List of adult animated films

This is a list of adult animated films that were made from the 1950s onwards. These are films intended for a more adult audience than typical animated films. They are often distinct from television series or internet series.

1950s and 1960s[]

Title	Country	Director	Studio	Year	Notes	Animation technique
Animal Farm^[1]	United Kingdom and the United States	John Halas, Joy Batchelor	Halas and Batchelor	1954	First British animated feature	Traditional
Heaven and Earth Magic	United States	Harry Everett Smith		1962	Originally released in 1957	Stop motion
Doggie March	Japan	Daisaku Shirakawa	Toei Animation	1963		Traditional
Out of an Old Man's Head I huvet på en gammal gubbe	Sweden	Per Åhlin animation Tage Danielsson live-action		1968	First Swedish animated feature	Traditional, Live action
A Thousand and One Nights	Japan	Eiichi Yamamoto	Mushi Production	1969		Traditional
Maruhi Gekiga, Ukiyoe Senichiya	Japan	Leo Nisimura	Leo Production	1969	First animated film to receive the R-18 in Japan	Traditional

1970s[]

Title	Country	Director	Studio	Year	Notes	Animation technique
Cleopatra	Japan	Osamu Tezuka, Eiichi Yamamoto	Mushi Production	1970		Traditional
Do It! Yasuji's Pornorama	Japan	Takateru Miwa, Shinichiro Takakuwa	Tokyo TV Movie	1971	Based on the erotic gag manga by Yasuji Tanioka	Traditional
Fritz the Cat	US	Ralph Bakshi	Aurica Finance Company, Black Ink, Fritz Productions, Steve Krantz Productions	1972	First animated film to receive the X rating in the US	Traditional
Heavy Traffic	US	Ralph Bakshi		1973		Traditional
King Dick	Italy	Gibba		1973		Traditional
Fantastic Planet	Czechoslovakia, France	René Laloux	Jiří Trnka Studio	1973		Traditional
Belladonna of Sadness	Japan, France	Eiichi Yamamoto	Mushi Production	1973		Traditional
The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat	US	Robert Taylor	Steve Krantz Productions, Cine Camera, American International Pictures	1974	First American animated film to receive R rating	Traditional
Down and Dirty Duck	US	Charles Swenson	New World Pictures	1974		Traditional
Coonskin	US	Ralph Bakshi		1975		Traditional
Tarzoon: Shame of the Jungle	France, Belgium	Picha, Boris Szulzinger		1975		Traditional
The Mystery of Mamo	Japan	Sōji Yoshikawa		1975		Traditional
Once Upon a Girl	US	Don Jurwich		1976	Originally rated X, rating surrendered by Severin Films for unrated DVD release	Traditional
Wizards	US	Ralph Bakshi		1977		Traditional
The Lord of the Rings	US	Ralph Bakshi		1978		Traditional/Rotoscoping
Watership Down	UK	Martin Rosen	Nepenthe Productions	1978	Based on the 1972 novel by Richard Adams	Traditional
Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro	Japan	Hayao Miyazaki		1979		Traditional

1980s[]

Title	Country	Director	Studio	Year	Notes	Animation technique
The Missing Link	France, Belgium	Picha	Pils Film	1980		Traditional
American Pop	US	Ralph Bakshi	Columbia Pictures, Bakshi Productions	1981		Traditional/Rotoscoping
Heavy Metal	Canada, US	Gerald Potterton		1981		Traditional
The Plague Dogs	UK, US	Martin Rosen	United Artists, Nepenthe Productions	1982		Traditional
Hey Good Lookin'	US	Ralph Bakshi	Warner Bros. Pictures	1982		Traditional
Pink Floyd – The Wall	UK	Alan Parker, Gerald Scarfe	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	1982		Live action/Traditional
Barefoot Gen	Japan	Mori Masaki	Herald Enterprises	1983		Traditional
Fire and Ice	US	Ralph Bakshi		1983		Traditional/Rotoscoping
Rock & Rule	Canada	Clive A. Smith	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	1983		Traditional
Urusei Yatsura: Only You	Japan	Mamoru Oshii	Pierrot	1983		Traditional
Urusei Yatsura: Beautiful Dreamer	Japan	Mamoru Oshii	Pierrot	1984		Traditional
Angel's Egg	Japan	Mamoru Oshii	Tokuma Shoten	1985		Traditional
The Legend of the Gold of Babylon	Japan	Seijun Suzuki, Shigetsugu Yoshida		1985		Traditional
Starchaser: The Legend of Orin	US	Steven Hahn	Young Sung Production Co. Ltd.	1985		Traditional
Urusei Yatsura 3: Remember My Love	Japan	Kazuo Yamazaki	Studio Deen	1985		Traditional
Urusei Yatsura: Ryoko's September Tea Party	Japan		Studio Deen	1985		Traditional
Vampire Hunter D	Japan	Toyoo Ashida	Toho, Ashi Production	1985	Based on Vampire Hunter D Volume 1 by Hideyuki Kikuchi	Traditional
Penguin's Memory: Shiawase Monogatari	Japan	Shinji Kimura	Animation Staff Room	1985	Uses the penguin mascots from the Suntory's CAN Beer	Traditional
Barefoot Gen 2	Japan	Toshio Hirata	Madhouse	1986		Traditional
When the Wind Blows	UK	Jimmy T. Murakami	Meltdown Productions	1986		Traditional
Cat City	Hungary	Béla Ternovszky		1986		Traditional
Bring Me the Head of Charlie Brown	US	Jim Reardon	California Institute of the Arts	1986		Traditional
The Adventures of Lolo the Penguin	Soviet Union, Japan	Kinjiro Yoshida, Gennady Sokolskiy		1986		Traditional
Neo Tokyo	Japan	Rintaro, Yoshiaki Kawajiri, Katsuhiro Otomo	Project Team Agros, Madhouse	1987		Traditional
Robot Carnival	Japan	Atsuko Fukushima, Katsuhiro Otomo, Koji Morimoto, Hidetoshi Omori, Yasuomi Umetsu, Hiroyuki Kitazume, Mao Lamdo, Hiroyuki Kitakubo, Takashi Nakamura	A.P.P.P.	1987		Traditional
Lupo the Butcher	Canada	Danny Antonucci	International Rocketship Limited	1987		Traditional
The Big Bang	France, Belgium	Picha		1987		Traditional
Akira	Japan	Katsuhiro Otomo	TMS Entertainment	1988		Traditional
Gandahar	US, France	René Laloux	SEK Studio	1988		Traditional
Appleseed	Japan	Kazuyoshi Katayama		1988		Traditional
Grave of the Fireflies	Japan	Isao Takahata	Studio Ghibli, Shinchosha 1988	1988		Traditional
Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack	Japan	Yoshiyuki Tomino	Sunrise	1988		Traditional
Patlabor: The Movie	Japan	Mamoru Oshii	I.G. Tatsunoko, Shochiku	1989		Traditional

