List of animated feature films of 2021

This is a list of animated feature films that were released in 2021.

List

Title	Country	Director	Studio	Animation technique	Notes	Release date	Duration
Absolute Denial	United Kingdom	Ryan Braund	Bridge Way Films	Traditional		April 11, 2021 (Imagine Film Festival) June, 2021 (Annecy) August 22, 2021 (Edinburgh International Film Festival)	71 minutes
The Addams Family 2	United States	Conrad Vernon Greg Tiernan[1]	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer United Artists Releasing	CG animation	[2]	October 1, 2021	93 minutes [3]
Agent Backkom: Kings Bear	China	Zhang Yang	Alpha Pictures	CG animation	[4]	July 23, 2021	95 minutes
Ainbo: Spirit of the Amazon	Peru Netherlands	Richard Claus Jose Zelada	Tunche Films Cool Beans	CG animation	[5]	February 13, 2021	89 minutes[6]
Alephia 2053	Lebanon France	Jorj Abou Mhaya	Spring Entertainment	Traditional	[7][8]	March 21, 2021	60 minutes
Alice-Miranda A Royal Christmas Ball	Australia	Jo Boag	SLR Productions	Flash animation		October 15, 2021	81 minutes
America: The Motion Picture	United States	Matt Thompson	Netflix Animation Floyd County Productions Lord Miller Productions	Traditional	[9]	June 30, 2021	98 minutes
Go! Anpanman: Fluffy Fuwari and the Cloud Country ja:それいけ!アンパンマン ふわふわフワリーと雲の国	Japan	Jun Kawagoe	Anpanman Production Committee, TMS Entertainment	Traditional		June 25, 2021	63 minutes
The Ape Star Apstjärnan	Sweden Norway Denmark	Linda Hambäck	SF Studios Film i Väst Lee Film Mikrofilm	Traditional		April 27, 2021 (Norway) June 11, 2021 (Sweden) October 11, 2021 (Denmark)	75 minutes
Archipelago	Canada	Félix Dufour-Laperrière	La Distributrices de Films Miyu Distribution L'Embuscade Films	Traditional	[10][11][12]	February 4, 2021 (IFFR)	72 minutes
Aria the Benedizione	Japan	Junichi Sato (Chief) Takahiro Natori	J.C.Staff	Traditional		December 3, 2021	60 minutes
Aria the Crepuscolo	Japan	Junichi Sato (Chief) Takahiro Natori	J.C.Staff	Traditional		March 5, 2021	60 minutes
Arlo the Alligator Boy	United States	Ryan Crego	Netflix Animation Titmouse	Traditional	[13]	April 16, 2021	92 minutes
Around the World in 80 Days	France Belgium[14]	Samuel Tourneux	Cottonwood Media	CG animation	[15][16][17]	August 4, 2021	82 minutes[18]
Back to the Outback	United States	Clare Knight Harry Cripps	Netflix Animation Weed Road Pictures	CG animation	[19]	December 10, 2021	95 minutes
Bamse and the Volcano Island Bamse och vulkanön	Sweden	Christian Ryltenius	Nordisk Film	Traditional	[20]	December 22, 2021	70 minutes
Barbie & Chelsea: The Lost Birthday	United States	Cassandra Mackay	Mattel Entertainment	CG animation	[21]	April 16, 2021	60 minutes
Barbie: Big City, Big Dreams	United States	Scott Pleydell-Pearce	Mattel Entertainment	CG animation	[22]	September 1, 2021	60 minutes
Batman: Soul of the Dragon	United States	Sam Liu	Warner Bros. Animation DC Entertainment	Traditional	[23][24]	January 12, 2021	83 minutes
Batman: The Long Halloween	United States	Chris Palmer	Warner Bros. Animation DC Entertainment	Traditional	[25][24]	Part 1:June 22, 2021 Part 2:July 27, 2021	Part 1: 85 minutes Part 2: 87 minutes
Belle	Japan	Mamoru Hosoda	Studio Chizu	Traditional	[26]	July 15, 2021 (Cannes) July 16, 2021 (Japan)	124 minutes
