A list of animated feature films first released in 1988.
| Title | Country | Director | Studio | Technique | Type | Notes | Release | Duration | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Akira | Japan | Katsuhiro Otomo | Toho Tokyo Movie Shinsha Akira Committee | Traditional | Theatrical | July 16, 1988 | 124 minutes | ||
| Alice | Czechoslovakia | Jan Švankmajer | Channel Four Films Condor Films | Stop motion/Live action | Theatrical Live-action animated film | May 13, 1988 | 86 minutes | ||
| Alice in Wonderland | Australia | Burbank Films Australia | Traditional | Television film | July 10, 1988 | 51 minutes | |||
| Appleseed | Japan | Kazuyoshi Katayama | Bandai Visual | Traditional | Direct-to-video OVA | April 21, 1988 | 70 minutes | ||
| Armored Trooper Votoms: The Red Shoulder Document - Roots of Ambition | Japan | Ryousuke Takahashi | Traditional | Direct-to-video OVA | March 19, 1988 | 60 minutes | |||
| Around the World in 80 Days | Australia | Burbank Films Australia | Traditional | Television film | November 25, 1988 | 49 minutes | |||
| Bikkuriman: Moen Zone no Himitsu | Japan | Junichi Sato | July 9, 1988 | 45 minutes | |||||
| The Black Arrow | Australia | October 18, 1988 | 55 minutes | ||||||
| Black Tulip | Australia | February 10, 1988 | 49 minutes | ||||||
| March 18, 1988 | 91 minutes | ||||||||
| Captain of the Forest | Hungary | February 18, 1988 | 70 minutes | ||||||
| Care Bears Nutcracker Suite | Canada | December 10, 1988 | 62 minutes | ||||||
| The Cat Who Walked by Herself | Soviet Union | First Soviet full-length animated film uniting the stop-motion and traditional animation. | 70 minutes | ||||||
| Daffy Duck's Quackbusters | United States | Film compiled from theatrical animated shorts; sixth and final of six Looney Tunes compilation feature films. | September 24, 1988 | 78 minutes | |||||
| David and the Magic Pearl | Poland Sweden | Film Polski (Poland) AB Svensk Filmindustri (Sweden) | June 22, 1988 | 71 minutes | |||||
| Demon City Shinjuku | Japan | Yoshiaki Kawajiri | Madhouse | Traditional | Direct-to-video OVA | October 25, 1988 | 80 minutes | ||
| Dokgo Tak's Pigeon Chorus | South Korea | Hong Sang-man Kim Joo-in Kim Dae-jung | Daewon Donghwa | Traditional | Television film[1] | January 1, 1988 | 80 minutes | ||
| | Japan | March 12, 1988 | 90 minutes | ||||||
| | Japan | July 9, 1988 | 46 minutes | ||||||
| ESPer Mami: Hoshizora no Dancing Doll | Japan | [2] | March 12, 1988 | 41 minutes | |||||
| United States Hungary Germany | October 1, 1988 | 78 minutes | |||||||
| Forget Me Not [3] | Hungary | Traditional | |||||||
| Gall Force 3: Stardust War | Japan | November 2, 1988 | 60 minutes | ||||||
| Garfield: His 9 Lives | United States | November 22, 1988 | 48 minutes | ||||||
| The Good, the Bad, and Huckleberry Hound | United States | Sixth installment in the syndicated anthology film series Hanna-Barbera Superstars 10. | May 6, 1988 | 95 minutes | |||||
| Grave of the Fireflies | Japan | Isao Takahata | Studio Ghibli | Traditional | Theatrical | April 16, 1988 | 89 minutes | ||
| Happy Birthday, Garfield | United States | May 17, 1988 | 48 minutes | ||||||
| Harbor Light Story -From Fashion Lara- | Japan | March 11, 1988 | 48 minutes | ||||||
| Hiatari Ryōkō! Ka – su – mi: Yume no Naka ni Kimi ga Ita | Japan | October 1, 1988 | 67 minutes | ||||||
| Hiawatha | Australia | June 15, 1988 | 50 minutes | ||||||
| It's the Girl in the Red Truck, Charlie Brown | United States | Fifth hour-long Peanuts special. | September 27, 1988 | 50 minutes | |||||
| Katy Meets the Aliens a. k. a. Katy and the Katerpillar Kids | Mexico | José Luis Moro Santiago Moro | Televicine S.A. de C.V. Moro Studios | Sequel to Katy, La Oruga (1984). | June 23, 1988 | 70 minutes | |||
| Kimagure Orange Road: I Want to Return to That Day | Japan | Tomomi Mochizuki | Toho Studio Pierrot | Traditional | Theatrical | October 1, 1988 | 69 minutes | ||
| Kosuke and Rikimaru: Dragon of Konpei Island | Japan | Toyoo Ashida | J.C. Staff | Traditional | Direct-to-video OVA | September 23, 1988 | 47 minutes | ||
| The Land Before Time | Ireland United States | Don Bluth | Sullivan Bluth Studios | Traditional | Theatrical | November 18, 1988 | 69 minutes | ||
