List of animated feature films of 2023

This is a list of animated feature films that were released in 2023.

List

Title	Country	Director	Studio	Animation technique	Notes	Release date	Duration
3 Little Kungpoo Goats	China United Arab Emirates	Farzad Dalvand Kianoush Dalvand	Aria Animation Studio Phoenix Motion Picture Production	CG animation	[1][2][3][4][5]	September 10, 2022 (World Festival of Animated Film) April 13, 2023 (Russia) May 24, 2024 (Turkey)	89 minutes 97 minutes (China)
A Kingdom for Us All Un Reino para Todos Nosotros	Mexico Colombia	Miguel Ángel Uriegas	Fotosíntesis Media	Traditional	[6][7]	June 2023	86 minutes
Allahyar and the 100 Flowers of God	Pakistan	Uzair Zaheer Khan	3rd World Studios	CG animation	[8][9][10]	June 28, 2023	90 minutes
Amader Choto Russel Shona	Bangladesh	Rubens Rahman Rubayet Mahmud	Information and Communication Technology Division	Traditional	[11][12]	October 18, 2023	26 minutes
Go! Anpanman: Roborii and the Warming Present ja:それいけ!アンパンマン ロボリィとぽかぽかプレゼント	Japan	Toshikazu Hashimoto	Anpanman Production Committee TMS Entertainment	Traditional	[13]	June 30, 2023	64 minutes
Art College 1994	China	Liu Jian	Nezha Bros. Pictures Company Limited Modern Sky Entertainment Company Limited China Academy Of Art's School of Animation and Game	Traditional	[14][15][16][17][18]	February 24, 2023 (Berlinale)	118 minutes
Backkom Bear: Mars Mission	China	Chao Wang	Alpha Group Co. Suzhou Unit Media Co. Youku Zhejiang Dongyang Xiaoyuzhou Movie & Media	CG animation		September 28, 2023	96 minutes
Baby Shark's Big Movie!	United States South Korea	Alan Foreman	Pinkfong Nickelodeon Animation Studio	Traditional/Flash animation	[19][20]	December 8, 2023	78 minutes
Babylon 5: The Road Home	United States	Matt Peters	Warner Bros. Animation Babylonian Productions, Inc. Studio JMS	CG animation Traditional	[21]	August 14, 2023 (United Kingdom) August 15, 2023 (United States)	79 minutes
Bamse and the World's Smallest Adventure Bamse och världens minsta äventyr	Sweden	Christian Ryltenius	Nordisk Film	Traditional	[22]	December 22, 2023	65 minutes
Barbie: Skipper and the Big Babysitting Adventure	United States Canada	Steve Daye	Mainframe Studios Mattel Television[23]	CG animation	[24][25][26]	March 16, 2023	60 minutes
Batman: The Doom that Came to Gotham	United States	Christopher Berkeley Sam Liu	Warner Bros. Animation DC Entertainment	Traditional	[27]	March 28, 2023	86 minutes
Berry and Dolly - Tales of Months Bogyó és Babóca 5 - Hónapok meséi	Hungary	Géza M. Tóth Kinga Fazakas	Kedd Animation Studio	Traditional	[28]	April 6, 2023 (Hungary)	70 minutes
Big Bruh	United States	Jerron Horton	Tubi Fox Entertainment Studios Bento Box Entertainment	Traditional/Flash animation	[29]	November 12, 2023	67 minutes
Birth of Kitarō: The Mystery of GeGeGe	Japan	Gō Koga	Toei Animation	Traditional	[30]	November 17, 2023	104 minutes[31]
Black Clover: Sword of the Wizard King	Japan	Ayataka Tanemura	Pierrot Netflix	Traditional	[32][33][34]	June 16, 2023	110 minutes
Blue Giant	Japan	Yuzuru Tachikawa	NUT	Traditional	[35]	February 17, 2023	120 minutes
