List of adult animated feature films

This is a list of adult animated feature films that were made from the 1950s onwards. These are films intended for a more mature audience than many animated feature films, all in theaters, direct-to-video and streaming.

All of the animated films must follow to be include in the list with these rules:

Judging from their MPAA ratings, any PG-rated animated films with highly use of subject matters or adult themes before the introduction of PG-13 rating in 1984 is included. After 1984, current PG-rated (or TV-PG below by the TV Parental Guidelines; if PG-13 film degraded with censorship as TV-PG per television premiere is included) animated films with similar themes (e.g. Corpse Bride and Shrek) is excluded. Television equivalents of MPA like TV-14 onwards must be included. Any animated films to be unrated by the MPA (e.g. Checkered Ninja and Chico and Rita) but with highly use of subject matters or adult themes must be included. Partial live-action films must have animation in no less than 65 percent of the running time. Heavily use of photorealistic CGI and motion capture as visual effects (about 80-95 percent) in live-action or genre-driven films (e.g. James Cameron's Avatar franchise) is strictly excluded per violation guidelines of the animation medium. Short films, television series or web series are excluded.

1950s and 1960s

Year Title Country Director(s) Studio Technique Notes 1954 Animal Farm UK John HalasJoy Batchelor Halas and Batchelor Traditional First British animated feature. 1962 Heaven and Earth Magic US Harry Everett SmithMystic Fire Video Stop-motion Originally released in 1957. 1965 West and Soda Italy Bruno Bozzetto Cineriz Traditional1968 Yellow Submarine US/UK Robert BalserGeorge DunningJack Stokes(animation) Dennis AbeyAl Brodax(live-action) Apple FilmsKing Features SyndicateTVC LondonUnited Artists Traditional Live-action Out of an Old Man's Head Sweden Per Åhlin(animation)

Tage Danielsson(live-action)Svensk Filmindustri First Swedish animated feature. ()1969 A Thousand and One NightsJapan Eiichi Yamamoto Mushi ProductionTraditional First animated film to receive the X rating in the US. Secret Picture: 1001 Nights of Ukiyo-ehiya Leo Nisimura Leo Production () First animated film to receive the R-18 in Japan. Considered lost.

1970s

YearTitleCountryDirectorStudioTechniqueNotes 1970 CleopatraJapan Osamu TezukaEiichi Yamamoto Mushi ProductionTraditional 1971 Do It! Yasuji's Pornorama Takateru MiwaShinichiro Takakuwa Tokyo TV Movie Based on the erotic gag manga by Yasuji Tanioka 1972 Fritz the CatUSRalph Bakshi Aurica Finance CompanyBlack InkFritz ProductionsSteve Krantz Productions First American animated film to receive the X rating.1973 Heavy Traffic Steve Krantz Productions Johnny Corncob Hungary Marcell Jankovics Pannonia Film Studio First Hungarian animated feature. () Fantastic Planet Czechoslovakia/France René Laloux Jiří Trnka Studio King Dick Italy Gibba () Belladonna of Sadness Japan/France Eiichi Yamamoto Mushi Production1974 The Nine Lives of Fritz the CatUS Robert Taylor Steve Krantz ProductionsCine CameraAmerican International Pictures First American animated film to receive an R rating. Down and Dirty Duck Charles Swenson New World Pictures1975 Coonskin Ralph Bakshi Tarzoon: Shame of the Jungle Belgium/France PichaBoris Szulzinger 1976 Once Upon a GirlUS Don Jurwich Originally rated X, rating surrendered by Severin Films for unrated DVD release. 1977 WizardsRalph Bakshi1978 The Lord of the Rings Traditional Rotoscoping Watership Down UK Martin Rosen Nepenthe ProductionsTraditional Based on the 1972 novel by Richard Adams Lupin III: The Mystery of MamoJapan Sōji Yoshikawa Tokyo Movie Shinsha Ringing Bell Masami Hata Sanrio Based on Ringing Bell by Takashi Yanase Tadhana Philippines Severino "Nonoy" MarceloNational Media Production Center First Philippine animated feature. 1979 Galaxy Express 999 Japan Rintaro Toei Animation

