List of animated feature films of 1978

A list of animated feature films first released in 1978.

Animated feature films of 1978

Title	Country	Director	Studio	Animation technique	Notes
The Ballad of the Daltons La Ballade des Dalton		René Goscinny Henri Gruel Morris Pierre Watrin		Traditional
Bandar Book: One Million A.D. 100万年地球の旅バンダーブック (Bandar Book: Hyakuman-Nen Chikyu No Tabi)		Osamu Tezuka	Tezuka Productions	Traditional	TV
Fantasia's Attic El Desván de la Fantasia		José Ramón Sánchez		Traditional
Farewell to Space Battleship Yamato さらば宇宙戦艦ヤマト 愛の戦士たち (Saraba Uchū Senkan Yamato Ai no Senshitachi)		Leiji Matsumoto Toshio Masuda	Toei Animation	Traditional
Ferda the Ant. How Ferda Lived in the World and Stories about his Friend Little Back Ferda Mravenec. Jak se měl Ferda ve světě a Příhody brouka Pytlíka				Traditional	First Soviet full-length animated film made in the commonwealth with other country, countries
Gold Wing 123 황금날개 123 (Hwang Geumnalgae 1.2.3.)		Kim Chung-gi		Traditional
Kagaku ninja tai Gatchaman: Gekijô-ban		Hisayuki Toriumi	Shochiku	Traditional
The Lord of the Rings		Ralph Bakshi	Fantasy Films United Artists	Traditional	First American animated feature to be presented in Dolby Stereo. Longest American animated feature ever, clocking at 133 minutes
Mystery of Mamo aka Lupin the Third and the Secret of Mamo		Sōji Yoshikawa	Tokyo Movie Shinsha Toho	Traditional	First installment in the Lupin III series
Ringing Bell aka. Bell of Chirin チリンの鈴 (Chirin no Suzu)		Masami Hata	Sanrio	Traditional
Space Pirate Captain Harlock: The Mystery of the Arcadia aka. Vengeance of the Space Pirate (Uchû kaizoku Captain Harlock: Arcadia-gô no nazo)			Toei Animation	Traditional
Los Supersabios		Anuar Badín	Kinemma S.A.	Traditional
The Talking Parcel		Brian Cosgrove	Cosgrove Hall Films	Traditional
The Thralls Trællene				Traditional
Thumbelina 世界名作童話 おやゆび姫			Toei Animation	Traditional
The Water Babies		Lionel Jeffries	Pethurst International Ltd.	Traditional/Live-action
Watership Down		Martin Rosen	Nepenthe Productions CIC Avco Embassy Pictures	Traditional	First ever animated feature to be presented in Dolby Stereo