List of animated feature films of 1986 explained

A list of animated feature films first released in 1986.

List

Animated feature films of 1986

Title	Country	Director	Studio	Technique	Type	Notes	Release	Duration
The Adventures of the American Rabbit	United States Japan	Fred Wolf Nobutaka Nishizawa	Clubhouse Pictures Murakami-Wolf-Swenson	Traditional	Theatrical	Based on the painting character created in 1974 by Stewart Moskowitz (July 6, 1941 – May 23, 2017).	January 17, 1986	82 minutes
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer	Australia		Burbank Films Australia	Traditional	Television film		July 2, 1986	51 minutes
Ai City	Japan	Kōichi Mashimo	Toho Movic Ashi Productions	Traditional	Theatrical		July 26, 1986	86 minutes
An American Tail	United States Ireland	Don Bluth		Traditional	Theatrical	The third animated feature released by Universal Pictures, and the first the studio produced.	November 21, 1986	80 minutes
Amon Saga	Japan	Shunji Ōga	Tohokushinsha Film	Traditional	Direct-to-video OVA		July 19, 1986	75 minutes
Arion	Japan	Yoshikazu Yasuhiko	Toho Sunrise	Traditional	Theatrical		March 15, 1986	118 minutes
Armored Trooper Votoms: The Big Battle	Japan	Ryousuke Takahashi		Traditional	Direct-to-video OVA		July 5, 1986	60 minutes
Asterix in Britain	France	Pino van Lamsweerde	Gaumont Dargaud Films Gutenberghus	Traditional	Theatrical	Fourth installment in the Asterix film series; Plot adapted from volume 8 of the comic book series.	November 20, 1986	79 minutes
Barefoot Gen 2	Japan	Toshio Hirata	Madhouse	Traditional	Theatrical	Sequel to Barefoot Gen (1983).	June 14, 1986	85 minutes
Bolek and Lolek in the Wild West	Poland	Stanislaw Dulz	Studio Filmów Rysunkowych	Traditional	Theatrical		December 5, 1986	71 minutes
California Crisis: Gun Salvo	Japan						July 21, 1986	45 minutes
Captain Tsubasa: Sekai Daikessen!! Jr. World Cup	Japan	Tatsuya Okamoto				Fourth feature film in the Captain Tsubasa anime series.	July 12, 1986	57 minutes
	Canada United States					Sequel/prequel to The Care Bears Movie (1985).	March 21, 1986	76 minutes
Castle in the Sky	Japan					Studio Ghibli's first anime feature film.	August 2, 1986	124 minutes
Cat City ^[1] ^[2] ^[3] ^[4]	Hungary Canada West Germany						October 2, 1986	96 minutes
	Japan	Yoshio Kuroda			Television film^[5]		August 22, 1986	72 minutes
The Cosmic Eye	United States						June 6, 1986	72 minutes
Creamy Mami, the Magic Angel: Curtain Call	Japan						February 1, 1986	45 minutes
Delpower X Explosion Miracle Genki!!	Japan		Big Bang Nippon Columbia Co., Ltd. Kindaieigasha Co., Ltd. Shindosha				December 21, 1986	42 minutes
	Japan						November 28, 1986	85 minutes
Dokkaebi bangmang-i	South Korea		3rd Advertisement				July 20, 1986	60 minutes
	Japan						March 15, 1986	97 minutes
Dot and Keeto	Australia						May 22, 1986	75 minutes
Dot and the Whale	Australia						October 30, 1986	75 minutes
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde	Australia						July 10, 1986	50 minutes
	Japan					First installment of the Dragon Ball film series.	December 20, 1986	50 minutes
Eleven Hungry Cats and an Albatross	Japan	Tameo Kohanawa	Group TAC	Traditional	Theatrical	Sequel to Eleven Hungry Cats (1980).	August 27, 1986	90 minutes
The Elm-Chanted Forest	Yugoslavia	Milan Blažeković Doro Vlado Hreljanovic	Croatia Film Fantasy Forest Films Inc.	Traditional	Theatrical	First Yugoslavian (Croatian) animated feature.	June 19, 1986	79 minutes
Fist of the North Star	Japan	Toyoo Ashida	Toei Animation	Traditional	Theatrical		March 8, 1986	110 minutes
Fluppy Dogs	United States	Fred Wolf	Walt Disney Television Animation	Traditional	Television special	Pilot film for an intended animated television series, although the aforementioned series was never produced.	November 27, 1986	44 minutes
Footrot Flats: The Dog's Tail Tale	New Zealand	Murray Ball	Kerridge-Odeon	Traditional	Theatrical	First New Zealand animated feature.	April 9, 1986	71 minutes
Gaksital	South Korea						December 20, 1986
Galaxy Investigation 2100: Border Planet	Japan	Osamu Tezuka	Tezuka Productions Nippon TV	Traditional	Television film	Ninth animated special produced for Nippon TV's 24 Hour TV "Love Saves the Earth" telethon.	August 24, 1986	73 minutes
Gall Force: Eternal Story	Japan						July 26, 1986	85 minutes
GeGeGe no Kitarō: Gekitotsu! I jigen yōkai no dai hanran	Japan						December 20, 1986	48 minutes
GeGeGe no Kitarō: Saikyō Yōkai Gundan! Nihon jōriku!!	Japan						July 12, 1986	49 minutes
