List of animated feature films of 1980
A list of animated feature films first released in 1980.
Title | Country | Director | Studio | Technique | Notes |
15 Sonyeon Uju Pyoryugi 15소년 우주 표류기 | South Korea | Jeong Su-yong | Traditional | ||
3000 Leagues in Search of Mother 母をたずねて三千里 | Japan | Nippon Animation | Traditional | Film compiled from TV series episodes | |
Animalympics | United States | Steven Lisberger | Lisberger Studios | Traditional | Direct-to-video feature |
Back to the Forest のどか森の動物大作戦 | Japan | Yoshio Kuroda | Nippon Animation | Traditional | Fuji TV Special |
Be Forever Yamato | Japan | Leiji Matsumoto Toshio Masuda | Toei Animation | Traditional | |
Bloody Lady Krvavá paní | Czechoslovakia | Viktor Kubal | Traditional | ||
Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown | United States | Bill Meléndez Phil Roman | United Feature Syndicate | Traditional | |
Botchan 坊っちゃん | Japan | Yoshio Takeuchi | Tokyo Movie Shinsha | Traditional | Fuji TV Special |
Captain キャプテン | Japan | Satoshi Dezaki | Eiken | Traditional | TV special |
' | Japan | Masayuki Akehi | Toei Animation | Traditional | |
Doksuri 5 Hyeongje 독수리 5형제 | South Korea | Yi Gyu-hong | Traditional | ||
' aka Doraemon: Nobita's Dinosaur ドラえもん のび太の恐竜 | Japan | Hiroshi Fukutomi | Toho | Traditional | First installment of the Doraemon film series. in 2006. |
Dracula: Sovereign Of The Damned 闇の帝王 吸血鬼ドラキュラ | Japan | Minoru Okazaki | Toei Animation | Traditional | TV Movie |
Eleven Hungry Cats 11ぴきのねこ | Japan | Group TAC | Traditional | ||
Fumoon | Japan | Osamu Tezuka | Tezuka Productions | Traditional | |
Gaegujangi Cheonsadeul 개구장이 천사들 | South Korea | Bae Yeong-lang | Traditional | ||
Galaxy Railway 999: Can You Love Like a Mother? 銀河鉄道999・君は母のように愛せるか!! | Japan | Osamu Kasai Takenori Kawada | Toei Animation | Traditional | TV Special retelling of episodes 51 & 52 |
Galaxy Railway 999: Eternal Traveller Emeraldas 銀河鉄道999 永遠の旅人エメラルダス | Japan | Nobutaka Nishizawa Rintaro | Toei Animation | Traditional | TV Special retelling of episode 22 |
Ganbare!! Tabuchi-kun!! 2: Gekitō Pennant Race | Japan | Tsutomu Shibayama | Tokyo Movie Shinsha | Traditional | |
Ganbare!! Tabuchi-kun!! Hatsu Warai 3: Aa Tsuppari Jinsei | Japan | Tsutomu Shibayama | Tokyo Movie Shinsha | Traditional | |
Gnomes | United States | Jack Zander | Tomorrow Entertainment | Traditional | |
The King and the Mockingbird Le roi et l'oiseau | France | Paul Grimault | Traditional | Originally released unfinished in 1952 without Grimault's consent, but he regained the rights to finish it in 1980, making it one of the longest productions in an animated feature. | |
Kkomaeosa Ttori 꼬마어사 똘이 | South Korea | Kim Cheong-gi | Traditional | ||
The Little Train Il Trenino nel Pianeta Favola | Italy | Luciano Gregoretti Sergio Minuti | URBS Film | Traditional | - |
Makoto-chan | Japan | Tsutomu Shibayama | Tokyo Movie Shinsha | Traditional | |
Marine Snow no Densetsu マリンスノーの伝説 | Japan | Fumio Ikeno | Traditional | ||
The Missing Link Le Chaînon manquant | France Belgium | Picha | Pils Films | Traditional | |
Nijūshi no Hitomi 二十四の瞳 | Japan | Akio Jissōji Shigetsugu Yoshida | Tokyo Movie Shinsha | Traditional | |
' | Japan | Osamu Dezaki | Tokyo Movie Shinsha | Traditional | |
Phoenix 2772 | Japan | Taku Sugiyama | Toho | Traditional | |
Pinocchio's Christmas | United States Japan | Jules Bass Arthur Rankin Jr. | Rankin/Bass Video Tokyo Production | Stop motion | TV special |
Pogo for President: 'I Go Pogo | United States | Marc Paul Chinoy | Stop motion | ||
Pontoffel Pock, Where Are You? | United States | Gerard Baldwin | DePatie-Freleng Enterprises | Traditional | TV Special |
The Return of the King | United States Japan | Arthur Rankin, Jr. Jules Bass | Rankin/Bass Topcraft | Traditional | TV Film |
Robot King 로보트킹 | South Korea | Bae Yeong-lang | Traditional | ||
Scruffy | United States | Charles A. Nichols | Traditional | TV Special | |
Snow White Christmas | United States | Kay Wright | Filmation | Traditional | |
Sonyeon 007 Eunhateukgongdae 소년 007 은하특공대 | South Korea | Lim Jung-kyu Seo Gyeong-jung | Traditional | ||
Tajemnica szyfru Marabuta | Poland | Maciej Wojtyszko | Studio Miniatur Filmowych | Traditional | |
The Tale of John and Marie Pohádka o Honzíkovi a Marence | Czechoslovakia | Carel Zeman | Filmové Studio Gottwaldov | Cutout | |
Tale of Three Kingdoms 삼국지 관우 오관돌파편 | South Korea | Kim Cheong-gi | Traditional | ||
Tale of Three Kingdoms - Oath of the Peach Garden 삼국지 - 도원결의 | South Korea | Kim Cheong-gi | Traditional | ||
The Thralls' Kids Trællenes Børn | Denmark | Traditional | |||
Tomorrow's Joe aka. Ashita no Joe あしたのジョー | Japan | Mizubo Nishikubo | Mushi Production | Traditional | |
Toward the Terra | Japan | Hideo Onchi | Toei Animation | Traditional | |
The Trouble with Miss Switch | United States | Charles August Nichols | Ruby-Spears | Traditional | TV Special |
Twelve Months 世界名作童話 森は生きている Двенадцать месяцев | Japan Soviet Union | Kimio Yabuki | Toei Animation Soyuzmultfilm | Traditional | |
Ujudaejang aekkunun 우주대장 애꾸눈 | South Korea | Kim Dae-jung | Traditional | ||
Wakakusa Monogatari 若草物語 | Japan | Yūgo Serikawa | Toei Animation | Traditional | |
Yogi's First Christmas'' | United States | Ray Patterson | Hanna-Barbera | Traditional |