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 Technique Type Notes Release Duration
All Dogs Go to Heaven Ireland
United States
United Kingdom
Don Bluth Sullivan Bluth Studios
Goldcrest Films
Traditional Theatrical November 17, 1989 85 minutes
Asterix and the Big Fight
Astérix et le Coup du Menhir (Asterix and the Menhir Coup)
France
West Germany
Philippe Grimond Dargaud Films
Extrafilm
Gaumont
Traditional Theatrical Sixth installment in the Asterix film series; plot adapted and composited from volumes 7 and 19 of the comic book series respectively. October 4, 1989 81 minutes
Go! Anpanman: The Shining Star's Tear[1][2]
ja:それいけ! アンパンマン キラキラ星の涙
Japan Akinori Nagaoka Anpanman Production Committee, TMS Entertainment Traditional March 11, 1989 75 minutes
Babar: The Movie
Le Triomphe de Babar
Canada
France
Alan Bunce Nelvana
Ellipse Programmé
The Clifford Ross Company
Astral Films
New Line Cinema
Traditional Theatrical July 28, 1989 76 minutes
Baoh
バオー来訪者 (Baō Raihōsha)
Japan Hiroyuki Yokoyama Studio Pierrot Traditional Direct-to-video
OVA
November 1, 1989 48 minutes
The BFG United Kingdom Brian Cosgrove Cosgrove Hall Films Traditional Screening-ran film[3] One of Cosgrove Hall Films' only films. December 25, 1989 91 minutes
Blue Flames
青き炎 (Aoki honō)
Japan Noboru Ishiguro Artland Traditional Direct-to-video
OVA
November 24, 1989 50 minutes
Bombing Circuit Romance Twin
爆走サーキット·ロマン ツイン (Bakusō Sakitto Roman Twin)
Japan Osamu Sekida Life Work Co., Ltd.
Japan Home Video
Traditional Direct-to-video
OVA
[4] January 24, 1989 88 minutes
Cinderella Express
シンデレラ エクスプレス (Shinderera Ekusupuresu)
Japan Kouichi Sasaki
Michio Mishima
Nanako Shimazaki
Nichiei Agency
Nihon Eizō
Studio Look
Traditional Direct-to-video
OVA
August 16, 1989 47 minutes
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 Theatrical June 17, 1989 87 minutes
The Corsican Brothers Australia Burbank Films Australia Traditional Television film July 7, 1989 49 minutes
Cybernetics Guardian
聖獣機サイガード (Seijuki Cyguard)
Japan Koichi Ohata AIC
ASMIK
Traditional Direct-to-video
OVA
November 1, 1989 45 minutes
Dog Soldier: Shadows of the Past
ドッグソルジャー "SHADOWS OF THE PAST"
Japan Hiroyuki Ebata Animate Film
J.C. Staff
MOVIC
Sony Music Entertainment
Traditional Direct-to-video
OVA
October 8, 1989 46 minutes
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
Shin-Ei Animation
Toho
Traditional Theatrical Tenth installment of the Doraemon film series; Remade 26 years later in 2016. March 11, 1989 100 minutes
Dragon Ball Z: Dead Zone
ドラゴンボールゼット オラの悟飯を返せッ! (Doragon Bōru Zetto Ora no Gohan o Kaese!!)
Japan Daisuke Nishio Toei Animation Traditional Theatrical July 15, 1989 42 minutes
El Escudo del cóndor
The Shield of the Condor
Argentina Luis Palomares Vuelo Libre Producciones S.R.L. Traditional Theatrical April 20, 1989 72 minutes
The Five Star Stories
ファイブスター物語 (Faibu Sutā Monogatari)
Japan Kazuo Yamazaki Sunrise Traditional Theatrical March 11, 1989 66 minutes
The Four Musicians of Bremen
Los Cuatro Músicos de Bremen
Spain Cruz Delgado Estudios Cruz Delgado
Filmayer
Traditional Theatrical June 26, 1989 86 minutes
Goku Midnight Eye: Part One
MIDNIGHT EYE ゴクウ (Midnight Eye Gokū)
Japan Yoshiaki Kawajiri Madhouse Traditional Direct-to-video
OVA
Part one of a two-part OVA sequence. January 27, 1989 60 minutes
Goku Midnight Eye: Part Two
MIDNIGHT EYE ゴクウ II (Midnight Eye GOKŪ II)
Japan Yoshiaki Kawajiri Madhouse Traditional Direct-to-video
OVA
Part two of a two-part OVA sequence. December 22, 1989 60 minutes
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 (Phantasmagoric Exorcism Night Parade – Karura Dance! Nara Grief Picture Scroll)
Japan Takaaki Ishiyama Toei Classics
Toshiba Eizo Soft
Ginga Teikoku
Traditional Theatrical April 8, 1989 80 minutes
Hyper Psychic Geo Garaga
ギャラガ (Garaga)
Japan Hidemi Kubo ASMIK
Aubec
AVN
Traditional Theatrical October 21, 1989 100 minutes
The Isewan Typhoon Story
伊勢湾台風物語 (Ise-wan Taifu Monogatari)
Japan Seijirō Kōyama Mirai Industry Co., Ltd.
Mushi Production
Space Eizo
Traditional Theatrical Fictionalization of the Typhoon Vera disaster that occurred in Japan on September 21–28, 1959. November 4, 1989 88 minutes
The Journey to Melonia: Fantasies of Shakespeare's 'The Tempest'
Resan till Melonia
Sweden
Norway
Per Åhlin Sandrew Metronome Traditional Theatrical December 15, 1989 104 minutes
Kankara Sanshin
かんからさんしん
Japan Osamu Kobayashi Tokyo Animation Film Traditional Theatrical [5][6] August 3, 1989 78 minutes
Kiki and Lala's Blue Bird
キキとララの青い鳥 (Kiki to Lala no Aoi Tori)
Japan Masami Hata Sanrio
Grouper Productions
Toho (distributor)
Traditional Theatrical The first of only three feature-length installments in the Sanrio Anime Festival series; based on Maurice Maeterlinck's The Blue Bird. July 22, 1989 56 minutes
Kiki's Delivery Service
魔女の宅急便 (Majo no Takkyūbin)
Japan Hayao Miyazaki Studio Ghibli Traditional Theatrical July 29, 1989 103 minutes
Legend of Lemnear
極黒の翼 バルキサス (Kyokuguro no Tsubasa Barukisasu)
Japan Kinji Yoshimoto AIC Traditional Direct-to-video OVA August 25, 1989 45 minutes
The Little Mermaid United States Ron Clements
John Musker
