List of longest animated films

This is a list of the longest animated feature films with a running time of 120 minutes (2 hours) or more are included here. While the majority of animated features on this list are produced in Japan or the United States, some animated features are also produced outside of those countries.

Some individual animated features for which traditional narrative techniques are not applicable, or those not intended for wide release. The longest films in experimental form are typically longer than those given a wide release. Exceptionally, AI-generated animated features and machinima are never included on the list.

Individual films

NOTE: Some releases are extended cuts or director's cuts and are ranked according to the longest verified running time.

Rank	Title	Running time	Year released	Country	Notes
1	In This Corner (and Other Corners) of the World	168 min (2 hr, 48 min)	2019	Japan	Extended cut of original version titled In This Corner of the World, with runtime of 129 min (2 hr, 9 min).
	30,000 Miles from Chang'an		2023	China	[1]
2	Final Yamato (70 mm)	163 min (2 hr, 43 min)	1983	Japan	The 35 mm cut is 152 min (2 hr, 32 min) long. [2]
	Revival of Evangelion		1998		A version of Evangelion: Death and Rebirth consisting of Death (True)² and The End of Evangelion with a four-minute intermission.
3	The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya	162 min (2 hr, 42 min)	2010		[2] [3]
4	The Tragedy of Man	160 min (2 hr, 40 min)	2011	Hungary	[2]
5	Laugh It Up, Fuzzball: The Family Guy Trilogy	159 min (2 hr, 39 min)	2010	United States	A compilation film consists of three episodes of the American animated sitcom Family Guy
6	Sangokushi: The Distant Land[ ja ]	157 min (2 hr, 37 min)	1994	Japan	[2] [4]
7	Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time	155 min (2 hr, 35 min)	2021		[2] [5]
	Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Infinity Castle		2025
8	Tomorrow's Joe: The Movie	152 min (2 hr, 32 min)	1980		Compilation of the 1970–1971 TV series.
	Curious Tales of a Temple		2025	China
9	Farewell to Space Battleship Yamato	151 min (2 hr, 31 min)	1978	Japan
	Dunno on the Moon		1997	Russia
10	Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha: The Movie 2nd A's	150 min (2 hr, 30 min)	2012	Japan
	Star Driver: The Movie		2013
11	Sangokushi: The Yangtze Is Burning![ ja ]	149 min (2 hr, 29 min)	1993		[2] [6]
12	Be Forever Yamato	148 min (2 hr, 28 min)	1980
13	Kizumonogatari: Koyomi Vamp	144 min (2 hr, 24 min)	2024		Compilation of the 2016-2017 film series.
	Ne Zha 2		2025	China	[7]
14	Re:cycle Of The Penguindrum Part 2	142 min (2 hr, 22 min)	2022	Japan	Compilation of the 2011 TV series.
	Hello My Beautiful Creatures		2024	United States
15	Mobile Suit Gundam I	140 min (2 hr, 20 min)	1981	Japan	Compilation of the 1979–1980 TV series.
	Mobile Suit Gundam III: Encounters in Space		1982		Compilation of the 1979–1980 TV series.
	Sangokushi: The Great Conquest (uncut) [ ja ]		1992		[2] [8]
	Violet Evergarden: The Movie		2020		[2] [9]
	Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse		2023	United States	[10]
16	Hanuman	139 min (2 hr, 19 min)	2005	India
	Odin: Photon Sailer Starlight		1985	Japan	[2]
17	Summer Days with Coo	138 min (2 hr, 18 min)	2007		[2] [11]
18	The Tale of the Princess Kaguya	137 min (2 hr, 17 min)	2013		[2] [12]
	Psycho-Pass 3: First Inspector		2020
19	A Tree of Palme	136 min (2 hr, 16 min)	2002
	Welcome to the Space Show		2010		[13]
	Consuming Spirits		2012	United States	[14] [15]
	The Quintessential Quintuplets Movie		2022	Japan
