This is a list of animated feature films first released in 1989.
| Title | Country | Director | Studio | Technique | Format | Notes | Release | Duration | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Dogs Go to Heaven | Ireland United States | Don Bluth | Traditional | Theatrical | November 17, 1989 | 85 minutes | |||
| Asterix and the Big Fight | France West Germany | Philippe Grimond | Dargaud Films Extrafilm Gaumont | Traditional | Theatrical | Sixth installment in the Asterix film series; plot adapted and composited from volumes 7 and 19 of the comic book series respectively. | October 4, 1989 | 81 minutes | |
| | Canada France | Alan Bunce | Traditional | Theatrical | July 28, 1989 | 76 minutes | |||
| Baoh | Japan | Hiroyuki Yokoyama | Studio Pierrot | Traditional | Direct-to-video OVA | November 1, 1989 | 48 minutes | ||
| The BFG | United Kingdom | Brian Cosgrove | Cosgrove Hall Films | Traditional | Screening-ran film[1] | One of Cosgrove Hall Films' only films. | December 25, 1989 | 91 minutes | |
| Blue Flames | Japan | Noboru Ishiguro | Artland | Traditional | Direct-to-video OVA | November 24, 1989 | 50 minutes | ||
| Bombing Circuit Romance Twin | Japan | Osamu Sekida | Life Work Co., Ltd. Japan Home Video | Traditional | Direct-to-video OVA[2] | January 24, 1989 | 88 minutes | ||
| Cinderella Express | Japan | Kouichi Sasaki Michio Mishima Nanako Shimazaki | Nichiei Agency Nihon Eizō Studio Look | August 16, 1989 | 47 minutes | ||||
| | Japan | June 17, 1989 | 87 minutes | ||||||
| The Corsican Brothers | Australia | July 7, 1989 | 49 minutes | ||||||
| Cybernetics Guardian | Japan | November 1, 1989 | 45 minutes | ||||||
| Dog Soldier: Shadows of the Past | Japan | Hiroyuki Ebata | October 8, 1989 | 46 minutes | |||||
| | Japan | Tenth installment of the Doraemon film series; Remade 26 years later in 2016. | March 11, 1989 | 100 minutes | |||||
| | Japan | July 15, 1989 | 42 minutes | ||||||
| El Escudo del cóndor | Argentina | Vuelo Libre Producciones S.R.L. | April 20, 1989 | 72 minutes | |||||
| The Five Star Stories | Japan | March 11, 1989 | 66 minutes | ||||||
| The Four Musicians of Bremen | Spain | Cruz Delgado | Estudios Cruz Delgado Filmayer | June 26, 1989 | 86 minutes | ||||
| Goku Midnight Eye: Part One | Japan | Part one of a two-part OVA sequence. | January 27, 1989 | 60 minutes | |||||
| Goku Midnight Eye: Part Two | Japan | Part two of a two-part OVA sequence. | December 22, 1989 | 60 minutes | |||||
| Hengen Taima Yakou Karura Mau! Nara Onryou Emaki | Japan | Takaaki Ishiyama | Toei Classics Toshiba Eizo Soft Ginga Teikoku | April 8, 1989 | 80 minutes | ||||
| Hyper Psychic Geo Garaga | Japan | ASMIK Aubec AVN | October 21, 1989 | 100 minutes | |||||
| The Isewan Typhoon Story | Japan | Seijirō Kōyama | Mirai Industry Co., Ltd. Mushi Production Space Eizo | Traditional | Theatrical | Fictionalization of the Typhoon Vera disaster that occurred in Japan on September 21–28, 1959. | November 4, 1989 | 88 minutes | |
| The Journey to Melonia: Fantasies of Shakespeare's 'The Tempest' | Sweden Norway | December 15, 1989 | 104 minutes | ||||||
| Kankara Sanshin | Japan | Tokyo Animation Film | [3] [4] | August 3, 1989 | 78 minutes | ||||
| Kiki and Lala's Blue Bird | Japan | Masami Hata | The first of only three feature-length installments in the Sanrio Anime Festival series; based on Maurice Maeterlinck's The Blue Bird. | July 22, 1989 | 56 minutes | ||||
| Kiki's Delivery Service | Japan | Hayao Miyazaki | Studio Ghibli | Traditional | Theatrical | July 29, 1989 | 103 minutes | ||
| Legend of Lemnear | Japan | August 25, 1989 | 45 minutes | ||||||
| The Little Mermaid | United States | Ron Clements John Musker | Walt Disney Feature Animation | Traditional | Theatrical | First Disney animated feature of the Disney Renaissance, and the last feature in Walt Disney Feature Animation to use traditional ink and paint animation. | November 17, 1989 | 83 minutes | |
| | Japan United States | Masami Hata William Hurtz | Tokyo Movie Shinsha | Traditional | Theatrical | July 15, 1989 | 95 minutes | ||
| Lupin III: Bye Bye, Lady Liberty | Japan | Osamu Dezaki | Tokyo Movie Shinsha Nippon TV | Traditional | Television special | First television special installment in the Lupin III manga and anime franchise. | April 1, 1989 | 97 minutes | |