Best Birthday Ever	Germany Netherlands Sweden	Michael Ekbladh	Alexandra Schatz Filmproduktion Slugger Film AB Submarine	Traditional		October 11, 2021 (Schlingel Internationales Film Festival) January 26, 2022 (Netherlands) March 25, 2022 (Sweden)	74 minutes
Bob Cuspe – We Don't Like People	Brazil	César Cabral	Coala Filmes	Stop-motion	[27]	September 22, 2021 (Ottawa International Animation festival) November 11, 2021 (Brazil)	90 minutes
Boonie Bears: The Wild Life	China	Leon Ding Shao Heqi	China Film Co., Ltd. Lian Ray Pictures Maoyan HG Entertainment Suniverse Fantawild Animation HG Entertainment Sunac Culture Lian Ray Pictures[28]	CG animation	[29][30]	February 12, 2021	99 minutes[31]
The Boss Baby: Family Business	United States	Tom McGrath	DreamWorks Animation	CG animation	[32]	July 2, 2021	107 minutes[33]
Bright: Samurai Soul	Japan	Kyōhei Ishiguro	Netflix Arect	CG animation Traditional	[34][35][36][37][38][39]	October 12, 2021	80 minutes
Catalina la Catrina: Especial Día de Muertos	Mexico	Edino Israel	Ikartoons Animation	Flash Animation	[40]	October 1, 2021	47 minutes
Checkered Ninja 2 Ternet Ninja 2[citation needed]	Denmark	Thorbjørn Christoffersen Anders Matthesen	A. Film Pop Up Production Sudoku ApS	CG animation	[41]	August 19, 2021	86 minutes
Chicken of the Mound	Germany China	Xi Chen	CXFilm	CG animation		June 14, 2021 (Annecy)	83 minutes
Child of Kamiari Month 神在月のこども	Japan	Takana Shirai[a]	Liden Films	Traditional	[42][43][44][45][46][47][48]	October 8, 2021 (Japan) February 8, 2022 (International)	99 minutes
Clifford the Big Red Dog	United States Canada	Walt Becker	Paramount Pictures Entertainment OneNew Republic Pictures The Kerner Entertainment Company Scholastic Entertainment	CG animation Live-Action	[49][50][51][52][53][54][55][56][57][58]	August 26, 2021 (CinemaCon)[59] November 10, 2021 (United States)	96 minutes[60]
A Crocodile Who Will Die in 100 Days 100日後に死ぬワニ	Japan	Shinichiro Ueda	TIA	Traditional	[61][62][63][64][65]	July 9, 2021	62 minutes
Crayon Shin-chan: Shrouded in Mystery! The Flowers of Tenkazu Academy クレヨンしんちゃん 謎メキ！花の天カス学園	Japan	Wataru Takahashi	Shin-Ei Animation	Traditional	[66][28][67][68]	July 30, 2021	104 minutes
Cryptozoo	United States	Dash Shaw	Magnolia Pictures	Traditional	[69]	January 29, 2021 (Sundance) August 20, 2021 (United States)	95 minutes[70]
Családi legendák[71][72]	Hungary	Katalin Glaser	Kecskemétfilm	2D animation	TV movie[73][74][75]	August 14, 2021 (Kecskemét Animation Film Festival) June 24, 2022 (M2 TV premiere) September 22, 2022 (Cinema premiere)	65 minutes
Curious George: Cape Ahoy	United States	Doug Murphy	Universal Animation Studios Imagine Entertainment Universal 1440 Entertainment	Flash animation	[76]	September 30, 2021	90 minutes
Dakaichi: Spain Arc	Japan	Naoyuki Tatsuwa	CloverWorks	Traditional	[77][78]	October 9, 2021	78 minutes
Deemo: Memorial Keys DEEMO サクラノオト -あなたの奏でた音が、今も響く-	Japan	Shūhei Matsushita	Production I.G Signal.MD	Traditional	[79][80][81][82][83]	October 22, 2021 (Bucheon IAF) February 25, 2022 (Japan)	89 minutes[84]
The Deer King 鹿の王	Japan	Masashi Ando Masayuki Miyaji	Production I.G	Traditional	[85][86][87][88][89][90][91]	June 14, 2021 (Annecy) February 4, 2022 (Japan)	114 minutes
Detective Conan: The Scarlet Bullet 名探偵コナン 緋色の弾丸	Japan	Tomoka Nagaoka	TMS Entertainment	Traditional	[92]	April 16, 2021	110 minutes
Diary of a Wimpy Kid	United States	Swinton O. Scott III	Walt Disney Pictures 20th Century Animation Bardel Entertainment	CG animation	[93]	December 3, 2021	58 minutes
