List of animated feature films of 1989

This is a list of animated feature films first released in 1989.

List Title Country Director Production company Animation technique Format Notes Release date Duration All Dogs Go to Heaven Ireland United States Don Bluth Sullivan Bluth Studios Goldcrest Films United Artists Traditional Theatrical November 17, 1989 85 minutes Asterix and the Big Fight 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 Babar: The Movie Canada France Alan Bunce Nelvana Ellipse Programmé The Clifford Ross Company Astral Films New Line Cinema Traditional Theatrical July 28, 1989 76 minutes Baoh 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 One of Cosgrove Hall Films' only films. December 25, 1989 91 minutes Blue Flames Japan Noboru Ishiguro Artland Traditional Direct-to-video OVA November 24, 1989 50 minutes Bombing Circuit Romance Twin Japan Osamu Sekida Life Work Co., Ltd. Japan Home Video Traditional Direct-to-video OVA January 24, 1989 88 minutes Cinderella Express 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 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 Japan Koichi Ohata AIC ASMIK Traditional Direct-to-video OVA November 1, 1989 45 minutes Dog Soldier: 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 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 Japan Daisuke Nishio Toei Animation Traditional Theatrical July 15, 1989 42 minutes El Escudo del cóndor Argentina Luis Palomares Vuelo Libre Producciones S.R.L. Traditional Theatrical April 20, 1989 72 minutes The Five Star Stories Japan Kazuo Yamazaki Sunrise Traditional Theatrical March 11, 1989 66 minutes The Four Musicians of Bremen Spain Cruz Delgado Estudios Cruz Delgado Filmayer Traditional Theatrical June 26, 1989 86 minutes Goku Midnight Eye: Part One 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 Japan Yoshiaki Kawajiri Madhouse Traditional Direct-to-video OVA Part two of a two-part OVA sequence. December 22, 1989 60 minutes Happily Ever After a.k.a. Snow White: Happily Ever After Philippines/United States John Howley Filmation Kel Air Productions Traditional Theatrical June 30, 1989 74 minutes Hengen Taima Yakou Karura Mau! Nara Onryou Emaki Japan Takaaki Ishiyama Toei Classics Toshiba Eizo Soft Ginga Teikoku Traditional Theatrical April 8, 1989 80 minutes Hyper Psychic Geo Garaga Japan Hidemi Kubo ASMIK Aubec AVN Traditional Theatrical October 21, 1989 100 minutes The Isewan Typhoon Story 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' Sweden Norway Per Åhlin Sandrew Metronome Traditional Theatrical December 15, 1989 104 minutes Kankara Sanshin Japan Osamu Kobayashi Tokyo Animation Film Traditional Theatrical August 3, 1989 78 minutes Kiki and Lala's Blue Bird Japan Masami Hata Sanrio Grouper Productions Toho 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 Japan Hayao Miyazaki Studio Ghibli Traditional Theatrical July 29, 1989 103 minutes Legend of Lemnear 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 Japan United States Masami Hata William Hurtz Tokyo Movie Shinsha Traditional Theatrical July 15, 1989 95 minutes Lupin III: Bye Bye, Lady Liberty 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 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 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 Japan Shinji Aramaki AIC Artland Traditional Direct-to-video OVA Part four of a four-part OVA sequence. December 22, 1989 50 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 Japan Hidetoshi Ōmori Nippon Animation Creative Bridge Nihon Eizō Traditional Direct-to-video OVA December 16, 1989 50 minutes The Osamu Tezuka Story: I Am Son-goku 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 Patlabor: The Movie Japan Mamoru Oshii Studio Deen Production I.G. Traditional Theatrical July 15, 1989 98 minutes Project A-ko 4: FINAL 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 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 Japan Katsuhito Akiyama Artmic AIC Traditional Direct-to-video OVA March 21, 1989 60 minutes Riding Bean Japan Yasuo Hasegawa AIC Traditional Direct-to-video OVA February 22, 1989 48 minutes Riki-Oh: The Walls of Hell 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 Japan Masayuki Akehi Toei Animation Traditional Theatrical March 18, 1989 45 minutes Sonic Soldier Borgman: Last Battle Japan Kiyoshi Murayama Ashi Production Toho Traditional Theatrical September 1, 1989 60 minutes Soreike! Anpanman: Kirakira Boshi no Namida 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 Three Musketeers Anime: Aramis' Adventure Japan Kunihiko Yuyama Shochiku Gallop Traditional Theatrical March 11, 1989 46 minutes Time Patrol Bon Japan Kunihiko Yuyama Staff 21 Gallop Nippon TV Traditional Television special October 14, 1989 95 minutes Urotsukidōji: Legend of the Overfiend 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 Japan Yoshikazu Yasuhiko Triangle Staff Traditional Theatrical March 11, 1989 102 minutes Willy the Sparrow Hungary József Gémes Pannónia Filmstúdió Budapest Film Hajdu Film Traditional Theatrical November 18, 1989 76 minutes Wrath of the Ninja 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

Rank Title Studio Worldwide gross 1The Little MermaidWalt Disney Feature Animation$211,343,479 2Kiki's Delivery ServiceStudio Ghibli$41,795,218 3All Dogs Go to HeavenSullivan Bluth Studios / Goldcrest Films$27,100,027 4Doraemon: Nobita and the Birth of JapanAsatsu / Toho$14,051,242 (¥2.02 billion) 5Little Nemo: Adventures in SlumberlandTokyo Movie Shinsha$11,400,000

See also List of animated television series of 1989

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References

External links Animated films of the year, listed in the IMDb