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Animated feature films first released in 1993 Title Country Director Studio Technique Type Notes Release Duration The 1001 Gags of Spiff. And Hercules
Les Mille et Une Farces de Pif et Hercule France Bruno Desraisses, Charles de Latour Studio de Pyongyang Traditional Theatrical February 10, 1993 80 minutes Al Caral's Legacy
アル・カラルの遺産 (Aru Kararu no Isan) Japan Kôichi Ishiguro Animate Film
Tokuma Japan Communications
Visual '80 Traditional Direct-to-video
OVA January 25, 1993 75 minutes Art of Fighting
バトルスピリッツ 龍虎の拳 (Battle Spirits Ryūko no Ken) Japan Hiroshi Fukutomi Studio Comet
NAS
Fuji TV Traditional Television special December 23, 1993 46 minutes Go! Anpanman: Nosshi the Dinosaur's Big Adventure
ja:それいけ!アンパンマン 恐竜ノッシーの大冒険 Japan Akinori Nagaoka Anpanman Production Committee, TMS Entertainment Traditional July 17, 1993 60 minutes Batman: Mask of the Phantasm 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
ビッグ・ウォーズ 神撃つ朱き荒野に (Biggu Wōzu: Kami Utsu Akaki Kōya ni) Japan Toshifumi Takizawa
Issei Kume Magic Bus Traditional Theatrical September 25, 1993 75 minutes Blue Memory: Manmo Pioneers and Boys
蒼い記憶 満蒙開拓と少年たち (Aoi Kioku: Manmō Kaitaku——to Shōnen-tachi) Japan Tetsu Dezaki Magic Bus Traditional Theatrical December 18, 1993 90 minutes Bonobono
ぼのぼの 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
Kakisu dzirnavas Latvia Roze Stiebra Dauka Traditional Theatrical 58 minutes Columbus's Great Adventures
コロンブスの大冒険 (Koronbusu no Daibōken) Japan Yorifusa Yamaguchi SPO
AB Productions Traditional Direct-to-video
OVA January 1, 1993 70 minutes Coo: Tōi Umi kara Kita Coo
COO: 遠い海から来たCOO (Kū: Tōi Umi kara Kita Kū) Japan Tetsuo Imazawa Toei Animation Traditional Theatrical December 19, 1993 116 minutes Crayon Shin-chan: Action Kamen vs Leotard Devil
クレヨンしんちゃん アクション仮面VSハイグレ魔王 (Kureyon Shinchan: Akushon Kamen tai Haigure Maō) Japan Mitsuru Hongo Shin-Ei Animation Traditional Theatrical First feature film installment of the Crayon Shin-chan anime series. July 24, 1993 93 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
砂の薔薇（デザート・ローズ） 「雪の黙示録」 (Suna no Bara (Desert Rose) – Yuki no Mokushiroku) Japan Yasunao Aoki Hakusensha
J.C. Staff
Toei Video Co., Ltd. Traditional Direct-to-video
OVA April 25, 1993 47 minutes Doraemon: Nobita and the Tin Labyrinth
ドラえもん のび太とブリキの迷宮(ラビリンス) (Doraemon: Nobita——to Buriki no Rabirinsu) Japan Tsutomu Shibayama Asatsu
Shin-Ei Animation
Toho (distributor) Traditional Theatrical March 6, 1993 100 minutes Dragon Ball Z: Bojack Unbound
ドラゴンボールZ 銀河ギリギリ!!ぶっちぎりの凄い奴 (Doragon Bōru Zetto: Ginga Giri-Giri!! Butchigiri no Sugoi Yatsu) Japan Yoshihiro Ueda Toei Animation Traditional Theatrical July 10, 1993 51 minutes Dragon Ball Z: Broly – The Legendary Super Saiyan
ドラゴンボールZ 燃えつきろ!!熱戦・烈戦・超激戦戦 (Doragon Bōru Zetto Moetsukiro!! Nessen Ressen Chō-Gekisen) Japan Shigeyasu Yamauchi Toei Animation Traditional Theatrical March 6, 1993 72 minutes Dragon Ball Z: The History of Trunks
ドラゴンボールゼット 絶望への反抗!!残された超戦士・悟飯とトランクス (Doragon Bōru Zetto: Zetsubō e no Hankō!! Nokosareta Chō-Senshi • Gohan to Torankusu) Japan Yoshihiro Ueda Toei Animation
Fuji TV Traditional Television special 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
MOTHER 最後の少女イヴ (Mother: Saigo no Shōjo Eve) Japan Iku Suzuki Toei Animation Traditional Theatrical December 26, 1993 80 minutes The Fantastic Voyages of Sinbad Australia Douglas Richards Burbank Animation Studios Traditional Television film 50 minutes Fatal Fury 2: The New Battle
バトルファイターズ餓狼伝説2 (Batoru Faitāzu Garō Densetsu Tsū) Japan Kazuhiro Furuhashi NAS
