List of animated feature films of 1987

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A list of animated feature films first released in 1987.

Animated feature films first released in 1987

Title	Country	Director	Studio	Technique	Notes	Release	Duration
2001 Nights 2001夜物語 (2001 Ya Monogatari)	Japan		Tokyo Movie Shinsha	Traditional	OVA	July 1987
The Adventures of Lolo the Penguin	Soviet Union  Japan	Kinjiro Yoshida	Soyuzmultfilm	Traditional
Aitsu to Lullaby: Suiyobi no Cinderella あいつとララバイ 水曜日のシンデレラ (That Guy and Lullaby: Cinderella's Wednesday)	Japan	Hiroyuki Yokoyama Motosuke Takahashi	Kodansha Pierrot	Traditional
Alice Through the Looking Glass	Australia  United States	Andrea Bresciani Richard Slapczynski	Burbank Films Australia Jambre Productions	Traditional	Television film
The Amazing Adventures of the Musketeers Uimitoarele aventuri ale Muschetarilor	Romania	Victor Antonescu	Animafilm	Traditional
The Amazing Mr. Bickford	United States	Bruce Bickford Frank Zappa		Stop-motion	Direct-to-video
Las Aventuras de Oliver Twist	Mexico	Fernando Ruiz	Mundo Animado	Traditional
Barbie and the Rockers: Out of this World Barbie and the Sensations: Rockin' Back to Earth	United States	Tim Hill Bernard Deyriès	Hi-Tops Video DIC Entertainment Saban Productions	Traditional	Television film	September 27, 1987
Baribari Densetsu バリバリ伝説 (Vroom Vroom Legend)	Japan	Nagayuki Toriumi Satoshi Uemura	Kodansha Pierrot	Traditional	Originally released as a 2-part OVA in 1986.
Bats & Terry バツ&テリー (Batsu & Teri)	Japan	Nobuo Mizuta	Sunrise	Traditional		March 14, 1987	80 minutes
Battle Royal High School 真魔人伝　バトルロイヤルハイスクール (Shin Majin Den Batoru Roiyaru Haisukūru)	Japan	Ichirō Itano	Tokuma Shoten	Traditional	OVA	December 10, 1987	60 minutes
The Big Bang Le Big-Bang	France  Belgium	Picha	Stout Studio	Traditional		March 18, 1987	80 minutes
Black Beauty	Australia	David Cherkasskiy	Burbank Films Australia	Traditional		June 19, 1987	50 minutrs
Black Magic M-66	Japan	Hiroyuki Kitakubo Masamune Shirow	AIC Animate	Traditional	OVA	June 28, 1987	48 minutes
The Brave Little Toaster	United States  United Kingdom	Jerry Rees	Hyperion Animation Company, Inc. The Kushner-Locke Company Wang Film Productions	Traditional	Distributed by Disney Channel in the USA.	June 19, 1987	90 minutes
The Care Bears Adventure in Wonderland	Canada	Raymond Jafelice	Cineplex Odeon Films Nelvana Limited	Traditional		August 7, 1987	78 minutes
The Chipmunk Adventure	United States	Janice Karman	The Samuel Goldwyn Company Bagdasarian Productions	Traditional		May 22, 1987	78 minutes
Circuit Angel: Resolving Starting Grid サーキットエンジェル　決意のスターティング・グリット (Circuit Angel: Ketsui no Starting Grid)	Japan			Traditional	OVA
Crystal Triangle 禁断の黙示録 クリスタル・トライアングル (Kindan no Mokushiroku Crystal Triangle)	Japan		Studio Live	Traditional	OVA	July 1, 1987	86 minutes
Daimajū Gekitō: Hagane no Oni 大魔獣激闘　鋼の鬼 (Demon of Steel: Battle of the Great Demon Beasts)	Japan	Toshihiro Hirano	AIC Tokuma Japan Communications	Traditional	OVA
Devilman: The Birth デビルマン 誕生編 (Devilman: Tanjou-hen)	Japan		Oh! Production	Traditional	OVA
Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei デジタル・デビル物語　女神転生 (Dejitaru Debiru Sutōrī: Megami Tensei)	Japan	Mizuho Nishikubo	Animate MOVIC Tokuma Japan Tokuma Shoten	Traditional	OVA[1][2]
