List of animated feature films of 2008

A list of animated feature films released in 2008

Title	Country	Director	Studio	Animation technique	Notes
$9.99		Tatia Rosenthal	Lama Films	Stop motion
31 minutos, la película		Álvaro Díaz and Pedro Peirano	Aplaplac, Total Entertainment, User T-38	Puppetry
The Adventures of Alyonushka and Yeryoma Приключения Аленушки и Ерёмы (Priklyucheniya Alyonushki i Yeryomy)		Georgi Gitis	Paradise	CG animation	[1]
Até ao Tecto do Mundo		Carlos Silva, Costa Valente, Vítor Lopes		Traditional	[2]
Barbie in a Christmas Carol		William Lau	Rainmaker Entertainment	CG animation	[3]
Barbie and the Diamond Castle		Gino Nichele	Rainmaker Entertainment	CG animation
Barbie Mariposa		Conrad Helten	Rainmaker Entertainment	CG animation
Batman: Gotham Knight		Toshi Hiruma, Bruce Timm	Warner Bros. Animation	Traditional
Bleach: Fade to Black BLEACH Fade to Black 君の名を呼ぶ (Burīchi Fade to Black Kimi no Na o Yobu)		Noriyuki Abe	Studio Pierrot	Traditional
Bolt		Chris Williams, Byron Howard	Walt Disney Animation Studios	CG animation
Bratz: Girlz Really Rock		Mucci Fassett		CG animation	[4]
Bratz Kidz Fairy Tales		Phil Weinstein	MGA Entertainment	CG animation	[5][6]
Detective Conan: Full Score of Fear		Yasuichiro Yamamoto	TMS Entertainment	Traditional
Dashavatar		Bhavik Thakore	Phoebus Media	Traditional
Davie & Golimyr		Darin McDaniel, Chris Smith, Nathan Smith	Ageless Animation, Lumenas Studios	Stop motion	[7]
Dead Fury		Frank Sudol	BlackArro Productions	Traditional
Dead Space: Downfall		Chuck Patton	Film Roman, Electronic Arts	Traditional
Delgo		Marc F. Adler, Jason Maurer	Electric Eye Entertainment Corporation	CG animation
Dora Saves the Snow Princess		Katie McWane	Nickelodeon Network	Traditional
Doraemon: Nobita and the Legend of the Green Giant 映画 ドラえもん のび太と緑の巨人伝 (Eiga Doraemon Nobita To Midori No Kyojinden)		Ayumu Watanabe	Shin-Ei Animation	Traditional
Dragon Hunters Chasseurs de dragons		Arthur Qwak, Guillaume Ivernel	Futurikon	CG animation
Dragonlance: Dragons of Autumn Twilight		Will Meugniot	Commotion Pictures, Toonz Animation India, Witox	Traditional / CG animation
Edison and Leo		Neil Burns	Perfect Circle Productions	Stop motion
Fist of the North Star: The Legend of Kenshirô 真救世主伝説 北斗の拳 ケンシロウ伝 (Shin Kyûseishu densetsu Hokuto no Ken - Kenshirô den)		Toshiki Hirano	TMS Entertainment	Traditional
The Flight Before Christmas Niko - Lentäjän poika		Michael Hegner, Kari Juusonen	Animaker Oy, A.Film, Ulysses Films, Magma Films	CG animation
Fly Me to the Moon		Ben Stassen	nWave Pictures, Illuminata Pictures	CG animation
Flying Heroes Cher Ami		Miquel Pujol	Accio, Digital Dreams Films, Euroview Animation, Mesfilms	Traditional	[8]
A Fox's Tale Kis Vuk		György Gát, János Uzsák	DYN Entertainment	CG animation
From Inside		John Bergin	KC Grinder Productions	Traditional	[9]
Futurama: Bender's Game		Dwayne Carey-Hill	The Curiosity Company, 20th Century Fox Television	Traditional
Futurama: The Beast with a Billion Backs		Peter Avanzino	The Curiosity Company, 20th Century Fox Animation	Traditional
Garfield's Fun Fest		Mark A.Z. Dippé	Paws, Inc., The Animation Picture Company	CG animation
Genius Party Beyond		Mahiro Maeda, Kôji Morimoto, Kazuto Nakazawa, Shin'ya Ôhira, Tatsuyuki Tanaka	Studio 4°C	Traditional
Ghatothkach: Master of Magic		Singeetham Srinivas Rao	Shemaroo Entertainment, Sun Animatics	Traditional	[10]
Ghost in the Shell 2.0 攻殻機動隊 2.0 (Gōsuto In Za Sheru/Kōkaku Kidōtai 2.0)		Mamoru Oshii	Production I.G	Traditional / CG animation