1990s[]

Title	Country	Director	Studio	Year	Notes	Animation technique
War of the Birds	Denmark	Jannik Hastrup	Dansk Tegnefilm	1990		Traditional
A Wind Named Amnesia	Japan	Kazuo Yamazaki	Madhouse	1990		Traditional
Bébé's Kids	US	Bruce W. Smith	Paramount Pictures	1992	Was one of the first animated films to have an all African-American cast	Traditional
Cool World	US	Ralph Bakshi	Rough Draft Studios, Paramount Pictures	1992		Traditional/Live action
Shōjo Tsubaki	Japan	Hiroshi Harada		1992		Traditional
Evil Toons	US	Fred Olen Ray		1992		Traditional/Live action
Ninja Scroll	Japan	Yoshiaki Kawajiri	Toho	1993		Traditional
Patlabor: The Movie 2	Japan	Mamoru Oshii	Production I.G	1993		Traditional
Yu Yu Hakusho: The Movie	Japan	Noriyuki Abe	Studio Pierrot	1993		Traditional
Felidae	Germany	Michael Schaack	TFC Trickompany	1994	Based on the novel by Akif Pirinçci	Traditional
Rocky & Hudson	Brazil	Otto Guerra	Otto Desenhos Animados	1994		Traditional
Yu Yu Hakusho: Poltergeist Report	Japan	Masakatsu Iijima	Studio Pierrot, Movic	1994		Traditional
Ghost in the Shell	Japan, UK	Mamoru Oshii	Production I.G.	1995		Traditional
Beavis and Butt-Head Do America^[2]	US	Mike Judge	Paramount Pictures, MTV Films, MTV Feature Animation	1996		Traditional
Dead or Alive (Lupin the 3rd)	Japan	Monkey Punch		1996		Traditional
Tenchi the Movie: Tenchi Muyo in Love	Japan	Hiroshi Negishi	Anime International Company	1996		Traditional
The End of Evangelion	Japan	Hideaki Anno, Kazuya Tsurumaki	Gainax	1997		Traditional
Evangelion: Death and Rebirth	Japan	Hideaki Anno, Masayuki, Kazuya Tsurumaki	Gainax	1997		Traditional
Perfect Blue	Japan	Satoshi Kon	Madhouse	1997		Traditional/CGI
Princess Mononoke	Japan	Hayao Miyazaki	Studio Ghibli	1997		Traditional
Tenchi the Movie 2: The Daughter of Darkness	Japan	Tetsu Kimura	Anime International Company	1997		Traditional
I Married a Strange Person!	US	Bill Plympton	Lionsgate, Italtoons	1997		Traditional
Spriggan	Japan	Hirotsuga Kawasaki	Studio 4°C, ADV Films	1998		Traditional
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut	US	Trey Parker	Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros. Pictures, Comedy Central Films	1999		Traditional
Tenchi Forever! The Movie	Japan	Hiroshi Negishi	Anime International Company	1999		Traditional

2000s[]