| Legend of the Galactic Heroes: My Conquest is the Sea of Stars | Japan | February 6, 1988 | 60 minutes | ||||||
| Lovely Fatma | Soviet Union | Nazim Mammadov | Azerbaijanfilm | Traditional/Cutout | 46 minutes | ||||
| Maison Ikkoku: The Final Chapter | Japan | Tomomi Mochizuki | Ajia-do Animation Works | Traditional | Television film | February 6, 1988 | 66 minutes | ||
| Maison Ikkoku: Through the Passing of the Seasons | Japan | Naoyuki Yoshinaga | Kitty Film | Traditional | Direct-to-video OVA | September 25, 1988 | 90 minutes | ||
| | Japan | Yoshiyuki Tomino | Sunrise | Traditional | Theatrical | March 12, 1988 | 125 minutes | ||
| Monica's Gang and the Magic Star | Brazil | Mauricio de Sousa | Traditional | Theatrical | December 24, 1988 | 58 minutes | |||
| My Neighbor Totoro | Japan | Hayao Miyazaki | Studio Ghibli | Traditional | Theatrical | April 16, 1988 | 86 minutes | ||
| Oliver & Company | United States | George Scribner | Walt Disney Feature Animation Silver Screen Partners III | Traditional | Theatrical | November 18, 1988 | 74 minutes | ||
| The Olympic Challenge | Korea | Kim Joo-in | Traditional | Television film[4] | September 25, 1988 | 75 minutes | |||
| One-Pound Gospel | Japan | Makura Saki | Studio Gallop | Traditional | Direct-to-video OVA | December 2, 1988 | 55 minutes | ||
| Peter Pan | Australia | Burbank Films Australia | Traditional | Television film | June 23, 1988 | 46 minutes | |||
| The Phantom of the Opera | Ireland | Al Guest Jean Mathieson | Emerald City Productions D.L. Taffner | Traditional | Television film | May 3, 1988 | 60 minutes | ||
| Popol Vuh: The Creation Myth of the Maya | United States | Patricia Amlin | Experimental | 60 minutes | |||||
| Pound Puppies and the Legend of Big Paw | United States | Pierre DeCelles | Carolco Pictures Atlantic/Kushner-Locke The Maltese Companies Cuckoo's Nest Studio Wang Film Productions Tonka | Traditional | Theatrical | March 18, 1988 | 78 minutes | ||
| Prisoner of Zenda | Australia | May 9, 1988 | 48 minutes | ||||||
| | Japan | Yuji Moriyama | Pony Canyon Soeishinsha A.P.P.P. Studio Fantasia | Traditional | Direct-to-video OVA | June 20, 1988 | 46 minutes | ||
| Raining Fire | Japan | Seiji Arihara | Nikkatsu Children's Movie Mushi Production Space Eizo | Traditional | Theatrical | September 15, 1988 | 80 minutes | ||
| Robotech II: The Sentinels | United States Japan | Carl Macek | Harmony Gold USA Tatsunoko Productions | Traditional | Direct-to-video Compilation film | September 1988 | 75 minutes | ||
| Rockin' with Judy Jetson | United States | Paul Sommer | Hanna-Barbera Productions | Traditional | Television film | Seventh installment in the syndicated anthology film series Hanna-Barbera Superstars 10. | September 18, 1988 | 92 minutes | |
| Ryūko, the Girl with the White Flag | Japan | Satoshi Dezaki | Magic Bus | Traditional | Theatrical | July 21, 1988 | 101 minutes | ||
| | Japan | Shigeyasu Yamauchi | Toei Animation | Traditional | Theatrical | March 12, 1988 | 45 minutes | ||
| | Japan | Shigeyasu Yamauchi | Toei Animation | Traditional | Theatrical | July 23, 1988 | 75 minutes | ||
| Sakigake!! Otokojuku | Japan | Nobutaka Nishizawa | Toei Animation | Traditional | Theatrical | July 23, 1988 | 71 minutes | ||
| Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School | United States Taiwan | Charles A. Nichols | Hanna-Barbera Productions Wang Film Productions | Traditional | Television film | Eighth installment in the syndicated anthology film series Hanna-Barbera Superstars 10. | October 16, 1988 | 92 minutes | |
| Scooby-Doo and the Reluctant Werewolf | United States | Ray Patterson | Hanna-Barbera Productions | Traditional | Television film | Ninth installment in the syndicated anthology film series Hanna-Barbera Superstars 10. | November 13, 1988 | 91 minutes | |
| The Séance Table | France | Paul Grimault Jacques Demy | Les Films Paul Grimault La Sept Centre National du Cinéma et de l'Image Animée | Traditional/Live action | Compilation film | December 21, 1988 | 80 minutes | ||