Fuji TV Traditional Television film July 31, 1993 75 minutes The Gigolo - Dochinpira
どチンピラ (Dochinpira) Japan Hiromitsu Ōta Studio Kikan
Studio Marine Traditional Direct-to-video
OVA August 27, 1993 45 minutes Go Hugo Go
Jungledyret (Jungle Animal) Denmark Stefan Fjeldmark
Flemming Quist Møller A. Film A/S Traditional Theatrical December 10, 1993 73 minutes The Halloween Tree United States Mario Piluso Hanna-Barbera Traditional Television film October 2, 1993 69 minutes The History of the Wonderful World
Verdenshistorien Denmark Anders Sørensen
Hans Perk Tegnedrengene
Filmforsyningen ApS
Statens Filmcentral Traditional Theatrical 52 minutes Hollyrock-a-Bye Baby United States William Hanna Hanna-Barbera Productions Traditional Television film December 5, 1993 90 minutes I Yabba-Dabba Do! United States William Hanna Hanna-Barbera Productions Traditional Television film February 7, 1993 92 minutes Jonny's Golden Quest United States Don Lusk
Paul Sommer Hanna-Barbera Productions Traditional Television film April 4, 1993 87 minutes Kappa: A River Goblin and Sampei
カッパの三平 Japan Toshio Hirata Nikkatsu Children's Movie
Romantic Planning
Takahashi Studio Traditional Theatrical March 13, 1993 90 minutes Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Overture to a New War
銀河英雄伝説 新たなる戦いの序曲（オーヴァチュア） (Ginga Eiyū Densetsu: Arata Naru Tatakai no Jokyoku (Ōvuachua)) Japan Ken'ichi Maeda Magic Bus Traditional Theatrical December 18, 1993 90 minutes Lupin III: Voyage to Danger
ルパン三世『ルパン暗殺指令』 (Rupan Sansei: Rupan Ansatsu Shirei) Japan Masaaki Osumi Tokyo Movie Shinsha
Nippon TV Traditional Television special July 23, 1993 90 minutes Mafalda Cuba
Spain Juan Padrón D.G. Producciones S.A. Traditional Theatrical 80 minutes Mellow
女郎（めろう） Japan Teruo Kogure Knack Productions Traditional Direct-to-video
OVA July 23, 1993 45 minutes Mermaid's Scar
人魚の傷 (Ningyo no Kizu) Japan Morio Asaka Madhouse Traditional Direct-to-video
OVA September 24, 1993 45 minutes Mobile Suit SD Gundam Festival
機動戦士SDガンダムまつり (Kidō Senshi SD Gundam Matsuri) Japan Takashi Imanishi (Part 1)
Tetsuro Amino (Parts 2 & 3) Bandai Visual
Sotsu Co., Ltd.
Sunrise Traditional Theatrical March 13, 1993 81 minutes The Nightmare Before Christmas United States Henry Selick Skellington Productions Stop motion Theatrical October 29, 1993 76 minutes Ninja Scroll
獣兵衛忍風帖 (Jūbei Ninpūchō) Japan Yoshiaki Kawajiri Madhouse
Animate Film
JVC
Toho
Movic Traditional Theatrical June 5, 1993 94 minutes Ocean Waves
a.k.a. I Can Hear the Sea
海がきこえる (Umi ga Kikoeru) Japan Tomomi Mochizuki Studio Ghibli Traditional Television film May 5, 1993 72 minutes Offside
オフサイド Japan Takao Yotsuji (Chief Director)
Hisashi Abe (Animation Director) Sakatsu Suzuki
Shigetoshi Tanaka Traditional Direct-to-video
OVA January 22, 1993 50 minutes Oishinbo: Nichibei Kome Sensō
美味しんぼ 日米コメ戦争 (The Gourmet: The Japanese-American Rice War) Japan Yoshio Takeuchi Shin-Ei Animation
Studio Deen (Cooperation)
Nippon TV Traditional Television special December 3, 1993 89 minutes Once Upon a Forest United Kingdom
United States Charles Grosvenor Hanna-Barbera
HTV Cymru/Wales Traditional Theatrical June 18, 1993 71 minutes Opera Imaginaire
Opéra imaginaire (Imaginary Opera) France José Abel (segment "E lucevan le stelle")
Hilary Audus (segment "Le Veau d'Or")
Jonathan Hills (segment "Madame Butterfly")
Raimund Krumme (segment "Du also bist mein Braütigam?")
Guionne Leroy (segment "Noi siamo zingarelle")
Ken Lidster (segment "Vesti la Giubba")
Jimmy T. Murakami (segment "Pêcheurs de perles")
Stephen Palmer (segment "Cendrillon")