Title	Country	Director	Studio	Year	Notes	Animation technique
Amon: The Darkside of The Devilman	Japan	Kenichi Takeshita	Studio Live	2000		Traditional
Blood: The Last Vampire	Japan	Hiroyuki Kitakubo	Production I.G.	2000		Traditional
Escaflowne	Japan	Kazuki Akane	Bones (animation), Sunrise (production)	2000		Traditional
Heavy Metal 2000	Canada	Michael Coldewey, Michel Lemire	CineGroupe	2000		Traditional
Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust	US, Japan	Yoshiaki Kawajiri	Madhouse	2000	Based on Vampire Hunter D Volume 3: Demon Deathcase by Hideyuki Kikuchi	Traditional
Mutant Aliens	US	Bill Plympton	Plymptoons	2001		Traditional
Inuyasha the Movie: Affections Touching Across Time	Japan	Toshiya Shinohara	Sunrise	2001		Traditional
Cactus Heartless	US	Constantin Cascante	Velocity Pictures	2001		CGI/motion picture
Metropolis	Japan	Rintaro	Madhouse	2001	Based on the manga of the same name.	Traditional
Cowboy Bebop, Knockin' on Heaven's Door	Japan	Shinichirō Watanabe	Bones	2001		Traditional
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within	US	Hironobu Sakaguchi, Motonori Sakakibara	Square Pictures	2001		CGI/Motion capture
Millennium Actress	Japan	Satoshi Kon	Madhouse	2001		Traditional
Monkeybone	US	Henry Selick	20th Century Fox, 1492 Pictures	2001		Stop-motion/Live action
Waking Life	US	Richard Linklater	Fox Searchlight	2001		Rotoscoping
Eight Crazy Nights	US	Seth Kearsley	Columbia Pictures, Happy Madison Productions	2002		Traditional
Inuyasha the Movie: The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass	Japan	Toshiya Shinohara	Sunrise	2002		Traditional
My Beautiful Girl, Mari	South Korea	Lee Sung-gang	Daewoo Entertainment, Kuh Dong, Siz Entertainment	2002		Traditional
The Animatrix	US, Japan	Kōji Morimoto, Shinichirō Watanabe, Mahiro Maeda, Peter Chung, Andrew R. Jones, Yoshiaki Kawajiri, Takeshi Koike	Village Roadshow Pictures, Square Pictures, Studio 4°C, Madhouse	2003	Nine animated short films based on The Matrix trilogy	Traditional/CGI
Kaena: The Prophecy	France, Canada	Chris Delaporte, Pascal Pinon	Xilam Animation	2003		CGI
Inuyasha the Movie: Swords of an Honorable Ruler	Japan	Toshiya Shinohara	Sunrise	2003		Traditional
Tokyo Godfathers	Japan	Satoshi Kon	Madhouse	2003		Traditional
The Triplets of Belleville	France, UK, Canada	Sylvain Chomet	Les Armateurs, Production Champion, Vivi Film, France 3 Cinéma, RGP Productions	2003		Traditional
Terkel in Trouble	Denmark	Kresten Vestbjerg	Nordisk Film	2004		CGI
Hair High	US	Bill Plympton	Plymptoons	2004		Traditional
Appleseed	Japan	Shinji Aramaki	Micott & Basara, Digital Frontier	2004		CGI
The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury	US	Peter Chung	Universal Studios Home Entertainment	2004	Acts as a bridge passage between Pitch Black and The Chronicles of Riddick	Traditional
Dead Leaves	Japan	Hiroyuki Imaishi	Production I.G.	2004		Traditional
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence	Japan	Mamoru Oshii	Production I.G., Studio Ghibli	2004		Traditional
Inuyasha the Movie: Fire on the Mystic Island	Japan	Toshiya Shinohara	Sunrise	2004		Traditional
Lady Death: The Movie	US	Andrew Orjuela	ADV Films	2004		Traditional
Mind Game	Japan	Masaaki Yuasa	Studio 4°C	2004		Traditional
Steamboy	Japan	Katsuhiro Otomo	Sunrise	2004		Traditional
Van Helsing: The London Assignment	US	Sharon Bridgeman	Universal Animation Studios	2004	Animated prequel to the 2004 motion picture Van Helsing	Traditional
Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children	Japan	Tetsuya Nomura	Visual Works	2005	Film sequel to the video game Final Fantasy VII	CGI
Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa	Japan	Seiji Mizushima	Bones	2005	Film sequel to the 2003 series Fullmetal Alchemist	Traditional
Lil' Pimp	US	Mark Brooks, Peter Gilstrap		2005		Flash
2 in the AM PM	US	J. G. Quintel	California Institute of the Arts Net Hat Co.	2006		Traditional
Aachi & Ssipak	South Korea	Jo Beom-jin	JTeam Studios	2006		Traditional
Bleach: Memories of Nobody	Japan	Noriyuki Abe	Pierrot	2006		Traditional
Blood Tea and Red String^[3]	US	Christiane Cegavske		2006		Stop-motion
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time	Japan	Mamoru Hosoda	Madhouse	2006		Traditional
Hellboy: Sword of Storms	US	Phil Weinstein, Tad Stones	Film Roman	2006	Part of the Hellboy Animated film series	Traditional
Live Freaky! Die Freaky!	US	John Roecker	Hellcat Films	2006		Stop-motion
Renaissance	France	Christian Volckman	Pathé	2006		Traditional
Tales from earthsea	Japan	Gorō Miyazaki	Studio Ghibli	2006		Traditional
Paprika	Japan	Satoshi Kon	Madhouse	2006	The last film directed by Satoshi Kon before his death in 2010	Traditional
A Scanner Darkly	US	Richard Linklater	Thousand Words, Section Eight, Detour Filmproduction, 3 Arts Entertainment	2006		Rotoscoping
Tekkonkinkreet	Japan	Michael Arias	Studio 4°C	2006		Traditional
Wood & Stock: Sexo, Oregano e Rock'n'Roll	Brazil	Otto Guerra	Otto Desenhos Animados	2006		Traditional
Free Jimmy	Norway	Christopher Nielsen		2006		CGI
Snow White: The Sequel	UK, Belgium, France	Picha		2007	Based on the fairy tale of the same name	Traditional
Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters	US	Matt Maiellaro, Dave Willis	Radical Axis, Williams Street, Adult Swim	2007		Flash/Traditional/CGI
