:List of animated feature films of 1988
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This is a list of animated feature films first released in 1988.
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! scope="col" | Country ! scope="col" | Director ! scope="col" | Studio ! scope="col" | Animation technique ! scope="col" | Format | Notes | Release date | Duration | |||||
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Akira {{small|アキラ}} | Japan | Toho {{small|(distributor)}} | | July 16, 1988 | 124 minutes | ||||||||
Alice {{small|Něco z Alenky (Something from Alice)}} | Czechoslovakia | Channel Four Films | Theatrical | | May 13, 1988 | 86 minutes | ||||||||
Alice in Wonderland
| Australia | | | July 10, 1988 | 51 minutes | ||||||||
Appleseed {{small|アップルシード (Appurushīdo)}} | Japan | | April 21, 1988 | 70 minutes | ||||||||
Armored Trooper Votoms: The Red Shoulder Document - Roots of Ambition {{small|装甲騎兵ボトムズ レッドショルダードキュメント 野望のルーツ (Sōkō Kihei Botomuzu: Reddo Shorudā Dokyumento - Yabō no Rūtsu)}} | Japan | Sunrise | | March 19, 1988 | 60 minutes | ||||||||
Around the World in 80 Days
| Australia | | | November 25, 1988 | 49 minutes | ||||||||
Bikkuriman: Moen Zone no Himitsu {{small|ビックリマン 無縁ゾーンの秘宝 (Bikkuriman: The Hidden Treasure of the Unrelated Zone)}} | Japan | Junichi Sato | Toei Animation | Traditional | Theatrical | July 9, 1988 | 45 minutes | |
The Black Arrow | Australia | Burbank Films Australia | Traditional | Television film | October 18, 1988 | 55 minutes | ||
Black Tulip | Australia | Burbank Films Australia | Traditional | Television film | February 10, 1988 | 49 minutes | ||
BraveStarr: The Movie | {{nowrap|United States}} | Tom Tataranowicz | Filmation | Traditional | Theatrical | March 18, 1988 | 91 minutes | |
Captain of the Forest {{small|Az erdő kapitánya}} | Hungary | Attila Dargay | Pannónia Filmstúdió Infafilm Gmbh | Traditional | Theatrical | February 18, 1988 | 70 minutes | |
Care Bears Nutcracker Suite | Canada | Joseph Sherman Laura Shepherd | Nelvana | Traditional | Television special | December 10, 1988 | 62 minutes | |
The Cat Who Walked by Herself {{small|Кошка, которая гуляла сама по себе (Koshka, kotoraya gulyala sama po sebe)}} | Soviet Union | Ideya Garanina | Soyuzmultfilm | Stop motion/Traditional | First Soviet full-length animated film uniting the stop-motion and traditional animation. | 70 minutes | ||
Daffy Duck's Quackbusters | United States | Greg Ford Friz Freleng Chuck Jones Terry Lennon Robert McKimson | Warner Bros. Animation | Traditional | Theatrical Compilation film | 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 {{small|Dawid i Sandy (David & Sandy)}} | Poland Sweden | Zbigniew Stanislawski Wieslaw Zieba | Film Polski (Poland) AB Svensk Filmindustri (Sweden) | Traditional | Theatrical | June 22, 1988 | 71 minutes | |
Demon City Shinjuku {{small|魔界都市〈新宿〉 (Makai Toshi: Shinjuku)}} | Japan | Madhouse | Traditional | | October 25, 1988 | 80 minutes | ||||||||
