List of animated feature films of 1991

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A list of animated feature films first released in 1991.

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Animated feature films first released in 1991
TitleCountryDirectorStudioTechniqueFormatNotesRelease dateDuration
The Adventures of Gamba and Otters
ガンバとカワウソの冒険 (Gamba to Kawauso no Bouken)
JapanShunji Ōga Tokyo Movie Shinsha Traditional Theatrical ?July 20, 199180 minutes
The Adventures of the Magic Globe or Witch's Tricks
Приключения волшебного глобуса, или проделки ведьмы (Priklyucheniya volshebnogo globusa, ili prodelki vedmy)
Soviet Union Ivan Axenchuk Soyuzmultfilm Traditional Theatrical ?January 1, 199165 minutes
Ali Baba AustraliaDouglas Richards
Richard Slapczynski
Burbank Animation Studios Traditional Television film ??50 minutes
An American Tail: Fievel Goes West United States
United Kingdom
Phil Nibbelink
Simon Wells
Universal Pictures
Amblin Entertainment
Amblimation
Traditional Theatrical Sequel to An American Tail (1986), and the inaugural production from Steven Spielberg's Amblimation.November 22, 199175 minutes
Go! Anpanman: Fly! Fly! Chibigon
ja:それいけ!アンパンマン とべ! とべ! ちびごん
JapanAkinori NagaokaAnpanman Production Committee, TMS Entertainment Traditional Theatrical Anpanman July 20, 199150 minutes
Beauty and the Beast United States Gary Trousdale
Kirk Wise
Walt Disney Feature Animation Traditional Theatrical The first animated film to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture.November 22, 199184 minutes
Beyond the Tide of Time
満ちてくる時のむこうに (Michite Kuru Toki no Mukō ni)
Japan Hisayuki Toriumi Yomiko Advertising
Pierrot
Nippon TV
Traditional Television film ?June 16, 199176 minutes
Burn Up!
バーンナップ (Bān'nappu)
Japan Yasunori Ide AIC Traditional Direct-to-video
OVA
March 21, 199150 minutes
Capricorn  [ ja ]
カプリコン
Japan Takashi Imanishi Aubec
Anime R
Atelier Fukuro
D.A.S.T Corporation
Studio Mu
Continental Shobo
King Records
Traditional Direct-to-video
OVA
April 5, 199145 minutes
Christmas in January
1月にはChristmas
Japan Tetsu Dezaki For Life Records
Magic Bus
Media Rings Corporation
Traditional Direct-to-video
OVA
November 21, 199150 minutes
The Christmas TreeUnited States
Brazil
Flamarion Ferreira Flamarion Ferreira Films
USA Network
Traditional Television film September 11, 199143 minutes
Charlie Strapp and Froggy Ball Flying High a. k. a. The Adventures of Kalle Stropp and the Frog Ball
Kalle Stropp och Grodan Boll på svindlande äventyr
Sweden Jan Gissberg Traditional Theatrical December 14, 199183 minutes
The Count of Monte-Cristo Australia Burbank Animation Studios Traditional Television film 50 minutes
Coyote TalesUnited StatesRobert Heath Walt Disney Productions (archive footage)
Robert Heath Inc.