Boonie Bears: Guardian Code	China	Lin Yongchang Shao Heqi	Fantawild	CG animation	[36][37][38]	January 22, 2023[39]	95 minutes
The Boy and the Heron	Japan	Hayao Miyazaki	Studio Ghibli	Traditional	[40][41][42][43]	July 14, 2023	124 minutes
The Brothers Gruff go to Splash world Bukkene Bruse på Badeland	Norway	Will Ashurst	Qvisten Animation	Traditional CG animation	[44]	December 25, 2023	70 minutes
Butterfly Tale	Canada Germany	Sophie Roy	Carpe Diem Ulysses Filmproduktion	CG animation	[45][46][47]	September 16, 2023 (Atlantic International Film Festival) September 29, 2023 (Spain) October 13, 2023 (Canada) February 1, 2024 (Germany)	82 minutes
The Canterville Ghost	United Kingdom Ireland India	Kim Burdon Robert Chandler	Align Melmoth Films Space Age Films Sprout Pictures Toonz Media Group	CG animation	[48]	September 22, 2023 (United Kingdom)	89 minutes
Cats in the Museum Koty Ermitazha	Russia	Vasiliy Rovenskiy	Licensing Brands	CG animation	[49][50]	March 23, 2023 (Russia)	83 minutes
Chang'an	China	Xie Junwei Zou Jing	Light Chaser Animation Studios Alibaba Pictures Tianjin Maoyan Weiying Culture Media Weibo Corporation China Film Co., Ltd.	CG animation	[51]	July 2, 2023 (Limited) July 8, 2023 (China)	168 minutes
Cheburashka	Russia	Dmitry Dyachenko	Yellow, Black and White START Studio Soyuzmultfilm Russia-1 CTC Media Cinema Fund	CG animation Live-action	[52][53][54]	January 1, 2023	113 minutes
Chef Jack: The Adventurous Cook	Brazil	Guilherme Fiúza Zenha	Immagini Animation Studios Pixel Produções Ciclus Produções Solo Filmes	Traditional	[55]	January 19, 2023	80 minutes
Chicken for Linda! Linda veut du poulet!	France Italy	Sébastien Laudenbach Chiara Malta	Dolce Vita Films Miyu Productions Palosanto Films	Traditional	[56]	June 12, 2023 (Annecy) October 18, 2023 (France)	73 minutes
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget	United Kingdom	Sam Fell	Netflix Aardman Animations	Stop-Motion	[57][58][59]	October 14, 2023 (BFI) December 15, 2023[60]	98 minutes[61]
City Hunter The Movie: Angel Dust	Japan	Kazuyoshi Takeuchi	Sunrise The Answer Studio	Traditional	[62]	September 8, 2023	94 minutes
Colossus: Child of the Wind	South Korea	Shin Chang-sub	GRIMAE	Traditional	[63]	May 18, 2023	93 minutes
The Concierge at Hokkyoku Department Store	Japan	Yoshimi Itazu	Production I.G	Traditional	[64][65][66][67][68]	October 20, 2023	70 minutes
Craig Before the Creek	United States	Matt Burnett Ben Levin	Cartoon Network Studios	Traditional	[69]	December 11, 2023 (Digital) January 13, 2024 (TV)	88 minutes
The Creepy Witch	United Kingdom	Kalaiarasi Sathappan Nadeem Uddin	Creepy 3D Film	CG animation		December 24, 2023	90 minutes
Cricket & Antoinette Cvrčak i mravica	Croatia	Luka Rukavina	Diedra Zagreb Film	CG animation	[70]	January 5, 2023	82 minutes
Dark Harvest	United States	David Slade	Matt Tolmach Productions	Live-action CG animation	[71][72][73][74]	October 11, 2023 (Alamo Drafthouse Cinema) October 13, 2023 (Digital)	96 minutes[75]
Deep Sea	China	Tian Xiaopeng	October Media Coloroom Pictures	CG animation	[76][77][78]	January 22, 2023[79][80]	112 minutes