20	Space Battleship Yamato	135 min (2 hr, 15 min)	1977		Compilation of the 1974-1975 TV series.
	Mobile Suit Gundam II: Soldiers of Sorrow		1981		Compilation of the 1979–1980 TV series.
	Ramayana: The Legend of Prince Rama		1993	India Japan
	Space Battleship Yamato: Resurrection		2009	Japan
21	Princess Mononoke	134 min (2 hr, 14 min)	1997		[16]
	The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim		2024	New Zealand Japan United States
	Overlord: The Sacred Kingdom		2024	Japan
	Chaar Sahibzaade: Rise of Banda Singh Bahadur		2016	India
22	White Snake: Afloat	133 min (2 hr, 13 min)	2024	China
	I Am What I Am 2		2024
23	The Lord of the Rings	132 min (2 hr, 12 min)	1978	United Kingdom United States	[17]
	Green Snake		2021	China
	Galaxy Express 999		1979	Japan
	Crusher Joe		1983
	The Dagger of Kamui		1985
24	Harmagedon	131 min (2 hr, 11 min)	1983
	Yu-Gi-Oh! The Dark Side of Dimensions		2016
25	Cyborg 009: Legend of the Super Galaxy	130 min (2 hr, 10 min)	1980
	Adieu Galaxy Express 999		1981
	Arcadia of My Youth		1982
	Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part 1: Beginnings		2012		Compilation of the 2011 TV series.
	A Silent Voice		2016		[18] [19]
26	Turn A Gundam I: Earth Light	129 min (2 hr, 9 min)	2002		Compilation of the 1999–2000 TV series.
27	A Thousand and One Nights	128 min (2 hr, 8 min)	1969		[20]
	I am Nightmare		2014	United States
	Chaar Sahibzaade		2014	India
	Odd Taxi: In the Woods		2022	Japan	Compilation of the 2021 TV series.
	New Gods: Yang Jian		2022	China
28	Turn A Gundam II: Moonlight Butterfly	127 min (2 hr, 7 min)	2002	Japan	Compilation of the 1999–2000 TV series.
	Colorful		2010
29	Fantasia	126 min (2 hr, 6 min)	1940	United States	[21]
	Steamboy		2004	Japan	[22]
	Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Complete		2009		Original cut is 100 min (1 hr, 40 min).
	Gurren Lagann the Movie: The Lights in the Sky Are Stars		2009		Compilation of the 2007 TV series.
	The Wind Rises		2013		[23]
	The Empire of Corpses		2015
30	Future War 198X	125 min (2 hr, 5 min)	1982
	Laputa: Castle in the Sky		1986		[24]
	Spirited Away		2001		[25]
31	Akira	124 min (2 hr, 4 min)	1988		[26]
	Re:cycle Of The Penguindrum Part 1		2022		Compilation of the 2011 TV series.
	Kochadaiiyaan		2014	India
	The First Slam Dunk		2022	Japan
	The Boy and the Heron		2023
32	Mechamato Movie	123 min (2 hr, 3 min)	2022	Malaysia	Extended cut of the original version by the same title, with runtime of 122 min (2 hr, 2 min). [27]
33	Future Boy Conan	122 min (2 hr, 2 min)	1979	Japan	Compilation of the 1978 TV series.
	The Sky Crawlers		2008
	Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel III. spring song		2020
	Belle		2021		[28]
	Suzume		2022
34	Phoenix 2772	121 min (2 hr, 1 min)	1980
	Queen Millennia		1982
	Heart String Marionette		2012	United States Iceland	[29]
	The Idolmaster Movie: Beyond the Brilliant Future!		2014	Japan	[30]
	Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio		2022	United States Mexico
35	Witch Era	120 min (2 hr)	1984	Japan
	Everywhere		1989	Philippines	[31]
	Kittu		2006	India
	Macross Frontier: The False Songstress		2009	Japan
	Lava Kusa: The Warrior Twins		2010	India
	Mobile Suit Gundam 00 the Movie: A Wakening of the Trailblazer		2010	Japan
	A Letter to Momo		2011
	Girls und Panzer der Film		2015
	The Boy and the Beast		2015		[32]
	One Piece Film: Gold		2016
	Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel I. presage flower		2017
	Sword Art Online The Movie: Ordinal Scale		2017
	Laid-Back Camp Movie		2022		[33]
	Psycho-Pass Providence		2023
	Ejen Ali: The Movie 2		2025	Malaysia
	The Legend of Hei II		2025	China