Gnomes and Trolls: The Secret Chamber Tomtar och Troll: Den hemliga kammaren		Robert Rhodin	White Shark	CG animation
Goat Story - The Old Prague Legends Kozí příběh - pověsti staré Prahy		Jan Tománek	Art And Animation studio	CG animation
Horton Hears a Who!		Jimmy Hayward, Steve Martino	Blue Sky Studios	CG animation
Idiots and Angels		Bill Plympton	Bill Plympton Studios	Traditional	[11]
If You Were Me: Anima Vision 2 별별 이야기 2 - 여섯 빛깔 무지개 (Byul-Byul Yi-Ya-Gi 2: Yeo-Seot-Bit-Ggal Mu-Ji-Gae)		Ann Dong-hee, Ryu Jung-oo, Hong Deok-pyo, Lee Hong-soo, Lee Hong-min, Jung Min-young, Gwon Mi-jeong, Park Yeong-jae	Human Rights Commission of Korea	Traditional / Stop motion
Igor		Tony Leondis	Exodus Film Group	CG animation
Immigrants aka. L.A. Dolce Vita Immigrants - Jóska menni Amerika		Gabor Csupo	Klasky Csupo	Traditional
Impy's Wonderland Urmel voll in Fahrt		Reinhard Klooss, Holger Tappe	Agir, Ambient Entertainment	CG animation	[12]
John's Arm: Armageddon		Matty Boy Anderson	Mike the Pod	Traditional	[13][14]
Journey to Saturn Rejsen til Saturn		Kresten Vestbjerg Andersen, Thorbjørn Christoffersen, Craig Frank	A. Film A/S	CG animation
Justice League: The New Frontier		Dave Bullock	Warner Bros. Animation	Traditional
Kleiner Dodo Kleiner Dodo		Thilo Graf Rothkirch, Ute von Münchow-Pohl	Animationsfabrik, Rothkirch Cartoon Film, Torus	Traditional	[15]
Kung Fu Panda		John Wayne Stevenson, Mark Osborne	DreamWorks Animation	CG animation
Kungfu Master aka Wong Fei Hong vs Kungfu Panda 黃飛鴻大戰功夫熊貓				CG animation	[16]
Kurt Turns Evil Kurt blir grusom		Rasmus Sivertsen	Qvisten Animation AS	CG animation	[17]
Life is Cool 그녀는 예뻤다 (Geunyeoneun Yeppeotda)		Choi Equan, Choe Seung-won		Traditional
The Little Panda Fighter Ursinho da Pesada			Vídeo Brinquedo	CG animation
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa		Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath	DreamWorks Animation	CG animation
Mia and the Migoo Mia et le Migou		Jacques-Rémy Girerd	Folimage	Traditional
A Miser Brothers' Christmas		Dave Barton Thomas	Cuppa Coffee Studios, Warner Bros. Animation	Stop motion
Nak		Natthaphong Ratanachoksirikul		CG animation	[18][19]
Naruto Shippuden The Movie: Bonds 劇場版 NARUTO−ナルト− 疾風伝 絆 (Gekijōban Naruto Shippūden: Kizuna)		Masahiko Murata	Aniplex, Studio Pierrot	Traditional
Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow		Jay Oliva, Gary Hartle	Marvel Animation, Madhouse	Traditional
One Piece: Episode of Chopper Plus: Bloom in the Winter, Miracle Cherry Blossom エピソードオブチョッパー＋　冬に咲く、奇跡の桜 (Episōdo Obu Choppā Purasu: Fuyu ni Saku, Kiseki no Sakura)		Junji Shimizu	Toei Animation	Traditional
Open Season 2		Matthew O'Callaghan, Todd Wilderman	Sony Pictures Animation, Reel FX Creative Studios	CG animation
Pattenrai!! ~ Minami no Shima no Mizu Monogatari		Noboru Ichiguro	Mushi Productions	Traditional
The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: A VeggieTales Movie		Mike Nawrocki	Universal Pictures Big Idea Productions Jellyfish Studios Starz Animation	CG animation
Pokémon: Giratina and the Sky Warrior aka. Pocket Monsters Diamond & Pearl the Movie: Giratina and the Sky Bouquet: Shaymin 劇場版ポケットモンスター ダイヤモンド&パール ギラティナと氷空（そら）の花束 シェイミ (Gekijōban Poketto Monsutā Daiyamondo Pāru Giratina to Sora no Hanataba Sheimi)		Kunihiko Yuyama, Tom Wayland	OLM, Inc.	Traditional
Ponyo 崖の上のポニョ (Gake no ue no Ponyo)		Hayao Miyazaki	Studio Ghibli	Traditional
Resident Evil: Degeneration バイオハザード：ディジェネレーション (Baiohazādo: Dijenerēshon)		Makoto Kamiya	Capcom Studios, Sony Pictures, Digital Frontier	CG animation
