List of animated feature films of 1993 explained

This is a list of animated feature films first released in 1993.

List

Title	Country	Director	Studio	Technique	Format	Notes	Release	Duration
The 1001 Gags of Spiff and Hercules	France	Bruno Desraisses, Charles de Latour	Studio de Pyongyang	Traditional	Theatrical		February 10, 1993	80 minutes
Al Caral's Legacy	Japan	Kôichi Ishiguro	Animate Film Tokuma Japan Communications Visual '80	Traditional	Direct-to-video OVA		January 25, 1993	75 minutes
Art of Fighting	Japan	Hiroshi Fukutomi	Studio Comet NAS Fuji TV	Traditional	Television special		December 23, 1993	46 minutes
	United States	Eric Radomski Bruce Timm	Warner Bros. Animation Warner Bros. Family Entertainment	Traditional	Theatrical		December 25, 1993	78 minutes
Big Wars: Red Zone, Divine Annihilation	Japan	Toshifumi Takizawa Issei Kume	Magic Bus	Traditional	Theatrical		September 25, 1993	75 minutes
Blue Memory: Manmo Pioneers and Boys	Japan	Tetsu Dezaki	Magic Bus	Traditional	Theatrical		December 18, 1993	90 minutes
Bonobono	Japan	Mikio Igarashi Yūji Mutō (Animation)	Amuse Video Bandai Visual Group TAC Nippon Shuppan Hanbai, Inc. Takeshobo	Traditional	Theatrical		November 13, 1993	103 minutes
The Cat's Mill	Latvia	Roze Stiebra	Dauka	Traditional	Theatrical			58 minutes
Columbus's Great Adventures	Japan	Yorifusa Yamaguchi	SPO AB Productions	Traditional	Direct-to-video OVA		January 1, 1993	70 minutes
	Japan	Tetsuo Imazawa	Toei Animation	Traditional	Theatrical		December 19, 1993	116 minutes
	Japan	Mitsuru Hongo	Shin-Ei Animation	Traditional	Theatrical	First feature film installment of the Crayon Shin-chan anime series.	July 24, 1993	93 minutes
Crimson Wolf	Japan	Shoichi Masuo	A.P.P.P. Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions	Traditional	Direct-to-video OVA^[1]		July 7, 1993	59 minutes
David Copperfield	Canada	Don Arioli	Cinemotion PMMP Astral Media NBC Productions	Traditional	Television film		December 10, 1993	92 minutes
Desert Rose ~ The Snow Apocalypse	Japan	Yasunao Aoki	Hakusensha J.C. Staff Toei Video Co., Ltd.	Traditional	Direct-to-video OVA		April 25, 1993	47 minutes
	Japan	Tsutomu Shibayama		Traditional	Theatrical		March 6, 1993	100 minutes
	Japan	Yoshihiro Ueda		Traditional			July 10, 1993	51 minutes
	Japan	Shigeyasu Yamauchi		Traditional			March 6, 1993	72 minutes
	Japan	Yoshihiro Ueda				Second Dragon Ball Z television special; broadcast between episodes 175 ("The Games Begin") and 176 ("Losers Fight First").	February 24, 1993	48 minutes
E.Y.E.S. of Mars	Japan						December 26, 1993	80 minutes
The Fantastic Voyages of Sinbad	Australia	Douglas Richards						50 minutes
	Japan						July 31, 1993	75 minutes
The Gigolo - Dochinpira	Japan	Hiromitsu Ōta	Studio Kikan Studio Marine				August 27, 1993	45 minutes
Go Hugo Go	Denmark						December 10, 1993	73 minutes
The Halloween Tree	United States	Mario Piluso					October 2, 1993	69 minutes
The History of the Wonderful World	Denmark	Anders Sørensen Hans Perk	Tegnedrengene Filmforsyningen ApS Statens Filmcentral					52 minutes
Hollyrock-a-Bye Baby	United States						December 5, 1993	90 minutes
I Yabba-Dabba Do!	United States						February 7, 1993	92 minutes
Jonny's Golden Quest	United States	Don Lusk Paul Sommer	Hanna-Barbera Productions				April 4, 1993	87 minutes
Kappa: A River Goblin and Sampei	Japan						March 13, 1993	90 minutes
	Japan						December 18, 1993	90 minutes
Lupin III: Voyage to Danger	Japan						July 23, 1993	90 minutes
Mafalda	Cuba Spain		D.G. Producciones S.A.					80 minutes
Mellow	Japan						July 23, 1993	45 minutes
Mermaid's Scar	Japan				Direct-to-video OVA^[2]		September 24, 1993	45 minutes
Mobile Suit SD Gundam Festival	Japan	Takashi Imanishi (Part 1) Tetsuro Amino (Parts 2 & 3)					March 13, 1993	81 minutes
The Nightmare Before Christmas	United States						October 29, 1993	76 minutes
Ninja Scroll	Japan						June 5, 1993	94 minutes
Ocean Waves a.k.a. I Can Hear the Sea	Japan						May 5, 1993	72 minutes
Offside	Japan		Sakatsu Suzuki Shigetoshi Tanaka				January 22, 1993	50 minutes
Oishinbo: Nichibei Kome Sensō	Japan						December 3, 1993	89 minutes
Once Upon a Forest	United Kingdom United States						June 18, 1993	71 minutes