Dinosaur Train: Adventure Island	United States	Craig Bartlett	The Jim Henson Company	CG animation	[94][better source needed]	April 12, 2021	85 minutes
Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds	Spain	Toni García	Apolo Films Cosmos Maya	CG animation	[95]	June 25, 2021 (United Kingdom) August 18, 2021 (Spain)	84 minutes
Dragon Princess Princesse Dragon	France	Anthony Roux Jean-Jacques Denis	Ankama France 3 Cinéma France Télévisions	Traditional	[96]	December 15, 2021	70 minutes
Elulu	Chile	Gabriel Alfonso Verdugo Soto	Belofilms	CG animation		June 7, 2021 (Animafest Zagreb)	61 minutes
Encanto	United States	Byron Howard Jared Bush	Walt Disney Animation Studios	CG animation	[97][98]	November 3, 2021 (El Capitan Theatre) November 24, 2021 (United States)	102 minutes
Esluna: The Crown of Babylon	Canada	Denver Jackson	Cloudrise Pictures Hoggwild Films Telefilm Canada	CG animation Traditional		October 14, 2021 (Sitges Film Festival)	102 minutes
Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time シン・エヴァンゲリオン劇場版𝄇	Japan	Hideaki Anno Kazuya Tsurumaki Mahiro Maeda	Studio Khara	Traditional	[99]	March 8, 2021[100]	155 minutes
Even Mice Belong in Heaven Myši patří do nebe	Czech Republic France Poland Slovakia	Jan Bubeníček Denisa Grimmová	Fresh Films Les Films du Cygne Animoon CinemArt SK Canal+ Polska EC1 Lódz - Miasto Kultury	Stop motion	[101]	August 21, 2021 (Karlovy Vary International Film Festival) October 7, 2021 (Czech Republic)	80 minutes
Extinct	Canada China	David Silverman Raymond S. Persi	Cinesite Tencent Pictures	CG animation	[102]	February 11, 2021 (Russia) November 19, 2021 (Netflix)[103]	84 minutes
Farewell, My Dear Cramer: First Touch さよならフットボール	Japan	Seiki Takuno	Liden Films	Traditional	[104][105][106][107][108][109]	June 11, 2021	104 minutes
Fate/Grand Order: Final Singularity-Grand Temple of Time: Solomon さよならフットボール	Japan	Toshifumi Akai	CloverWorks	Traditional	[110][111][112]	July 30, 2021	94 minutes
Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya: Licht - The Nameless Girl	Japan	Shin Oonuma	Silver Link	Traditional	[113]	August 27, 2021	95 minutes
Felix and the Treasure of Morgäa	Canada	Nicola Lemay	10e Ave	CG animation	[114]	February 26, 2021 (Montreal International Children's Film Festival)	90 minutes
Flee	United States United Kingdom France Sweden Norway Denmark	Jonas Poher Rasmussen	Vice Studios Left Handed Films RYOT Films	Traditional	[115]	January 28, 2021 (Sundance) December 3, 2021 (United States)	90 minutes[116]
Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko	Japan	Ayumu Watanabe	Studio 4°C	Traditional	[117][118][119]	June 11, 2021	120 minutes
Gekijōban Argonavis: Ryūsei no Obligato	Japan	Shigeru Morikawa	Sanzigen	Traditional	[120][121]	November 19, 2021	89 minutes
Gintama: The Very Final	Japan	Chizuru Miyawaki	Bandai Namco Pictures	Traditional	[122]	January 8, 2021	104 minutes
Girls und Panzer das Finale: Part 3	Japan	Tsutomu Mizushima	Actas	Traditional	[123]	March 26, 2021	48 minutes
Gora Automatikoa	Spain	Esaú Dharma David Galán Galindo Pablo Vara	39 Escalones The Other Film Production	Flash animation	[124]	November 19, 2021	71 minutes
3 Little Kungpoo Goats	Iran	Farzad Dalvand	Aria Animation Studio	CG animation	[125]	May 22, 2021	100 minutes