Roadside Romeo रोडसाइड रोमियो		Jugal Hansraj	Walt Disney International India	CG animation
Scooby-Doo! and the Goblin King		Joe Sichta	Warner Bros. Animation	Traditional
Sing to the Dawn 曦望		Philip Mitchell	MediaCorp Raintree Pictures, Infinite Frameworks Studios, Kalyana Shira Film	Traditional
Sita Sings the Blues		Nina Paley	Nina Paley	Traditional
The Sky Crawlers スカイ・クロラ (Sukai Kurora)		Mamoru Oshii	Production I.G	Traditional
Space Chimps		Kirk DeMicco	Vanguard Animation, Starz Media	CG animation
Spirit of the Forest Espíritu del bosque		David Rubin	Dygra Films	CG animation
Star Wars: The Clone Wars		Dave Filoni	Lucasfilm Animation	CG animation
Sunshine Barry & The Disco Worms Disco Ormene		Thomas Borch Nielsen	Disco Ormene	CG animation	[20]
The Tale of Despereaux		Rob Stevenhagen, Sam Fell	Relativity Media, Framestore Feature Animation, Universal Animation Studios	CG animation
The Tale of Soldier Fedot, The Daring Fellow Про Федота-стрельца, удалого молодца (Pro Fedota-Streltsa, Udalogo Molodtsa)		Ludmila Steblyanko	Kinokompaniya CTB, Melnitsa Animation Studio	Traditional
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann: Gurren Chapter 劇場版 天元突破グレンラガン 【紅蓮篇】 (Gekijōban Tengen Toppa Guren Ragan [Guren Hen])		Hiroyuki Imaishi	Gainax	Traditional
Tinker Bell		Bradley Raymond	DisneyToon Studios, Prana Studios	CG animation
The Toe Tactic		Emily Hubley	Orchard Pictures, Hubbub, Hermetic Pictures	Traditional	[21]
Tripping the Rift: The Movie		Bernie Denk	Anchor Bay Entertainment	CG animation	[22]
Turok: Son of Stone		Tad Stones, Curt Geda, Dan Riba, Frank Squillace	Classic Media, Film Roman, Starz Media	Traditional	[23]
Unstable Fables: 3 Pigs & a Baby		Howard E. Baker, Arish Fyzee	The Jim Henson Company, Prana Animation Studios, Flame Ventures	CG animation
Unstable Fables: Tortoise vs. Hare		Howard E. Baker, Arish Fyzee	The Jim Henson Company, Prana Animation Studios, Flame Ventures	CG animation
Unstable Fables: Goldilocks and the 3 Bears		Howard E. Baker, Arish Fyzee	The Jim Henson Company, Prana Animation Studios, Flame Ventures	CG animation
Urduja		Mike Tuviera, Antonio Tuviera	APT Entertainment	Traditional
WALL-E		Andrew Stanton	Pixar	CG animation
Waltz with Bashir ואלס עם באשיר		Ari Folman	Bridgit Folman Film Gang, Les Films d'Ici	Traditional
The World Is Hot Enough		Edin Ibric	March Entertainment	Traditional
Wanderer in the land of Elementalia Dayo: Sa Mundo ng Elementalia		Robert Quilao	Cutting Edge Productions	Traditional / CG animation
Yes! Precure 5 GoGo! Happy Birthday in the Land of Sweets Yes!プリキュア5 GoGo! お菓子の国のハッピーバースディ♪ (Yes! Precure 5 GoGo! Okashi no Kuni no Happy Birthday)		Tatsuya Nagamine	Toei Animation	Traditional

Highest-grossing animated films of the year

Highest-grossing films of 2008^[24]

Rank	Title	Studio	Worldwide gross	Ref.
1	Kung Fu Panda	DreamWorks	$631,744,560	[25]
2	Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa	DreamWorks / Pacific Data Images	$603,900,354	[26]
3	WALL-E	Pixar	$521,311,860	[27]
4	Bolt	Walt Disney Pictures	$309,979,994	[28]
5	Horton Hears a Who!	Blue Sky Studios / 20th Century Fox	$297,138,014	[29]
6	Ponyo	Studio Ghibli	$201,750,937	[30]
7	The Tale of Despereaux	Relativity Media / Framestore / Universal Animation	$86,947,965	[31]
8	Star Wars: The Clone Wars	Lucasfilm	$68,282,844	[32]
9	Space Chimps	20th Century Fox	$64,834,964	[33]
10	Pokémon: Giratina and the Sky Warrior	OLM, Inc.	$43,338,599	[34]

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