Dokgo Tak's Pigeon Chorus {{small|독고탁의 비둘기 합창 (Dokgo Tak-ui bidulgi habchang)}} | South Korea | Hong Sang-man | Daewon Donghwa | Television film{{Cite web|url=https://www.kmdb.or.kr/db/kor/detail/movie/K/10800|title=독고탁의 비둘기 합창|website=KMDb|access-date=April 1, 2024}} | | January 1, 1988 | 80 minutes | ||||||||
Doraemon: The Record of Nobita's Parallel Visit to the West {{small|ドラえもん のび太のパラレル西遊記 (Doraemon: Nobita no Parareru saiyûki)}} | Japan | Tsutomu Shibayama | Asatsu Toho | Traditional | Theatrical | March 12, 1988 | 90 minutes | |
Dragon Ball: Mystical Adventure {{small|ドラゴンボール 魔訶不思議大冒険 (Doragon Bōru: Makafushigi Dai-Bōken)}} | Japan | Kazuhisa Takenouchi | Toei Animation | Traditional | Theatrical | July 9, 1988 | 46 minutes | |
ESPer Mami: Hoshizora no Dancing Doll {{small|エスパー魔美 星空のダンシングドール (ESPer Mami: Dancing Doll in a Starry Sky)}} | Japan | Keiichi Hara | Shin-Ei Animation | Traditional | Theatrical | {{cite web |url= http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/pile-of-shame/2014-06-24/esper-mami-hoshizora-no-dancing-doll/.75877|title= ESPer Mami: Hoshizora no Dancing Doll|author= Justin Sevakis|date= 24 June 2014|accessdate= 28 June 2014|work= Anime News Network}} | March 12, 1988 | 41 minutes |
Felix the Cat: The Movie | United States Hungary Germany | Tibor Hernádi | New World Pictures Felix the Cat Creations Animation Film Cologne Pannónia Filmstúdió | Traditional | Theatrical | October 1, 1988 | 78 minutes | |
Forget Me Not {{small|Nefelejcs}}{{Cite web|url=https://filmtett.ro/cikk/vazlat-a-pannonia-filmstudio-animacios-filmgyartasarol-1959-1989-kozott|title= Vázlat a Pannónia Filmstúdió animációs filmgyártásáról 1959-1989 között|website=filmtett - erdélyi filmes portál}} | Hungary | Elek Lisziák György Kovásznai | Pannónia Filmstúdió | Traditional | Theatrical | |||
Gall Force 3: Stardust War {{small|ガルフォース3 スターダスト・ウォー}} | Japan | Katsuhito Akiyama | Artmic AIC | Traditional | Direct-to-video OVA | November 2, 1988 | 60 minutes | |
Garfield: His 9 Lives | United States | Phil Roman Doug Frankel Ruth Kissane Bill Littlejohn Bob Nesler Bob Scott George Singer John Sparey | Film Roman | Traditional/Live action | Television special | November 22, 1988 | 48 minutes | |
The Good, the Bad, and Huckleberry Hound | United States | Ray Patterson Bob Goe John Kimball Charles A. Nichols Jay Sarbry | Hanna-Barbera | Traditional | Television film | Sixth installment in the syndicated anthology film series Hanna-Barbera Superstars 10. | May 6, 1988 | 95 minutes |
Grave of the Fireflies {{small|火垂るの墓 (Hotaru no Haka)}} | Japan | | April 16, 1988 | 89 minutes | ||||||||
Happy Birthday, Garfield | United States | Jim Davis | Paws, Inc. | Traditional Live action | Television special Live-action animated film | May 17, 1988 | 48 minutes | |
Harbor Light Story -From Fashion Lara- {{small|ハーバーライト物語(ストーリー) ―ファッション ララより― (Harbor Light Monogatari (Story) – Fashion Lala Yori)}} | Japan | Motosuke Takahashi Hiroyuki Yokoyama {{small|(unit director)}} | Pierrot | Traditional | Direct-to-video OVA | March 11, 1988 | 48 minutes | |
Hiatari Ryōkō! Ka – su – mi: Yume no Naka ni Kimi ga Ita {{small|陽あたり良好! KA・SU・MI: 夢の中に君がいた (Good Sunshine! KA・SU・MI: You Were There in a Dream)}} | Japan | Kimiharu Oguma | Toho Group TAC | Traditional | Theatrical | October 1, 1988 | 67 minutes | |