독고탁의 비둘기 합창	South Korea			Traditional
Don Quixote of La Mancha	Australia		Burbank Films Australia	Traditional
Doraemon: Nobita and the Knights on Dinosaurs ドラえもん のび太と竜の騎士 (Doraemon: Nobita to Ryū no Kishi)	Japan	Tsutomu Shibayama	Toho Shin-Ei Animation Asatsu DK	Traditional		March 14, 1987
a. k. a. Dot and the Bunyip	Australia	Yoram Gross	Yoram Gross Studios	Traditional		April 4, 1987
Dot Goes to Hollywood a. k. a. Dot in Concert	Australia	Yoram Gross	Yoram Gross Studios	Traditional		July 9, 1987
Dragon Ball: Sleeping Princess in Devil's Castle ドラゴンボール　魔神城のねむり姫 (Doragon Bōru Majin-jō no nemuri hime)	Japan	Daisuke Nishio	Toei Animation	Traditional		July 18, 1987
Dreaming of Paradise a. k. a. Subway to Paradise Strit og Stumme	Denmark	Jannik Hastrup		Traditional
DuckTales: The Treasure of the Golden Suns	United States	Alan Zaslove	Walt Disney Television Walt Disney Television Animation Buena Vista Television	Traditional	Television film; Pilot for the Disney television series DuckTales.	September 18, 1987
The Emerald City of Oz	Canada	Tim Reid	Cinar Lightyear Entertainment Panmedia	Traditional	Film compiled from TV series episodes; Direct-to-video
Footrot Flats: The Dog's Tail Tale	New Zealand	Murray Ball	Kerridge-Odeon	Traditional	First New Zealand animated feature.
The Foxes of Chironup Island チロヌップのきつね (Chironuppu no Kitsune)	Japan		Nippon Herald Films Group TAC	Traditional		August 15, 1987	72 minutes
Fujiko Fujio no Kiteretsu Daihyakka 藤子不二雄のキテレツ大百科 (Fujiko Fujio's Kiteretsu Large Encyclopedia)	Japan	Takashi Watanabe	Nihon Ad Systems Fuji TV	Traditional	Television special	November 2, 1987
Gall Force 2: Destruction ガルフォース2 ディストラクション	Japan	Katsuhito Akiyama	Artmic AIC	Traditional	OVA
G.I. Joe: The Movie	United States	Don Jurwich	Hasbro Sunbow Productions Marvel Productions Toei Animation	Traditional	Direct-to-video	April 20, 1987	93 minutes
God Bless Dancouga 超獣機神ダンクーガ (Chōjū Kishin Dankūga)	Japan	Seiji Okuda	Ashi Productions	Traditional	OVA
Grimm Douwa: Kin no Tori グリム童話 金の鳥 (Grimm Fairy Tale: The Golden Bird)	Japan	Toshio Hirata	Toei Animation	Traditional		March 14, 1987
Hana no Asuka-gumi! Shin Kabukichō Story 花のあすか組！ 新歌舞伎町ストーリー (The Glorious Asuka Gang! New Kabukichō Story)	Japan	Atsutoshi Umezawa	Toei Animation	Traditional	OVA	June 10, 1987
Ico, the Brave Horse Ico, el caballito valiente	Argentina	Manuel García Ferré	Producciones García Ferré	Traditional		July 9, 1987	1 hour, 25 minutes
The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones	United States	Don Lusk	Hanna-Barbera	Traditional	Television film	November 15, 1987
Kaze to Ki no Uta SANCTUS -Sei naru kana- 風と木の詩 SANCTUS -聖なるかな- (The Poem of Wind and Trees: Sanctus -Is It Holy?-)	Japan	Yoshikazu Yasuhiko	Triangle Staff	Traditional	OVA	November 6, 1987
The Last of the Mohicans	Australia		Burbank Films Australia	Traditional
Laughing Target 笑う標的 (Warau Hyōteki)	Japan	Motosuke Takahashi	Studio Pierrot	Traditional	OVA	March 21, 1987
Laughter and Grief by the White Sea Смех и горе у Бела моря (Smeh i gore u Bela morya)	Soviet Union		Soyuzmultfilm	Traditional
