Disney’s 1998 animated Mulan was the 36th Walt Disney Animation Studios feature film.
The numbering places Mulan within the studio’s long sequence of animated theatrical releases. It followed Hercules, identified as the studio’s 35th animated feature, and preceded Tarzan, which became the 37th. This numbering is about Disney’s official animated-feature production history, not the number of films released worldwide by every Disney subsidiary.
Mulan opened during the period commonly called the Disney Renaissance, a run that included The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, The Lion King, Pocahontas, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Hercules, Mulan, and Tarzan. The film’s Chinese setting and military-story framework made it distinct from several nearby fairy-tale releases.
A common mix-up is confusing Mulan’s studio number with its release year or with Disney’s later live-action adaptation. The live-action Mulan arrived in 2020 and is not counted as a numbered animated feature.