A list of animated feature films first released in 1990.
| Title | Country | Director | Studio | Technique | Type | Notes | Release | Duration | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Adventures of Lotty | South Korea | Hotel Lotte Co., Ltd. | December 29, 1990 | 80 minutes | |||||
| The Amazing Adventures of the Teddy Bears | Poland | Compilation film of episodes 14—26 of the animated television series Trzy misie (Three Teddy Bears) that ran from 1984 to 1986 for a total of 26 half-hour episodes. | December 31, 1990 | 72 minutes | |||||
| Aries: Shinwa no Seiza Miya | Japan | October 1, 1990 | 45 minutes | ||||||
| Go! Anpanman: Baikinman's Counterattack | Japan | Akinori Nagaoka | Traditional | July 14, 1990 | 70 minutes | ||||
| Black Bento | Japan | June 12, 1990 | 50 minutes | ||||||
| Carol: A Day in a Girl's Life | Japan | March 21, 1990 | 60 minutes | ||||||
| Chibi Maruko-chan | Japan | December 15, 1990 | 94 minutes | ||||||
| City Hunter: Bay City Wars | Japan | August 25, 1990 | 45 minutes | ||||||
| City Hunter: Million Dollar Conspiracy | Japan | August 25, 1990 | 43 minutes | ||||||
| The Curse of Kazuo Umezu | Japan | March 1, 1990 | 43 minutes | ||||||
| Desperta Ferro | Spain Germany | Jordi Amorós | Equip Produccions S. A. | December 1990 | 75 minutes | ||||
| | Japan | March 10, 1990 | 100 minutes | ||||||
| Dragon and Slippers | United States United Kingdom Hungary | Tibor Hernádi | Fred Wolf Films Pannónia Filmstúdió Magyar Televízió | December 20, 1990 | 72 minutes | ||||
| | Japan | First Dragon Ball Z television special; broadcast between episodes 63 ("Time Tricks and Body Binds") and 64 ("No Refuge From Recoome"). | October 17, 1990 | 48 minutes | |||||
| | Japan | July 7, 1990 | 65 minutes | ||||||
| | Japan | March 10, 1990 | 58 minutes | ||||||
| United States | Bob Hathcock | First Disney animated feature outside of the main canon; Based on the television series DuckTales (1987–1990) and the last Disney theatrical animated feature to use traditional cel animation. | August 3, 1990 | 74 minutes | |||||
| "Eiji" | Japan | August 25, 1990 | 45 minutes | ||||||
| Feluś the Duck | Poland | Originally produced from 1984 to 1985 as a seven episode television series titled Leśne skrzaty i kaczorek Feluś (The Forest Dwarfs and the Duck Feluś). | December 31, 1990 | 67 minutes | |||||
| Flight of the White Wolf | Japan | Yosei Maeda | April 28, 1990 | 82 minutes | |||||
| The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship | United Kingdom | Francis Vose | 60 minutes | ||||||
| From Tale to Tale | Soviet Union | The remounted full-length program of animated films – fairy tales of last years (generally the Aleksandra Snezhko-Blotskaya's): "The Verlioka", "The amber lock", "The lock", "The daughter of the sun". | |||||||
| Gdleen | Japan | March 1, 1990 | 45 minutes | ||||||
| Goofy's Guide to Success | United States | Zilla Clinton | Compilation of Disney theatrical animated shorts that involve work; Bill Farmer provided new redubbed lines for Goofy in the special. | November 18, 1990 | 87 minutes | ||||
| Gude Crest – The Emblem of Gude | Japan | Kazuhito Kikuchi | June 23, 1990 | 45 minutes | |||||
| Heavy | Japan | Noboru Ishiguro | April 14, 1990 | 50 minutes | |||||
| Hello Kitty's Thumbelina | Japan | Hidemi Kubo Masami Hata | The second of only three feature-length installments in the Sanrio Anime Festival series; based on Hans Christian Andersen's "Thumbelina". | July 21, 1990 | 43 minutes | ||||
| How the Shoemakers Raised a War for a Red Skirt | Czechoslovakia | June 1, 1990 | 70 minutes | ||||||
| I skog och mark | Sweden | March 23, 1990 | 57 minutes | ||||||
| An Idol at Will | Japan | February 25, 1990 | 47 minutes | ||||||
| In the Summer After the War: 1945 Karafuto | Japan | Koji Chino | Karafuto Film Production Committee Urban Product | Fictionalization based on the aftermath of the 1945 Soviet invasion of South Sakhalin.[1] [2] | December 8, 1990 | 70 minutes | |||
| United States | Seventh theatrical feature production from Hanna-Barbera; Based on the television series The Jetsons (1962–1987). | July 6, 1990 | 82 minutes | ||||||
| Kim's Cross | Japan | Tengo Yamada | July 21, 1990 | 80 minutes | |||||
| Kobo-chan Special: Filled with Autumn!! | Japan | September 15, 1990 | 85 minutes | ||||||
| Like the Clouds, Like the Wind | Japan | March 21, 1990 | 79 minutes | ||||||
| Lupin III: The Hemingway Papers | Japan | July 20, 1990 | 92 minutes | ||||||
| The Magician's Hat | Yugoslavia | Sequel to The Elm-Chanted Forest (1986). | August 19, 1990 | 75 minutes | |||||