The Legend of Kentauros ケンタウロスの伝説 (Kentauros no Densetsu)	Japan	Katsuhisa Yamada	MC (Motorcycle Club) Centaur Boss Wako Pro	Traditional	OVA
Leo and Fred Leó és Fred, avagy igaz történetek két jó barátról	Hungary		Pannónia Filmstúdió Magyar Televízió	Traditional
Lily C.A.T.	Japan	Hisayuki Toriumi	Studio Pierrot	Traditional	OVA	September 1, 1987
The Little Troll Prince	United States	Ray Patterson	Hanna-Barbera Productions	Traditional	Television special	November 27, 1987
Lupin III: The Fuma Conspiracy ルパン三世 風魔一族の陰謀 (Rupan Sansei: Fūma Ichizoku no Inbō)	Japan	Masayuki Ōzeki	Toho Tokyo Movie Shinsha	Traditional	OVA	December 26, 1987
Makyō Gaiden Le Deus 魔境外伝レディウス (Demon Frontier Legend Le Deus)	Japan	Hiroshi Negishi	Toho Ashi Productions	Traditional	OVA
The Marvelous Land of Oz	Canada	Tim Reid	Cinar Panmedia	Traditional	Film compiled from TV series episodes; Direct-to-video
Metal Skin Panic MADOX-01 メタルスキンパニック MADOX-01 (Metaru Sukin Panikku Madokkusu Zero Wan)	Japan	Shinji Aramaki	Pony Canyon Soeishinsha	Traditional	OVA
Mugen Shinshi: Bōken Katsugeki Hen 夢幻紳士 ～冒険活劇編～ (Mugen Shinshi: Dream Dimension Gentleman)	Japan		Victor Entertainment Gallop	Traditional	OVA
My Favourite Time Любимое моё время (Lyubimoye moyo vremya)	Soviet Union	Andrei Khrzhanovsky	Soyuzmultfilm	Traditional Cutout	[3]
Neo Tokyo 迷宮物語 (Meikyū Monogatari)	Japan	Rintaro Yoshiaki Kawajiri Katsuhiro Ōtomo	Toho Madhouse Project Team Argos	Traditional		September 25, 1987
The Odyssey	Australia		Burbank Films Australia	Traditional	Television film
Ozma of Oz	Canada	Tim Reid	Cinar Panmedia	Traditional	Film compiled from TV series episodes; Direct-to-video
	Mexico	Miguel Ángel Casillas	Mundo Animado	Traditional
Persia, the Magic Fairy: Merry-go-round 魔法の妖精ペルシャ　回転木馬 (Mahou no Yousei Persia: Kaiten Mokuba)	Japan		Pierrot	Traditional	OVA
Phoenix: Space Chapter 火の鳥・宇宙編 (Hi no Tori: Uchuu-hen)	Japan	Yoshiaki Kawajiri	Madhouse Tezuka Productions	Traditional	OVA	December 21, 1987
Phoenix: Yamato Chapter 火の鳥・ヤマト編 (Hi no Tori: Yamato-hen)	Japan	Toshio Hirata	Madhouse Tezuka Productions	Traditional	OVA	August 1, 1987
Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night	United States	Hal Sutherland	New World Pictures Filmation	Traditional		December 25, 1987
Project A-ko 2: Plot of the Daitokuji Financial Group プロジェクトA子2 大徳寺財閥の陰謀 (Project A-ko 2: Daitokuji Zaibatsu no Inbou)	Japan	Yuji Moriyama	Pony Canyon Soeishinsha A.P.P.P.	Traditional
The Puppetoon Movie	United States	Arnold Leibovit	Expanded Entertainment Arnold Leibovit Entertainment	Stop motion	June 12, 1987
Relic Armor Legaciam レリック・アーマー レガシアム (Rerikku Āmā Regashiamu)	Japan	Hiroyuki Kitazume	Movic Co. Ltd. Kadokawa Shoten AIC A.P.P.P. Ashi Productions Bandai Visual	Traditional	OVA
	Australia		Burbank Films Australia	Traditional
Robot Carnival ロボット・カーニバル (Robotto kânibaru)	Japan	Atsuko Fukushima Katsuhiro Otomo Koji Morimoto Hidetoshi Omori Yasuomi Umetsu Hiroyuki Kitazume Mao Lamdo Hiroyuki Kitakubo Takashi Nakamura	A.P.P.P.	Traditional	OVA
Robotix: The Movie	United States  Canada	Wally Burr	Sunbow Productions Marvel Productions Toei Animation	Traditional	Film compiled from TV series episodes
Rock Odyssey	United States	Joseph Barbera William Hanna Robert Taylor (uncredited)	Hanna-Barbera	Traditional