Opera Imaginaire	France	José Abel Hilary Audus Jonathan Hills Raimund Krumme Guionne Leroy Ken Lidster Jimmy T. Murakami Stephen Palmer Monique Renault Pascal Roulin Christophe Vallaux	Pascavision Club d'Investissement Média F3 Institut National de l'Audiovisuel (INA) Aniway Ex Machina Cel Out Films Institut National de l'Audiovisuel (INA) Colour Crew Mike Hibbert Animation Cosgrove Hall Films Framestore Nederlands Fonds voor de Film Co-Productiefonds Binnenlandse Omroep Bareboards Productions The Foundation for Sport and the Arts				March 12, 1993	51 minutes
	Japan						August 7, 1993	113 minutes
Puss in Boots	Australia		Burbank Animation Studios Holric Entertainment Group INI Entertainment Group					50 minutes
Rail of the Star	Japan						July 10, 1993	80 minutes
Rokudenashi Blues 1993	Japan	Hiroyuki Kakudō	Toei Animation	Traditional	Theatrical		July 24, 1993	85 minutes
	Japan	Kunihiko Ikuhara	Toei Animation	Traditional	Theatrical	First feature film installment of the Sailor Moon series.	December 5, 1993	62 minutes
Sangokushi (dai 2-bu): Chōkō Moyu!	Japan	Tomoharu Katsumata	Toei Animation Enoki Films| Traditional| Theatrical| Part two of a three-part animated film series based on the Chinese novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms.| March 18, 1993| 149 minutes|-| The Secret Adventures of Tom Thumb| United Kingdom| Dave Borthwick| bolexbrothers| Stop motion| | | December 10, 1993| 60 minutes|-| Song of the Chimney Ghosts | Japan| Yutaka Osawa| Studio Junio| Traditional| Theatrical^[3] || May 29, 1993| 42 minutes|-| Soreike! Anpanman Kyōryū Nosshī no Daibōken | Japan| Akinori Nagaoka| Tokyo Movie Shinsha| Traditional| Theatrical| | July 17, 1993| 60 minutes|-| Street Fighter | South Korea| Sim San-gil| Daewon Donghwa| Traditional| Theatrical| | December 29, 1993| 51 minutes|-| Special Gag Force Robot Twins | South Korea| Kim Cheong-gi| BM Movie| Traditional| Theatrical| | January 16, 1993| 73 minutes|-| Suikoden Demon Century | Japan| Hiroshi Negishi| J.C. Staff Kadokawa Shoten Nippon Victor| Traditional| Direct-to-video OVA| | September 25, 1993| 46 minutes|-| Tama of 3rd Street: Please! Search for Momo-chan!! | Japan| Hitoshi Nanba| Group TAC| Traditional| Theatrical| | August 14, 1993| 43 minutes|-| The Thief and the Cobbler a.k.a. The Princess and the Cobbler a.k.a. Arabian Knight || United States United Kingdom Canada ||Richard Williams || Richard Williams Productions / Allied Filmmakers || Traditional || Theatrical || Holds the record for being the longest production time for an animated feature at 29 years (1964–1993). Also the final appearances of Vincent Price and Sir Anthony Quayle. || September 23, 1993 || 91 minutes|-| Thumbelina || Australia || Richard Slapczynski || Burbank Animation Studios || Traditional || Television film || || || 50 minutes|-| Weird Volunteers || Japan || Kimio Yabuki || Toei Company || Traditional || Educational film || ^[4] || || 46 minutes|-| We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story || United States || Dick Zondag Ralph Zondag Phil Nibbelink Simon Wells || Amblimation || Traditional || Theatrical || First non-Disney animated feature to use digital ink and paint. || November 24, 1993 || 71 minutes |} Highest-grossing animated films of the year Rank Title Studio Worldwide gross Ref. 1 The Nightmare Before Christmas Skellington Productions/Walt Disney Pictures $75,082,668 ^[5] 2 Asatsu / Toho $16,311,900 (¥1.65 billion) ^[6] ^[7] 3 Dragon Ball Z 8: The Legendary Super Saiyan Toei Animation $13,543,820 (¥1.37 billion) 4 Dragon Ball Z 9: Bojack Unbound Toei Animation $12,950,660 (¥1.31 billion) 5 We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story Amblimation/Universal Pictures $9,317,021 ^[8] See also List of animated television series of 1993 External links Animated films of the year, listed in the IMDb

Notes and References

1. Web site: オリジナルビデオアニメ 紅狼（ホンラン） (1993)について 映画データベース. allcinema. November 19, 2024.
2. Web site: Mermaid's Scar. Justin Sevakis. 8 July 2014. 9 July 2014. Anime News Network.
3. Web site: 映画アニメ おばけ煙突のうた (1993)について 映画データベース. allcinema. November 19, 2024.
4. Web site: ぱるネット岡山 視聴覚教材 へんてこなボランティア. 岡山県生涯学習センター. June 10, 2023.
5. Web site: Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) - Box Office Mojo. www.boxofficemojo.com. 2016-08-11.
6. Web site: JAPAN: Shin Godzilla Repeats Atop Box Office In Sophomore Frame; Delivers Atomic Second Weekend.. The Box Office Theory — Forums. 2016-08-11.
7. Web site: 過去興行収入上位作品 一般社団法人日本映画製作者連盟. www.eiren.org. 2016-08-11.
8. Web site: We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story (1993) - Box Office Mojo. www.boxofficemojo.com. 2016-08-11.