	United States	Ray Patterson	Clubhouse Pictures Hanna-Barbera Productions Tonka	Traditional	Theatrical		March 21, 1986	71 minutes
The Good Soldier Schweik	Czechoslovakia		Krátký film Praha Ústrední Pujcovna Filmu				January 1, 1986	90 minutes
The Great Cheese Conspiracy	Czechoslovakia West Germany	Václav Bedrich	Krátký film Praha – Studio Bratri v triku Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR)					55 minutes
The Great Heep	United States						June 7, 1986	48 minutes
The Great Mouse Detective	United States						July 2, 1986	74 minutes
Grey: Digital Target	Japan						December 13, 1986	73 minutes
	Japan		Bandai Studio Live Network Animate Movic AIC Artland Studio Victory Wave Only For A Lite				December 13, 1986	55 minutes
	United States Canada France					Film compiled from TV series episodes	January 17, 1986	70 minutes
High School! Kimengumi	Japan						July 12, 1986	51 minutes
The Humanoid	Japan						March 3, 1986	45 minutes
The Hunchback of Notre Dame	Australia		Burbank Films Australia	Traditional	Television film		December 21, 1986	52 minutes
	United States		Hasbro Marvel Productions Sunbow Productions Toei Animation	Traditional	Direct-to-video Compilation film	Compilation film of the 15-episode animated television miniseries ran in 1986, as part of the series Super Sunday that ran from June 29 to October 5, 1986.
Itoshi no Betty Mamonogatari	Japan			Traditional	Direct-to-video OVA		July 19, 1986	53 minutes
Ivanhoe	Australia		Burbank Films Australia	Traditional	Television film		September 14, 1986	55 minutes
Kidnapped	Australia		Burbank Films Australia	Traditional	Television film		June 21, 1986	55 minutes
Jiminy Cricket: Storyteller	United States			Traditional	Television special Compilation film	Compilation of Disney theatrical animated shorts based on children's literature; retread adaptation of "From Aesop to Hans Christian Andersen" (Season 1, Episode 19 of Disneyland; aired March 2, 1955), Eddie Carroll provided new redubbed lines for Jiminy Cricket in the special.	September 14, 1986	90 minutes
Kinnikuman: Crisis in New York!	Japan	Takenori Kawada	Toei Animation	Traditional	Theatrical		March 15, 1986	45 minutes
Kinnikuman: Justice Supermen vs. Fighter Supermen	Japan	Yasuo Yamayoshi	Toei Animation	Traditional	Theatrical		December 20, 1986	51 minutes
King Solomon's Mines	Australia		Burbank Films Australia	Traditional	Television film		June 25, 1986	55 minutes
Liberty and the Littles	United States	Bernard Deyriès	DiC Entertainment	Traditional	Television special	Originally aired on the ABC anthology series ABC Weekend Special as a three-part installment on the series' tenth season.	October 18 – November 1, 1986	70 minutes
Majo demo Steady	Japan	Osamu Kobayashi	Herald Pony Tokyo Media Connections Ajia-do Animation Works	Traditional	Direct-to-video OVA		September 5, 1986	41 minutes
Maris the Chojo	Japan	Motosuke Takahashi	Studio Pierrot Shogakukan Production	Traditional	Direct-to-video OVA		May 21, 1986	50 minutes
Matthias the Just	Hungary	László Újváry	Pannónia Filmstúdió	Traditional			January 30, 1986	66 minutes
MD Geist	Japan	Hayato Ikeda	Studio Wave Zero G-Room	Traditional	Direct-to-video OVA		May 21, 1986	40 minutes
Megazone 23 – Part II	Japan	Ichiro Itano	AIC Artland Tatsunoko	Traditional	Direct-to-video OVA		May 30, 1986	80 minutes
Meitantei Holmes: Mrs. Hudson Hitojichi Jiken / Dover Kaikyō no Daikūchūsen!	Japan	Hayao Miyazaki	Tokyo Movie Shinsha	Traditional	Theatrical Compilation film		August 2, 1986	46 minutes
Mr. Pen Pen	Japan	Ken Baba Tetsuo Yasumi	Shin-Ei Animation TV Asahi	Traditional	Television special		March 31, 1986	47 minutes
Mr. Pen Pen II	Japan		Shin-Ei Animation TV Asahi	Traditional	Television special	Sequel to the first Mr. Pen Pen, airing eight months after the earlier special.	December 29, 1986	46 minutes
My Little Pony: The Movie	United States	Michael Joens Margaret Nichols	Hasbro Sunbow Productions Marvel Productions Toei Animation AKOM	Traditional	Theatrical		June 6, 1986	87 minutes
Nayuta	Japan	Masami Hata	Circus Production OB Planning Shogakukan Toshiba EMI	Traditional	Direct-to-video OVA		July 31, 1986	80 minutes
The New Adventures of Monica and Her Friends	Brazil	Mauricio de Sousa	Estúdios Maurício de Sousa Casinha de Animação	Traditional	Theatrical Compilation film		September 20, 1986	56 minutes
Opening the Door a. k. a. Open the Door	Japan	Keizô Shimizu, Tsuneo Tominaga	Kitty Films Magic Bus	Traditional	Direct-to-video OVA		November 1, 1986	80 minutes