Appleseed Ex Machina	Japan	Shinji Aramaki	Micott & Basara, Digital Frontier	2007		CGI
Beowulf	US	Robert Zemeckis	ImageMovers	2007		CGI/Motion capture
Bleach: The DiamondDust Rebellion	Japan	Noriyuki Abe	Pierrot	2007		Traditional
Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone	Japan	Masayuki, Kazuya Tsurumaki	Gainax	2007		Traditional
Fear(s) of the Dark	France	Blutch and Various	Diaphana Films	2007		Traditional
Futurama: Bender's Big Score	US	Dwayne Carey-Hill	The Curiosity Company, 20th Century Fox	2007	Part of four direct-to-DVD films based on the animated series Futurama	Traditional
Hellboy: Blood and Iron	US	Victor Cook, Tad Stones	Film Roman	2007	Part of the Hellboy Animated film series	Traditional
Highlander: The Search for Vengeance	Japan	Yoshiaki Kawajiri, Hiroshi Hamasaki	Madhouse, Imagi Animation Studios	2007	An anime instalment of the cult Highlander franchise	Traditional
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Phantom Blood	Japan	Jūnichi Hayama	A.P.P.P.	2007		Traditional
The Simpsons Movie	US	David Silverman	20th Century Fox, 20th Century Fox Animation, Gracie Films	2007		Traditional
Summer Days with Coo	Japan	Keiichi Hara	Shin-Ei Animation	2007		Traditional
Persepolis	France, Iran	Marjane Satrapi, Vincent Paronnaud	Celluloid Dreams, CNC, France 3 Cinéma, The Kennedy/Marshall Company, Région Ile-de-France	2007		Traditional
Tengers	South Africa	Michael J. Rix	Filmhub	2007		Claymation
Batman: Gotham Knight	US, Japan	Shōjirō Nishimi (#1), Futoshi Higashide (#2), Hiroshi Morioka (#3), Yasuhiro Aoki (#4), Toshiyuki Kubooka (#5), Jong-Sik Nam (#6), Yoshiaki Kawajiri (#6, uncredited)	Warner Premiere, DC Comics Warner Bros. Animation, Studio 4°C (#1, 5), Production I.G (#2), Bee Train Production (#3), Madhouse (#4, 6)	2008		Traditional
Bleach: Fade to Black	Japan	Noriyuki Abe	Pierrot	2008		Traditional
Idiots and Angels	US	Bill Plympton	Plymptoons	2008		Traditional
The Garden of Sinners: Remaining Sense of Pain	Japan	Mitsuru Obunai	Ufotable, Aniplex	2008	Based on the manga of the same name	Traditional
$9.99	Israel, Australia	Tatia Rosenthal		2008		Stop-motion
Dead Space: Downfall	US	Chuck Patton	Film Roman, Electronic Arts	2008	Animated film prequel to the video game Dead Space	Traditional
Edison and Leo	Canada	Neil Burns	TVA Films	2008		Stop-motion
The Sky Crawlers	Japan	Mamoru Oshii	Production I.G, Warner Bros. Pictures	2008		Traditional
Futurama: Bender's Game	US	Dwayne Carey-Hill	The Curiosity Company, 20th Century Fox	2008	Part of four direct-to-DVD films based on the animated series Futurama	Traditional
Futurama: The Beast with a Billion Backs	US	Peter Avanzino	The Curiosity Company, 20th Century Fox	2008	Part of four direct-to-DVD films based on the animated series Futurama	Traditional
Goat Story	Czech Republic	Jan Tománek	Phase 4 Films, Bontonfilm	2008		CGI
Resident Evil: Degeneration	Japan, US	Makoto Kamiya	Capcom, Digital Frontier	2008	Set in the Resident Evil video game universe	CGI
Imaginationland: The Movie (South Park)	US	Trey Parker	South Park Digital Studios	2008	Direct-to-video	Traditional/CGI
Immigrants	Hungary, US	Gábor Csupó	Klasky Csupo	2008		Traditional
Tripping the Rift: The Movie	Canada		CineGroupe, Film Roman	2008		CGI
Waltz with Bashir	Israel, Germany, France	Ari Folman	Bridgit Folman Film Gang, Les Films d'Ici, Razor Film Produktion	2008	First animated film nominated for Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film	Traditional/Flash
Turok: Son of Stone	US	Curt Geda, Dan Riba, Frank Squillace, Tad Stones	Classic Media, Film Roman, Starz Media	2008	Animated feature film based on the comic book character Turok	Traditional
The Tale of Soldier Fedot, The Daring Fellow	Russia	Ludmila Steblyanko	Melnitsa Animation Studios, CTB Film Company, Channel One Russia	2008		Flash
Dragonlance: Dragons of Autumn Twilight	US	Will Meugniot	Toonz Animation, Commotion Pictures, Epic Level Entertainment	2008	Based on the Dragonlance campaign setting of the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game.	Traditional/CGI
9	US	Shane Acker	Focus Features, Bazelevs Company, Relativity Media, Starz Animation, Tim Burton Productions	2009		CGI
Afro Samurai: Resurrection	Japan	Fuminori Kizaki	Gonzo	2009		Traditional
Belowars	Brazil	Paulo Munhoz	Tecnokena	2009		Traditional
Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance	Japan	Masayuki, Kazuya Tsurumaki	Gainax	2009		Traditional
Futurama: Into the Wild Green Yonder	US	Peter Avanzino	The Curiosity Company, 20th Century Fox	2009	Part of four direct-to-DVD films based on the animated series [[Futurama]	Traditional
The Garden of Sinners: A Study in Murder - Part 2	Japan	Shinsuke Takizawa	Ufotable, Aniplex	2009	Based on the manga of the same name	Traditional
The Haunted World of El Superbeasto	US	Rob Zombie	Film Roman	2009		Traditional
Killer Bean Forever	US	Jeff Lew	Killer Bean Studios	2009		CGI
Mary and Max	Australia	Adam Elliot	Melodrama Pictures	2009		Stop-motion
Metropia	Sweden, Denmark, Norway	Tarik Saleh	Atmo Media Network, Boulder Media Limited, Sandrew Metronome	2009		CGI
Redline	Japan	Takeshi Koike	Madhouse	2009		Traditional
Technotise: Edit & I	Serbia	Aleksa Gajić	Black White 'N' Green	2009		CGI