1980s Year Title Country Director Studio Animation technique Notes1980 Foam Bath Hungary György Kovásznai Pannonia Film StudioTraditional () The Missing Link Belgium/France Picha Pils Film1981 American Pop US Ralph Bakshi Columbia PicturesBakshi Productions TraditionalRotoscoping Heavy Metal Canada Gerald Potterton Columbia PicturesTraditional First Canadian animated feature. Adieu Galaxy Express 999 Japan Rintaro Toei Animation Son of the White Mare Hungary Marcell Jankovics Pannonia Film StudioMOKÉPArbelos Films1982 Time Masters France/West Germany/Switzerland/UK/Hungary René LalouxTibor Hernádi TélécipTF1 Films ProductionWestdeutscher RundfunkSüdwestrundfunkRadio-Télévision Suisse RomandeBritish Broadcasting CorporationPannonia Film StudioHungarofilm ()The Last UnicornUS/JapanArthur Rankin Jr. Jules Bass Rankin/Bass Productions Topcraft ITC FilmsThe Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle GoShogun Japan Kunihiko Yuyama Ashi Productions Based on GoShogun by Kunihiko Yuyama The Plague Dogs US/UK Martin Rosen United ArtistsNepenthe Productions In 1985, it became the first animated film to receive the PG-13 in the US. Space Adventure Cobra: The Movie Japan Osamu Dezaki Tokyo Movie Shinsha Hey Good Lookin' US Ralph Bakshi Warner Bros. PicturesPink Floyd – The WallUnited KingdomAlan Parker, Gerald ScarfeMetro-Goldwyn-MayerLive action/Traditional1983 Barefoot Gen Japan Mori Masaki Madhouse Traditional Twice Upon a Time US John Korty, Charles Swenson Lucasfilm, Ltd. / The Ladd CompanyWarner Bros. Lumage Technique Fire and Ice US Ralph Bakshi 20th Century-FoxProducers Sales Organization TraditionalRotoscoping Rock & Rule Canada Clive A. Smith NelvanaUnited ArtistsTraditional Urusei Yatsura: Only YouJapan Mamoru Oshii Pierrot Golgo 13: The Professional Osamu Dezaki Tokyo Movie ShinshaTraditionalCGI1984 Lensman Yoshiaki KawajiriKazuyuki Hirokawa Madhouse Macross: Do You Remember Love? Noboru IshiguroShōji Kawamori ArtlandTatsunoko ProductionTopcraftTraditionalNausicaä of the Valley of the WindHayao MiyazakiTopcraft Urusei Yatsura: Beautiful Dreamer Mamoru Oshii Pierrot Bagi, the Monster of Mighty Nature Osamu Tezuka Tezuka Productions Samson & Sally Denmark/Sweden Jannik Hastrup Dansk Tegnefilm1985 Vampires in Havana Cuba/Spain Juan Padrón Angel's EggJapan Mamoru Oshii Tokuma Shoten The Dagger of Kamui Rintaro MadhouseProject Team Argos GoShogun: The Time Étranger Kunihiko Yuyama Ashi Productions Based on GoShogun by Kunihiko Yuyama Lupin III: Legend of the Gold of Babylon Seijun SuzukiShigetsugu Yoshida Tokyo Movie Shinsha Starchaser: The Legend of Orin US Steven Hahn Young Sung Production Co. Ltd. Urusei Yatsura 3: Remember My LoveJapan Kazuo YamazakiStudio Deen Urusei Yatsura: Ryoko's September Tea Party Vampire Hunter D Toyoo Ashida TohoAshi Production Based on Vampire Hunter D Volume 1 by Hideyuki Kikuchi Penguin's Memory: Shiawase Monogatari Shinji Kimura Animation Staff Room Uses the penguin mascots from the Suntory's CAN Beer.1986 Arion Yoshikazu Yasuhiko Sunrise Barefoot Gen 2 Toshio Hirata Madhouse Fist of the North Star Toyoo Ashida Toei Animation When the Wind Blows UK Jimmy T. Murakami Meltdown Productions Cat City Hungary Béla Ternovszky1987 Neo TokyoJapan RintaroYoshiaki KawajiriKatsuhiro Otomo Project Team AgrosMadhouse Robot Carnival Atsuko FukushimaKatsuhiro OtomoKoji MorimotoHidetoshi OmoriYasuomi UmetsuHiroyuki KitazumeMao LamdoHiroyuki KitakuboTakashi Nakamura A.P.P.P. Saint Seiya: The Movie Kōzō Morishita Toei Animation Wicked City Yoshiaki Kawajiri Madhouse Twilight of the Cockroaches Hiroaki Yoshida MadhouseKitty Films Traditional Live-action The Big Bang Belgium/France PichaTraditional Lupin III: The Fuma Conspiracy Japan Masayuki Ōzeki Tokyo Movie Shinsha Gandahar US/France René Laloux SEK Studio1988 Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's CounterattackJapan Yoshiyuki Tomino Sunrise TraditionalCGI Grave of the Fireflies Isao Takahata Studio GhibliShinchoshaTraditional Appleseed Kazuyoshi Katayama Gainax Akira Katsuhiro Otomo Tokyo Movie Shinsha Demon City Shinjuku Yoshiaki Kawajiri Madhouse Treasure Island USSR David Cherkassky Kievnauchfilm Live-actionTraditional1989 Marquis Belgium/France Henri Xhonneux Aligator ProduccionesTchin Tchin Productions Live-actionStop-motion UrotsukidōjiJapan Hideki Takayama Phoenix EntertainmentShochiku-FujiTraditional Riding Bean Yasuo Hasegawa AIC