| Maria, Mirabela in Tranzistoria | Soviet Union Romania | April 10, 1989 | 71 minutes | ||||||
| Megazone 23 Part III | Japan | Part three of a four-part OVA sequence. | September 28, 1989 | 50 minutes | |||||
| Megazone 23 – Final Part | Japan | Part four of a four-part OVA sequence. | December 22, 1989 | 50 minutes | |||||
| Molly and the Skywalkerz: Two Daddies? | United States | [5] [6] [7] | May 6, 1989 | 55 minutes | |||||
| Ogami Matsugoro | Japan | Hidetoshi Ōmori | Nippon Animation Creative Bridge Nihon Eizō | Traditional | Direct-to-video OVA | December 16, 1989 | 50 minutes | ||
| The Osamu Tezuka Story: I Am Son-goku | Japan | Masami Hata Rintaro | Tezuka Productions Nippon TV | Traditional | Television film | One of the final projects approved by Osamu Tezuka before his death earlier that year and the tenth and penultimate animated special produced for Nippon TV's 24 Hour TV "Love Saves the Earth" telethon. | August 27, 1989 | 70 minutes | |
| | Japan | Mamoru Oshii | Studio Deen Production I.G. | Traditional | Theatrical | July 15, 1989 | 98 minutes | ||
| | Japan | Yuji Moriyama | Pony Canyon Soeishinsha A.P.P.P. Studio Fantasia | Traditional | Direct-to-video OVA | Fourth installment of the Project A-ko series. | October 7, 1989 | 54 minutes | |
| Reynard the Fox | West Germany China United Kingdom | Manfred Durniok Yumen He Minjin Zhuang | Manfred Durniok Filmproduktion Oriental Communications Shanghai Animation Film Studio Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF) | Traditional | Television film | 80 minutes | |||
| Rhea Gall Force | Japan | Katsuhito Akiyama | Artmic AIC | Traditional | Direct-to-video OVA | March 21, 1989 | 60 minutes | ||
| Riding Bean | Japan | Yasuo Hasegawa | AIC | Traditional | Direct-to-video OVA | February 22, 1989 | 48 minutes | ||
| Riki-Oh: The Walls of Hell | Japan | Satoshi Dezaki | Trans Arts | Traditional | Direct-to-video OVA | Part one of a two-part OVA sequence. | June 25, 1989 | 45 minutes | |
| Saint Seiya: Warriors of the Final Holy Battle | Japan | Masayuki Akehi | Toei Animation | Traditional | Theatrical | March 18, 1989 | 45 minutes | ||
| Sonic Soldier Borgman: Last Battle | Japan | Kiyoshi Murayama | Ashi Production Toho | Traditional | Theatrical | September 1, 1989 | 60 minutes | ||
| Soreike! Anpanman: Kirakira Boshi no Namida | Japan | Akinori Nagaoka | Froebel-kan Co., Ltd. Nippon TV Shochiku-Fuji Ltd. Tokyo Movie Shinsha | Traditional | Theatrical | First feature film installment of the Anpanman franchise. | March 11, 1989 | 74 minutes | |
| A Tale of Two Toads | United Kingdom | Brian Cosgrove | Cosgrove Hall Films | Stop motion | Television special | Sequel to The Wind in the Willows (1983). | December 29, 1989 | 60 minutes | |
| The Three Musketeers Anime: Aramis' Adventure | Japan | Kunihiko Yuyama | Shochiku Gallop | Traditional | Theatrical | March 11, 1989 | 46 minutes | ||
| Time Patrol Bon | Japan | Kunihiko Yuyama | Staff 21 Gallop Nippon TV | Traditional | Television special | October 14, 1989 | 95 minutes | ||
| | Japan | Hideki Takayama | West Cape Team Mu Shochiku-Fuji | Traditional | Theatrical | Compilation film of the OVA series that ran for 13 episodes from January 21, 1987, to December 28, 1996. | March 18, 1989 | 108 minutes | |
| Venus Wars | Japan | Yoshikazu Yasuhiko | Triangle Staff | Traditional | Theatrical | March 11, 1989 | 102 minutes | ||
| Willy the Sparrow | Hungary | József Gémes | Pannónia Filmstúdió Budapest Film Hajdu Film | Traditional | Theatrical | November 18, 1989 | 76 minutes | ||
| Wrath of the Ninja | Japan | Osamu Yamazaki | J.C.Staff | Traditional | Compilation film of the OVA series that ran for three episodes from May 21, 1987, to May 11, 1988. | May 27, 1989 | 86 minutes |
| Rank | Title | Studio | Worldwide gross | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Little Mermaid | Walt Disney Feature Animation | $211,343,479 | [8] | |
| 2 | Kiki's Delivery Service | Studio Ghibli | $41,795,218 | ||
| 3 | All Dogs Go to Heaven | Sullivan Bluth Studios / Goldcrest Films | $27,100,027 | [9] | |
| 4 | Asatsu / Toho | $14,051,242 (¥2.02 billion) | |||
| 5 | Tokyo Movie Shinsha | $11,400,000 | [10] |