2010s[]

Title	Country	Director	Studio	Year	Notes	Animation technique
Chico and Rita	UK Spain	Fernando Trueba, Javier Mariscal, Tono Errando	Fernando Trueba PC, Estudio Mariscal, Magic Light Pictures	2010		Traditional
Colorful	Japan	Keiichi Hara	Sunrise			Traditional
Dante's Inferno: An Animated Epic	US, Japan, South Korea	Mike Disa	Film Roman, Production I.G		Animated feature film based on the Dante's Inferno video game	Traditional
The Drawn Together Movie: The Movie!	US	Greg Franklin	Comedy Central Films, Double Hemm, Six Point Harness, Paramount Pictures			Flash
Halo Legends	Japan US Germany	Frank O'Connor, Joseph Chou	Studio 4°C, Production I.G, Casio Entertainment, Toei Animation, Bones, Bee Train, Warner Bros., 343 Industries		Collection of seven short films set in the Halo science fiction universe	Traditional CGI
Batman: Under the Red Hood	US	Brandon Vietti	Warner Premiere, Warner Bros. Animation, DC Entertainment			Traditional
Bleach: Hell Verse	Japan	Noriyuki Abe	Pierrot			Traditional
Trigun: Badlands Rumble	Japan	Satoshi Nishimura	Madhouse			Traditional
Ultramarines: A Warhammer 40,000 Movie	UK	Martyn Pick			Set in Games Workshop's fictional Warhammer 40,000 universe	CGI
George the Hedgehog	Poland	[pl], Jakub Tarkowski, [pl]	Monolith Films	2011		Traditional
The King of Pigs	South Korea	Yeon Sang-ho	Studio Dadashow, KT&G Sangsangmadang			Traditional
Leafie, A Hen into the Wild	South Korea	Seong-yun Oh	MK Pictures			CG animation
Ronal the Barbarian	Denmark	Kresten Vestbjerg Andersen, Thorbjørn Christoffersen, Philip Einstein Lipski	Det Danske Filminstitut, Einstein Film, Nordisk Film, TV2 Danmark			CGI
Appleseed XIII: Ouranos	Japan	Takayuki Hamana	Production I.G			CGI
Appleseed XIII: Tartaros	Japan	Takayuki Hamana	Production I.G			CGI
Batman: Year One	US	Sam Liu, Lauren Montgomery	DC Comics, Warner Bros. Animation			Traditional
Children Who Chase Lost Voices	Japan	Makoto Shinkai	CoMix Wave Films			Traditional
Dead Space: Aftermath	US	Mike Disa	Film Roman, Electronic Arts		Animated film that bridges the story between the first Dead Space video game and the sequel, Dead Space 2	Traditional
Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos	Japan	Kazuya Murata	Bones			Traditional
Heaven's Lost Property the Movie: The Angeloid of Clockwork	Japan	Tetsuya Yanagisawa	AIC			Traditional
Underworld: Endless War	US	Juno John Lee	Lakeshore Entertainment, Titmouse, Inc.		Set in the universe of the Underworld films	Traditional
Tekken: Blood Vengeance	Japan	Yōichi Mōri	Digital Frontier Bandai Namco Games Namco Pictures Asmik Ace Entertainment	Based on the Tekken video game series	CGI
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Part One	US	Jay Oliva	DC Comics, Warner Bros. Animation	2012		Traditional
Cheech and Chong's Animated Movie	US	Branden Chambers, Eric D. Chambers	20th Century Fox, Houston Curtis Productions, Chamber Bros. Entertainment			Traditional
Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo	Japan	Hideaki Anno (chief), Mahiro Maeda, Kazuya Tsurumaki	Gainax			Traditional
El Santos vs. La Tetona Mendoza	Mexico	Alejandro Lozano, Andrés Couturier	Videocine, Átomo Films, Peyote Films			Traditional
Justice League: Doom	US	Lauren Montgomery	DC Comics, Warner Bros. Animation			Traditional
Mass Effect: Paragon Lost	US Japan	Atsushi Takeuchi	Production I.G., BioWare		Set in the Mass Effect universe during the events of the second instalment Mass Effect 2	Traditional
Resident Evil: Damnation	Japan	Makoto Kamiya	Capcom, Digital Frontier		Set in the Resident Evil video game universe	CGI
Swimming to Sea	South Korea	Lee Dae-Hee	CJ Entertainment			CGI
Where the Dead Go to Die	US	Jimmy ScreamerClauz	Chainsaw Kiss, Draconian Films			CGI
Starship Troopers: Invasion	Japan US	Shinji Aramaki	Stage 6 Films Sola Digital Arts Lucent Pictures		Part of the Starship Troopers film series.	CGI
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Part Two	US	Jay Oliva	DC Comics, Warner Bros. Animation	2013		Traditional
Bayonetta: Bloody Fate	Japan	Fuminori Kizaki	Gonzo		Based on the 2009 video game Bayonetta	Traditional
Dick Figures: The Movie	US	Ed Skudder, Zack Keller	Mondo Media, Remochoso, Six Point Harness			Flash
The Fake	South Korea	Yeon Sang-ho	Studio Dadashow			Traditional
Hunter × Hunter: The Last Mission	Japan	Keiichiro Kawaguchi	Madhouse			Traditional
Hunter × Hunter: Phantom Rouge	Japan	Yuzo Sato	Madhouse			Traditional
Savita Bhabhi	India	Puneet Agarwal	Unknown		Based on the Savita Bhabhi comic book
Iron Man: Rise of Technovore	Japan	Hiroshi Hamasaki	Madhouse			Traditional
Jay & Silent Bob's Super Groovy Cartoon Movie	US	Steve Stark	SModcast Pictures, Phase 4 Films			Flash
Rio 2096: A Story of Love and Fury	Brazil	Luiz Bolognesi	Buriti Filmes, Gullane			Traditional
Short Peace	Japan	Shuhei Morita, Katsuhiro Otomo, Hiroaki Ando, Hajime Katoki	Sunrise		The film is a multimedia project composed of four short anime films produced by Sunrise and Shochiku	Traditional
Space Pirate Captain Harlock	Japan	Shinji Aramaki	Toei Animation			CGI
The Wind Rises	Japan	Hayao Miyazaki	Studio Ghibli			Traditional
Cheatin'	US	Bill Plympton	Plymptoons			Traditional
Appleseed Alpha	Japan US	Shinji Aramaki, Steven Foster	Sola Digital Arts	2014		CGI
Até que a Sbórnia nos Separe	Brazil	Otto Guerra, Ennio Torresan Jr	Otto Desenhos Animados			Traditional
Avengers Confidential: Black Widow & Punisher	Japan	Kenichi Shimizu	Madhouse			Traditional
Expelled from Paradise	Japan	Seiji Mizushima	Toei Animation			Traditional
Heavenly Sword	US	Gun Ho Jung	Blockade Entertainment		Based on the 2007 video game of the same name	CGI
Mortadelo and Filemon: Mission Implausible	Spain	Javier Fesser	Ilion Animation Studios, Zeta Studios, Películas Pendleton, Televisión Española			CGI
The Idolmaster Movie: Beyond the Brilliant Future!	Japan	Atsushi Nishigori	A-1 Pictures, Bandai Namco Games			Traditional
Saint Seiya: Legend of Sanctuary	Japan	Keiichi Sato	Toei Animation			CGI
Anomalisa	US	Charlie Kaufman, Duke Johnson	Paramount Pictures, Starburns Industries	2015		Stop-motion
Ghost in the Shell: The New Movie	Japan	Kazuya Nomura	Production I.G			Traditional
Halo: The Fall of Reach	Canada US	Frank O'Connor	Sequence, 343 Industries		Set in the Halo universe and acts as a prelude to Halo: Combat Evolved	CGI
The Boy and the Beast	Japan	Mamoru Hosoda	Studio Chizu			Traditional
