List of animated feature films of 1991

This is a list of animated feature films first released in 1991.

List

Title	Country	Director	Studio	Technique	Format	Notes	Release	Duration
The Adventures of Gamba and Otters ガンバとカワウソの冒険 (Gamba to Kawauso no Bouken)	Japan	Shunji Ōga	Tokyo Movie Shinsha	Traditional	Theatrical	?	July 20, 1991	80 minutes
The Adventures of the Magic Globe or Witch's Tricks Приключения волшебного глобуса, или проделки ведьмы (Priklyucheniya volshebnogo globusa, ili prodelki vedmy)	Soviet Union	Ivan Axenchuk	Soyuzmultfilm	Traditional	Theatrical	?	January 1, 1991	65 minutes
Ali Baba	Australia	Douglas Richards Richard Slapczynski	Burbank Animation Studios	Traditional	Television film	?	?	50 minutes
An American Tail: Fievel Goes West	United States United Kingdom	Phil Nibbelink Simon Wells	Universal Pictures Amblin Entertainment Amblimation	Traditional	Theatrical	Sequel to An American Tail (1986), and the inaugural production from Steven Spielberg's Amblimation.	November 22, 1991	75 minutes
Go! Anpanman: Fly! Fly! Chibigon ja:それいけ!アンパンマン とべ! とべ! ちびごん	Japan	Akinori Nagaoka	Anpanman Production Committee, TMS Entertainment	Traditional	Theatrical	Anpanman	July 20, 1991	50 minutes
Beauty and the Beast	United States	Gary Trousdale Kirk Wise	Walt Disney Feature Animation	Traditional	Theatrical	The first animated film to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture.	November 22, 1991	84 minutes
Beyond the Tide of Time 満ちてくる時のむこうに (Michite Kuru Toki no Mukō ni)	Japan	Hisayuki Toriumi	Yomiko Advertising Pierrot Nippon TV	Traditional	Television film	?	June 16, 1991	76 minutes
Burn Up! バーンナップ (Bān'nappu)	Japan	Yasunori Ide	AIC	Traditional	Direct-to-video OVA		March 21, 1991	50 minutes
Capricorn [ja] カプリコン	Japan	Takashi Imanishi	Aubec Anime R Atelier Fukuro D.A.S.T Corporation Studio Mu Continental Shobo King Records	Traditional	Direct-to-video OVA		April 5, 1991	45 minutes
Christmas in January 1月にはChristmas	Japan	Tetsu Dezaki	For Life Records Magic Bus Media Rings Corporation	Traditional	Direct-to-video OVA		November 21, 1991	50 minutes
The Christmas Tree	United States Brazil	Flamarion Ferreira	Flamarion Ferreira Films USA Network	Traditional	Television film		September 11, 1991	43 minutes
Charlie Strapp and Froggy Ball Flying High a. k. a. The Adventures of Kalle Stropp and the Frog Ball Kalle Stropp och Grodan Boll på svindlande äventyr	Sweden	Jan Gissberg		Traditional	Theatrical		December 14, 1991	83 minutes
The Count of Monte-Cristo	Australia		Burbank Animation Studios	Traditional	Television film			50 minutes
Coyote Tales	United States	Robert Heath	Walt Disney Productions (archive footage) Robert Heath Inc. Walt Disney Television	Traditional	Television special Compilation film	Compilation of animal-based Disney theatrical animated shorts; retread adaptation of The Coyote's Lament from Disneyland, with extended content and more cartoons.	March 24, 1991	79 minutes
Dark Cat ダークキャット (Daku Kyatto)	Japan	Iku Suzuki	Agent 21 Nikkatsu Corporation E&G Films	Traditional	Direct-to-video OVA		December 28, 1991	60 minutes
Darkwing Duck: Darkly Dawns the Duck	United States	Tad Stones	Walt Disney Television Animation	Traditional	Television film	Pilot for the TV series Darkwing Duck.	September 6, 1991	46 minutes
Doraemon: Nobita's Dorabian Nights ドラえもん のび太のドラビアンナイト (Doraemon: Nobita no Dorabian Naito)	Japan	Tsutomu Shibayama	Asatsu Shin-Ei Animation Toho (distributor)	Traditional	Theatrical		March 9, 1991	99 minutes
Dr. Typhoon Dr.(ドク)タイフーン (Dokutā Taifu)	Japan	Junji Nishimura		Traditional	Direct-to-video OVA	[1]	April 3, 1991	46 minutes
Dragon Ball Z: Cooler's Revenge ドラゴンボールZ とびっきりの最強対最強 (Doragon Bōru Zetto: Tobikkiri no Saikyō tai Saikyō)	Japan	Mitsuo Hashimoto	Toei Animation	Traditional	Theatrical		July 20, 1991	47 minutes