Green Snake 白蛇二：青蛇劫起	China	Amp Wong	Light Chaser Animation Studios Alibaba Pictures Tianjin Maoyan Weiying Culture Media Bilibili	CG animation	[126][127]	July 23, 2021	132 minutes
Gulliver Returns	Ukraine	Ilya Maksimov	95 Animation Studio Gulliver Films	CG Animation	[128]	June 18, 2021 (SIFF) August 19, 2021 (Ukraine)	90 minutes[129]
Healin' Good Pretty Cure the Movie: GoGo! Big Transformation! The Town of Dreams 映画ヒーリングっど♡プリキュア ゆめのまちでキュン！っとGoGo！大変身！！	Japan	Ryôta Nakamura	Toei Animation	Traditional	[130][131]	March 20, 2021	70 minutes[132]
Hilda and The Mountain King	United States United Kingdom Canada	Andy Coyle Luke Pearson	Netflix Silvergate Media	Flash animation	[133]	December 30, 2021	85 minutes
The House of the Lost on the Cape 岬のマヨイガ	Japan	Shinya Kawatsura	David Production	Traditional	[134][135]	August 27, 2021	100 minutes[136]
Hula Fulla Dance	Japan	Seiji Mizushima Shinya Watada	Bandai Namco Pictures	Traditional	[137][138]	December 3, 2021	109 minutes
I Am What I Am	China	Sun Haipeng	Yi Animation	CG Animation	[139][140][141]	December 11, 2021 (premium large format)[142] December 17, 2021 (wide release)[142]	104 minutes
Injustice	United States	Matt Peters	Warner Bros. Animation DC Entertainment	Traditional	[143][144][145]	October 19, 2021	78 minutes
Inu-Oh	Japan	Masaaki Yuasa	Science SARU	Traditional	[146]	September 9, 2021 (Venice) May 28, 2022 (Japan)	98 minutes
The Irregular at Magic High School: Reminiscence Arc	Japan	Risako Yoshida	Eight Bit Eight Bit Niigata	Traditional	[147][148][149]	December 31, 2021	71 minutes
The Journey	Saudi Arabia Japan	Shizuno Kobun	Toei Animation Manga Productions	Traditional	[150]	June 17, 2021 (Saudi Arabia) June 25, 2021 (Japan)	110 minutes[151]
Jujutsu Kaisen 0	Japan	Sunghoo Park	MAPPA	Traditional	[152]	December 24, 2021	105 minutes
Justice Society: World War II	United States	Jeff Wamester	Warner Bros. Animation DC Entertainment	Traditional	[24]	April 27, 2021	84 minutes
Khoka Theke Bangabandhu Jatir Pita	Bangladesh	Md. Hanif Siddiqui	Agami Labs	Traditional	[153][154]	September 28, 2021	92 minutes
Kin-iro Mosaic: Thank You!!	Japan	Munenori Nawa	Studio Gokumi AXsiZ	Traditional	[155][156]	August 20, 2021	82 minutes
Knights of Sidonia: Love Woven in the Stars	Japan	Hiroyuki Seshita (chief) Tadahiro Yoshihira	Polygon Pictures	CG animation Traditional	[157][158][159][160]	June 4, 2021	110 minutes
Koati	Mexico United States	Rodrigo Perez-Castro	Upstairs Timeless Films Latin We	Traditional	[161]	October 15, 2021	92 minutes[162]
Koschey: The Everlasting Story	Russia	Andrey Kolpin	Parovoz Animation Studio	CG animation	[163]	October 28, 2021	100 minutes
The Kuflis 3 Kuflik és az Akármi[164][165]	Hungary	Kristóf Jurik	KEDD Animation Studio	2D animation	[166]	August 12, 2022 (Hungary premiere)	72 minutes
Lamya's Poem	Canada United States	Alex Kronemer	Unity Productions PiP Animation Services	Traditional	[167]	June 14, 2021 (Annecy)	89 minutes
Legend of Destruction	Israel	Gidi Dar	Eddie King Films Lama Films Memento International Nakhshon Films HOT8 Kan 11	Oil-painted Traditional	[168][169][170][171][172]	July 15, 2021	93 minutes
The Loud House Movie	United States	Dave Needham	Netflix Nickelodeon Movies	Flash animation	[173][174]	August 20, 2021	87 minutes
Luca	United States	Enrico Casarosa	Disney Pixar Animation Studios	CG animation	[175]	June 13, 2021 (Aquarium of Genoa) June 18, 2021 (United States) March 22, 2024 (United States; theatrical)	95 minutes
