List of animated feature films of 2004

A list of animated feature films released in 2004

Title	Country	Director	Studio	Animation technique	Notes
20,000 Leagues Under The Sea	United States		Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer DIC Entertainment	Traditional	Direct-to-video
Alosha Алёша Попович и Тугарин Змей (Alyosha Popovich i Tugarin Zmey)	Russia			Traditional
Appleseed	Japan	Shinji Aramaki	Micott & Basara Digital Frontier	CG animation
Les Aventures extraordinaires de Michel Strogoff	France	Alexandre Huchez, Bruno-René Huchez	Rouge Citron Production Dargaud Marina	Traditional
Balto III: Wings of Change	United States	Phil Weinstein	Universal Studios Home Entertainment Universal Animation Studios	Traditional	Direct-to-video
Los balunis en la aventura del fin del mundo	Spain	Juanjo Elordi		CG animation
Barbie as the Princess and the Pauper	United States	William Lau	Lionsgate Rainmaker Entertainment	CG animation	Direct-to-video
Bionicle 2: Legends of Metru Nui	United States	Terry Shakespeare David Molina	Creative Capers Entertainment Miramax Films Lego	CG animation	Direct-to-video
Blade of the Phantom Master 신암행어사	South Korea	Jōji Shimura, Ahn Tae-kun	Oriental Light and Magic Character Plan	CG animation/Traditional
Bob the Builder: Snowed Under: The Bobblesberg Winter Games	United Kingdom United States	Sarah Ball Keith Chapman	HIT Entertainment Hot Animation	CG animation	Direct-to-video
Boo, Zino & the Snurks Back to Gaya	Germany Spain	Lenard Fritz Krawinkel Holger Tappe		CG animation	Direct-to-video
Bratz: Starrin' & Stylin'	United States	Sean McNamara	CineGroupe Toon City Animation	Traditional	Direct-to-video
The Butterfly Lovers (Leung juk)	China			Traditional
Care Bears: Journey to Joke-a-lot	United States Canada	Mike Fallows	Nelvana Limited Sparx Animation Studios American Greetings	CG animation	Direct-to-video
Charley and Mimmo T'choupi	France Luxembourg South Korea	Jean-Luc François	Les Armateurs RG Prince Films Mélusine Téva	Traditional
Cirkeline: Little Big Mouse Cirkeline og Verdens mindste superhelt	Denmark			Traditional
Clifford's Really Big Movie	United States	Robert C. Ramirez	Warner Bros. Scholastic Entertainment	Traditional
Corto Maltese: La maison dorée de Samarkand	France			Traditional
Crayon Shin-chan: The Storm Called: The Kasukabe Boys of the Evening Sun	Japan	Keiichi Hara	Shin-Ei Animation	Traditional
Dead Leaves	Japan	Hiroyuki Imaishi	Production I.G	Traditional
Derrick - Duty Calls! Derrick - Die Pflicht ruft!	Germany Ireland			Traditional
Detective Conan: Magician of the Silver Sky	Japan	Yasuichiro Yamamoto	TMS Entertainment	Traditional
The District! Nyócker!	Hungary	Áron Gauder	Lichthof	CG animation/Traditional
Doraemon: Nobita in the Wan-Nyan Spacetime Odyssey ドラえもんのび太のワンニャン時空伝 Doraemon Nobita no Wan-Nyan Jikūden	Japan	Tsutomu Shibayama	Asatsu Shin-Ei Animation	Traditional	Final Doraemon film to be a counterpart of the 1979 Doraemon anime and include the original cast.
Dragons: Fire and Ice	Canada	Craig Wilson	Mega Bloks Inc. Bardel Entertainment	CG animation	Made-for-TV
The Easter Egg Adventure	United States	John Michael Williams		Traditional
The Fairly OddParents: Channel Chasers	United States	Butch Hartman	Frederator Studios Nickelodeon Animation Studio Paramount Pictures (home video releases)	Traditional	Made-for-TV
Frank and Wendy	Estonia			Traditional
Genghis Khan	Italy	Orlando Corradi	Mondo TV	Traditional
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence	Japan	Mamoru Oshii	Production I.G, Studio Ghibli	Traditional
G.I. Joe: Valor vs. Venom	United States	Dale Carman	Reel FX Creative Studios Hasbro	CG animation	Direct-to-video
Glup, an Adventure Without Waste Glup, una aventura sin desperdicio	Spain	Aitor Arregi, Iñigo Berasategui		CG animation
The Great Pig Pirate Mateo 날으는 돼지 해적 마테오	South Korea			CG animation
Hair High	United States	Bill Plympton	Plymptoons	Traditional
Tottoko Hamtaro Ham Ham Paradise! The Movie: Hamtaro and the Demon of the Mysterious Picture Book Tower	Japan	Osamu Dezaki	TMS Entertainment	Traditional
Homeland	India			Traditional
Home on the Range	United States	Will Finn John Sanford	Walt Disney Pictures Walt Disney Feature Animation	Traditional	Last hand drawn animated feature made by Disney until 2009.
Howl's Moving Castle ハウルの動く城	Japan	Hayao Miyazaki	Studio Ghibli	Traditional
Immortel	France	Enki Bilal	Duran Entertainment	CG animation/Live action
In Search of Santa	United States	William Kowalchuk	Colorland Animation Tundra Productions	CG animation	Direct-to-video
The Incredibles	United States	Brad Bird	Walt Disney Pictures Pixar	CG animation	Winner of 2004's Best Animated Feature
Inuyasha the Movie: Fire on the Mystic Island 映画犬夜叉紅蓮の蓬莱島	Japan	Toshiya Shinohara	Sunrise	Traditional
The Island of Black Mor L'Île de Black Mór	France	Jean-François Laguionie		Traditional
Kangaroo Jack: G'Day U.S.A.!	United States	Emory Myrick Jeffrey Gatrall	Warner Home Video Warner Bros. Animation	Traditional	Direct-to-video