Dragon Ball Z: Lord Slug ドラゴンボールZ 超サイヤ人だ孫悟空 (Doragon Bōru Zetto Sūpā Saiyajin da Son Gokū)	Japan	Mitsuo Hashimoto	Toei Animation	Traditional	Theatrical		March 9, 1991	52 minutes
The Emperor's New Clothes	Australia	Richard Slapczynski	Burbank Animation Studios	Traditional	Television film			50 minutes
Eneida Енеїда (Eneyida)	Soviet Union Ukraine	Vladimir Dakhno	Kievnauchfilm Ukrainimafilm	Traditional		Possibly it is first Ukrainian animated feature.	1991	69 minutes
Exper Zenon エクスパーゼノン	Japan	Yuji Moriyama	Studio Fantasia Nippon Victor	Traditional	Direct-to-video OVA		September 27, 1991	60 minutes
Filemon i przyjaciele	Poland	Ireneusz Czesny Ryszard Szymczak		Traditional				60 minutes
Frank Enstein	Australia		Burbank Animation Studios	Traditional	Television film			50 minutes
Free! Whale Peek とべ! くじらのピーク (Tobé! Kujira no Peek)	Japan	Kôji Morimoto	Toho Company Urban Product	Traditional	Theatrical		May 22, 1991	80 minutes
The Gakuen Chōjo-tai ザ・学園超女隊 (The Academy Supergirl Team)	Japan	Tetsu Dezaki	Magic Bus Bandai Visual (distributor)	Traditional	Direct-to-video OVA		June 27, 1991	45 minutes
Gekkō no Pierce: Yumemi to Gin no Bara no Kishi-dan 月光のピアス ユメミと銀のバラ騎士団 (Moonlight Earrings: Yumemi and the Silver Rose Knights)	Japan	Takeshi Mori	Toho (distributor) Pierrot Shueisha	Traditional	Direct-to-video	OVA	December 14, 1991	70 minutes
Il Giornalino di Gian Burrasca	Italy	Stelio Passacantando	Studio Passacantando	Traditional	Theatrical		June 7, 1991	81 minutes
Goldilocks and the Three Bears	Australia		Burbank Animation Studios	Traditional	Television film			49 minutes
Hans and the Silver Skates	Australia		Burbank Animation Studios	Traditional	Television film			50 minutes
Heukkkokdujanggun 흙꼭두장군 (Mud Kokdu General)	South Korea	Kim Seong-chil	K-Land Productions	Traditional	Television film		December 10, 1991	90 minutes
Hisaichi Ishii's Great Political World いしいひさいちの大政界 (Ishii Hisaichi no Daiseikai)	Japan	Masayuki Oozeki	E&G Films	Traditional	Direct-to-video OVA		September 6, 1991	50 minutes
The Holiday of the New Year Tree Праздник новогодней ёлки (Prazdnik novogodney yolki)	Soviet Union	Mstislav Pashchenko Witold Bordzilovsky Pyotr Nosov Leonid Amalrik	Soyuzmultfilm	Traditional		Collection of New Year's animated films of Soyuzmultfilm studio of different years,[2]		65 minutes
Huckleberry no Bōken ハックルベリィの冒険 (The Adventures of Huckleberry)	Japan	Hiroyoshi Mitsunobu Tameo Kohanawa	Pony Canyon Group TAC	Traditional	Theatrical	Film compiled from TV series episodes	August 16, 1991	86 minutes
Jang Dok-dae 장독대 (Jangdokdae)	South Korea	Bae Yeong-rang	MBC Dongyang Donghwa	Traditional	Television film		May 5, 1991	90 minutes
Kero Kero Keroppi's Three Musketeers けろけろけろっぴの三銃士, (Kero Kero Keroppi no Sanjūshi)	Japan	Masami Hata	Sanrio Grouper Productions Toho (distributor)	Traditional	Theatrical	The second of only two feature-length installments in the Sanrio World Masterpiece Theater series; based on The Three Musketeers.	July 20, 1991	62 minutes
Kyūkyoku Chōjin R 究極超人あ〜る (Kyūkyoku Chōjin Āru)	Japan	Ami Tomobuki	Studio COA Bandai Visual Media Rings Corporation Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions	Traditional	Direct-to-video OVA	[3]	October 24, 1991	74 minutes
Legend of the Phantom Heroes 忍者龍剣新堕糜泥の星 淫魔伝説 (Phantom Yūsha Densetsu)	Japan	Tetsu Dezaki	Bandai Visual (distributor) Magic Bus Taki Corporation	Traditional	Direct-to-video OVA	?	January 23, 1991	45 minutes
Lifestyles of the Rich and Animated	United States	Kenny Wolin	Walt Disney Productions (archive footage) Robert Heath Inc. Walt Disney Television	Traditional	Television special Compilation film	Compilation of lifestyle-based Disney theatrical animated shorts; Corey Burton provided new redubbed lines for Ludwig von Drake in the special.	August 18, 1991	90 minutes
