List of adult animated films

This is a list of adult animated feature films. This list includes animated films commonly associated with the adult animation genre. Almost all of these films have a rating of PG-13 and above, but there are a few PG-rated films in this list, as prior to the 1990s this rating was generally given to films aimed at adults.

Pre-1970

Title	Country	Director	Studio	Year	Notes	Animation Technique
Animal Farm	UK	John Halas, Joy Batchelor	Halas and Batchelor	1954	The first adult animated feature film to be produced. The first animated feature film to be produced in the United Kingdom.	Traditional
A Thousand and One Nights	Japan	Eiichi Yamamoto		1969		Traditional

1970s

Title	Country	Director	Studio	Year	Notes	Animation Technique
Cleopatra	Japan	Osamu Tezuka, Eiichi Yamamoto	Mushi Productions	1970		Traditional
Fritz the Cat	US	Ralph Bakshi	Aurica Finance Company, Black Ink, Fritz Productions, Steve Krantz Productions	1972	The first adult animated feature film to be produced in the United States, and the first animated film to ever receive the X rating.	Traditional
Heavy Traffic	US	Ralph Bakshi		1973		Traditional
King Dick	Italy	Gibba		1973		Traditional
Fantastic Planet	Czechoslovakia, France	René Laloux		1973		Stop-Motion
Belladonna of Sadness	Japan	Eiichi Yamamoto		1973		Traditional
The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat	US	Robert Taylor	Steve Krantz Productions, Cine Camera, American International Pictures	1974		Traditional
Coonskin	US	Ralph Bakshi		1975		Traditional
Tarzoon: Shame of the Jungle	France, Belgium	Picha, Boris Szulzinger		1975		Traditional
The Mystery of Mamo	Japan	Sōji Yoshikawa		1975		Traditional
Watership Down	UK	Martin Rosen		1978		Traditional
Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro	Japan	Hayao Miyazaki		1979		Traditional

1980s

Title	Country	Director	Studio	Year	Notes	Animation Technique
American Pop	US	Ralph Bakshi	Columbia Pictures, Bakshi Productions	1981		Traditional/Rotoscoping
Heavy Metal	Canada	Gerald Potterton		1981		Traditional
The Plague Dogs	UK	Martin Rosen	United Artists, Nepenthe Productions	1982		Traditional
Hey Good Lookin'	US	Ralph Bakshi	Warner Bros. Pictures	1982		Traditional
Fire and Ice	US	Ralph Bakshi	20th Century Fox	1983		Traditional
Rock & Rule	Canada	Clive A. Smith	Metro Goldwyn Mayer	1983		Traditional
Urusei Yatsura: Only You	Japan	Mamoru Oshii		1983		Traditional
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind	Japan	Hayao Miyazaki	Topcoft	1984		Traditional
Urusei Yatsura: Beautiful Dreamer	Japan	Mamoru Oshii		1984		Traditional
The Legend of the Gold of Babylon	Japan	Seijun Suzuki, Shigetsugu Yoshida		1985		Traditional
Urusei Yatsura 3: Remember My Love	Japan	Kazuo Yamazaki		1985		Traditional
Urusei Yatsura: Ryoko's September Tea Party	Japan			1985		Traditional
When the Wind Blows	UK	Jimmy Murakami		1986		Traditional/Stop motion
Robot Carnival	Japan	Atsuko Fukushima, Katsuhiro Otomo, Koji Morimoto, Hidetoshi Omori, Yasuomi Umetsu, Hiroyuki Kitazume, Mao Lamdo, Hiroyuki Kitakubo, Takashi Nakamura		1987		Traditional
Lupo the Butcher	Canada	Danny Antonucci	International Rocketship Limited	1987		Traditional
Akira	Japan	Katsuhiro Otomo		1988		Traditional
Appleseed	Japan	Kazuyoshi Katayama		1988		Traditional
Grave of the Fireflies	Japan	Isao Takahata	Studio Ghibli, Shinchosha 1988	1988		Traditional
Who Framed Roger Rabbit	US	Robert Zemeckis	Touchstone Pictures	1988		Traditional/Live action