Der Kleine Eisbär - Besuch vom Südpol	Germany	Thilo Rothkirch		Traditional
Lady Death: The Movie	United States	Andy Orjuela	A.D. Vision	Traditional	Direct-to-video
The Land Before Time XI: Invasion of the Tinysauruses	United States	Charles Grosvenor	Universal Studios Home Entertainment Universal Animation Studios	Traditional	TV movie
Laura's Star Lauras Stern	Germany Bulgaria	Piet De Rycker Thilo Rothkirch	Warner Bros. Pictures	Traditional
The Legend of Buddha	India	Shamboo Falke	Pentamedia Graphics	Traditional
The Lion King 1½	United States	Bradley Raymond	Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment DisneyToon Studios	Traditional	Direct-to-video
Little Big Mouse Cirkeline og Verdens mindste superhelt	Denmark			Traditional
McDull, prince de la bun	Hong Kong	Toe Yuen	Bliss Pictures Lunchtime Production	Traditional
Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers	United States	Donovan Cook	Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment DisneyToon Studios	Traditional	Direct-to-video
Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas	United States	Matthew O'Callaghan	Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment DisneyToon Studios	CG animation	Direct-to-video
Mind Game	Japan	Masaaki Yuasa	Studio 4°C	Traditional
Mobile Suit Gundam SEED: Special Edition I - The Empty Battlefield	Japan	Mitsuo Fukuda	Sunrise	Traditional
Mobile Suit Gundam SEED: Special Edition II - The Far-Away Dawn	Japan	Mitsuo Fukuda	Sunrise	Traditional
Mobile Suit Gundam SEED: Special Edition III - The Rumbling Sky	Japan	Mitsuo Fukuda	Sunrise	Traditional
¡Mucha Lucha!: The Return of El Maléfico	United States	Ron Hughart	Warner Home Video Warner Bros. Animation	Flash animation	Direct-to-video
Muhammad: The Last Prophet	United States	Richard Rich	RichCrest Animation Studios	Traditional
Naruto the Movie: Snow Princess' Book of Ninja Arts	Japan	Tensai Okamura	Studio Pierrot	Traditional	First Installment of the Naruto film series.
Neznayka and the Barrabass Незнайка и Баррабасс (Neznayka i Barrabass)	Russia			Traditional
Nine Dog Christmas	United States	Ka Moon Song		Traditional	Direct-to-video
The Nutcracker and the Mouseking Щелкунчик	Russia Germany United States United Kingdom	Tatjana Ilyina, Michael Johnson		Traditional
One Piece: Curse of the Sacred Sword	Japan	Kazuhisa Takenouchi	Toei Animation	Traditional
Party Wagon	United States	Craig Bartlett	Snee-Oosh, Inc. Cartoon Network Studios	Traditional
Patoruzito	Argentina			Traditional
Pinocchio 3000	Canada France Spain	Daniel Robichaud	CinéGroupe Filmax Anima Kids	CG animation
The Place Promised in Our Early Days 雲のむこう、約束の場所 (Kumo no Mukō, Yakusoku no Basho)	Japan	Makoto Shinkai	CoMix Wave Inc.	Traditional
Pokémon: Destiny Deoxys	Japan	Kunihiko Yuyama	OLM, Inc.	Traditional
The Polar Express	United States	Robert Zemeckis	Warner Bros. ImageMovers	CG animation
Popeye's Voyage: The Quest for Pappy	Canada United States	Ezekiel Norton	Lionsgate Rainmaker Entertainment	CG animation	Direct-to-video
Saint Seiya: Heaven Chapter ~ Overture	Japan	Shigeyasu Yamauchi	Toei Animation	Traditional
Scooby-Doo! and the Loch Ness Monster	United States	Scott Jeralds Joe Sichta	Warner Home Video Warner Bros. Animation	Traditional	Direct-to-video
Shark Tale	United States	Vicky Jenson Bibo Bergeron Rob Letterman	DreamWorks Animation	CG animation
Shrek 2	United States	Andrew Adamson Kelly Asbury Conrad Vernon	DreamWorks Animation	CG animation	Held the title for being the highest grossing animated feature until Toy Story 3.
Souvenir from the Capital Столичный сувенир (Stolichnyy suvenir)	Russia			CG animation
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie	United States	Stephen Hillenburg	Paramount Pictures Nickelodeon Movies Nickelodeon Animation Studio	Traditional
Steamboy	Japan	Katsuhiro Otomo	Sunrise	Traditional
Stellaluna	United States Canada		Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Scholastic Productions	Traditional	Direct-to-video
Supertramps	Spain			CG animation
Teacher's Pet	United States	Timothy Bjorklund	Walt Disney Pictures	Traditional
Tentacolino Alla ricerca del Titanic	Italy	Kim Jun-ok	Mondo TV	CG animation/Traditional
Teo, Intergalactic Hunter Teo, cazador intergaláctico	Spain Argentina			Traditional
Terkel in Trouble Terkel i Knibe	Denmark	Kresten Vestbjerg Andersen Thorbjørn Christoffersen Stefan Fjeldmark	A. Film A/S	CG animation
Tonka Tough Truck Adventures: The Biggest Show on Wheels	United States			CG animation	Direct-to-video
Tracing Jake	Japan			Traditional
VeggieTales: An Easter Carol	United States	Tim Hodge	Big Idea Productions	CG animation	Direct-to-video
Winnie the Pooh: Springtime with Roo	United States	Elliot M. Bour Saul Andrew Blinkoff	Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment DisneyToon Studios	Traditional	Direct-to-video
Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie: Pyramid of Light 遊戯王デュエルモンスターズ光のピラミッド (Yu-Gi-Oh! Dyueru Monsutazu Hikari no Piramiddo)	Japan	Hatsuki Tsuji	4Kids Entertainment Studio Gallop NAS	Traditional

