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
A Grand Day Out United Kingdom Nick Park Aardman Animations Stop motion First installment of the Wallace & Gromit series
All Dogs Go to Heaven Republic of Ireland United States 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
Back to the Forest Japan Yoshio Kuroda Nippon Animation
Madhouse
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
The Brave Frog United States Hiroshi Sasagawa Tatsunoko Traditional
The Butter Battle Book United States Ralph Bakshi Traditional TV Special
City Hunter: Magnum of Love and Fate Japan
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
Hungary
Dragon Ball Z: Dead Zone
aka. 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
The Five Star Stories Japan Kazuo Yamazaki Sunrise Traditional
The Four Musicians of Bremen
Los Cuatro Músicos de Bremen
Spain
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
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
Like the Clouds, Like the Wind Japan Hisayuki Toriumi Studio Pierrot Traditional
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
The Magician's Hat
Čarobnjakov šešir
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Milan Blažeković Croatia Film 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
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
Reineke Fuchs West Germany
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
The Trace Leads to the Silver Lake
Die Spur führt zum Silbersee
East Germany Final East German animated feature before the German reunification.
Venus Wars Japan Yoshikazu Yasuhiko Triangle Staff Traditional
Willy the Sparrow
Vili, a veréb
Hungary József Gémes Pannonia Film Studio Traditional

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