1990s

Title	Country	Director	Studio	Year	Notes	Animation Technique
Only Yesterday	Japan	Isao Takahata	Studio Ghibli	1991		Traditional
Bébé's Kids	US	Bruce W. Smith	Paramount Pictures	1992		Traditional
Cool World	US	Ralph Bakshi	Rough Draft Studios, Paramount Pictures	1992		Traditional/Live action
Evil Toons	US	Fred Olen Ray		1992		Traditional/Live action
Crayon Shin-chan: Action Kamen vs Leotard Devil	Japan	Mitsuru Hongo	Shin-Ei Animation	1993		Traditional
Patlabor: The Movie 2	Japan	Mamoru Oshii	Production I.G	1993		Traditional
Yu Yu Hakusho: The Movie	Japan	Noriyuki Abe	Studio Pierrot	1993		Traditional
Yu Yu Hakusho: Poltergeist Report	Japan	Masakatsu Iijima	Studio Pierrot, Movic	1994		Traditional
Felidae	Germany	Michael Schaack	TFC Trickompany	1994		Traditional
Ghost in the Shell	Japan	Mamoru Oshii	Production I.G.	1995		Traditional
Beavis and Butt-Head Do America	US	Mike Judge	Paramount Pictures, MTV Productions	1996		Traditional
Dead or Alive (Lupin the 3rd)	Japan	Monkey Punch		1996		Traditional
The End of Evangelion	Japan	Hideaki Anno, Kazuya Tsurumaki	Gainax	1997		Traditional
Evangelion: Death and Rebirth	Japan	Hideaki Anno, Masayuki, Kazuya Tsurumaki	Gainax	1997		Traditional
Perfect Blue	Japan	Satoshi Kon	Madhouse	1997		Traditional
Princess Mononoke	Japan	Hayao Miyazaki	Studio Ghibli	1997		Traditional
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut	US	Trey Parker, Matt Stone	Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros. Pictures, Comedy Central Films	1999		CGI/Cutout