Hiawatha | Australia | Burbank Films Australia | Traditional | Television film | June 15, 1988 | 50 minutes | ||
It's the Girl in the Red Truck, Charlie Brown | United States | Sam Jaimes | Charles M. Schulz Creative Associates | Traditional/Live action | Television special Live-action animated film | Fifth hour-long Peanuts special. | September 27, 1988 | 50 minutes |
Katy Meets the Aliens a. k. a. Katy and the Katerpillar Kids {{small|Katy, Kiki y Koko}} | Mexico | José Luis Moro Santiago Moro | Televicine S.A. de C.V. Moro Studios | Traditional | Theatrical | Sequel to Katy, La Oruga (1984). | June 23, 1988 | 70 minutes |
Kimagure Orange Road: I Want to Return to That Day {{small|きまぐれオレンジ★ロード あの日にかえりたい (Kimagure Orange Road: Ano Hi ni Kaeritai)}} | Japan | Toho {{small|(distributor)}} | | October 1, 1988 | 69 minutes | ||||||||
Kosuke and Rikimaru: Dragon of Konpei Island {{small|小助さま力丸さま -コンペイ島の竜- (Kosuke-sama, Rikimaru-sama: Konpeitō no Ryū)}} | Japan | | September 23, 1988 | 47 minutes | ||||||||
The Land Before Time
| Ireland | | November 18, 1988 | 69 minutes | ||||||||
Legend of the Galactic Heroes: My Conquest is the Sea of Stars {{small|銀河英雄伝説 わが征くは星の大海 (Ginga Eiyū Densetsu: Waga Yuku wa Hoshi no Taikai )}} | Japan | Noboru Ishiguro | Madhouse Artland | Traditional | Theatrical | February 6, 1988 | 60 minutes | |
Lovely Fatma {{small|Göyçək Fatma}} | Soviet Union | Nazim Mammadov | {{dunno}} | | {{dunno}} | 46 minutes | ||||||||
Maison Ikkoku: The Final Chapter {{small|めぞん一刻 完結篇 (Mezon Ikkoku: Kanketsuhen)}} | Japan | | February 6, 1988 | 66 minutes | ||||||||
Maison Ikkoku: Through the Passing of the Seasons {{small|めぞん一刻~移りゆく季節の中で~ (Maison Ikkoku: Utsuriyuku Kisetsu no Naka de)}} | Japan | Naoyuki Yoshinaga | | September 25, 1988 | 90 minutes | ||||||||
Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack {{small|機動戦士ガンダム 逆襲のシャア (Kidō Senshi Gandamu: Gyakushū no Shā)}} | Japan | Sunrise | | March 12, 1988 | 125 minutes | ||||||||
Monica's Gang and the Magic Star {{small|Turma da Mônica e a Estrelinha Mágica}} | Brazil | Estudios Maurício de Souza | | December 24, 1988 | 58 minutes | ||||||||
My Neighbor Totoro {{small|となりのトトロ (Tonari no Totoro)}} | Japan | | April 16, 1988 | 86 minutes | ||||||||
Oliver & Company
| United States | Walt Disney Feature Animation | | November 18, 1988 | 74 minutes | ||||||||
The Olympic Challenge {{small|아리수변의 꿈나무 (Arisubyeon-ui Kkumnamu)}} | Korea | Kim Joo-in | Shinwon Production | Television film{{Cite web|url=https://www.kmdb.or.kr/db/kor/detail/movie/K/05446|title=아리수변의 꿈나무|website=KMDb|access-date=April 1, 2024}} | | September 25, 1988 | 75 minutes | ||||||||
One-Pound Gospel {{small|1ポンドの福音 (Ichi-Pondo no Fukuin)}} | Japan | | December 2, 1988 | 55 minutes | ||||||||
Peter Pan
| Australia | {{dunno}} | | June 23, 1988 | 46 minutes | ||||||||
The Phantom of the Opera | Ireland
| Emerald City Productions | | May 3, 1988 | 60 minutes | |||||||
Popol Vuh: The Creation Myth of the Maya
