The Hobbit (1977) [PG]

Release Date:
November 27, 1977

Original Title:
The Hobbit

Alternate Titles:
A hobbit
El Hobbit
El Señor De Los Anillos (Animación) 1 - El Hobbit
Hobbit no bôken
Hobit
O Hobbit
The Lord of the Rings 1 - The Hobbit
Хобит

Genres:
Adventure | Animation | Family | Fantasy | TV Movie

Production Companies:
Rankin/Bass Productions
Topcraft

Production Countries:
Japan | United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
US: PG 

Runtime: 77

Bilbo Baggins the Hobbit was just minding his own business, when his occasional visitor Gandalf the Wizard drops in one night. One by one, a whole group of dwarves drop in, and before he knows it, Bilbo has joined their quest to reclaim their kingdom, taken from them by the evil dragon Smaug. The only problem is that Gandalf has told the dwarves that Bilbo is an expert burglar, but he isn't...

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Animation:
Hidetoshi Kaneko
Kazuko Itooka

Animation Coordinator:
Tooru Hara

Animation Supervisor:
Tsuguyuki Kubo

Background Designer:
Minoru Nishida

Character Designer:
Lester Abrams

Director:
Jules Bass
Arthur Rankin, Jr.

Lyricist:
Jules Bass

Novel:
J.R.R. Tolkien

Original Music Composer:
Maury Laws

Producer:
Jules Bass
Masaki Îzuka
Arthur Rankin, Jr.

Production Design:
Arthur Rankin, Jr.

Screenplay:
Romeo Muller

Songs:
Maury Laws
Glenn Yarbrough

Storyboard Artist:
Takashi Hisaoka

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