2000s

Title	Country	Director	Studio	Year	Notes	Animation Technique
Blood: The Last Vampire	Japan	Hiroyuki Kitakubo	Production I.G.	2000		Traditional
Heavy Metal 2000	Canada	Michael Coldewey, Michel Lemire	Columbia Pictures	2000		Traditional
One Piece: The Movie	Japan	Junji Shimizu	Toei Animation	2000		Traditional
Cowboy Bebop, Knockin' on Heaven's Door	Japan	Shinichirō Watanabe	Bones	2001		Traditional
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within	Japan, US	Hironobu Sakaguchi, Motonori Sakakibara	Square Pictures	2001		CGI
Millennium Actress	Japan	Satoshi Kon	Madhouse	2001		Traditional
Monkeybone	US	Henry Selick	20th Century Fox, 1492 Pictures	2001		Stop-Motion/Live Action
Waking Life	US	Richard Linklater		2001		Rotoscoping
Eight Crazy Nights	US	Seth Kearsley	Columbia Pictures, Happy Madison Productions	2002		Traditional
Kaena: The Prophecy	France, Canada	Chris Delaporte, Pascal Pinon	Xilam Animation	2003		CGI
Tokyo Godfathers	Japan	Satoshi Kon	Madhouse	2003		Traditional
The Triplets of Belleville	France, UK, Canada	Sylvain Chomet	Les Armateurs, Production Champion, Vivi Film, France 3 Cinéma, RGP Productions	2003		Traditional
Appleseed	Japan	Shinji Aramaki	Micott & Basara, Digital Frontier	2004		CGI
Dead Leaves	Japan	Hiroyuki Imaishi	Production I.G.	2004		Traditional
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence	Japan	Mamoru Oshii	Production I.G., Studio Ghibli	2004		Traditional
Steamboy	Japan	Katsuhiro Otomo	Sunrise	2004		Anime
Team America: World Police	US	Trey Parker	Paramount Pictures, Scott Rudin Productions	2004		Puppetry
Corpse Bride	US	Tim Burton	Warner Bros. Pictures, Laika	2005		Stop-Motion
Lil' Pimp	US	Mark Brooks, Peter Gilstrap		2005		Flash
Aachi & Ssipak	South Korea	Jo Beom-jin	JTeam Studios	2006		Traditional
Hellboy: Sword of Storms	US	Phil Weinstein, Tad Stones	Film Roman	2006		Traditional
Paprika	Japan	Satoshi Kon	Madhouse	2006	The last film to be directed by Satoshi Kon before his death in 2010.	Traditional
A Scanner Darkly	US	Richard Linklater	Thousand Words, Section Eight, Detour Filmproduction, 3 Arts Entertainment	2006		Rotoscoping
Tekkonkinkreet	Japan	Michael Arias	Studio 4°C	2006		Traditional
Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters	US	Matt Maiellaro, Dave Willis	Radical Axis, Williams Street, Adult Swim	2007	The first (and so far, the only) film to ever be produced by Adult Swim.	Traditional
Appleseed Ex Machina	Japan	Shinji Aramaki	Production I.G.	2007		CGI
Beowulf	US	Robert Zemeckis	ImageMovers	2007		CGI/Motion Capture
Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone	Japan	Masayuki, Kazuya Tsurumaki	Gainax	2007		Traditional
Futurama: Bender's Big Score	US	Dwayne Carey-Hill	The Curiosity Company, 20th Century Fox	2007		Traditional
Hellboy: Blood and Iron	US	Victor Cook, Tad Stones	Film Roman	2007		Traditional
The Simpsons Movie	US	David Silverman	20th Century Fox, 20th Century Fox Animation, Gracie Films	2007	As of 2016, The Simpsons Movie is currently the highest-grossing adult animated feature film of all time, having grossed $527.9 million in box office revenue.	Traditional
Noah's Ark	Argentine, Italy	Juan Pablo Buscarini	Patagonik Film Group	2007		Traditional
Naruto Shippuden: The Movie	Japan		Studio Pierrot	2007		Traditional
Persepolis	France	Marjane Satrapi, Vincent Paronnaud		2007		Traditional
$9.99	Israel, Australia	Tatia Rosenthal		2008		Stop-Motion
Dead Space: Downfall	US	Chuck Patton	Film Roman, Electronic Arts	2008		Traditional
Futurama: Bender's Game	US	Dwayne Carey-Hill	The Curiosity Company, 20th Century Fox	2008		Traditional
Futurama: The Beast with a Billion Backs	US	Peter Avanzino	The Curiosity Company, 20th Century Fox	2008		Traditional
Naruto Shippuden The Movie: Bonds	Japan	Hajime Kamegaki	Studio Pierrot	2008		Traditional
Tripping the Rift: The Movie	Canada		CineGroupe, Film Roman	2008		CGI
Waltz with Bashir	Israel, Germany, France	Ari Folman	Bridgit Folman Film Gang, Les Films d'Ici, Razor Film Produktion	2008	Became the first animated film to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.	Traditional/Flash
9	US	Shane Acker	Starz Animation	2009		CGI
Afro Samurai: Resurrection	Japan	Fuminori Kizaki	Gonzo	2009		Traditional
Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance	Japan	Masayuki, Kazuya Tsurumaki	Gainax	2009		Traditional
Futurama: Into the Wild Green Yonder	US	Peter Avanzino	The Curiosity Company, 20th Century Fox	2009		Traditional
Killer Bean Forever	US	Jeff Lew	Killer Bean Studios	2009		CGI
Redline	Japan	Takeshi Koike	Madhouse	2009		Traditional
The Haunted World of El Superbeasto	US	Rob Zombie	Film Roman	2009		Traditional
Mary and Max	Australia	Adam Elliot	Melodrama Pictures	2009		Stop-Motion