| Snoopy! The Musical | United States | Sam Jaimes | Charles M. Schulz Creative Associates United Media Productions Mendelson-Melendez Productions | Traditional | Television special | Fourth hour-long Peanuts special. | January 29, 1988 | 50 minutes | |
| Space Family Carlvinson | Japan | Kimio Yabuki | Doga Kobo | Traditional | Direct-to-video OVA | December 21, 1988 | 45 minutes | ||
| Stowaways on the Ark | West Germany | Wolfgang Urchs | MS-Films Paramount Filmproduction GmbH Artemis Film Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF) | Traditional | Theatrical | March 24, 1988 | 81 minutes | ||
| The Three Mouseketeers | Romania | Victor Antonescu | Animafilm | Traditional | Theatrical | April 11, 1988 | 81 minutes | ||
| The Tokyo Project | Japan | Osamu Yamasaki | Minamimachi Bugyosho Co., Ltd. MTV Polydor | Traditional | Direct-to-video OVA | June 25, 1988 | 60 minutes | ||
| Top Cat and the Beverly Hills Cats | United States | Ray Patterson Paul Sommer Charles A. Nichols | Hanna-Barbera Productions | Traditional | Television film | Fifth installment in the syndicated anthology film series Hanna-Barbera Superstars 10. | March 20, 1988 | 92 minutes | |
| Toyama Sakura Space Book – His Name is Gold | Japan | Atsutoshi Umezawa | Toei Animation Tokuma Shoten Tokuma Japan | Traditional | Direct-to-video OVA | June 1988 | 59 minutes | ||
| Treasure Island | North Korea | David Cherkassky | Kievnauchfilm | Traditional/Live action | March 24, 1989 | 107 minutes | |||
| Ultimate Teacher | Japan | Toyoo Ashida | J.C.Staff | Traditional | Direct-to-video OVA[5] | February 6, 1988 | 60 minutes | ||
| | Japan | Tetsu Dezaki | Magic Bus | Traditional | Theatrical | Fifth feature in the Urusei Yatsura film series. | February 6, 1988 | 86 minutes | |
| Violence Jack: Evil Town | Japan | Ichiro Itano | Soei Shinsha Japan Home Video Studio88 | Traditional | Direct-to-video OVA | December 21, 1988 | 60 minutes | ||
| Watt Poe and Our Story | Japan | Shigenori Kageyama | Diva Konami Pony Canyon Kaname Production | Traditional | Direct-to-video OVA | August 12, 1988 | 55 minutes | ||
| Westward Ho! | Australia | Burbank Films Australia | Traditional | Television film | May 1, 1988 | 55 minutes | |||
| What's Michael? 2 | Japan | Yoriyasu Kogawa | Kitty Films | Traditional | Direct-to-video OVA | July 25, 1988 | 60 minutes | ||
| Who Framed Roger Rabbit | United States | Touchstone Pictures Amblin Entertainment Silver Screen Partners III Walt Disney Feature Animation | Traditional/Live action | Theatrical Live-action animated film | First feature film to have live action and animated cartoons share the screen for the entire film. | June 22, 1988 | 104 minutes | ||
| Wind in the Willows | Australia | Geoff Collins | Burbank Films Australia | Traditional | Television film | December 13, 1988 | 50 minutes | ||
| The Wings of a Magpie | Korea | Lee Hyeon-se | Traditional | Television special | Sequel to The Wandering Magpie (1987). | January 2, 1988 | 80 minutes | ||
| Xanadu: The Legend of Dragon Slayer | Japan | Atsutoshi Umezawa | Kadokawa Shoten Mainichi Broadcasting System Toei Animation | Traditional | Direct-to-video OVA | OVA film based on the video game Xanadu (1987), the second installment in the Dragon Slayer series. | March 1, 1988 | 50 minutes | |
| Yogi and the Invasion of the Space Bears | United States | Don Lusk | Hanna-Barbera | Traditional | Television film | Tenth and final installment in the syndicated anthology film series Hanna-Barbera Superstars 10. | November 20, 1988 | 90 minutes | |
| Yōsei-Ō | Japan | Katsuhisa Yamada | CBS/Sony Group Inc. Kadokawa Shoten Madhouse | Traditional | Direct-to-video OVA | December 21, 1988 | 60 minutes | ||
| | Japan | Mizuho Nishikubo | Tatsunoko Production I.G. | Traditional | Direct-to-video OVA | June 21, 1988 | 45 minutes |
| Rank | Title | Studio | Worldwide gross | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Land Before Time | Sullivan Bluth Studios / Amblin Entertainment / Universal Studios | $84,460,846 | [6] | |
| 2 | Oliver & Company | Walt Disney Feature Animation | $74,151,346 | [7] | |
| 3 | Akira | Tokyo Movie Shinsha / Akira Committee / Toho | $49,000,000 | [8] | |
| 4 | Asatsu / Toho | $12,100,000 (¥1.36 billion) |