List of animated feature films of 1989

A list of animated feature films first released in 1989.

Animated feature films first released in 1989

Title	Country	Director	Studio	Animation technique	Notes
All Dogs Go to Heaven	Ireland United States United Kingdom	Don Bluth	Sullivan Bluth Studios Goldcrest Films	Traditional
Asterix and the Big Fight	France West Germany	Philippe Grimond		Traditional
Babar: The Movie Le Triomphe de Babar	Canada France	Alan Bunce	Nelvana Ellipse Programmé	Traditional
Baoh バオー来訪者 (Baō Raihōsha)	Japan	Hiroyuki Yokoyama	Studio Pierrot	Traditional	OVA
The BFG	United Kingdom	Brian Cosgrove	Cosgrove Hall Films	Traditional	TV film; Cosgrove Hall Films' first and only full-length feature film.
Blue Flames 青き炎 (Aoki honō)	Japan	Noboru Ishiguro	Artland	Traditional	OVA
The Butter Battle Book	United States	Ralph Bakshi	Bakshi Animation TNT	Traditional	TV special; The only Ralph Bakshi TV special for children.
City Hunter: .357 Magnum シティーハンター 愛と宿命のマグナム	Japan	Kenji Kodama	Sunrise	Traditional
Doraemon: Nobita and the Birth of Japan ドラえもん: のび太の日本誕生 Doraemon: Nobita no Nihon Tanjō	Japan	Tsutomu Shibayama	Asatsu Toho	Traditional
Dragon and Slippers Sárkány és papucs	United States United Kingdom Hungary	Tibor Hernádi	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Animation Nest Family Entertainment Allied Filmmakers S4C Pannónia Filmstúdió Magyar Televízió	Traditional	TV film
Dragon Ball Z: Dead Zone a. k. a. Dragon Ball Z: Return my Gohan!! ドラゴンボールゼット　オラの悟飯を返せッ！ (Doragonbōru Zetto: Ora no Gohan wo kaese!?)	Japan	Daisuke Nishio	Toei Animation	Traditional
El Escudo del cóndor	Argentina	Luis Palomares		Traditional
The Five Star Stories	Japan	Kazuo Yamazaki	Sunrise	Traditional
The Four Musicians of Bremen Los Cuatro Músicos de Bremen	Spain			Traditional
Hengen Taima Yakou Karura Mau! Nara Onryou Emaki 変幻退魔夜行 カルラ舞う！ 仙台小芥子怨歌	Japan	Takaaki Ishiyama	Toshiba Ginga Teikoku	Traditional
The Journey to Melonia: Fantasies of Shakespeare's 'The Tempest' Resan till Melonia	Sweden Norway	Per Åhlin	Sandrew Metronome	Traditional
Kiki's Delivery Service 魔女の宅急便 (Majo no takkyubin)	Japan	Hayao Miyazaki	Studio Ghibli	Traditional
Jak ševci zvedli vojnu pro červenou sukni	Czechoslovakia	Karel Trlica		Traditional
Legend of Lemnear 極黒の翼 バルキサス (Kyokuguro no Tsubasa Barukisasu)	Japan	Kinji Yoshimoto	AIC	Traditional	OVA
Legend of the Overfiend	Japan	Hideki Takayama	West Cape Team Mu	Traditional	OVA
The Little Mermaid	United States	Ron Clements John Musker	Walt Disney Feature Animation	Traditional	First Disney feature of the Disney Renaissance. Last Disney feature to use traditional ink and paint.
Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland	Japan United States	Masami Hata William Hurtz	Tokyo Movie Shinsha	Traditional
Megazone 23 Part III メガゾーン23 PART III	Japan	Kenichi Yatagai	AIC Artland	Traditional
Megazone 23 - Final Part ゲーム：メガゾーン23 青いガーランド	Japan	Shinji Aramaki	AIC Artland	Traditional
Ogami Matsugoro おがみ松吾郎	Japan	Hidetoshi Oomori		Traditional	OVA
Patlabor: The Movie 機動警察パトレイバー the Movie (Kidō keisatsu patoreibā the movie)	Japan	Mamoru Oshii	Studio Deen Production I.G.	Traditional
Project A-ko 4: FINAL プロジェクトA子 完結篇 (Project A-ko: Kanketsuron)	Japan	Yuji Moriyama	Pony Canyon Soeishinsha A.P.P.P. Studio Fantasia	Traditional	OVA
Reynard the Fox	West Germany China United Kingdom			Traditional
Riding Bean ライディング・ビーン	Japan	Yasuo Hasegawa	AIC	Traditional	OVA
Riki-Oh: The Walls of Hell 力王 等括地獄 (Riki-Ou: Toukatsu Jigoku)	Japan	Satoshi Dezaki	Trans Arts	Traditional	OVA
Saint Seiya: Warriors of the Final Holy Battle	Japan	Masayuki Akehi	Toei Animation	Traditional
Sonic Soldier Borgman: Last Battle 超音戦士ボーグマン ラストバトル (Chouon Senshi Borgman: Last Battle)	Japan	Kiyoshi Murayama	Ashi Production	Traditional	OVA
A Tale of Two Toads	United Kingdom	Brian Cosgrove	Cosgrove Hall Films	Stop motion	TV film; Sequel to The Wind in the Willows (1983).
The Tezuka Osamu Story: I Am Son-goku 手塚治虫物語 ぼくは孫悟空	Japan	Masami Hata Rintaro	Tezuka Productions Nippon TV	Traditional	TV film; Final project approved by Osamu Tezuka before his death earlier that year and the penultimate animated special produced for Nippon TV's 24 Hour TV "Love Saves the Earth" telethon.
Venus Wars	Japan	Yoshikazu Yasuhiko	Triangle Staff	Traditional
Willy the Sparrow Vili, a veréb	Hungary	József Gémes	Pannónia Filmstúdió Budapest Film Hajdu Film	Traditional
Wrath of the Ninja	Japan	Osamu Yamazaki	J.C.Staff		Originally released as a 3-part OVA in 1987.

Highest-grossing animated films of the year

Rank	Title	Studio	Worldwide gross	Ref.
1	The Little Mermaid	Walt Disney Feature Animation	$211,343,479	[1]
2	All Dogs Go to Heaven	Sullivan Bluth Studios / Goldcrest Films	$27,100,027	[2]
3	Kiki's Delivery Service	Studio Ghibli	$18,000,000 (¥2.17 billion)	[3][4]
4	Doraemon: Nobita and the Birth of Japan	Asatsu / Toho	$14,051,242 (¥2.02 billion)
5	Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland	Tokyo Movie Shinsha	$11,400,000	[5][6]

See also

• List of animated television series of 1989

References

1. "The Little Mermaid (1989) - Box Office Mojo". www.boxofficemojo.com. Retrieved 2016-08-05.
2. "All Dogs Go to Heaven (1989) - Box Office Mojo". www.boxofficemojo.com. Retrieved 2016-08-05.
3. "過去興行収入上位作品 一般社団法人日本映画製作者連盟". www.eiren.org. Retrieved 2019-10-21.
4. "Online Ghibli - Kiki's Delivery Service". www.onlineghibli.com. Retrieved 2019-10-21.
5. "樹静かならんと欲すれど。 リトル・ニモの野望". nobit2017.blog.fc2.com. Retrieved 2019-10-21.
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