Lupin III: Napoleon's Dictionary ルパン三世『ナポレオンの辞書を奪え』 (Rupan Sansei: Napoleon no Jisho o Ubae)	Japan	Osamu Dezaki	Tokyo Movie Shinsha Nippon TV	Traditional	Television special	?	August 9, 1991	90 minutes
The Magic Riddle	Australia	Yoram Gross	Yoram Gross Films	Traditional	Theatrical		September 19, 1991	93 minutes
Magical Taruruto-kun まじかる☆タルるートくん (Majikaru Tarurūto-kun)	Japan	Shigeyasu Yamauchi	Toei Animation	Traditional	Theatrical		March 9, 1991	51 minutes
Magical Taruruto-kun: Burn! Magic War of Friendship まじかる☆タルるートくん 燃えろ! 友情の魔法大戦 (Majikaru Tarurūto-kun: Moero! Yuujou no Mahou Taisen)	Japan	Hiroyuki Kakudou	Toei Animation	Traditional	Theatrical		July 20, 1991	45 minutes
Meisō-Ō Border 迷走王ボーダー 社会復帰編 (Stray King Border: Return to Society)	Japan	Noboru Ishiguro	Nippon Animation Artland	Traditional	Direct-to-video OVA	[4]	September 1, 1991	44 minutes
Mermaid's Forest 人魚の森 (Ningyo no Mori)	Japan	Takaya Mizutani	OB Planning Co., Ltd. Pastel Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions	Traditional	Direct-to-video OVA	[5]	August 16, 1991	56 minutes
Mobile Suit Gundam F91 機動戦士ガンダムF91 (Kidō Senshi Gandamu Fōmyura Nainti Wan)	Japan	Yoshiyuki Tomino	Sunrise	Traditional	Theatrical		March 16, 1991	115 minutes
Nadia of the Mysterious Seas a.k.a. Nadia: The Secret of Fuzzy ふしぎの海のナディア 劇場用オリジナル版 (Fushigi no Umi no Nadia)	Japan	Sho Aono	Group TAC Gainax Sei Young	Traditional	Theatrical		June 29, 1991	90 minutes
Ness and Nessy Ness un Nesija	Latvia	Roze Stiebra	Dauka	Traditional	Theatrical	First Latvian animated feature.		59 minutes
The New Star of the Fallen Mud: Legend of the Incubus 忍者龍剣新堕糜泥の星 淫魔伝説 (Violence Gekiga Shin David no Hoshi: Inma Densetsu)	Japan	Yōichirō Shimatani	Koala Books Studio Junio Apollon	Traditional	Direct-to-video OVA	Standalone sequel installment to the OVA series based on the manga David no Hoshi that ran from December 5, 1989 to June 5, 1990 for four forty-five minute episodes.	March 8, 1991	45 minutes
Ninja Ryūkenden 忍者龍剣伝 (Legend of the Ninja Dragon Sword)	Japan	Mamoru Kanbe	SMS Corporation Studio Junio Pack-In-Video Co., Ltd.	Traditional	Direct-to-video OVA		November 22, 1991	50 minutes
Only Yesterday おもひでぽろぽろ (Omoide Poro Poro)	Japan	Isao Takahata	Studio Ghibli	Traditional	Theatrical		July 20, 1991	118 minutes
Otohime Connection 乙姫CONNECTION (Princess Sister Connection)	Japan	Takayuki Goto	Animate ING, Co. Aniplex MOVIC Sony Music Entertainment	Traditional	Direct-to-video OVA		December 1, 1991	49 minutes
The Pirates of Dark Water: The Saga Begins	United States Philippines	David Kirschner	Hanna-Barbera Productions Fil-Cartoons	Traditional	Television film		December 19, 1991	90 minutes
The Princess and the Goblin A hercegnő és a kobold	United Kingdom Hungary Japan United States	József Gémes	Budapest Film S4C Pannónia Filmstúdió NHK	Traditional	Theatrical	First Welsh animated feature.	December 20, 1991	82 minutes
Psychic Wars 捜獣戦士・サイキック・ウォーズ (Sojuu Senshi – Saikikku Wōzu)	Japan	Tetsuo Imazawa	Toei Animation	Traditional	Direct-to-video OVA		February 22, 1991	50 minutes
Ranma ½: Big Trouble in Nekonron, China らんま½ ~中国寝崑崙大決戦！掟やぶりの激闘篇！！~ (Ranma Nibunnoichi: Chūgoku Nekonron Daikessen! Okite Yaburi no Gekitō Hen!)	Japan	Shūji Iuchi	Studio Deen Fuji Television Network Kitty Films Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions	Traditional	Theatrical		November 2, 1991	74 minutes
Robin Hood	Italy Japan United Kingdom			Traditional		compilation film
Robinson and Company Robinson et compagnie	France	Jacques Colombat	Bat Productions Belstar Productions Films A2 Institut National de l'Audiovisuel (INA) Parmentier Productions Les Films de l'Atalante (distributor)	Traditional	Theatrical		May 25, 1991	70 minutes