Walt Disney Television
Traditional Television special
Compilation film
Compilation of animal-based Disney theatrical animated shorts; retread adaptation of The Coyote's Lament from Disneyland, with extended content and more cartoons.March 24, 199179 minutes
Dark Cat
ダークキャット (Daku Kyatto)
Japan Iku Suzuki Agent 21
Nikkatsu Corporation
E&G Films
Traditional Direct-to-video
OVA
December 28, 199160 minutes
Darkwing Duck: Darkly Dawns the Duck United States Tad Stones Walt Disney Television Animation Traditional Television film Pilot for the TV series Darkwing Duck.September 6, 199146 minutes
Doraemon: Nobita's Dorabian Nights
ドラえもん のび太のドラビアンナイト (Doraemon: Nobita no Dorabian Naito)
Japan Tsutomu Shibayama Asatsu
Shin-Ei Animation
Toho (distributor)
Traditional Theatrical March 9, 199199 minutes
Dr. Typhoon
Dr.(ドク)タイフーン (Dokutā Taifu)
JapanJunji Nishimura Traditional Direct-to-video
OVA
[1] April 3, 199146 minutes
Dragon Ball Z: Cooler's Revenge
ドラゴンボールZ とびっきりの最強対最強 (Doragon Bōru Zetto: Tobikkiri no Saikyō tai Saikyō)
Japan Mitsuo Hashimoto Toei Animation Traditional Theatrical July 20, 199147 minutes
Dragon Ball Z: Lord Slug
ドラゴンボールZ 超サイヤ人だ孫悟空 (Doragon Bōru Zetto Sūpā Saiyajin da Son Gokū)
JapanMitsuo Hashimoto Toei Animation Traditional Theatrical March 9, 199152 minutes
The Emperor's New Clothes Australia Richard Slapczynski Burbank Animation Studios Traditional Television film 50 minutes
Eneida
Енеїда (Eneyida)
Soviet Union
Ukraine
Vladimir Dakhno Kievnauchfilm
Ukrainimafilm
Traditional Possibly it is first Ukrainian animated feature.199169 minutes
Exper Zenon
エクスパーゼノン
Japan Yuji Moriyama Studio Fantasia
Nippon Victor
Traditional Direct-to-video
OVA
September 27, 199160 minutes
Filemon i przyjaciele PolandIreneusz Czesny
Ryszard Szymczak
Traditional 60 minutes
Frank Enstein Australia Burbank Animation Studios Traditional Television film 50 minutes
Free! Whale Peek
とべ! くじらのピーク (Tobé! Kujira no Peek)
Japan Kôji Morimoto Toho Company
Urban Product
Traditional Theatrical May 22, 199180 minutes
The Gakuen Chōjo-tai ザ・学園超女隊 (The Academy Supergirl Team)Japan Tetsu Dezaki Magic Bus
Bandai Visual (distributor)
Traditional Direct-to-video
OVA
June 27, 199145 minutes
Gekkō no Pierce: Yumemi to Gin no Bara no Kishi-dan
月光のピアス ユメミと銀のバラ騎士団 (Moonlight Earrings: Yumemi and the Silver Rose Knights)
Japan Takeshi Mori Toho (distributor)
Pierrot
Shueisha
Traditional Direct-to-video OVA December 14, 199170 minutes
Il Giornalino di Gian Burrasca ItalyStelio PassacantandoStudio Passacantando Traditional Theatrical June 7, 199181 minutes
Goldilocks and the Three Bears Australia Burbank Animation Studios Traditional Television film 49 minutes
Hans and the Silver Skates Australia Burbank Animation Studios Traditional Television film 50 minutes
Heukkkokdujanggun
흙꼭두장군 (Mud Kokdu General)
South Korea Kim Seong-chil K-Land Productions Traditional Television film December 10, 199190 minutes
Hisaichi Ishii's Great Political World
いしいひさいちの大政界 (Ishii Hisaichi no Daiseikai)
Japan Masayuki Oozeki E&G Films Traditional Direct-to-video
OVA
September 6, 199150 minutes
The Holiday of the New Year Tree
Праздник новогодней ёлки (Prazdnik novogodney yolki)
Soviet Union Mstislav Pashchenko
Witold Bordzilovsky
Pyotr Nosov
Leonid Amalrik
Soyuzmultfilm Traditional Collection of New Year's animated films of Soyuzmultfilm studio of different years, [2] 65 minutes
Huckleberry no Bōken
ハックルベリィの冒険 (The Adventures of Huckleberry)
