List of animated feature films of 1981

A list of animated feature films first released in 1981.

Animated feature films first released in 1981

Title	Country	Director	Studio	Technique	Notes
21 Emon: Uchū e Irasshai! ２１エモン 宇宙へいらっしゃい！	Japan	Tsutomu Shibayama		Traditional
Adieu Galaxy Express 999	Japan	Rintaro	Toei Animation	Traditional
American Pop	United States	Ralph Bakshi	Columbia Pictures	Traditional
Anime-ban Toukaidou Yotsuya Kaidan アニメ版 東海道 四谷怪談	Japan	Ryuji Sawada Yasuo Otsuka		Traditional
Around the World with Dot a.k.a. Dot & Santa Claus	Australia	Yoram Gross	Yoram Gross Studios	Traditional/Live-action
Blizkata Dalechina Близката Далечина	Bulgaria	Slav Bakalov	Boyana Film
Bokura Mangaka: Tokiwasou Monogatari ぼくらマンガ家 トキワ荘物語	Japan	Atsutoshi Umezawa Kazumi Fukushima Shinichi Suzuki	Toei Animation	Traditional
Bremen 4: Angels in Hell ブレーメン４ 地獄の中の天使たち (Bremen 4: Jigoku no Naka no Tenshi-tachi)	Japan	Hiroshi Sasagawa Osamu Tezuka		Traditional
Call of the Wild: Howl, Buck 荒野の叫び声 吠えろバック (Kōya no Sakebigoe: Hoero Bakku)	Japan	Kozo Morishita	Toei Animation	Traditional
Captain	Japan	Satoshi Dezaki	Eiken	Traditional
Chie the Brat じゃリン子チエ (Jarinko Chie)	Japan	Isao Takahata	Tokyo Movie Shinsha	Traditional
Chiisana Love Letter: Mariko to Nemunoki no Kodomo-tachi 小さなラブレター まり子とねむの木の子供たち	Japan			Traditional
Defenders of Space 불사조 로보트 피닉스 킹 (Bulsajo Roboteu Pinikseu King)	South Korea	Jeong Su-yong		Traditional
Doraemon: The Record of Nobita: Spaceblazer のび太の宇宙開拓史 Nobita no Uchū Kaitakushi	Japan	Hideo Nishimaki	Toho	Traditional
Enchanted Journey グリックの冒険 (Gurikku no Bōken)	Japan	Hideo Nishimaki	Studio Korumi	Traditional
Eomma chaja sammalli 엄마 찾아 3만리	South Korea	Jeong Su-yong Gang Han-yeong		Traditional
The Fantastic Adventures of Unico	Japan	Toshio Hirata	Madhouse	Traditional
The Fox and the Hound	United States	Ted Berman Richard Rich Art Stevens	Walt Disney Productions	Traditional
Frankenstein 恐怖伝説 怪奇！フランケンシュタイン (Kyōfu Densetsu: Kaiki! Furankenshutain)	Japan	Yugo Serikawa Toyoo Ashida	Toei Animation	Traditional
Furiten-kun フリテンくん	Japan	Takashi Sugiyama	Toho	Traditional
Gongnyong Baengmannyeon Ttori 공룡 100만년 똘이	South Korea	Kim Cheong-gi		Traditional
Grendel Grendel Grendel	Australia	Alexander Stitt	Victorian Film	Traditional
Gugugui taeyang seongung isunsin 구국의 태양 성웅 이순신	South Korea	Kim Seong-chil		Traditional
Hashire Melos	Japan	Tomoharu Katsumata	Toei Animation	Traditional
Heavy Metal	Canada	Gerald Potterton	Columbia Pictures	Traditional
Helen Keller Monogatari: Ai to Hikari no Tenshi ヘレン·ケラー物語 愛と光の天使	Japan	Fumio Ikeno		Traditional
Ico, the Brave Pony Ico, el caballito valiente	Argentina	Manuel García Ferré		Traditional