Outlanders	Japan	Katsuhisa Yamada	Tatsunoko Production Victor Musical Industries AIC	Traditional	Direct-to-video OVA		December 16, 1986	48 minutes
Phoenix: Karma Chapter	Japan	Rintaro	Madhouse Tezuka Productions	Traditional	Theatrical		December 20, 198	60 minutes
Pin-Pin's Travels	Romania	Luminița Cazacu	Animafilm	Traditional			January 1, 1986	90 minutes
Kidnapping in Tiutiurlistan	Poland	Franciszek Pyter, Zdzisław Kudła	Studio Filmów Rysunkowych	Traditional			May 30, 1986	90 minutes
Prefectural Earth Defense Force	Japan	Keiji Hayakawa	Gallop	Traditional	Direct-to-video OVA		March 21, 1986	50 minutes
Project A-ko	Japan	Katsuhiko Nishijima	Shochiku-Fuji Soeishinsha A.P.P.P.	Traditional			June 21, 1986	84 minutes
Ratty	Sweden	Lennart Gustafsson	Kanalfilm Svenska Filminstitutet (SFI)	Traditional			December 19, 1986	84 minutes
	United States Japan	Noboru Ishiguro Carl Macek	Harmony Gold USA Tatsunoko AIC Enterprises	Traditional	Theatrical		July 25, 1986	82 minutes
Roots Search	Japan	Hisashi Sugai	Studio Live Nippon Columbia	Traditional	Direct-to-video OVA		September 10, 1986	45 minutes
Running Boy: Star Soldier's Secret	Japan	Tameo Kohanawa	Toho Company Filmlink International Aubec Bebow Cream Land	Traditional	Theatrical		July 20, 1986	46 minutes
Saint Elmo – Hikari no Raihousha	Japan	Tomoharu Katsumata	Toei Animation Kansai Electric Power Company Mainichi Movie Company Yomiuri TV	Traditional	Television special		April 1986	65 minutes
Salar	Czechoslovakia	Ivan Renč	Krátký film Praha					47 minutes
Sangokushi II: Amakakeru otoko-tachi	Japan	Tetsuo Imazawa	Shin-Ei Animation	Traditional	Television special	Sequel to last year's Sangokushi (1985).	August 22, 1986	90 minutes
Seito Shokun! Kokoro ni Midori no Neckerchief wo	Japan	Mitsuo Kusakabe	Toho Ashi Productions Fuji TV	Traditional	Television special	Twenty sixth and final animated special produced for Fuji TV's "Nissei Family Special" program.	February 23, 1986	65 minutes
Skeletor's Revenge	United States	Bob Arkwright Lou Kachivas Ernie Schmidt Gwen Wetzler	Filmation	Traditional	Direct-to-video Compilation film	Compilation of earlier He-Man and the Masters of the Universe TV episodes – "Day of the Machines", "Trouble in Trolla" and "The Cat and the Spider", respectively.		45 minutes
Sophie's Place	United States	Larry Jordan		Experimental		^[6]		90 minutes
	Japan	Masami Hata	Nintendo Grouper Productions	Traditional	Theatrical	First film based on a video game overall.	July 20, 1986	61 minutes
Tato, nie bój się dentysty!	Poland	Zofia Ołdak	Studio Miniatur Filmowych	Stop motion/Live action	Theatrical		May 12, 1986	69 minutes
They Were Eleven	Japan	Tetsu Dezaki Tsuneo Tominaga	Toho Kitty Film	Traditional	Theatrical		November 1, 1986	91 minutes
The Three Musketeers	Australia		Burbank Films Australia	Traditional	Television film		October 4, 1986	54 minutes
Touch: Sebangō no Nai Ace	Japan	Gisaburō Sugii	Group TAC	Traditional	Theatrical Compilation film		April 12, 1986	93 minutes
Touch 2: Sayonara no Okurimono	Japan	Gisaburō Sugii Naoto Hashimoto	Group TAC	Traditional	Theatrical Compilation film		December 13, 1986	81 minutes
	United States Japan	Nelson Shin	Hasbro Marvel Productions Sunbow Productions Toei Animation	Traditional	Theatrical	The final film for both Orson Welles, who died the year before its release, and Scatman Crothers, who died months after its release.	August 8, 1986	85 minutes
The Trapalhoes in the Tail of the Comet	Brazil	Dedé Santana	Black & White & Color Maurício de Sousa Produções Renato Aragão Produções	Traditional			January 8, 1986	81 minutes
Urban Square – Kohaku no Tsuigeki	Japan	Akira Nishimori	Bandai Visual Network Koenji Studio	Traditional	Direct-to-video OVA		November 28, 1986	56 minutes
	Japan	Kazuo Yamazaki	Studio Deen	Traditional	Theatrical	Fourth feature in the Urusei Yatsura film series.	February 22, 1986	94 minutes
Valhalla	Denmark	Peter Madsen Jeffrey J. Varab	Swan Film Production A/S Asgaard Film ApS Metronome Productions Interpresse A/S Palle Fogtdal A/S	Traditional	Theatrical		October 10, 1986	76 minutes
	United States Japan	Franklin Cofod	World Events Productions Toei Animation	Traditional	Television special		September 10, 1986	46 minutes
Wanna-Be's	Japan	Yasuo Hasegawa	AIC Artmic Movic	Traditional	Direct-to-video OVA		December 25, 1986	45 minutes
Windaria a. k. a. Once Upon a Time	Japan	Kunihiko Yuyama	Idol Kaname Productions Studio Gallop	Traditional	Theatrical		July 19, 1986	101 minutes
When the Wind Blows		Jimmy Murakami	Recorded Releasing	Traditional/Stop motion	Theatrical		October 24, 1986	84 minutes