Japan Hiroyoshi Mitsunobu
Tameo Kohanawa
Pony Canyon
Group TAC
Traditional Theatrical Film compiled from TV series episodesAugust 16, 199186 minutes
Jang Dok-dae
장독대 (Jangdokdae)
South Korea Bae Yeong-rang MBC
Dongyang Donghwa
Traditional Television film May 5, 199190 minutes
Kero Kero Keroppi's Three Musketeers
けろけろけろっぴの三銃士, (Kero Kero Keroppi no Sanjūshi)
JapanMasami Hata Sanrio
Grouper Productions
Toho (distributor)
Traditional Theatrical The second of only two feature-length installments in the Sanrio World Masterpiece Theater series; based on The Three Musketeers.July 20, 199162 minutes
Kyūkyoku Chōjin R
究極超人あ〜る (Kyūkyoku Chōjin Āru)
Japan Ami Tomobuki Studio COA
Bandai Visual
Media Rings Corporation
Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions
Traditional Direct-to-video
OVA
[3] October 24, 199174 minutes
Legend of the Phantom Heroes
忍者龍剣新堕糜泥の星 淫魔伝説 (Phantom Yūsha Densetsu)
Japan Tetsu Dezaki Bandai Visual (distributor)
Magic Bus
Taki Corporation
Traditional Direct-to-video
OVA
?January 23, 199145 minutes
Lifestyles of the Rich and AnimatedUnited StatesKenny Wolin Walt Disney Productions (archive footage)
Robert Heath Inc.
Walt Disney Television
Traditional Television special
Compilation film
Compilation of lifestyle-based Disney theatrical animated shorts; Corey Burton provided new redubbed lines for Ludwig von Drake in the special.August 18, 199190 minutes
Lupin III: Napoleon's Dictionary
ルパン三世『ナポレオンの辞書を奪え』 (Rupan Sansei: Napoleon no Jisho o Ubae)
Japan Osamu Dezaki Tokyo Movie Shinsha
Nippon TV
Traditional Television special ?August 9, 199190 minutes
The Magic Riddle Australia Yoram Gross Yoram Gross Films Traditional Theatrical September 19, 199193 minutes
Magical Taruruto
まじかる☆タルるートくん (Majikaru Tarurūto-kun)
JapanShigeyasu Yamauchi Toei Animation Traditional Theatrical March 9, 199151 minutes
Magical Taruruto: Burn! Magic War of Friendship
まじかる☆タルるートくん 燃えろ! 友情の魔法大戦 (Majikaru Tarurūto-kun: Moero! Yuujou no Mahou Taisen)
Japan Hiroyuki Kakudou Toei Animation Traditional Theatrical July 20, 199145 minutes
Meisō-Ō Border
迷走王ボーダー 社会復帰編 (Stray King Border: Return to Society)
Japan Noboru Ishiguro Nippon Animation
Artland
Traditional Direct-to-video
OVA
[4] September 1, 199144 minutes
Mermaid's Forest
人魚の森 (Ningyo no Mori)
JapanTakaya Mizutani OB Planning Co., Ltd.
Pastel
Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions
Traditional Direct-to-video
OVA
[5] August 16, 199156 minutes
Mobile Suit Gundam F91
機動戦士ガンダムF91 (Kidō Senshi Gandamu Fōmyura Nainti Wan)
Japan Yoshiyuki Tomino Sunrise Traditional Theatrical March 16, 1991115 minutes
Nadia of the Mysterious Seas
a.k.a. Nadia: The Secret of Fuzzy
ふしぎの海のナディア 劇場用オリジナル版 (Fushigi no Umi no Nadia)
JapanSho Aono Group TAC
Gainax
Sei Young
Traditional Theatrical June 29, 199190 minutes
Ness and Nessy
Ness un Nesija
Latvia Roze Stiebra Dauka Traditional Theatrical First Latvian animated feature.59 minutes
The New Star of the Fallen Mud: Legend of the Incubus
忍者龍剣新堕糜泥の星 淫魔伝説 (Violence Gekiga Shin David no Hoshi: Inma Densetsu)
Japan Yōichirō Shimatani Koala Books
Studio Junio
Apollon
Traditional Direct-to-video
OVA
Standalone sequel installment to the OVA series based on the manga David no Hoshi that ran from December 5, 1989 to June 5, 1990 for four forty-five minute episodes.March 8, 199145 minutes
Ninja Ryūkenden
忍者龍剣伝 (Legend of the Ninja Dragon Sword)
Japan Mamoru Kanbe SMS Corporation
Studio Junio
Pack-In-Video Co., Ltd.