The Empire of Corpses	Japan	Ryoutarou Makihara	Wit Studio			Traditional
Hell and Back	US	Tom Gianas, Ross Shuman	ShadowMachine			Stop-motion
Madea's Tough Love	US	Frank Marino	Tyler Perry Studios, Bento Box Entertainment			Traditional
Pirate's Passage	Canada	Mike Barth, Jamie Gallant	Martin's River Ink, PiP Animation Services			Flash
Psycho-Pass: The Movie	Japan	Katsuyuki Motohiro, Naoyoshi Shiotani	Production I.G			Traditional
When Black Birds Fly	US	Jimmy ScreamerClauz	Chainsaw Kiss, Draconian Films			CGI
A Silent Voice	Japan	Naoko Yamada	Kyoto Animation	2016		Traditional
Accel World: Infinite Burst	Japan	Masakazu Obara	Sunrise			Traditional
Batman: Bad Blood	US	Jay Oliva	DC Comics, Warner Bros. Animation			Traditional
Batman: The Killing Joke	US	Sam Liu	DC Comics, Warner Bros. Animation		Initially planned as a direct-to-video release, but due to the positive feedback on the production, it was commissioned to a limited theatrical release.^{[citation needed]}	Traditional
Big Fish & Begonia	China	Liang Xuan, Zhang Chun	Beijing Enlight Media, Biantian (Beijing) Media			Traditional
Gantz: O	Japan	Yasushi Kawamura	Digital Frontier			CGI
Garo: Divine Flame	Japan	Yūichirō Hayashi	MAPPA			Traditional
In This Corner of the World	Japan	Sunao Katabuchi	MAPPA			Traditional
Justice League vs. Teen Titans	US	Sam Liu	Warner Bros. Animation DC Entertainment			Traditional
Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV	Japan	Takeshi Nozue	Visual Works, Digic Pictures, Image Engine		Based on the setting and story of the 2016 video game Final Fantasy XV	CGI
My Life as a Courgette	Switzerland, France	Claude Barras	Praesens-Film, Gébéka Films		Based on Autobiographie d'une Courgette by Gilles Paris	Stop-motion
Sausage Party	US Canada	Conrad Vernon, Greg Tiernan	Columbia Pictures, Point Grey Pictures, Annapurna Pictures, Nitrogen Studios Canada, Inc.		First computer-animated film in the United States to be rated R by the MPAA, it was originally going to be NC-17, but it was edited several times to be rated R	CGI
Seoul Station	South Korea	Yeon Sang-ho	Studio Dadashow, Red Peter Pictures			Traditional
Tower	US	Keith Maitland	Kino Lorber			Rotoscoping/Traditional
Your Name	Japan	Makoto Shinkai	CoMix Wave Films			Traditional
Nerdland	US	Chris Prynoski	Samuel Goldwyn Films, Titmouse, Inc.			Flash
Bad Cat	Turkey	Mehmet Kurtuluş				CGI
Revengeance	US	Bill Plympton	Plymptoons		^[4]^[5]^[6]	Traditional
Ethel & Ernest	UK	Roger Mainwood	Lupus Films			Traditional
Justice League Dark	US	Jay Oliva	Warner Bros. Animation DC Entertainment	2017		Traditional
My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea	US	Dash Shaw	Washington Square Films, Electric Chinoland, Low Spark Films		^[7]	Traditional
Black Butler: Book of the Atlantic	Japan	Noriyuki Abe	A-1 Pictures			Traditional
Blame!	Japan	Hiroyuki Seshita	Polygon Pictures			CGI
Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel	Japan	Tomodori Sudou	Ufotable			Traditional
Genocidal Organ	Japan	Shūkō Murase	Manglobe, Geno Studio			Traditional
Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters	Japan	Kōbun Shizuno, Hiroyuki Seshita	Polygon Pictures, Toho Animation			CGI
Resident Evil: Vendetta	Japan	Takanori Tsujimoto	Capcom, Marza Animation Planet		Set in the Resident Evil video game universe	CGI
Sword Art Online The Movie: Ordinal Scale	Japan	Tomohiko Itō	A-1 Pictures			Traditional
Birdboy: The Forgotten Children	Spain	Pedro Rivero, Alberto Vázquez	ZircoZine, Basque Films, Abrakam Estudio, La Competencia Producciones, Studio 4°C			Traditional
The Breadwinner	Canada, Ireland, Luxembourg	Nora Twomey	Aircraft Pictures, Cartoon Saloon, Guru Studio, Irish Film Board, Jolie Pas, Melusine Productions, Telefilm Canada			Traditional
Have a Nice Day	China	Liu Chan	Nezha Bros. Pictures Le-joy Animation Studio			Traditional
Mutafukaz	France, Japan	Shōjirō Nishimi Guillaume "Run" Renard	Ankama Animations Studio 4 °C			Traditional
Loving Vincent	Poland, UK, US	Dorota Kobiela Hugh Welchman	BreakThru Productions Trademark Films		^[8]^[9]	Oil-painted/Rotoscoping/Traditional
Starship Troopers: Traitor of Mars	Japan, US	Shinji Aramaki Masaru Matsumoto	Stage 6 Films Sola Digital Arts Lucent Pictures		Part of the Starship Troopers film series	CGI
Marcianos vs. Mexicanos	Mexico	Gabriel Riva Palacio Alatriste Rodolfo Riva Palacio Alatriste	Huevocartoon Producciones	2018	^[10]^[11]	Traditional
Batman: Gotham by Gaslight	US	Sam Liu	Warner Bros. Animation
Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay	US	Sam Liu
Batman Ninja	Japan, US	Junpei Mizusaki				CGI
Isle of Dogs	US, Germany	Wes Anderson	Fox Searchlight Pictures, Indian Paintbrush			Stop-motion
Bungo Stray Dogs: Dead Apple	Japan	Takuya Igarashi	Bones			Traditional
Flavors of Youth	Japan, China	Li Haoling, Jiaoshou Yi Xiaoxing, Yoshitaka Takeuchi	Haoliners Animation League, CoMix Wave Films
Garo: The Fleeting Cherry Blossom	Japan	Satoshi Nishimura	Studio M2, Studio VOLN
Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle		Kobun Shizuno, Hiroyuki Seshita	Polygon Pictures, Toho Animation			CGI
Godzilla: The Planet Eater		Kobun Shizuno, Hiroyuki Seshita	Polygon Pictures, Toho Animation			CGI
My Hero Academia: Two Heroes	Japan	Kenji Nagasaki	Bones			Traditional
Another Day of Life	Poland, Spain, Belgium, Germany, Hungary	Raul de la Fuente, Damian Nenow	Platige Image, Kanaki Films			CGI/Rotoscoping
Justice League vs. the Fatal Five	US	Sam Liu	Warner Bros. Animation	2019	Direct-to-DVD	Traditional
Reign of the Supermen		Sam Liu
Batman vs. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles		Jake Castorena
Batman: Hush		Justin Copeland
Wonder Woman: Bloodlines		Justin Copeland, Sam Liu
A Cidade dos Piratas	Brazil	Otto Guerra	Otto Desenhos Animados
White Snake	China, US	Amp Wong, Zhao Ji	Light Chaser Animation Studios			CGI
I Lost My Body	France	Jérémy Clapin	SFXfilms Xilam Animation			Rotoscoping/Traditional
Human Lost	Japan	Fuminori Kizaki	Polygon Pictures			CGI
Weathering with You	Japan	Makoto Shinkai	CoMix Wave Films, Story Inc.			Traditional
My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising	Japan	Kenji Nagasaki	Bones			Traditional
On-Gaku: Our Sound	Japan	Kenji Iwaisawa	Rock 'n Roll Mountain TipTop			Rotoscoping/Traditional
Promare	Japan	Hiroyuki Imaishi	Trigger XFLAG Sanzigen			CGI/Traditional

