| Animated feature films |
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| By decade |
A list of animated feature films first released in 1991.
| Title | Country | Director | Studio | Technique | Format | Notes | Release date | Duration |
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| 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 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 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: 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 |