2010s

Title	Country	Director	Studio	Year	Notes	Animation Technique
Chico and Rita	UK, Spain	Fernando Trueba, Javier Mariscal, Tono Errando	Fernando Trueba PC, Estudio Mariscal, Magic Light Pictures	2010		Traditional
Colorful	Japan	Keiichi Hara	Sunrise	2010		Traditional
Dante's Inferno: An Animated Epic	US, Japan, South Korea	Mike Disa	Film Roman, Production I.G.	2010		Traditional
The Drawn Together Movie: The Movie!	US	Greg Franklin	Comedy Central Films, Double Hemm, Six Point Harness, Paramount Pictures	2010		Flash
The King of Pigs	South Korea	Yeon Sang-ho	Studio Dadashow, KT&G Sangsangmadang	2011		Traditional
Naruto Shippuden The Movie: The Lost Tower	Japan	Masahiko Murata	Studio Pierrot	2010		Traditional
Batman: Year One	US	Sam Liu, Lauren Montgomery	DC Comics, Warner Bros. Animation	2011		Traditional
Dead Space: Aftermath	US	Mike Disa	Film Roman, Electronic Arts	2011		Traditional
Heaven's Lost Property the Movie: The Angeloid of Clockwork	Japan	Tetsuya Yanagisawa	AIC	2011		Traditional
Naruto the Movie: Blood Prison	Japan	Masahiko Murata	Studio Pierrot	2011		Traditional
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns: Part One	US	Jay Oliva	DC Comics, Warner Bros. Animation	2012		Traditional
Cheech and Chong's Animated Movie	US	Branden Chambers, Eric D. Chambers	20th Century Fox, Houston Curtis Productions, Chamber Bros. Entertainment	2012		Traditional
Evangelion: 3.0	Japan		Gainax	2012		Traditional
El Santos vs. La Tetona Mendoza	Mexico	Alejandro Lozano, Andrés Couturier	Videocine, Átomo Films, Peyote Films	2012		Traditional
Justice League: Doom	US	Lauren Montgomery	DC Comics, Warner Bros. Animation	2012		Traditional
Mass Effect: Paragon Lost	US, Japan	Atsushi Takeuchi	Production I.G., BioWare	2012		Traditional
Road to Ninja: Naruto the Movie	Japan	Hayato Date	Studio Pierrot	2012		Traditional
Where the Dead Go to Die	US	Jimmy ScreamerClauz	Chainsaw Kiss, Draconian Films	2012		CGI
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns: Part Two	US	Jay Oliva	DC Comics, Warner Bros. Animation	2013		Traditional
Bayonetta: Bloody Fate	Japan	Fuminori Kizaki	Gonzo	2013		Traditional
Dick Figures: The Movie	US	Ed Skudder, Zack Keller	Mondo Media, Remochoso, Six Point Harness	2013		Flash
Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods	Japan	Masahiro Hosoda	Toei Animation	2013		Traditional
The Fake	South Korea	Yeon Sang-ho	Studio Dadashow	2013		Traditional
Jay & Silent Bob's Super Groovy Cartoon Movie	US	Steve Smith	SModcast Pictures, Phase 4 Films	2013		Flash
Lupin the 3rd vs. Detective Conan: The Movie	Japan	Hajime Kamegaki	TMS Entertainment	2013		Traditional
Short Peace	Japan	Shuhei Morita, Katsuhiro Otomo, Hiroaki Ando, Hajime Katoki	Sunrise	2013	The film is a multimedia project composed of four short anime films produced by Sunrise and Shochiku.	Traditional
Space Pirate Captain Harlock	Japan	Shinji Aramaki	Toei Animation	2013		CGI