Mad God	United States	Phil Tippett	Shudder Tippett Studio	Stop-Motion	[176][177][178]	August 5, 2021 (Locarno) June 16, 2022 (United States)	83 minutes[179]
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On	United States	Dean Fleischer Camp	Cinereach You Want I Should LLC. Human Woman Inc. Sunbeam TV & Films Chiodo Bros. Productions	Live-Action Stop-Motion	[180][181][182][183]	September 3, 2021 (Telluride) June 24, 2022 (United States)	90 minutes
Maya the Bee: The Golden Orb	Germany Australia	Noel Cleary	Buzz Studios Studio 100 Animation	CG animation	[184][185]	January 7, 2021	88 minutes
Mickey and Minnie Wish Upon a Christmas	United States	Broni Likomanov	Disney Television Animation	CG animation	[186]	December 2, 2021	46 minutes
Mickey's Tale of Two Witches	United States	Jeff Gordon	Disney Television Animation	CG animation	[186]	October 7, 2021	46 minutes
Mironins	Spain	Mikel Mas Bilbao Txesco Montalt	Cornelius Films Flemish Audiovisual Fund Hampa Studio Peekaboo Animation	Flash animation		August 1, 2021 (Limited)	62 minutes
The Mitchells vs. the Machines	United States	Mike Rianda	Columbia Pictures Sony Pictures Animation Lord Miller Productions	CG animation	[187][188][189][better source needed]	April 23, 2021	114 minutes
Monster Family 2	Germany United Kingdom	Holger Tappe	Ambient Entertainment GmbH Timeless Films Rothkirch Cartoon Film Sky Cinema Original Films	CG animation	[190][191]	October 15, 2021 (United States) October 22, 2021 (United Kingdom) November 4, 2021 (Germany)	103 minutes[192]
Monster Hunter: Legends of the Guild	United States	Steve Yamamoto	Netflix Pure Imagination Studios	CG animation	[193][194]	August 12, 2021	58 minutes[195]
Moonbound	Austria Germany	Ali Samadi Ahadi	Brave New Work Coop99 Filmproduktion Little Dream Entertainment	CG animation	[196]	June 24, 2021[197]	84 minutes
Mortal Kombat Legends: Battle of the Realms	United States	Ethan Spaulding	Warner Bros. Animation NetherRealm Studios	Traditional	[198]	August 31, 2021	80 minutes
Mujib Amar Pita	Bangladesh	Sohel Mohammad Rana	Prolancer Studio BMIT Solutions	Traditional	[199]	October 1, 2021	49 minutes
My Hero Academia: World Heroes' Mission 僕のヒーローアカデミア THE MOVIE ワールドヒーローズミッション	Japan	Kenji Nagasaki	Bones	Traditional	[200][201][202][203][204][205][206][207][208]	August 6, 2021	105 minutes[209]
My Little Pony: A New Generation	United States	Robert Cullen José Luis Ucha Mark Fattibene	Netflix Entertainment One Boulder Media	CG animation	[210]	September 24, 2021 (Worldwide exc. China) July 18, 2022 (Sing Along version)	91 minutes[33]
My Sunny Maad	Czech Republic Slovakia France	Michaela Pavlátová	Negativ Film Sacrebleu Productions BFILM.cz Alkay Animation Gao Shan Pictures Innervision	Traditional		June 14, 2021 (Annecy Festival)	85 minutes
My Sweet Monster	Russia	Viktor Glukhushin Maksim Volkov	CTB Film Company Skazka Animation Studio Cinema Fund Luminescence	CG animation	[211]	October 6, 2021 (Netherlands) April 28, 2022 (Russia)	98 minutes
Natsume's Book of Friends: The Waking Rock and the Strange Visitor	Japan	Takahiro Omori	Shuka	Traditional	[212]	January 16, 2021	51 minutes
New Gods: Nezha Reborn	China	Zhao Ji	Light Chaser Animation Studios Alibaba Pictures Bona Film Group Bilibili Pop Mart	CG animation	[213]	February 12, 2021 (China) April 12, 2021 (Netflix)	116 minutes