Walt Disney Feature Animation Traditional Theatrical First Disney animated feature of the Disney Renaissance, and the last feature in Walt Disney Feature Animation to use traditional ink and paint animation. November 17, 1989 83 minutes
Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland
ニモ (Nimo)
Japan
United States
Masami Hata
William Hurtz
Tokyo Movie Shinsha Traditional Theatrical July 15, 1989 95 minutes
Lupin III: Bye Bye, Lady Liberty
ルパン三世 バイバイ·リバティー危機一発! (Rupan Sansei: Baibai Ribatī – Kiki Ippatsu!)
Japan Osamu Dezaki Tokyo Movie Shinsha
Nippon TV
Traditional Television special First television special installment in the Lupin III manga and anime franchise. April 1, 1989 97 minutes
Maria, Mirabela in Tranzistoria
Мария и Мирабела в Транзистории (Mariya, Mirabela v Tranzistorii)
Soviet Union
Romania
Ion Popescu-Gopo
Vladimir Pekar
Mosfilm
Romania Film
Soyuzmultfilm
Traditional/Live action Theatrical April 10, 1989 71 minutes
Megazone 23 Part III
メガゾーン23 PART III (Megazōn Tsū Surī Part III)
Japan Kenichi Yatagai AIC
Artland
Traditional Direct-to-video
OVA
Part three of a four-part OVA sequence. September 28, 1989 50 minutes
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 Direct-to-video
OVA
Part four of a four-part OVA sequence. December 22, 1989 50 minutes
Meet the Feebles New Zealand Peter Jackson WingNut Films Puppetry Theatrical December 8, 1989 97 minutes
Molly and the Skywalkerz: Two Daddies? United States Bill Melendez
Steven Cuitlahuac Melendez
JZM Productions
Bill Melendez Productions
WonderWorks
PBS
Traditional Television film May 6, 1989 55 minutes
Ogami Matsugoro
おがみ松吾郎
Japan Hidetoshi Ōmori Nippon Animation
Creative Bridge
Nihon Eizō
Traditional Direct-to-video
OVA
December 16, 1989 50 minutes
Patlabor: The Movie
機動警察パトレイバー the Movie (Kidō Keisatsu Patoreibā Za Mūbī)
Japan Mamoru Oshii Studio Deen
Production I.G.
Traditional Theatrical July 15, 1989 98 minutes
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 Direct-to-video
OVA
Fourth installment of the Project A-ko series. October 7, 1989 54 minutes
Reynard the Fox
Reineke Fuchs
West Germany
China
United Kingdom
Manfred Durniok
Yumen He
Minjin Zhuang
Manfred Durniok Filmproduktion
Oriental Communications
Shanghai Animation Film Studio
Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF)
Traditional Television film 80 minutes
Rhea Gall Force
レア・ガルフォース
Japan Katsuhito Akiyama Artmic
AIC
Traditional Direct-to-video
OVA
March 21, 1989 60 minutes
Riding Bean
ライディング・ビーン
Japan Yasuo Hasegawa AIC Traditional Direct-to-video
OVA
February 22, 1989 48 minutes
Riki-Oh: The Walls of Hell
力王 等括地獄 (Riki-Ou: Tōkatsu Jigoku)
Japan Satoshi Dezaki Trans Arts Traditional Direct-to-video
OVA
Part one of a two-part OVA sequence. June 25, 1989 45 minutes
Saint Seiya: Warriors of the Final Holy Battle
聖闘士星矢 最終聖戦の戦士たち (Seinto Seiya: Saishū Seisen no Senshitachi)
Japan Masayuki Akehi Toei Animation Traditional Theatrical March 18, 1989 45 minutes
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
Toho
Traditional Theatrical September 1, 1989 60 minutes
Soreike! Anpanman: Kirakira Boshi no Namida
それいけ!アンパンマン キラキラ星の涙 (Let's Go! Anpanman: The Shining Star's Tear)
Japan Akinori Nagaoka Froebel-kan Co., Ltd.
Nippon TV
Shochiku-Fuji Ltd.
Tokyo Movie Shinsha
Traditional Theatrical First feature film installment of the Anpanman franchise. March 11, 1989 74 minutes
A Tale of Two Toads United Kingdom Brian Cosgrove Cosgrove Hall Films Stop motion Television special Sequel to The Wind in the Willows (1983). December 29, 1989 60 minutes
The Tezuka Osamu Story: I Am Son-goku
手塚治虫物語 ぼくは孫悟空 (Tezuka Osamu Monogatari: Boku wa Son Gokû)
Japan Masami Hata
Rintaro
Tezuka Productions
Nippon TV
Traditional Television film One of the final projects approved by Osamu Tezuka before his death earlier that year and the tenth and penultimate animated special produced for Nippon TV's 24 Hour TV "Love Saves the Earth" telethon. August 27, 1989 70 minutes
The Three Musketeers Anime: Aramis' Adventure
アニメ三銃士 アラミスの冒険 (Anime San Jūshi: Aramisu no Bōken)
Japan Kunihiko Yuyama Shochiku
Gallop
Traditional Theatrical March 11, 1989 46 minutes
Time Patrol Bon
藤子・F・不二雄アニメスペシャル SFアドベンチャー T・Pぼん (Fujiko F. Fujio Anime Special SF Adventure – T・P Bon)
Japan Kunihiko Yuyama Staff 21
Gallop
Nippon TV
Traditional Television special October 14, 1989 95 minutes
Urotsukidōji: Legend of the Overfiend
超神伝説うろつき童子 オリジナル劇場公開版 (Chōjin Densetsu Urotsukidōji: Original Gekijō Kōkai-ban)
Japan Hideki Takayama West Cape
Team Mu
Shochiku-Fuji
Traditional Theatrical Compilation film of the OVA series that ran for 13 episodes from January 21, 1987, to December 28, 1996. March 18, 1989 108 minutes
Venus Wars
ヴイナス戦記 (Vinasu Senki)
Japan Yoshikazu Yasuhiko Triangle Staff Traditional Theatrical March 11, 1989 102 minutes
Willy the Sparrow
Vili, a veréb
Hungary József Gémes Pannónia Filmstúdió
Budapest Film
Hajdu Film
Traditional Theatrical November 18, 1989 76 minutes
Wrath of the Ninja
戦国奇譚 妖刀伝 (Sengoku Kitan Yōtōden)
Japan Osamu Yamazaki J.C.Staff Traditional Compilation film of the OVA series that ran for three episodes from May 21, 1987, to May 11, 1988. May 27, 1989 86 minutes

