History Of Anime

What Was Disney's First Animated Feature Film?

Disney's first animated feature film was Snow White and the Seven Dwarves, which was released on December 21,1937, and was the first animated feature to be filmed in technicolor. It is the tenth highest-grossing film of all time in the United States, when inflation is taken into account, and was the most successful motion picture in 1938.

The film was a major box-office success. It made more money than any other motion picture in 1938, and was the highest-grossing film in American cinema history for a short period of time.

Snow White and the Seven Dwarves has been re-released every seven to years since its original release, which is a Disney tradition. For its 50th anniversary, which was in 1987, the film was restored. It was the last of the early Disney animated films to be released on VHS, being released in 1994. It came to DVD in 2001, and will be re-released again in October 2008, as a platinum edition.

Snow White and the Seven Dwarves was followed by Pinocchio, which was released in 1940 and Disney's second animated feature.