Night of the Animated Dead	United States	Jason Axinn	Warner Bros. Home Entertainment	Traditional	[214]	September 21, 2021	71 minutes
Octonauts & The Ring of Fire	United Kingdom Canada	Blair Simmons	Silvergate Media Mainframe Studios	CG animation	[215][216]	March 30, 2021	72 minutes
The Ogglies Die Olchis - Willkommen in Schmuddelfing	Germany Belgium	Toby Genkel Jens Møller	WunderWerk Grid Animation Verlag Friedrich Oetinger Leonine Studios ZDF ARRI Media	CG animation	[217]	May 6, 2021 (Limited) July 22, 2021 (Germany)	85 minutes
Opal	France	Alain Bidard	Cine Woule Company PAGOD Films	CG animation/Traditional		December 4, 2021	85 minutes
Panda vs. Aliens	Canada China	Sean Patrick O'Reilly	Arcana Studio Yisang Media Los Angeles-Beijing Studios	CG animation	[218]	April 9, 2021	80 minutes
Paw Patrol: The Movie	United States Canada[219]	Cal Brunker	Paramount Pictures Spin Master Nickelodeon Movies	CG animation	[220]	August 8, 2021 (Vue Leicester Square) August 20, 2021 (United States)	86 minutes[221]
Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway	United States United Kingdom Australia	Will Gluck	Columbia Pictures	CG animation Live-Action	[222][223][224][225][226][227]	March 25, 2021 (Australia) May 17, 2021 (United Kingdom) June 11, 2021 (United States)	93 minutes[228]
Pil's Adventures Pil	France	Julien Fournet	TAT Productions SND Groupe M6 France 3 cinéma	CG animation	[229]	August 11, 2021	89 minutes
Pobaby	China	Chengfeng Zheng	Shanghai Shihuang Animation design co Ltd.	CG animation	[230]	January 1, 2021	90 minutes
Pompo: The Cinéphile	Japan	Takayuki Hirao	CLAP Animation Studio	Traditional	[231][232]	June 4, 2021 April 29, 2022 (Limited) June 28, 2022 (Digital) July 12, 2022 (Blu-ray/DVD)	90 minutes
Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Eternal The Movie	Japan	Chiaki Kon	Toei Animation Studio Deen	Traditional	[233][234][235]	Part 1: January 8, 2021 Part 2: February 11, 2021	160 minutes (total, 80 minutes per film)[236][237]
Princess Principal: Crown Handler – Chapter 1	Japan	Masaki Tachibana	Actas	Traditional	[238]	February 11, 2021	53 minutes
Princess Principal: Crown Handler – Chapter 2						September 23, 2021	56 minutes
Raya and the Last Dragon	United States	Don Hall Carlos Lopez Estrada	Walt Disney Animation Studios	CG animation	[239][240]	March 5, 2021	107 minutes[241]
Riverdance: The Animated Adventure	United Kingdom	Dave Rosenbaum Eamonn Butler	Aniventure River Productions	CG animation	[242]	May 28, 2021 (United Kingdom) January 14, 2022 (United States)	86 minutes
Rock Dog 2: Rock Around the Park	United States	Mark Baldo	Lionsgate	CG animation	[243]	June 11, 2021	90 minutes
Ron's Gone Wrong	United Kingdom United States	Sarah Smith Jean-Philippe Vine	20th Century Animation Locksmith Animation TSG Entertainment	CG animation	[244][245][246]	October 9, 2021 (65th BFI London Film Festival) October 15, 2021 (United Kingdom) October 22, 2021 (United States)	107 minutes[247]
Rumble	United States	Hamish Grieve	Paramount Animation New Republic Pictures WWE Studios Walden Media Reel FX Animation Studios	CG animation	[248]	December 15, 2021[248]	95 minutes
Scooby-Doo! The Sword and the Scoob	United States	Maxwell Atoms Mel Zwyer Christina Sotta	Warner Bros. Animation	Traditional	[249]	February 23, 2021	76 minutes[250]
Seal Team	South Africa	Greig Cameron Kane Croudace	Triggerfish Animation Studios	CG animation	[251]	October 13, 2021 (Netherlands) December 31, 2021 (Netflix)	98 minutes
