy Ribas	Start Desenhos Animados	Traditional	[2]
Hay - The Gazelle Child	Arab League			Traditional
The House of Morecock	United States	Joe Phillips	Adult Visual Animation Home Video	Traditional	Direct-to-video
Initial D: Third Stage	Japan	Noboru Mitsusawa	Studio Deen	Traditional
InuYasha the Movie: Affections Touching Across Time 映画犬夜叉 時代を越える想い (Eiga Inuyasha: Toki o Koeru Omoi)	Japan	Toshiya Shinohara	Sunrise	Traditional	First installment of the Inuyasha film series
The Jar: A Tale from the East	Syria	Ammar Al Sharbaji	Star Animation	Traditional	First Syrian animated feature
Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius	United States	John A. Davis	Nickelodeon Movies O Entertainment DNA Productions	CG Animation	Nominated for Best Animated Feature
The Kid aka. Gahan Wilson's The Kid	Canada United States			Traditional	Television film
Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure	United States Australia	Darrell Rooney Jeannine Roussel	Walt Disney Home Video Walt Disney Animation Australia Disney Television Animation	Traditional	Direct-to-video
The Land Before Time VIII: The Big Freeze	United States	Charles Grosvenor	Universal Cartoon Studios	Traditional	Direct-to-video
Ladybirds' Christmas Lepatriinude jõulud	Estonia			Traditional
La leyenda del unicornio	Spain	Maite Ruiz de Austri		Traditional
The Little Bear Movie	Canada	Raymond Jafelice	Nelvana Limited	Traditional	Direct-to-video
The Little Polar Bear Der Kleine Eisbär	Germany	Piet De Rycker Thilo Rothkirch	Rothkirch Cartoon Film	Traditional / CGI Animation
Little Potam Petit Potam	France			Traditional
The Living Forest El bosque animado, sentirás su magia	Spain	Ángel de la Cruz, Manolo Gómez	Dygra Films S.L.	CG animation
Malice@Doll	Japan	Keitaro Motonaga	GAGA Communications Soeishinsha	CG Animation	OVA
Marco Polo: Return to Xanadu	United States			Traditional
Metropolis メトロポリス (Metoroporisu)	Japan	Rintaro	Madhouse	Traditional
Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse	United States	Tony Craig Roberts Gannaway Rick Schneider-Calabash	Walt Disney Home Video Toon City Animation Walt Disney Television Animation	Traditional	Direct-to-video
Millennium Actress 千年女優 (Sennen Joyū)	Japan	Satoshi Kon	Madhouse	Traditional
Momo Momo alla conquista del tempo	Italy Germany	Enzo D'Alò		Traditional
Monkeybone	United States	Henry Selick	1492 Pictures	Stop-motion / Live-action
Monsters, Inc.	United States	Pete Docter	Walt Disney Pictures Pixar Animation Studios	CG animation	Nominated for Best Animated Feature
Mr. Blot's Triumph Tryumf Pana Kleksa	Poland	Krzysztof Gradowski	Studio Miniatur Filmowych	Traditional/Live action
Mutant Aliens	United States	Bill Plympton	Plymptoons	Traditional
My Life as McDull	Hong Kong	Toe Yuen		Traditional
One Piece: Clockwork Island Adventure	Japan	Junji Shimizu	Toei Animation	Traditional
Osmosis Jones	United States	Tom Sito Piet Kroon (animation) Robert Farrelly Peter Farrelly (live action)	Warner Bros. Animation Conundrum Entertainment	Traditional / Live-action
The Pirates of Tortuga: Under the Black Flag Die Abrafaxe - Unter schwarzer Flagge	Germany South Korea	Gerhard Hahn, Tony Power		Traditional
Pokémon 4Ever	Japan	Kunihiko Yuyama	OLM, Inc.	Traditional
Putih	Malaysia			Traditional	[3]
ReBoot: Daemon Rising	Canada	George Roman Samilski	AAC Kids Mainframe Entertainment	CG animation	Television film
ReBoot: My Two Bobs	Canada	Steve Ball	AAC Kids Mainframe Entertainment	CG animation	Television film
Recess Christmas: Miracle on Third Street	United States	Chuck Sheetz Susie Dietter	Walt Disney Home Video Walt Disney Television Animation	Traditional	Direct-to-Video
Recess: School's Out	United States	Chuck Sheetz	Walt Disney Pictures Walt Disney Television Animation Rough Draft Studios	Traditional
Rolie Polie Olie: The Great Defender of Fun	Canada France	Ron Pitts Bill Giggie Mike Fallows	Nelvana Sparx*	CG animation	Direct-to-DVD
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and the Island of Misfit Toys	Canada	Bill Kowalchulk	Golden Books Family Entertainment Tundra Productions GoodTimes Entertainment	CG animation	Direct-to-Video
Sakura Wars: The Movie サクラ大戦 活動写真 (Sakura Taisen Katsudō Shashin)	Japan	Mitsuru Hongo	Production I.G	Traditional
The Santa Claus Brothers	Canada United States			CG animation	Television film
Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase	United States	Jim Stenstrum	Warner Bros. Animation Hanna-Barbera Productions Mook Animation	Traditional	Final Hanna-Barbera film before being absorbed by Warner Bros. Direct-to-Video
Shenmue: The Movie	Japan			CG animation	Direct-to-video
Shrek	United States	Vicky Jenson, Andrew Adamson	DreamWorks Animation Pacific Data Images	CG animation	First ever winner of the Best Animated Feature Award
Spirited Away	Japan	Hayao Miyazaki	Studio Ghibli	Traditional	The highest grossing Japanese film of all time, won Best Animated Feature, and considered by many to be the greatest anime features of all time.
The Trumpet of the Swan	United States	Richard Rich Terry L. Noss	Nest Family Entertainment RichCrest Animation Studios	Traditional
The Vœu Le Vœu	France	David Alaux, Éric Tosti	TAT Productions	Traditional
Waking Life	United States	Richard Linklater	Thousand Words	Rotoscoping

Highest-grossing animated films of the year

Rank	Title	Studio	Worldwide gross	Ref.
1	Monsters, Inc.	Pixar	$562,816,256	[4]
2	Shrek	Pacific Data Images / Dreamworks Animation	$484,409,218	[5]
3	Spirited Away	Studio Ghibli	$358,656,279	[lower-alpha 1]
4	Atlantis: The Lost Empire	Walt Disney Feature Animation	$186,053,725	[10]
5	Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius	Nickelodeon Movies / O Entertainment / DNA Productions	$102,992,536	[11]
6	Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within	Square Pictures	$85,131,830	[12]
7	Pokémon 3: The Movie	OLM, Inc.	$68,411,275	[13]
8	Recess: School's Out	Walt Disney Television Animation / Rough Draft Studios	$44,460,850	[14]
9	Doraemon: Nobita and the Winged Braves	Asatsu / Toho	$29,322,550 (¥3.35 billion)	[15][16]
10	Clockwork Island Adventure/Digimon Adventure 02: Revenge of Diaboromon	Toei Animation	$26,259,000 (¥3 billion)	[16]

Notes

1. Spirited Away gross:
   • Japan – ¥30.8 billion[6] ($253,437,451)[7]
   • China – $70 million[8]
   • Outside of Japan and China – $41,368,351[9]
     • United States and Canada – $12,427,717 (30 October 2018)
     • South Korea – $11,382,770 (15 August 2002)
     • France – $6,326,294 (26 June 2002)
     • Other territories – $11,231,570

See also

• List of animated television series of 2001

References

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