2020s[]

Title	Country	Director	Studio	Year	Notes	Animation Technique
Deathstroke: Knights & Dragons: The Movie	US	Sung Jin Ahn	Warner Bros. Animation Blue Ribbon Content DC Entertainment Berlanti Productions	2020	Direct-to-DVD	Traditional
Justice League Dark: Apokolips War	US	Matt Peters Christian Sotta	Warner Bros. Animation DC Entertainment			Traditional
Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion's Revenge	US	Ethan Spaulding	Warner Bros. Animation NetherRealm Studios			Traditional
Superman: Man of Tomorrow	US	Chris Palmer	Warner Bros. Animation DC Entertainment			Traditional
Superman: Red Son	US	Sam Liu	Warner Bros. Animation DC Entertainment			Traditional
To Your Last Death	US	Jason Axinn	Coverage Ink Films			CGI
Altered Carbon: Resleeved	Japan	Takeru Nakajima Yoshiyuki Okuda	Anima			CGI
Batman: Death in the Family	US	Brandon Vietti	Warner Bros. Animation DC Entertainment		Direct-to-DVD	Traditional
Hayop Ka!	Philippines	Avid Liongoren	Rocketsheep Studio Spring Films		Also known as You Animal!	Traditional
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba the Movie: Mugen Train	Japan	Haruo Sotozaki	Ufotable Toho Aniplex		Also known as Demon Slayer: Mugen Train / Infinity Train First R-rated animated film to reach the top of the highest-grossing film of 2020	Traditional
Nimuendajú	Brazil	Tania Anaya	Anaya Produções	2021		Rotoscoping/Traditional
America: The Motion Picture	US	Matt Thompson	Netflix Animation Floyd County Productions Lord Miller Productions			Traditional
Cryptozoo	US	Dash Shaw				Traditional
My Hero Academia: Heroes World Mission	Japan					Traditional
The Bob's Burgers Movie	US	Loren Bouchard	20th Century Animation 20th Century Family Bento Box Entertainment Wilo Productions	2022		Traditional
The Peasants	Poland, UK, US	Dorota Kobiela	BreakThru Productions Trademark Films	2022		Oil-painted/Rotoscoping/Traditional