Highest-grossing animated films of the year edit

Rank Title Studio Worldwide gross Ref
1 The Little Mermaid Walt Disney Feature Animation $211,343,479 [7]
2 Kiki's Delivery Service Studio Ghibli $41,795,218 [a]
3 All Dogs Go to Heaven Sullivan Bluth Studios / Goldcrest Films $27,100,027 [8]
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 [9][10]

See also edit

Notes edit

References edit

  1. ^ 日本テレビ放送網株式会社. "それいけ!アンパンマン". 日本テレビ (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-01-13.
  2. ^ "アンパンマン". アンパンマン公式ポータルサイト (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-01-13.
  3. ^ "How we made The BFG by director Brian Cosgrove and animator Ben Turner". the Guardian. 2012-09-10. Retrieved 2021-10-28.
  4. ^ "オリジナルビデオアニメ 爆走サーキット・ロマン TWIN (1989)について 映画データベース". allcinema. Retrieved June 10, 2023.
  5. ^ "映画アニメ かんからさんしん (1989)について 映画データベース". allcinema. Retrieved June 10, 2023.
  6. ^ "かんからさんしん 解説〔アジア・ワイド・コミュニケーションズ〕". hminc.jp. Retrieved June 10, 2023.
  7. ^ "The Little Mermaid (1989) - Box Office Mojo". www.boxofficemojo.com. Retrieved 2016-08-05.
  8. ^ "All Dogs Go to Heaven (1989) - Box Office Mojo". www.boxofficemojo.com. Retrieved 2016-08-05.
  9. ^ "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.
  10. ^ Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland, retrieved 2019-10-21

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