| United States | Patricia Amlin | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | | {{dunno}} | 60 minutes | ||||||||
Pound Puppies and the Legend of Big Paw
| United States | Carolco Pictures | | March 18, 1988 | 78 minutes | ||||||||
Prisoner of Zenda | Australia | Burbank Films Australia | Traditional | Television film | May 9, 1988 | 48 minutes | ||
Project A-ko 3: Cinderella Rhapsody {{small|プロジェクトA子3 シンデレララプソディ (Purojekuto A-ko 3: Shinderera Rapusodi)}} | Japan | Pony Canyon | | June 20, 1988 | 46 minutes | ||||||||
Raining Fire {{small|火の雨がふる (Hi no Ame ga Furu)}} | Japan | Nikkatsu Children's Movie | | September 15, 1988 | 80 minutes | ||||||||
Robotech II: The Sentinels
| United States | Harmony Gold USA {{small|(distributor)}} | Direct-to-video | | September 1988 | 75 minutes | ||||||||
Rockin' with Judy Jetson
| United States | Paul Sommer | Seventh installment in the syndicated anthology film series Hanna-Barbera Superstars 10. | September 18, 1988 | 92 minutes | ||||||||
Ryūko, the Girl with the White Flag {{small|白旗の少女 琉子 (Shirahata no Shōjo Ryūko)}} | Japan | | July 21, 1988 | 101 minutes | ||||||||
Saint Seiya: The Heated Battle of the Gods {{small|聖闘士星矢 神々の熱き戦い (Seinto Seiya: Kamigami no Atsuki Tatakai)}} | Japan | Shigeyasu Yamauchi | | March 12, 1988 | 45 minutes | ||||||||
Saint Seiya: Legend of Crimson Youth {{small|聖闘士星矢 真紅の少年伝説 (Seinto Seiya: Shinku no Shōnen Densetsu)}} | Japan | Shigeyasu Yamauchi | | July 23, 1988 | 75 minutes | ||||||||
Sakigake!! Otokojuku {{small|魁!!男塾 (Charge!! Men's Private School)}} | Japan | Nobutaka Nishizawa | | July 23, 1988 | 71 minutes | ||||||||
Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School
| United States | Hanna-Barbera Productions | 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 | Ninth installment in the syndicated anthology film series Hanna-Barbera Superstars 10. | November 13, 1988 | 91 minutes | ||||||||
The Séance Table {{small|La Table tournante}} | France | Paul Grimault | Les Films Paul Grimault | | December 21, 1988 | 80 minutes | ||||||||
Snoopy! The Musical
| United States | Charles M. Schulz Creative Associates | Fourth hour-long Peanuts special. | January 29, 1988 | 50 minutes | ||||||||
Space Family Carlvinson {{small|宇宙家族カールビンソン (Uchū Kazoku Carlvinson)}} | Japan | | December 21, 1988 | 45 minutes | ||||||||
Stowaways on the Ark {{small|In der Arche ist der Wurm drin (The Worm Is in the Ark)}} | West Germany | MS-Films | | March 24, 1988 | 81 minutes | ||||||||
The Three Mouseketeers {{small|Uimitoarele aventuri ale Muschetarilor (The Amazing Adventures of the Musketeers)}} | Romania | | April 11, 1988 | 81 minutes | ||||||||
The Tokyo Project {{small|トウキョウ・バイス (Tokyo Vice)}} | Japan | Minamimachi Bugyosho Co., Ltd. | | June 25, 1988 | 60 minutes | ||||||||
Top Cat and the Beverly Hills Cats
| United States | Ray Patterson | 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 {{small|遠山桜宇宙帖・奴の名はゴールド (Tooyama Sakura Uchū Chō – Yatsu no Na wa Gold)}} | Japan | Toei Animation | | June 1988 | 59 minutes | ||||||||