Highest-grossing animated films of the year

Rank	Title	Studio	Worldwide gross	Ref.
1	An American Tail	Sullivan Bluth Studios / Universal Studios	$84,542,002	^[7]
2	The Great Mouse Detective	Walt Disney Feature Animation	$38,625,550	^[8]
3	Laputa: Castle in the Sky	Studio Ghibli	$15,892,997	^[9]
4		Asatsu / Toho	(¥2,210,000,000)	^[10]
5		LBS Communications / Nelvana Limited	$12,000,000

See also

• List of animated television series of 1986

External links

• Animated films of the year, listed in the IMDb

Notes and References

1. https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?at=0&genres=animation&num_votes=1000,&sort=user_rating,desc&title_type=feature Feature Film, Rating Count at least 1,000, Animation (Sorted by IMDb Rating Descending) - IMDb
2. Web site: Macskafogó, a négy gengszter. youtube.
3. Web site: Macskafogó, Ternovszky Béla, 1986, részlet. youtube.
4. https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?genres=animation&title_type=feature&num_votes=10000,&sort=user_rating,desc Feature Film, Rating Count at least 10,000, Animation (Sorted by IMDb Rating Descending) - IMDb
5. Web site: https://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=235398. ja:サンゴ礁伝説 青い海のエルフィ (1986). September 28, 2014. allcinema. Stingray. Japanese.
6. http://www.awn.com/mag/issue1.6/articles/leger1.6.html Larry Jordan
7. Web site: An American Tail (1986) - Box Office Mojo. www.boxofficemojo.com. 2016-08-05.
8. Web site: The Great Mouse Detective (1986) - Box Office Mojo. www.boxofficemojo.com. 2016-08-05.
9. Castle in the Sky
   • Japan:
     • Web site: Top 7 Studio Ghibli Films of All Time. Info. Japan. 2015-07-14. Japan Info. 2016-08-05.
   • Hong Kong: HK$13.1million (US$1,679,853)
     • Web site: Laputa: Castle in the Sky (Credits & Figures). Nausicaa.net. March 3, 2018.
     • Web site: Pacific Exchange Rate Service (7.7983 HKD per USD). UBC Sauder School of Business. University of British Columbia. 3. 1987. 21 November 2017.
   • Other territories: US$6,113,144
     • Web site: Tenkû no shiro Rapyuta (Castle in the Sky) . . 13 April 2022 .
10. Web site: 邦画興行収入ランキング . Japanese Movies Entertainment Revenue Ranking . SF MOVIE DataBank . General Works . ja . 19 February 2019.