Highest-grossing animated film of the year

Highest-grossing films of 2004^[1]
Rank	Title	Studio	Worldwide gross	Ref.
1	Shrek 2	DreamWorks Animation	$919,838,758	^[2]
2	The Incredibles	Pixar	$631,442,092	^[3]
3	Shark Tale	DreamWorks Animation	$367,275,019	^[4]
4	The Polar Express	Castle Rock Entertainment	$307,514,317	^[5]
5	Howl's Moving Castle	Studio Ghibli	$235,184,110	^[6]
6	The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie	Nickelodeon Movies / United Plankton Pictures	$140,161,792	^[7]
7	Home on the Range	Walt Disney Feature Animation	$103,951,461	^[8]
8	Pokémon: Destiny Deoxys	OLM, Inc.	$34,337,258	^[9]
9	Doraemon: Nobita in the Wan-Nyan Spacetime Odyssey	Asatsu / Shin-Ei Animation	$26,663,978	^[10]
10	Detective Conan: Magician of the Silver Sky	TMS Entertainment	$22,618,511	^[11]

References

^ "2005 Worldwide Grosses". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved June 21, 2015.
^ "Shrek 2 (2004)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved June 21, 2015.
^ "The Incredibles (2004)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved June 21, 2015.
^ "Shark Tale (2004)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved June 21, 2015.
^ "The Polar Express (2004)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved June 21, 2015.
^ "Howl's Moving Castle (2005)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved June 21, 2015.
^ "The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (2004) - Box Office Mojo". www.boxofficemojo.com. Retrieved 2016-08-18.
^ "Home on the Range (2004) - Box Office Mojo". www.boxofficemojo.com. Retrieved 2016-08-18.
^ "Gekijōban Poketto Monsutā Adobansu Jenerēshon Rekkū no Hōmonsha Deokishisu (Pokémon: Destiny Deoxys) (2004) (2004)". www.boxofficemojo.com. Retrieved 2016-08-18.
^ "Doraemon: Nobita no Wan-Nyan Jikūden (2004) (2004)". www.boxofficemojo.com. Retrieved 2016-08-18.
^ "Meitantei Conan: Ginyoku no kijutsushi (Detective Conan: Magician of the Silver Sky) (2004) (2004)". www.boxofficemojo.com. Retrieved 2016-08-18.

[1] "2005 Worldwide Grosses". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved June 21, 2015.

[2] "Shrek 2 (2004)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved June 21, 2015.

[3] "The Incredibles (2004)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved June 21, 2015.

[4] "Shark Tale (2004)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved June 21, 2015.

[5] "The Polar Express (2004)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved June 21, 2015.

[6] "Howl's Moving Castle (2005)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved June 21, 2015.

[7] "The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (2004) - Box Office Mojo". www.boxofficemojo.com. Retrieved 2016-08-18.

[8] "Home on the Range (2004) - Box Office Mojo". www.boxofficemojo.com. Retrieved 2016-08-18.

[9] "Gekijōban Poketto Monsutā Adobansu Jenerēshon Rekkū no Hōmonsha Deokishisu (Pokémon: Destiny Deoxys) (2004) (2004)". www.boxofficemojo.com. Retrieved 2016-08-18.

[10] "Doraemon: Nobita no Wan-Nyan Jikūden (2004) (2004)". www.boxofficemojo.com. Retrieved 2016-08-18.

[11] "Meitantei Conan: Ginyoku no kijutsushi (Detective Conan: Magician of the Silver Sky) (2004) (2004)". www.boxofficemojo.com. Retrieved 2016-08-18.

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