Monique Renault (segment "La donna è mobile")
Pascal Roulin (segments "Lakmé", "Voi che sapete", "Carmen" and introduction sequences")
Christophe Vallaux (segment "Carmen") Pascavision
Club d'Investissement Média (in association with)
F3 (in association with)
Institut National de l'Audiovisuel (INA) (in association with)
Aniway (camera) (segment "Noi siamo zingarelle")
Ex Machina (computer graphics) (segments "Lakmé", "Carmen" and introduction sequences)
Cel Out Films (trace and paint) (segment "Le Veau d'Or")
Institut National de l'Audiovisuel (INA) (computer graphics) (segment "Du also bist mein Braütigam?")
Colour Crew (coloring) (segment "Cendrillon")
Mike Hibbert Animation (xerox) (segment "Pêcheurs de perles")
Cosgrove Hall Films (production services) (segment "Pêcheurs de perles")
Framestore (production services) (segment "Madame Butterfly")
Nederlands Fonds voor de Film (financial support) (segment "La donna è mobile")
Co-Productiefonds Binnenlandse Omroep (financial support) (segment "La donna è mobile")
Bareboards Productions (production services) (segment "Vesti la Giubba")
The Foundation for Sport and the Arts (financial support) (segment "Vesti la Giubba") Traditional/Stop motion/CGI Television film
Anthology film March 12, 1993 51 minutes Patlabor 2: The Movie
機動警察パトレイバー 2 the Movie (Kidō Keisatsu Patoreibā the Movie 2) Japan Mamoru Oshii Production I.G.
Shochiku Traditional Theatrical August 7, 1993 113 minutes Puss in Boots Australia Richard Slapczynski Burbank Animation Studios
Holric Entertainment Group
INI Entertainment Group Traditional Television film 50 minutes Rail of the Star
お星さまのレール (O-Hoshisama no Rail) Japan Toshio Hirata Madhouse Traditional Theatrical July 10, 1993 80 minutes Rokudenashi Blues 1993
ろくでなしBLUES 1993 (Rokudenashi Burūsu 1993) Japan Hiroyuki Kakudō Toei Animation Traditional Theatrical July 24, 1993 85 minutes Sailor Moon R: The Movie
劇場版 美少女戦士セーラームーンR (Gekijō-ban Bishōjo Senshi Sērā Mūn R) 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!
三国志（第２部）長江焼ゆ！ (Romance of the Three Kingdoms (Part 2): The Yangtze River Burns!) 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 Soreike! Anpanman Kyōryū Nosshī no Daibōken
それいけ! アンパンマン 恐竜ノッシーの大冒険 (Let's Go! Anpanman: Nosshi the Dinosaur's Big Adventure) Japan Akinori Nagaoka Tokyo Movie Shinsha Traditional Theatrical July 17, 1993 60 minutes Street Fighter
거리의 무법자 (Georiui mubeopja) South Korea Sim San-gil Daewon Donghwa Traditional Theatrical December 29, 1993 51 minutes Special Gag Force Robot Twins
개그 특공대 로봇 트윈스 (Gaegeuteuggongdae lobosteuwinseu) South Korea Kim Cheong-gi BM Movie Traditional Theatrical January 16, 1993 73 minutes Suikoden Demon Century
妖世紀水滸伝 魔星降臨 (Yōseiki Suikoden – Masei Kōrin) 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!!
3丁目のタマ おねがい!モモちゃんを捜して!! (San-chōme no Tama: Onegai! Momo-chan o Sagashite!!) 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 VeggieTales: Where's God When I'm S-Scared? United States Phil Vischer
Chris Olsen Big Idea Entertainment Computer Direct-to-video First ever computer-animated direct-to-video. December 21, 1993 30 minutes Weird Volunteers
へんてこなボランティア (Henteko na Volunteer) Japan Kimio Yabuki Toei Company Traditional Educational film 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
2	Doraemon: Nobita and the Tin Labyrinth	Asatsu / Toho	$16,311,900 (¥1.65 billion)
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

See also※

• List of animated television series of 1993

References※

External links※

• Animated films of the year, listed in the IMDb