Countries

Country		Film	Type of Distribution	Length	Release Year	Other Countries	Note
China, People's Republic of	Mainland	30,000 Miles from Chang'an	Theatrical	168 min (2 hr, 48 min)	2023	—
	Hong Kong	No. 7 Cherry Lane	Theatrical	125 min (2 hr, 5 min)	2019	—
	Macau	Pundusina	Theatrical	9 min (0 hr, 9 min)	2018	—
Hungary		The Tragedy of Man	Theatrical	160 min (2 hr, 40 min)	2011	—
Iceland		Heart String Marionette	Internet	121 min (2 hr, 1 min)	2012	United States
India		Hanuman	Theatrical	139 min (2 hr, 19 min)	2005	—
Japan		In This Corner (and Other Corners) of the World	Theatrical	168 min (2 hr, 48 min)	2019	—	Extended cut of original version titled In This Corner of the World, with runtime of 129 min (2 hr, 9 min).
Malaysia		Mechamato Movie	Theatrical	123 min (2 hr, 3 min)	2022	—	Extended cut of the original version by the same title, with runtime of 122 min (2 hr, 2 min). [27]
Mexico		Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio	Theatrical	121 min (2 hr, 1 min)	2022	United States
New Zealand		The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim	Theatrical	134 min (2 hr, 14 min)	2024	Japan and United States
Philippines		Everywhere		120 min (2 hr)	1989	—
Russia		Dunno on the Moon	Television	151 min (2 hr, 31 min)	1997	—
United Kingdom	England	The Lord of the Rings	Theatrical	132 min (2 hr, 12 min)	1978	United States
United States		Laugh It Up, Fuzzball: The Family Guy Trilogy	Direct-to-Video	159 min (2 hr, 39 min)	2010	—	A compilation film consists of three episodes of the American animated sitcom Family Guy
		Hello My Beautiful Creatures	Internet	142 min (2 hr, 22 min)	2024	—
		Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse	Theatrical	140 min (2 hr, 20 min)	2023	—
Internationality		Ramayana: The Legend of Prince Rama	Theatrical	135 min (2 hr, 15 min)	1993	India and Japan

Films released in separate parts

This section lists films conceived as an artistic unity and produced simultaneously, or consecutively with no significant interruption or change of production team, despite being released with separate premieres.

Title	No. of films	Running time	Year released	Country	Notes
Digimon Adventure tri.	6	531 min (8 hr, 51 min)	2015–18	Japan	[34]
Sangokushi [ ja ]	3	440 min (7 hr, 20 min)	1992–94		[35]
Fate/stay night: Heaven’s Feel	3	359 min (5 hr, 59 min)	2017–20
Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie	3	356 min (5 hr, 56 min)	2012–13		First two films are a compilation of the 2011 TV series.
Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths	3	285 min (4 hr, 45 min)	2024	United States
Kizumonogatari	3	216 min (3 hr, 36 min)	2016-17	Japan	A compilation film, entitled Kizumonogatari: Koyomi Vamp, released in 2024 with a runtime of 144 min (2 hr, 24 min)
Pokémon the Movie: Black—Victini and Reshiram and White—Victini and Zekrom	2	190 min (3 hr, 10 min)	2011
Psycho-Pass: Sinners of the System	3	188 min (3 hr, 8 min)	2019
Watchmen	2	173 min (2 hr, 53 min)	2024	United States
Batman: The Long Halloween	2	172 min (2 hr, 52 min)	2021		Both parts were later reissued as a deluxe edition, edited together as one whole film.
The Death and Return of Superman	2	168 min (2 hr, 48 min)	2018–19		The Death of Superman and Reign of the Supermen were later reissued in a limited edition gift set, edited together as one whole film.
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns	2	152 min (2 hr, 32 min)	2012–13		Both parts were later reissued as a deluxe edition, edited together as one whole film.
Wishology	3	135 min (2 hr, 15 min)	2009		Episodes 95-100 of the Fairly OddParents, with each part splitted into 2 separate episodes, taking 6 production numbers.

Countries

Country	Film	No. of Parts	Type of Distribution	Length	Release Year	Other Countries	Note
Japan	Digimon Adventure tri.	6	Theatrical, Direct-to-Video	531 min (8 hr, 51 min)	2015–18	—
United States	Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths	3	Internet, Direct-to-Streaming	285 min (4 hr, 45 min)	2024	—

See also

• List of longest films
• Lists of animated films

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