Rock-a-Doodle	Ireland United Kingdom United States	Don Bluth	Goldcrest Sullivan Bluth Studios Ireland Limited	Traditional	Theatrical	?	August 2, 1991	74 minutes
Roujin Z 老人Z (Rōjin Zetto)	Japan	Hiroyuki Kitakubo	A.P.P.P.	Traditional	Theatrical		September 14, 1991	84 minutes
Rover Dangerfield	United States	James L. George and Bob Seeley	Warner Bros. Pictures (distributor) Hyperion Animation	Traditional	Theatrical		August 2, 1991	74 minutes
Samuraider: Nazo no Tenkousei サムライダー 謎の転校生 (Samuraider: The Mysterious Transfer Student)	Japan	Hideaki Oba	Daiei Eizo Co. Ltd. (distributor) MTV	Traditional	Direct-to-video OVA		February 22, 1991	47 minutes
Sebastian Star Bear: First Mission Beertje Sebastiaan: De geheime opdracht	Netherlands	Frank Fehmers		Traditional	Theatrical		October 11, 1991	79 minutes
The Sensualist 好色一代男 (Kōshoku Ichidai Otoko)	Japan	Yukio Abe		Traditional			January 18, 1991	55 minutes
The Seventh Brother A Hetedik testvér Bobo und die Hasenbande	Hungary Germany United States	Jenő Koltai Tibor Hernádi	Pannónia Filmstúdió	Traditional			June 21, 1991	80 minutes
Shizukanaru Don – Yakuza Side Story 静かなるドン (Shizukanaru Don)	Japan	Hajime Kamegaki	Tokyo Movie Shinsha Toho (distributor)	Traditional	Direct-to-video OVA	[6]	April 12, 1991	44 minutes
Silent Möbius: The Motion Picture サイレントメビウス THE MOTION PICTURE (Sairento Mebiusu: The Motion Picture)	Japan	Kazuo Tomizawa	Kadokawa Shoten AIC Shochiku	Traditional	Theatrical	?	August 17, 1991	54 minutes
Soreike! Anpanman Tobe! Tobe! Chibigon それいけ! アンパンマン とべ!とべ!ちびごん (Let's Go! Anpanman: Fly! Fly! Chibigon)	Japan	Akinori Nagaoka	Tokyo Movie Shinsha	Traditional	Theatrical	?	July 20, 1991	?
Sweet Spot スイートスポット	Japan	Gisaburō Sugii	Fuji TV Group TAC Tomason Pony Canyon	Traditional	Direct-to-video OVA	?	April 21, 1991	45 minutes
To Want to Fly Volere volare	Italy	Guido Manuli Maurizio Nichetti	Pentafilm – Bambù Pentafilm Distribuzione	Traditional/Live action	Theatrical Live-action animated film	?	March 1, 1991	94 minutes
Ucchare Goshogawara うっちゃれ五所瓦	Japan	Kazuhiro Ozawa ¡	J.C. Staff Nihon Eizō Bandai Music Entertainment (distributor)	Traditional	Direct-to-video OVA	?	October 25, 1991	50 minutes
Underwater Berets a. k. a. Submarine Berets Подводные береты (Podvodnyye berety)	Soviet Union	Vladimir Tarasov Rasa Strautmane Alexander Mazayev Alexander Gorlenko Elena Prorokova	Soyuzmultfilm	Traditional	?	Final Soviet animated feature before the dissolution of the Soviet Union[7]	?	69 minutes
Urotsukidōji II: Legend of the Demon Womb 真・超神伝説うろつき童子 魔胎伝 インターナショナル完全版 (Shin Chōjin Densetsu Urotsukidōji: Mataiden International Kanzenban)	Japan	Hideki Takayama	West Cape Team Mu	Traditional	Theatrical Compilation film	Compilation film of the two-part OVA series that ran from December 1, 1990, to April 10, 1991.	July 21, 1991	88 minutes
Urusei Yatsura: Always My Darling a. k. a. Forever My Darling うる星やつら いつだってマイ・ダーリン (Urusei Yatsura Itsudatte Mai Dārin)	Japan	Kumiko Takahashi	Madhouse	Traditional	Theatrical	Sixth and final feature in the Urusei Yatsura film series.	August 18, 1991	77 minutes
Vampire Wars ヴァンパイヤー戦争 (Vanpaiyā Sensō)	Japan	Kazuhisa Takenouchi	Toei Animation	Traditional	Direct-to-video OVA	?	January 25, 1991	50 minutes
The White Camel Le Chameau blanc	Belgium France Luxembourg	Raymond Burlet	Les Producteurs TV-Cine-Video (Telcima) Odec Kid Cartoons 352 Productions France 3	Traditional	Television film	?	December 29, 1991	45 minutes
White Fang	Australia	?	Burbank Animation Studios	Traditional	Television film	?	?	50 minutes
Who's Left Behind? a. k. a. Kayoko's Diary うしろの正面だあれ (Ushiro no Shoumen Daare)	Japan	Seiji Arihara	Mushi Production	Traditional	Theatrical	?	March 9, 1991	90 minutes
Wizardry ウィザードリィ	Japan	Toshiya Shinohara	Shochiku-Fuji Ltd. (distributor) Tokyo Movie Shinsha	Traditional	Direct-to-video OVA	?	February 21, 1991	50 minutes

