1997



The year 1997 included Universal Feature Animation's first feature-length animated film Ama and the Mysterious Crystal.

Feature films

 * January 24 - Fierce Creatures
 * February 7 - Dante's Peak
 * March 21 - Liar Liar
 * April 4 - That Old Feeling
 * April 18 - McHale's Navy
 * May 23 - The Lost World: Jurassic Park
 * June 27 - Hercules (Disney)
 * July 11 - A Simple Wish
 * July 19 - The Wonderers
 * August 6 - The Cry of the Wolf (Paramount/Morlus)
 * August 22 - Leave It to Beaver
 * August 29 - Kull the Conqueror
 * November 14 - The Jackal
 * November 21 - Anastasia (Fox)
 * November 26 - The Rainforest Society (Paramount)
 * December 12 - For Richer or Poorer
 * December 19 - Ama and the Mysterious Crystal
 * December 31 - The Boxer

Television

 * August 16 - Little Critter premiered on Gingo.
 * October 17 - Teletoon launches in Canada.

Direct-to-video releases

 * December 10 - The Land Before Time V: The Mysterious Island

Video games

 * Yaku Tsuu: Noroi no Game, released February 7 in Japan only
 * Niz Chicoloco, released August 30
 * Chrysocolla: Part-Time Agent, released October 21
 * Gabriel Garza 2: The Power of Tokens, released November 11

Character debuts

 * December 19 - Ama

People

 * May 12 - Odeya Rush is born.