Secret Magic Control Agency	Russia	Aleksey Tsitsilin	Wizart Animation CTB Film Company	CG animation	[252]	March 18, 2021 (Russia) March 25, 2021 (Netflix)	104 minutes[253]
Seitokai Yakuindomo: The Movie 2	Japan	Hiromitsu Kanazawa	GoHands	Traditional	[254]	January 1, 2021	80 minutes
The Seven Deadly Sins: Cursed by Light 劇場版 七つの大罪 光に呪われし者たち	Japan	Takayuki Hamana	Studio Deen	Traditional	[255][256][257][258]	July 2, 2021	79 minutes
Shika no Ō	Japan	Masashi Ando Masayuki Miyaji	Production I.G	Traditional	[259]	June 14, 2021 (Annecy) September 10, 2021 (Japan)	120 minutes
Sing 2	United States	Garth Jennings	Illumination Illumination Mac Guff	CG animation	[260][261]	November 14, 2021 (AFI Fest) December 22, 2021 (United States)[262]	110 minutes[263]
Sing a Bit of Harmony アイの歌声を聴かせて	Japan	Yasuhiro Yoshiura	J.C.Staff	Traditional	[264][265][266]	October 29, 2021	108 minutes
Snotty Boy Welcome to Siegheilkirchen	Austria Germany	Santiago Lopez Jover Marcus H. Rosenmüller	Aichholzer Filmproduktion Filmbüro Münchner Freiheit ARRI Media	CG animation		June 14, 2021 (Annecy) March 24, 2022 (Austria) July 7, 2022 (Germany)	86 minutes
Space Battleship Yamato 2205: A New Journey Part 1: Take Off	Japan	Kenji Yasuda	Satelight Staple Entertainment	Traditional	[267]	October 8, 2021	97 minutes
The "Space Battleship Yamato" Era: The Choice in 2202	Japan	Atsushi Sato	Studio Mother	Traditional	[268]	June 11, 2021	120 minutes
Space Jam: A New Legacy	United States	Malcolm D. Lee	Warner Bros. Pictures Warner Animation Group SpringHill Company	Traditional CG Animation Live-action	[269]	July 12, 2021 (Los Angeles) July 16, 2021 (United States)	115 minutes
The Spine of Night	United States	Philip Gelatt Morgan David King	Gorgonaut Studio	Traditional	[270]	March 18, 2021 (SXSW) October 29, 2021 (United States)	93 minutes
Spirit Untamed	United States	Elaine Bogan Ennio Torresan	Universal Studios DreamWorks Animation	CG animation	[271]	June 4, 2021	85 minutes
Straight Outta Nowhere: Scooby-Doo! Meets Courage the Cowardly Dog	United States	Cecilia Aranovich	Warner Bros. Animation	Traditional	[272]	September 14, 2021	78 minutes[273]
Stress Zero	South Korea	Daehee Lee	302 Planet Lee Dae-hee Animation Studio	CG animation	[274][275]	February 3, 2021	95 minutes[276]
Summer Ghost サマーゴースト	Japan	Loundraw	Flat Studio Flagship Line	Traditional	[277][278]	November 12, 2021	40 minutes[279]
The Summit of the Gods	France	Patrick Imbert	Folivari	Traditional	[280][281][282][283][284][285]	July 15, 2021 (Cannes Film Festival) September 22, 2021	90 minutes
Sword Art Online Progressive: Aria of a Starless Night	Japan	Ayako Kawano	A-1 Pictures	Traditional	[286]	October 30, 2021	97 minutes
Teen Titans Go! See Space Jam	United States	Peter Rida Michail	Warner Bros. Animation	Flash animation	[287]	June 20, 2021	83 minutes
The Adventures of Qiaohu Magic Island	China	Shanghai Heyu	Benesse	CG Animation	[288]	July 24, 2021	80 minutes
Tokyo 7th Sisters	Japan	Takayuki Kitagawa	LandQ Studios	Traditional	[289][290][291]	February 26, 2021	77 minutes
Tom & Jerry	United States	Tim Story	Warner Bros. Pictures Warner Animation Group Turner Entertainment	CG Animation Live-action	[292]	February 11, 2021 (international) February 26, 2021 (United States)	101 minutes[293]
Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans	United States	Johane Matte Francisco Ruiz Velasco Andrew Schmidt	DreamWorks Animation Television Double Dare You Productions CGCG, Inc.	CG animation	[294]	July 21, 2021	106 minutes
Tropical-Rouge! Pretty Cure the Movie: The Snow Princess and the Miraculous Ring! 映画 トロピカル～ジュ！プリキュア 雪のプリンセスと奇跡の指輪！	Japan	Junji Shimizu	Toei Animation	Traditional	[295][296][297]	October 23, 2021	70 minutes[298]
Un rescate de huevitos	Mexico	Gabriel Riva Palacio Alatriste Rodolfo Riva Palacio Alatriste	Huevocartoon Producciones	CG animation	[299][300][better source needed]	August 12, 2021	89 minutes
Valentina	Spain	Chelo Loureiro	Abano Producións Antaruxa El Gatoverde Producciones Sparkle animation	CG animation	[301][302][303][304][305]	December 10, 2021	65 minutes
Vivo	United States	Kirk DeMicco Brandon Jeffords	Columbia Pictures Sony Pictures Animation	CG animation	[306][307][308]	August 6, 2021	95 minutes
Where Is Anne Frank	Belgium[309] Luxembourg[309] France[309] Netherlands[309] Israel[310]	Ari Folman	Purple Whale Films Walking the Dog Samsa Film Bridgit Folman Film Gang Submarine Amsterdam Le Pacte Doghouse Films Magellan Films	Traditional	[311][312]	July 9, 2021 (Cannes) December 8, 2021 (France) December 15, 2021 (Belgium) March 16, 2022 (Luxembourg) March 31, 2022 (Netherlands)	99 minutes[28]
Wings 2 От винта 2 3D	Russia Armenia	Vage Sargsyan	Paradiz Prodakshnz Touch FX Animation Studio	CG animation	[313]	April 15, 2021	83 minutes
Wish Dragon	United States	Chris Appelhans	Columbia Pictures Sony Pictures Animation Base FX Beijing Sparkle Roll Media Corporation Flagship Entertainment Group Boss Collaboration Tencent Pictures Cultural Investment Holdings	CG animation	[314][315]	January 15, 2021 (China) June 11, 2021 (Netflix)	98 minutes[316]
The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf	South Korea United States Poland	Kwang Il Han	Netflix Studio Mir Little Schmidt Productions Platige Image Hivemind	Traditional	[317][318][319]	August 23, 2021	83 minutes[320]
Yaya e Lennie: The Walking Liberty	Italy	Alessandro Rak	Mad Entertainment	CG animation		August 12, 2021 (Locarno Film Festival) November 4, 2021 (Italy)	110 minutes

Highest-grossing animated films

The following is a list of the 10 highest-grossing animated feature films first released in 2021.

Rank	Title	Distributor	Worldwide gross	Ref
1	Sing 2	Universal Pictures	$408,398,852	[321]
2	Encanto	Walt Disney Pictures	$256,786,742	[322]
3	Jujutsu Kaisen 0	Toho	$196,436,179	[323]
4	The Boss Baby: Family Business[nb 1]	Universal Pictures	$146,745,280	[324]
5	Paw Patrol: The Movie	Paramount Pictures	$144,327,371	[325]
6	Raya and the Last Dragon[nb 2]	Walt Disney Pictures	$130,423,032	[326]
7	The Addams Family 2	United Artists Releasing	$119,815,153	[327]
8	Boonie Bears: The Wild Life	Huaqiang Fangte Pictures	$97,200,000	[328]
9	Detective Conan: The Scarlet Bullet	Toho	$95,659,979	[329]
10	Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time		$92,246,218	[330][331]

See also

• List of animated television series of 2021

Notes

1. Box office numbers do not include the revenue from Universal's simultaneous release of the film on Peacock.
2. Box office numbers do not include the revenue from Disney's simultaneous release of the film on Disney+ with Premier Access.

1. Animation Director (アニメーション監督), not to be confused with 作画監督