Traditional Direct-to-video
OVA
November 22, 199150 minutes
Only Yesterday
おもひでぽろぽろ (Omoide Poro Poro)
Japan Isao Takahata Studio Ghibli Traditional Theatrical July 20, 1991118 minutes
Otohime Connection
乙姫CONNECTION (Princess Sister Connection)
Japan Takayuki Goto Animate
ING, Co.
Aniplex
MOVIC
Sony Music Entertainment
Traditional Direct-to-video
OVA
December 1, 199149 minutes
The Pirates of Dark Water: The Saga Begins United States
Philippines
David Kirschner Hanna-Barbera Productions
Fil-Cartoons
Traditional Television film December 19, 199190 minutes
The Princess and the Goblin
A hercegnő és a kobold
United Kingdom
Hungary
Japan
United States
József Gémes Budapest Film
S4C
Pannónia Filmstúdió
NHK
Traditional Theatrical First Welsh animated feature.December 20, 199182 minutes
Psychic Wars
捜獣戦士・サイキック・ウォーズ (Sojuu Senshi – Saikikku Wōzu)
JapanTetsuo Imazawa Toei Animation Traditional Direct-to-video
OVA
February 22, 199150 minutes
Ranma ½: Big Trouble in Nekonron, China
らんま½ ~中国寝崑崙大決戦!掟やぶりの激闘篇!!~ (Ranma Nibunnoichi: Chūgoku Nekonron Daikessen! Okite Yaburi no Gekitō Hen!)
Japan Shūji Iuchi Studio Deen
Fuji Television Network
Kitty Films
Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions
Traditional Theatrical November 2, 199174 minutes
Robin Hood Italy
Japan
United Kingdom
Traditional compilation film
Robinson and Company
Robinson et compagnie
France Jacques Colombat Bat Productions
Belstar Productions
Films A2
Institut National de l'Audiovisuel (INA)
Parmentier Productions
Les Films de l'Atalante (distributor)
Traditional Theatrical May 25, 199170 minutes
Rock-a-Doodle Ireland
United Kingdom
United States
Don Bluth Goldcrest
Sullivan Bluth Studios Ireland Limited
Traditional Theatrical ?August 2, 199174 minutes
Roujin Z
老人Z (Rōjin Zetto)
Japan Hiroyuki Kitakubo A.P.P.P. Traditional Theatrical September 14, 199184 minutes
Rover Dangerfield United StatesJames L. George and Bob Seeley Warner Bros. Pictures (distributor)
Hyperion Animation
Traditional Theatrical August 2, 199174 minutes
Samuraider: Nazo no Tenkousei
サムライダー 謎の転校生 (Samuraider: The Mysterious Transfer Student)
Japan Hideaki Oba Daiei Eizo Co. Ltd. (distributor)
MTV
Traditional Direct-to-video
OVA
February 22, 199147 minutes
Sebastian Star Bear: First Mission
Beertje Sebastiaan: De geheime opdracht
NetherlandsFrank Fehmers Traditional Theatrical October 11, 199179 minutes
The Sensualist
好色一代男 (Kōshoku Ichidai Otoko)
JapanYukio Abe Traditional January 18, 199155 minutes
The Seventh Brother
A Hetedik testvér
Bobo und die Hasenbande
Hungary
Germany
United States
Jenő Koltai
Tibor Hernádi
Pannónia Filmstúdió Traditional June 21, 199180 minutes
Shizukanaru Don – Yakuza Side Story
静かなるドン (Shizukanaru Don)
Japan Hajime Kamegaki Tokyo Movie Shinsha
Toho (distributor)
Traditional Direct-to-video
OVA
[6] April 12, 199144 minutes
Silent Möbius: The Motion Picture
サイレントメビウス THE MOTION PICTURE
(Sairento Mebiusu: The Motion Picture)
Japan Kazuo Tomizawa Kadokawa Shoten
AIC
Shochiku
Traditional Theatrical ?August 17, 199154 minutes
Soreike! Anpanman Tobe! Tobe! Chibigon
それいけ! アンパンマン とべ!とべ!ちびごん (Let's Go! Anpanman: Fly! Fly! Chibigon)
Japan Akinori Nagaoka Tokyo Movie Shinsha Traditional Theatrical ?July 20, 1991?