The Wind Rises	Japan	Hayao Miyazaki	Studio Ghibli	2013	The last film to be directed by Hayao Miyazaki before his retirement in 2013.	Traditional
Detective Conan: Dimensional Sniper	Japan	Kobun Shizuno	TMS Entertainment	2014		Traditional
Expelled from Paradise	Japan	Seiji Mizushima	Toei Animation	2014		Traditional
The Idolmaster Movie: Beyond the Brilliant Future!	Japan	Atsushi Nishigori	A-1 Pictures, Bandai Namco Games	2014		Traditional
The Last: Naruto the Movie	Japan	Tsuneo Kobayashi	Studio Pierrot	2014		Traditional
Anomalisa	US	Charlie Kaufman, Duke Johnson	Paramount Pictures, Starburns Industries	2015		Stop-Motion
Boruto: Naruto the Movie	Japan	Hiroyuki Yamashita	Studio Pierrot	2015		Traditional
Detective Conan: Sunflowers of Inferno	Japan	Kobun Shizuno	TMS Entertainment	2015		Traditional
Ghost in the Shell: The New Movie	Japan	Kazuya Nomura	Production I.G.	2015		Traditional
Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection 'F'	Japan	Tadayoshi Yamamuro	Toei Animation	2015		Traditional
The Boy and the Beast	Japan	Mamoru Hosoda	Studio Chizu	2015		Traditional
The Empire of Corpses	Japan	Ryoutarou Makihara	Wit Studio	2015		Traditional
Hell and Back	US	Tom Gianas, Ross Shuman	ShadowMachine	2015		Stop-Motion
Psycho-Pass: The Movie	Japan	Katsuyuki Motohiro, Naoyoshi Shiotani	Production I.G.	2015		Traditional
Un gallo con muchos huevos	Mexico	Gabriel Riva Palacio Alatriste, Rodolfo Riva Palacio Alatriste	Pantelion Films, Huevocartoon Producciones	2015		CGI
When Black Birds Fly	US	Jimmy ScreamerClauz	Chainsaw Kiss, Draconian Films	2015		CGI
Accel World: Infinite Burst	Japan	Masakazu Obara	Sunrise	2016		Traditional
Batman: Bad Blood	US	Jay Oliva	DC Comics, Warner Bros. Animation	2016		Traditional
Batman: The Killing Joke	US	Sam Liu	DC Comics, Warner Bros. Animation	2016		Traditional
Detective Conan: The Darkest Nightmare	Japan	Kobun Shizuno	TMS Entertainment	2016		Traditional
Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV	Japan	Takeshi Nozue	Visual Works, Digic Pictures, Image Engine	2016		CGI
The Red Turtle	France, Japan	Michaël Dudok De Wit	Wild Bunch, Studio Ghibli	2016		Traditional
Sausage Party	US, Canada	Conrad Vernon, Greg Tiernan	Columbia Pictures, Point Grey Pictures, Annapurna Pictures, Nitrogen Studios Canada, Inc.	2016	The first CGI film to ever receive an R rating from the MPAA. As from Box Office Mojo, Sausage Party is the highest grossing R-rated animated movie of all time.	CGI
Seoul Station	South Korea	Yeon Sang-ho	Studio Dadashow, Red Peter Pictures	2016		Traditional
Your Name	Japan	Makoto Shinkai	CoMix Wave Films	2016		Traditional
Nerdland	US	Chris Prynoski	Samuel Goldwyn Films, Titmouse, Inc.	2016		Flash
The Breadwinner	Ireland, Luxembourg, Canada	Nora Twomey	Cartoon Saloon	2017		Traditional
Sword Art Online The Movie: Ordinal Scale	Japan	Tomohiko Itō	A-1 Pictures	2017		Traditional
Dawgtown	US	Justin Murphy	Off Center Pictures LLC, Legacy Animation Studios	2018/20		Traditional

See also

• Adult animation
• List of adult animated series

References