TBA[]

Title	Country	Director	Studio	Year	Notes	Animation Technique
Black Knight	US	Genndy Tartakovsky	Sony Pictures Animation Columbia Pictures	TBA		CGI
Bubble	US, Canada	Seth Rogen Matt Tolmach	Sony Pictures Animation Columbia Pictures Point Grey Pictures Matt Tolmach Productions			CGI
Fixed	US	Genndy Tartakovsky	Sony Pictures Animation Columbia Pictures			CGI
Lizard Tribe	Australia	TBA	Oceanian Studios			CGI
Untitled Bong Joon-ho Animated Project	South Korea	Bong Joon-ho	4th CREATIVE PARTY ANIMATION New Media Content company		^[12]	CGI

References[]

^ "'Animal Farm' an Adult Cartoon". Los Angeles Times. February 11, 1993. Retrieved July 17, 2020.
^ Shaffer, Claire (July 1, 2020). "'Beavis and Butt-Head' Reimagining to Air on Comedy Central". Rolling Stone. Retrieved July 17, 2020.
^ "Dreams and Film - IASD Videophile". asdreams.org. Retrieved July 18, 2020.
^ DeFore, John (October 16, 2017). "'Revengeance' Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved October 21, 2017.
^ "'Revengeance' NYC Premiere Highlights SVA After School Special". Animation Magazine. September 9, 2017. Retrieved October 21, 2017.
^ Sélavy, Virginie (December 15, 2016). "Revengeance review: an anarchic animated romp through Los Angeles". Sight & Sound. Archived from the original on December 16, 2016. Retrieved October 21, 2017 – via British Film Institute.
^ "'My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea' Trailer". IndieWire. February 23, 2017. Retrieved March 11, 2017.
^ "Oil-Painted Vincent Van Gogh Feature 'Loving Vincent' Gets Fall U.S. Release Date". Cartoon Brew. July 18, 2017. Retrieved October 21, 2017.
^ "Good Deed Ent. Dates 'Loving Vincent' NYC & LA Openings". Animation Magazine. July 19, 2017. Retrieved October 21, 2017.
^ Obregón, Amelia (February 26, 2018). "Marcianos… ¡Aguas con los mexicanos!". El Emparcial.com. El Emparcial. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
^ "Marcianos vs mexicanos: estreno el 9 de marzo". UN1ÓN. El Universal. February 28, 2018. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
^ "Get Ready For A New Masterpiece From 'Parasite' Director Bong Joon Ho". koreaportal. June 22, 2021. Retrieved June 30, 2021.

[1] "'Animal Farm' an Adult Cartoon". Los Angeles Times. February 11, 1993. Retrieved July 17, 2020.

[2] Shaffer, Claire (July 1, 2020). "'Beavis and Butt-Head' Reimagining to Air on Comedy Central". Rolling Stone. Retrieved July 17, 2020.

[3] "Dreams and Film - IASD Videophile". asdreams.org. Retrieved July 18, 2020.

[4] DeFore, John (October 16, 2017). "'Revengeance' Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved October 21, 2017.

[5] "'Revengeance' NYC Premiere Highlights SVA After School Special". Animation Magazine. September 9, 2017. Retrieved October 21, 2017.

[6] Sélavy, Virginie (December 15, 2016). "Revengeance review: an anarchic animated romp through Los Angeles". Sight & Sound. Archived from the original on December 16, 2016. Retrieved October 21, 2017 – via British Film Institute.

[7] "'My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea' Trailer". IndieWire. February 23, 2017. Retrieved March 11, 2017.

[8] "Oil-Painted Vincent Van Gogh Feature 'Loving Vincent' Gets Fall U.S. Release Date". Cartoon Brew. July 18, 2017. Retrieved October 21, 2017.

[9] "Good Deed Ent. Dates 'Loving Vincent' NYC & LA Openings". Animation Magazine. July 19, 2017. Retrieved October 21, 2017.

[marcianos-emparcial-10] Obregón, Amelia (February 26, 2018). "Marcianos… ¡Aguas con los mexicanos!". El Emparcial.com. El Emparcial. Retrieved March 1, 2018.

[marcianos-estreno-11] "Marcianos vs mexicanos: estreno el 9 de marzo". UN1ÓN. El Universal. February 28, 2018. Retrieved March 1, 2018.

[12] "Get Ready For A New Masterpiece From 'Parasite' Director Bong Joon Ho". koreaportal. June 22, 2021. Retrieved June 30, 2021.

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