Sweet Spot
スイートスポット
Japan Gisaburō Sugii Fuji TV
Group TAC
Tomason
Pony Canyon
Traditional Direct-to-video
OVA
?April 21, 199145 minutes
To Want to Fly
Volere volare
Italy Guido Manuli
Maurizio Nichetti
Pentafilm – Bambù
Pentafilm Distribuzione
Traditional/Live action Theatrical
Live-action animated film
?March 1, 199194 minutes
Ucchare Goshogawara
うっちゃれ五所瓦
Japan Kazuhiro Ozawa ¡ J.C. Staff
Nihon Eizō
Bandai Music Entertainment (distributor)
Traditional Direct-to-video
OVA
?October 25, 199150 minutes
Underwater Berets
a. k. a. Submarine Berets
Подводные береты (Podvodnyye berety)
Soviet Union Vladimir Tarasov
Rasa Strautmane
Alexander Mazayev
Alexander Gorlenko
Elena Prorokova
Soyuzmultfilm Traditional ?Final Soviet animated feature before the dissolution of the Soviet Union [7] ?69 minutes
Urotsukidōji II: Legend of the Demon Womb
真・超神伝説うろつき童子 魔胎伝 インターナショナル完全版 (Shin Chōjin Densetsu Urotsukidōji: Mataiden International Kanzenban)
JapanHideki Takayama West Cape
Team Mu
Traditional Theatrical
Compilation film
Compilation film of the two-part OVA series that ran from December 1, 1990, to April 10, 1991.July 21, 199188 minutes
Urusei Yatsura: Always My Darling a. k. a. Forever My Darling
うる星やつら いつだってマイ・ダーリン (Urusei Yatsura Itsudatte Mai Dārin)
Japan Kumiko Takahashi Madhouse Traditional Theatrical Sixth and final feature in the Urusei Yatsura film series.August 18, 199177 minutes
Vampire Wars
ヴァンパイヤー戦争 (Vanpaiyā Sensō)
JapanKazuhisa Takenouchi Toei Animation Traditional Direct-to-video
OVA
?January 25, 199150 minutes
The White Camel
Le Chameau blanc
Belgium
France
Luxembourg
Raymond Burlet Les Producteurs TV-Cine-Video (Telcima)
Odec Kid Cartoons
352 Productions
France 3
Traditional Television film ?December 29, 199145 minutes
White Fang Australia? Burbank Animation Studios Traditional Television film ??50 minutes
Who's Left Behind? a. k. a. Kayoko's Diary
うしろの正面だあれ (Ushiro no Shoumen Daare)
JapanSeiji Arihara Mushi Production Traditional Theatrical ?March 9, 199190 minutes
Wizardry
ウィザードリィ
Japan Toshiya Shinohara Shochiku-Fuji Ltd. (distributor)
Tokyo Movie Shinsha
Traditional Direct-to-video
OVA
?February 21, 199150 minutes

Highest-grossing animated films of the year

RankTitleStudioWorldwide grossRef.
1 Beauty and the Beast Walt Disney Feature Animation $424,967,620 [8]
2 An American Tail: Fievel Goes West Amblimation $40,766,041
3 Only Yesterday Studio Ghibli $18,846,700 (¥1.87 billion)
4 Doraemon: Nobita's Dorabian Nights Asatsu $18,000,000 (¥1.80 billion)
5 Dragon Ball Z: Cooler's Revenge Toei Animation $16,200,000

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