| Marina the Manga Artist Goes to Camelot | Japan | August 25, 1990 | 45 minutes | ||||||
| Maroko | Japan | Traditional | [3] | March 31, 1990 | 90 minutes | ||||
| The Mind's Eye: A Computer Animation Odyssey | United States | Jan Nickman | Miramar Images Inc. | First installment in the Mind's Eye film series. | January 1, 1990 | 40 minutes | |||
| The Murder Ticket Is Heart-Colored | Japan | February 3, 1990 | 50 minutes | ||||||
| The Murtal Master and 108 Youkai | South Korea | January 3, 1990 | 80 minutes | ||||||
| Naksitrallid | Estonia | 61 minutes | |||||||
| New Karate Hell Weird: Blood Apocalypse | Japan | Part one of a two-part OVA sequence. | November 1, 1990 | 49 minutes | |||||
| New Karate Hell Weird: Blood War Gate | Japan | Part two of a two-part OVA sequence. | December 21, 1990 | 49 minutes | |||||
| Nineteen 19 | Japan | July 27, 1990 | 45 minutes | ||||||
| The Nutcracker Prince | Canada United States | November 21, 1990 | 75 minutes | ||||||
| Obatarian | Japan | April 3, 1990 | 70 minutes | ||||||
| Ojisan Kaizō Kōza | Japan | February 24, 1990 | 92 minutes | ||||||
| Onimaru – Five Youths Running on the Battlefield | Japan | April 25, 1990 | 45 minutes | ||||||
| Peraustrínia 2004 | Spain | Ángel García | Fermín Marimón Laurenfilm | April 6, 1990 | 75 minutes | ||||
| Peter in Magicland | Germany | Wolfgang Urchs | First German animated feature to be made after the German reunification. | November 29, 1990 | 80 minutes | ||||
| Project A-Ko Versus Battle 1: Gray Side | Japan | Part one of a two-part OVA sequence. | July 21, 1990 | 54 minutes | |||||
| Project A-Ko Versus Battle 2: Blue Side | Japan | Part two of a two-part OVA sequence. | August 21, 1990 | 54 minutes | |||||
| The Rescuers Down Under | United States | Sequel to The Rescuers (1977). First Disney animated feature overall to be a sequel, and the first Disney animated film to use the CAPS system; also the first animated feature to fully use digital ink and paint, and to be produced without cameras. | November 16, 1990 | 77 minutes | |||||
| Riki-Oh 2: Child of Destruction | Japan | August 24, 1990 | 45 minutes | ||||||
| Robot Taekwon V 90 | South Korea | Seoul Donghwa Co., Ltd. | July 28, 1990 | 85 minutes | |||||
| Rootin' Tootin' Roundup | United States | Compilation of Western-themed Disney theatrical animated shorts. | August 3, 1990 | 73 minutes | |||||
| Soreike! Anpanman: Baikinman no Gyakushuu | Japan | July 14, 1990 | 70 minutes | ||||||
| Soreike! Anpanman: Minami no Umi o Sukue! | Japan | First of two non-Christmas specials in the Soreike! Anpanman anime series, and the eleventh and final animated special produced for Nippon TV's 24 Hour TV "Love Saves the Earth" telethon, and the third of only three specials not to be produced by Tezuka Productions. | August 26, 1990 | 50 minutes | |||||
| Summer with Kuro | Japan | GEN Productions RCC Chugoku Broadcasting Hiroshima Movie Center Tiger Production | June 4, 1990 | 67 minutes | |||||
| Sword for Truth | Japan | December 28, 1990 | 49 minutes | ||||||
| TaleSpin: Plunder & Lightning | United States | Pilot film of the television series TaleSpin (1990–1991). | September 7, 1990 | 91 minutes | |||||
| Tenjōhen – Utsunomiko | Japan | Tetsuo Imazawa | Compilation film of the eventual OVA series based on the manga of the same name that later ran for thirteen 30 minute episodes from October 24, 1990, until February 19, 1992. | September 22, 1990 | 74 minutes | ||||
| Tistou, the Boy with Green Thumbs | Japan | Based on the 1957 book Tistou les pouces verts (Tistou of the Green Thumbs) by Maurice Druon. | March 24, 1990 | 74 minutes | |||||
| The Trace Leads to the Silver Lake | Final East German animated feature before the German reunification. Produced from 1985 to 1989, released in 1990.[4] | January 16, 1990 | 84 minutes | ||||||
| Umi Da! Funade Da! Nikoniko, Pun | Japan | Toshio Hirata | January 4, 1990 | 70 minutes | |||||
| War of the Birds | Denmark | September 28, 1990 | 68 minutes | ||||||
| Werner – Beinhart! | Germany | , Niki List and | Neue Constantin Film Hahn Film AG TFC Trickompany Filmproduktion | First installment in the Werner film series. | November 29, 1990 | 93 minutes | |||
| A Wind Named Amnesia | Japan | December 22, 1990 | 80 minutes |
| Rank | Title | Studio | Worldwide gross | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Rescuers Down Under | Walt Disney Feature Animation | $47,431,461 | [5] |
| 2 | Hanna-Barbera Productions | $20,305,841 | [6] | |
| 3 | Asatsu / Toho | $19,000,000 (¥1.91 billion) | ||
| 4 | Disney MovieToons | $18,115,724 | [7] | |
| 5 | Toei Animation | $10,200,000 (¥1.57 billion) |