1990s Year Title Country Director Studio Notes Animation technique1990 War of the Birds Denmark Jannik Hastrup Dansk TegnefilmTraditional A Wind Named Amnesia Japan Kazuo Yamazaki Madhouse Werner – Beinhart! Germany Niki List Constantin Film TraditionalLive-action1991 Only YesterdayJapan Isao Takahata Studio GhibliTraditionalRoujin Z Hiroyuki Kitakubo The Television Inc.Movic CoTV AsahiSony Music Entertainment JapanA.P.P.P.The SensualistYukio AbeGrouper Production1992 Bebe's KidsUnited States Bruce W. Smith Paramount PicturesHyperion Studio Was one of the first animated films to have an all African-American cast. Cool World Ralph Bakshi Bakshi AnimationParamount Pictures Shōjo TsubakiJapan Hiroshi HaradaTraditional The Spirit of Christmas: Jesus vs. FrostyUnited States Trey ParkerMatt Stone Avenging Conscience CutoutStop-motion Evil Toons Fred Olen Ray TraditionalLive-action The Tune Bill Plympton October FilmsTraditional1993 Ninja ScrollJapan Yoshiaki Kawajiri TohoOcean WavesTomomi MochizukiStudio Ghibli Patlabor 2: The Movie Mamoru Oshii Production I.G Yu Yu Hakusho: The Movie Noriyuki Abe Studio Pierrot Zit: The Video United Kingdom Keith Bateman Screen EntertainmentA.K. Music The Secret Adventures of Tom Thumb United Kingdom Dave Borthwick bolexbrothers Stop motion1994 Felidae Germany Michael Schaack TFC Trickompany Based on the novel by Akif PirinçciTraditional Rocky & Hudson Brazil Otto Guerra Otto Desenhos Animados Yu Yu Hakusho: Poltergeist ReportJapan Masakatsu Iijima Studio PierrotMovic Darkside Blues Nobuyasu Furukawa J.C.Staff Based on the manga by Hideyuki Kikuchi1995 Ghost in the Shell JapanUnited Kingdom Mamoru Oshii Production I.G. Farewell to NostradamusJapan Shunya ItōTakeshi Shirato Tokyo Movie Shinsha