Treasure Island {{small|Остров сокровищ (Ostrov sokrovishch)}} | Ukraine | {{dunno}} | | March 24, 1989 | 107 minutes | ||||||||
Ultimate Teacher {{small|恐怖のバイオ人間 最終教師 (Kyōfun no Bio-Ningen – Saishū Kyōshi)}} | Japan | Direct-to-video | | February 6, 1988 | 60 minutes | ||||||||
Urusei Yatsura: The Final Chapter {{small|うる星やつら 完結篇 うる星やつら 完結篇 (Urusei Yatsura: Kanketsuhen)}} | Japan | Fifth feature in the Urusei Yatsura film series. | February 6, 1988 | 86 minutes | ||||||||
Violence Jack: Evil Town {{small|バイオレンス ジャック 〜地獄街編〜 (Baiorensu Jakku: Jigokugai)}} | Japan | Soei Shinsha | | December 21, 1988 | 60 minutes | ||||||||
Watt Poe and Our Story {{small|ワット・ポーとぼくらのお話 (Watt Poe to Bokura no Ohanashi)}} | Japan | Diva | | August 12, 1988 | 55 minutes | ||||||||
Westward Ho!
| Australia | | | May 1, 1988 | 55 minutes | ||||||||
What's Michael? 2 {{small|ホワッツマイケル? 2 (Howattsu Maikeru? 2)}} | Japan | Yoriyasu Kogawa | | July 25, 1988 | 60 minutes | ||||||||
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
| United States | Robert Zemeckis Richard Williams {{small|(animation)}} | Touchstone Pictures | Theatrical | 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 | | December 13, 1988 | 50 minutes | ||||||||
The Wings of a Magpie {{small|까치의 날개 (Kkachi ae Nalgae)}} | Korea | Daewon Donghwa | Sequel to The Wandering Magpie (1987). | January 2, 1988 | 80 minutes | ||||||||
Xanadu: The Legend of Dragon Slayer {{small|ザナドゥ・ドラゴンスレイヤー伝説 (Xanadu: Doragon Sureiyā Densetsu)}} | Japan | Kadokawa Shoten | 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 | Tenth and final installment in the syndicated anthology film series Hanna-Barbera Superstars 10. | November 20, 1988 | 90 minutes | ||||||||
Yōsei-Ō {{small|妖精王 (Fairy King)}} | Japan | CBS/Sony Group Inc. | | December 21, 1988 | 60 minutes | ||||||||
Zillion: Burning Night {{small|赤い光弾ジリオン 歌姫夜曲 (Akai Kodan Zillion Utahime Yakyoku)}} | Japan | | June 21, 1988 | 45 minutes |
Highest-grossing animated films of the year
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Rank | Title | Studio | Worldwide gross | Ref. |
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align="center" | 1
|Sullivan Bluth Studios / Amblin Entertainment / Universal Studios |$84,460,846 | ||||
align="center" | 2
|Walt Disney Feature Animation |$74,151,346 | ||||
align="center" | 3
|Tokyo Movie Shinsha / Akira Committee / Toho |$49,000,000 |{{cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/en_uk/article/kwk55w/how-akira-has-influenced-modern-culture|title=How 'Akira' Has Influenced All Your Favourite TV, Film and Music|website=Vice|date=September 21, 2016}} | ||||
align="center" | 4
|Doraemon: The Record of Nobita's Parallel Visit to the West |Asatsu / Toho |$12,100,000 (¥1.36 billion) | |
See also
References
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External links
- [https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?title_type=feature&genres=animation&release_date=1988-01-01,1988-12-31&sort=num_votes,desc&adult=include Animated films of the year], listed in the IMDb
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