List of animated feature films of 2001

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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				Traditional
Aida of the Trees Aida degli alberi		Guido Manuli	Medusa	Traditional
Atlantis: The Lost Empire		Gary Trousdale Kirk Wise	Walt Disney Feature Animation	Traditional
Barbie in the Nutcracker		Owen Hurley	Mainframe Entertainment Mattel Entertainment	CG animation	Direct-to-Video
Becassine and the Viking Treasure Bécassine - Le trésor Viking				Traditional
Christmas Carol: The Movie		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				Traditional
Cowboy Bebop, Knockin' on Heaven's Door		Shinichirō Watanabe	Sunrise Bones Bandai Visual	Traditional
Detective Conan: Countdown to Heaven		Kenji Kodama	Toho	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?)		Keiichi Hara	Shin-Ei Animation	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)		Tsutomu Shibayama	Asatsu Toho	Traditional
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within		Hironobu Sakaguchi	Square Pictures	CG animation
Fracasse				Traditional	Made for TV[1]
Franklin's Magic Christmas		John van Bruggen	Nelvana	Traditional	TV Special
Hamtaro: Adventures in Ham-Ham Land				Traditional
The Hunchback of Notre Dame II		Bradley Raymond	DisneyToon Studios Walt Disney Animation Japan	Traditional	Direct-to-Video
The Happy Cricket O Grilo Feliz		Walbercy Ribas	Start Desenhos Animados	Traditional	[2]
Hay - The Gazelle Child				Traditional
The House of Morecock		Joe Phillips	Adult Visual Animation Home Video	Traditional
Initial D: Third Stage		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)		Toshiya Shinohara	Sunrise	Traditional	First installment of the Inuyasha film series
The Jar: A Tale from the East		Ammar Al Sharbaji	Star Animation	Traditional	First Syrian animated feature
Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius		John A. Davis	Nickelodeon Movies O Entertainment DNA Productions	CG Animation	Nominated for Best Animated Feature
The Kid aka. Gahan Wilson's The Kid				Traditional	Made for TV
Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure		Darrell Rooney Jeannine Roussel	Walt Disney Animation Australia Disney Television Animation	Traditional	Direct-to-video
The Land Before Time VIII: The Big Freeze		Charles Grosvenor	Universal Cartoon Studios	Traditional	Direct-to-video
Ladybirds' Christmas Lepatriinude jõulud				Traditional
The Little Bear Movie		Raymond Jafelice	Nelvana Limited Nickelodeon Movies	Traditional	Direct-to-video
The Little Polar Bear Die Kleine Eisbar		Piet De Rycker Thilo Rothkirch	Rothkirch Cartoon Film	Traditional
Little Potam Petit Potam				Traditional
The Living Forest				CG animation
Marco Polo: Return to Xanadu				Traditional
Metropolis メトロポリス (Metoroporisu)		Rintaro	Madhouse	Traditional
Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse		Tony Craig Roberts Gannaway Rick Schneider-Calabash	Toon City Animation Walt Disney Television Animation	Traditional	Direct-to-video
Millennium Actress 千年女優 (Sennen Joyū)		Satoshi Kon	Madhouse	Traditional
Momo Momo alla conquista del tempo				Traditional
Monkeybone		Henry Selick	1492 Pictures	Stop-motion / Live-action
Monsters, Inc.		Pete Docter	Pixar Animation Studios	CG animation	Nominated for Best Animated Feature
Mr. Blot's Triumph				Traditional
Mutant Aliens		Bill Plympton	Plymptoons	Traditional
My Life as McDull		Toe Yuen		Traditional
One Piece: Clockwork Island Adventure		Junji Shimizu	Toei Animation	Traditional
Osmosis Jones		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				Traditional
Pokémon 3: The Movie 劇場版ポケットモンスター 結晶塔の帝王 ENTEI (Gekijōban Poketto Monsutā Kesshōtō no Teiō Entei)		Kunihiko Yuyama	OLM, Inc.	Traditional
Putih				Traditional	[3]
ReBoot: Daemon Rising		George Roman Samilski	AAC Kids Mainframe Entertainment	CG animation	Made for TV
ReBoot: My Two Bobs		Steve Ball	AAC Kids Mainframe Entertainment	CG animation	Made for TV
Recess Christmas: Miracle on Third Street		Chuck Sheetz Susie Dietter	Walt Disney Television Animation	Traditional	Direct-to-Video
Recess: School's Out		Chuck Sheetz	Walt Disney Pictures Walt Disney Television Animation Rough Draft Studios	Traditional
Rolie Polie Olie: The Great Defender of Fun		Ron Pitts Bill Giggie Mike Fallows	Nelvana Sparx*	CG animation	Direct-to-DVD
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and the Island of Misfit Toys		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)		Mitsuru Hongo	Production I.G	Traditional
The Santa Claus Brothers				CG animation	Made for TV
Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase		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				CG animation	Direct-to-video
Shrek		Vicky Jenson, Andrew Adamson	DreamWorks Animation Pacific Data Images	CG animation	First ever winner of the Best Animated Feature Award
Spirited Away		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.
Tom and Jerry: The Magic Ring		James Tim Walker	Warner Bros. Animation	Traditional	Direct-to-video
The Trumpet of the Swan		Richard Rich Terry L. Noss	Nest Family Entertainment RichCrest Animation Studios	Traditional
Waking Life		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	$484,409,218	[5]
3	Spirited Away	Studio Ghibli	$330,000,000	[6]
4	Atlantis: The Lost Empire	Walt Disney Animation	$186,053,725	[7]
5	Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius	Nickelodeon Movies / O Entertainment / DNA Productions	$102,992,536	[8]

References

1. Fracasse (TV 2001) - IMDb
2. O Grilo Feliz
3. http://www.cinemaonline.com.my/movie/movie.asp?search=putih
4. "Monsters, Inc. (2001)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved June 28, 2015.
5. "Shrek (2001)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved June 28, 2015.
6. Spirited Away
   • "Spirited Away (2002) – International Box Office Results". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved July 1, 2014.

   North American gross: $10,055,859

   Japanese gross: $229,607,878 (March 31, 2002)

   Other territories: $28,940,019

   Japanese gross
   • Schwarzacher, Lukas (February 17, 2002). "Japan box office 'Spirited Away'". Variety. Retrieved August 21, 2014.

   End of 2001: $227 million

   • Schwarzacher, Lukas (February 16, 2003). "H'wood eclipses local fare". Variety. Retrieved August 21, 2014.

   Across 2001 and 2002: $270 million

   • Schilling, Mark (May 16, 2008). "Miyazaki's animated pic to open this summer". Variety. Retrieved July 2, 2014.

   As of 2008: $290 million

7. "Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved June 28, 2015.
8. "Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (2001)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved June 28, 2015.