Kaibutsu-kun: Kaibutsu Land e no Shoutai 怪物くん 怪物ランドへの招待	Japan		Shin-Ei Animation	Traditional
Kaitei Daisensō: Ai no 20,000 Miles 海底大戦争 愛の20,000マイル	Japan	Ippei Kuri		Traditional
The Looney Looney Looney Bugs Bunny Movie	United States	Friz Freleng	DePatie-Freleng Enterprises Warner Bros.	Traditional
Lupin tai Holmes ルパン対ホームズ	Japan	Masayuki Akehi	Toei Animation	Traditional
Manga Hana no Kakarichou まんが花の係長	Japan	Noboru Ishiguro Minoru Okazaki	Tokyo Movie Shinsha	Traditional
Manzai Taikouki マンザイ太閤記	Japan	Ryuji Sawada Hideo Takayashiki	Tokyo Movie Shinsha	Traditional
Maria, Mirabela a.k.a. The Magical Forest Мария, Мирабела (Mariya, Mirabela)	Romania Soviet Union	Ion Popescu-Gopo Natalia Bodyul	Moldova-Film Soyuzmultfilm Casa de Filme 5	Traditional/Live-action
Minoïe	France			Traditional
Mobile Suit Gundam I 機動戦士ガンダムⅠ (Kidō Senshi Gandamu I)	Japan	Yoshiyuki Tomino	Nippon Sunrise	Traditional
Mobile Suit Gundam II: Soldiers of Sorrow 機動戦士ガンダムⅡ　哀・戦士編 (Kidô Senshi Gandamu II: Ai Senshihen)	Japan	Yoshiyuki Tomino	Nippon Sunrise	Traditional
The Mystery of the Third Planet a.k.a. The Secret of the Third Planet Тайна третьей планеты (Tayna tretyey planety)	Soviet Union	Roman Kachanov	Soyuzmultfilm	Traditional
Natsu e no Tobira	Japan	Mamoru Masaki Toshio Hirata	Toei Animation Madhouse	Traditional
Old Master Q 七彩卡通老夫子	Hong Kong	Xie Jintu Cai Zhizhong Hu Shuru		Traditional	First Hong Kong animated feature
Peter-No-Tail Pelle Svanslös	Sweden	Stig Lasseby Jan Gissberg	Sandrews Svenska Filminstitutet Teamfilm AS Treklövern	Traditional
Rennyo and His Mother 蓮如とその母 (Rennyo To Sono Haha)	Japan	Kihachirō Kawamoto		Stop-motion/Puppet
Renshenguo 人参果	China	Yan Dingxian		Traditional
Run Melos 走れメロス (Hashire Melos)	Japan	Tomoharu Katsumata	Toei Animation	Traditional
The Sea Prince and the Fire Child a.k.a. Legend of Syrius シリウスの伝説 (Sirius no Densetsu)	Japan	Masami Hata	Sanrio	Traditional
Shunmao Monogatari Taotao シュンマオ物語 タオタオ	Japan			Traditional
Son of the White Mare Fehérlófia	Hungary	Marcell Jankovics	Pannónia Filmstúdió	Traditional
Sonyeon 007 Jihajeguk 소년 007 지하제국	South Korea	Jeong Su-yong Kim Cheol-jong		Traditional
Space Warrior Baldios	Japan	Kazuyuki Hirokawa	Production Reed	Traditional
Sugata Sanshiro 姿三四郎	Japan	Yasumi Mikamoto	Tokyo Movie Shinsha	Traditional
Swan Lake (Sekai meisaku dôwa: Hakuchô no mizûmi)	Japan Soviet Union	Kimio Yabuki	Toei Animation Soyuzmultfilm	Traditional
Tomorrow's Joe 2 a.k.a. Ashita no Joe 2 あしたのジョー (Ashita no Jō 2)	Japan	Osamu Dezaki	Tokyo Movie Shinsha	Traditional
Vuk	Hungary	Attila Dargay	Pannónia Filmstúdió	Traditional
Yuki ゆき	Japan	Tadashi Imai		Traditional

See also

• List of animated television series of 1981