Highest-grossing animated films of the year

Rank	Title	Studio	Worldwide gross	Ref.
1	Beauty and the Beast	Walt Disney Feature Animation	$424,967,620	[8]
2	An American Tail: Fievel Goes West	Amblimation	$40,766,041
3	Only Yesterday	Studio Ghibli	$18,846,700 (¥1.87 billion)
4	Doraemon: Nobita's Dorabian Nights	Asatsu	$18,000,000 (¥1.80 billion)
5	Dragon Ball Z: Cooler's Revenge	Toei Animation	$16,200,000

See also

• List of animated television series of 1991

References

1. "Dr.（ドク）タイフーン（OVA）". anikore.jp. Retrieved April 9, 2023.
2. Russian animation in letters and figures | Films | ╚THE HOLIDAY OF THE NEW YEAR TREE╩
3. "究極超人あ～る（OVA）". anikore.jp. Retrieved April 9, 2023.
4. "迷走王ボーダー 社会復帰編（OVA）". anikore.jp. Retrieved April 9, 2023.
5. "人魚の森（OVA）". anikore.jp. Retrieved April 9, 2023.
6. "静かなるドン YAKUZA SIDESTORY（OVA）". anikore.jp. Retrieved April 9, 2023.
7. Russian animation in letters and figures | Films | ╚SUBMARINE BERETS╩
8. "Beauty and the Beast (1991) - Box Office Mojo". www.boxofficemojo.com. Retrieved 2016-08-05.

External links

• Animated films of the year, listed in the IMDb