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – To the Swordsmith Village	Japan	Haruo Sotozaki	Ufotable Toho Aniplex	Traditional	[81]	February 3, 2023	110 minutes
Detective Conan: Black Iron Submarine	Japan	Yuzuru Tachikawa	TMS Entertainment	Traditional	[82]	April 14, 2023	109 minutes
Diary of a Wimpy Kid Christmas: Cabin Fever	United States Canada	Luke Cormican	Walt Disney Pictures Bardel Entertainment	CG animation	[83][84]	December 8, 2023	62 minutes
Didi & Friends The Movie	Malaysia	Akmal Aziz Asmawi Roshfaizal Ariffin	Astro Shaw Warnakala Studios Digital Durian	CG animation	[85]	February 23, 2023 (Malaysia) April 20, 2023 (Singapore)	104 minutes
Digimon Adventure 02: The Beginning	Japan	Tomohisa Taguchi	Yumeta Company	Traditional	[86]	October 5, 2023 (Premiere) October 27, 2023 (Japan)	87 minutes
Distortion	Philippines	Frederick C.G. Borromeo	Studio Moonchalk	Traditional	[87]	January 23, 2023	47 minutes
Dogs at the Opera	Russia	Vasiliy Rovenskiy	Nashe Kino		[88]	December 27, 2023	75 minutes
Doraemon: Nobita's Sky Utopia	Japan	Takumi Doyama	Shin-Ei Animation	Traditional	[89][90]	March 3, 2023	107 minutes[91]
Elemental	United States	Peter Sohn	Disney Pixar Animation Studios	CG animation	[92][93]	May 27, 2023 (Cannes) June 16, 2023 (United States)	101 minutes[94]
Emesis Blue	United States	Chad Payne	Fortress Films Source Filmmaker	CG animation	[95]	February 20, 2023	108 minutes
Epic Tails Pattie et la colère de Poséidon	France	David Alaux	TAT Productions Apollo Films	CG animation	[96][97]	January 25, 2023	95 minutes
Eternal Boys Next Stage	Japan	migmi	Liden Films	Traditional	[98][99]	June 9, 2023	69 minutes[100]
Fafner in the Azure: Behind the Line	Japan	Takashi Noto	Production I.G	Traditional	[101]	January 20, 2023	54 minutes
Fate/strange Fake: Whispers of Dawn	Japan	Shun Enokido Takahito Sakazume	A-1 Pictures	Traditional	[102][103][104][105][106][107][108]	July 2, 2023	55 minutes
Four Souls of Coyote Kojot négy lelke[109]	Hungary	Áron Gauder[110]	Cinemon Entertainment[111]	Traditional	[112][113][114][115][116][117]	March 16, 2023 (Hungary) June 12, 2023 (Annecy)	103 minutes
Gajaman	Sri Lanka	Chanaka Perera	Studio 101	CG animation	[118][119][120]	January 20, 2023	99 minutes
Gekijōban Argonavis Axia	Japan	Shigeru Morikawa	Sanzigen	Traditional	[121]	March 24, 2023	64 minutes
A Giant Adventure	Peru	Eduardo Schuldt	Alligator Entertainment	CG animation	[122][123]	January 12, 2023	80 minutes
Girls und Panzer das Finale: Part 4	Japan	Tsutomu Mizushima	Actas	Traditional	[124]	October 6, 2023	56 minutes
Glisten and the Merry Mission	United States	Cory Morrison	Big Jump Entertainment Foundation Media Partners Build-A-Bear Entertainment	Flash animation	[125][126][127]	November 3, 2023	78 minutes[128]
Goldbeak	China	Nigel W. Tierney Dong Long	Liang Zi Film Tierney Corp Productions	CG Animation		March 13, 2023 (Hong Kong International Film Festival)	94 minutes
Gold Kingdom and Water Kingdom	Japan	Kotono Watanabe	Madhouse	Traditional	[129][130][131]	January 27, 2023	117 minutes