The Rose of Versailles: I'll Love You As Long As I Live ベルサイユのばら 生命あるかぎり愛して (Versailles no Bara: Seimei Aru Kagiri Aishite)	Japan	Kenji Kodama	Tokyo Movie Shinsha	Traditional	Film compiled from TV series episodes
Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honneamise 王立宇宙軍 オネアミスの翼 (Ōritsu Uchūgun: Oneamisu no Tsubasa)	Japan	Hiroyuki Yamaga	Toho Towa Gainax Bandai Visual	Traditional
Rusinoita	Finland		Suomi-Filmi Elovalkia Työryhmä Rusina
Saint Seiya: The Movie	Japan	Kōzō Morishita	Toei Animation	Traditional		July 18, 1987
The Samurai ザ・サムライ (Za samurai)	Japan	Kazuo Yamazaki	CBS Sony Suna Kobo Tokyo Broadcasting System Ginga Teikoku	Traditional	OVA
Scooby-Doo Meets the Boo Brothers	United States	Paul Sommer Carl Urbano	Hanna-Barbera	Traditional	Television film	October 18, 1987
Scoopers スクーパーズ (Sukupazu)	Japan	Hideo Watanabe	Victor Entertainment	Traditional	OVA
The Snow Queen Sněhová královna	Czechoslovakia	Ladislav Čapek
The Story of Fifteen Boys 瞳のなかの少年　十五少年漂流記 (Hitomi no Naka no Shounen: Juugo Shounen Hyouryuuki)	Japan		Nippon Animation	Traditional	Television film	October 19, 1987
Take the X Train Ｘ電車でいこう (X Densha de Ikō)	Japan	Rintaro	Konami Madhouse	Traditional	OVA
The Tale of Genji 源氏物語 (Murasaki Shikibu: Genji Monogatari)	Japan	Gisaburo Sugii	Asahi Shimbun Group TAC	Traditional
To-y トーイ (TO-Y)	Japan		Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions CBS Sony Gallop	Traditional	OVA
Treasure Island 宝島 (Takarajima)	Japan	Osamu Dezaki	Tokyo Movie Shinsha Madhouse	Traditional	Film compiled from TV series episodes	May 9, 1987
	Australia	Warwick Gilbert	Burbank Films Australia	Traditional
Tteodori Kkachi 떠돌이 까치	South Korea			Traditional
Twilight of the Cockroaches ゴキブリたちの黄昏 (Gokiburi-tachi no Tasogare)	Japan	Hiroaki Yoshida	Madhouse Kitty Films	Traditional/Live action		November 21, 1987
Ultraman: The Adventure Begins a. k. a. Ultraman USA ウルトラマンUSA (Urutoraman Yū Esu Ē)	United States  Japan	Ray Patterson (supervising)	Hanna-Barbera Tsuburaya Productions Studio Sign Ashi Productions	Traditional
Urusei Yatsura: Inaba the Dreammaker うる星やつら'87 夢の仕掛人、因幡くん登場! ラムの未来はどうなるっちゃ!? (Yume no Shikakenin, Inaba-kun Tōjō! Ramu no Mirai wa Dōnaruccha!?)	Japan	Tetsu Dezaki	Magic Bus	Traditional	OVA
Wicked City 妖獣都市 (Yōjū Toshi)	Japan	Yoshiaki Kawajiri	Madhouse	Traditional	OVA	April 25, 1987
The Wind in the Willows	United States  Taiwan	Arthur Rankin, Jr. Jules Bass	Rankin/Bass Cuckoo's Nest Studios	Traditional	Television film
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz	Canada	Tim Reid	Cinar Walker Co. Panmedia	Traditional	Film compiled from TV series episodes; Direct-to-video
Yogi's Great Escape	United States	Neal Barbera	Hanna-Barbera	Traditional	Television film	September 20, 1987
Yogi Bear and the Magical Flight of the Spruce Goose	United States	Ray Patterson Arthur Davis Oscar Dufau John Kimball Jay Sarbry Paul Sommer Rudy Zamora	Hanna-Barbera	Traditional	Television film	November 22, 1987
Yōtōden	Japan	Osamu Yamazaki	J.C.Staff	Traditional	Three-part OVA; Edited and released as one film in 1989 under the title Wrath of the Ninja.

Highest-grossing animated films of the year[]

See also[]

• List of animated television series of 1987

References[]