A Greyhound of a Girl	Estonia Germany Ireland Italy Latvia Luxembourg United Kingdom	Enzo D'Alò	Jam Media Paul Thiltges Distributions Aliante Rija Films Amrion Production Fish Blowing Bubbles	Traditional	[132][133][134][135][136]	February 18, 2023 (Berlin Film Festival) November 23, 2023 (Italy)	85 minutes
Gridman Universe	Japan	Akira Amemiya	Toho Animation Studio Trigger	Traditional	[137][138][139][140]	March 24, 2023	118 minutes
Hanna and the Monsters Hanna y los monstruos	Spain	Lorena Ares	Doce Entertainment Zentropa	CG animation		April 21, 2023	80 minutes
Headspace	South Africa	Paul Meyer Gerhard Painter	Luma Animation The Ergo Company	CG animation		September 15, 2023	85 minutes
Heroes of the Golden Masks	Canada	Sean O'Reilly	Arcana Studio CG Bros Entertainment Gravitas Ventures	CG animation	[141][142][143]	June 9, 2023	88 minutes
Hidden Dragon	United States China	Boqing Tang Xiaolan Zeng	Pantheon Entertainment Magic Hill Animation Studio	CG animation	[144]	December 15, 2023	86 minutes
IDOLiSH7 LIVE 4bit BEYOND THE PERiOD	Japan	Hiroshi Nishikiori Kensuke Yamamoto	Orange	Traditional CG animation	[145][146]	May 20, 2023	93 minutes
The Imaginary	Japan	Yoshiyuki Momose	Studio Ponoc	Traditional	[147]	December 15, 2023	105 minutes[148]
The Inseparables	Belgium France Spain	Jérémie Degruson	Paramount Pictures A Contracorriente Films Octopolis nWave Pictures	CG animation	[149]	June 12, 2023 (Annecy)[150] August 10, 2023 (Belgium) December 13, 2023 (France) August 30, 2024 (Spain)	90 minutes
The Inventor	France Ireland United States Luxembourg	Jim Capobianco	Curiosity Studio Foliascope Leo & King Melusine Productions	Stop-Motion Traditional CG animation	[151][152]	June 12, 2023 (Annecy)[150] September 15, 2023 (United States) January 31, 2024 (France)[153]	92 minutes[154]
Johnny & Me Johnny & Me - eine Zeitreise mit John Heartfield	Austria Switzerland German	Katrin Rothe	Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion AG Hanfgarn & Ufer Film und TV Produktion Mischief Films	Stop motion Live-action	[155][156][157]	June 12, 2023 (Annecy) January 25, 2024 (Germany)	104 minutes
The Jungle Bunch 2: World Tour Les As de la Jungle 2: Opération tour du monde	France	Benoît Somville	TAT Productions SND Groupe M6	CG animation	[158]	August 16, 2023 (France) February 2, 2024 (United States) September 14, 2024 (Russia)	88 minutes
Justice League: Warworld	United States	Jeff Wamester	Warner Bros. Animation DC Entertainment	Traditional	[27]	July 25, 2023	89 minutes
Justice League X RWBY: Super Heroes and Huntsmen: Part One	United States	Kerry Shawcross	Warner Bros. Animation DC Entertainment Rooster Teeth Animation	CG animation Traditional	[27][159]	April 25, 2023	80 minutes
Justice League X RWBY: Super Heroes and Huntsmen: Part Two	United States	Dustin Mattews Yssa Badiola	Warner Bros. Animation DC Entertainment Rooster Teeth Animation	CG animation Traditional	[27][159]	October 31, 2023	91 minutes
Katak: The Brave Beluga	Canada	Christine Dallaire-Dupont Nicola Lemay	10th Ave. Productions	CG animation	[160]	February 24, 2023	82 minutes
Kensuke's Kingdom Le royaume de Kensuké	United Kingdom Luxembourg France	Neil Boyle Kirk Hendry	British Film Institute Ffilm Cymru Wales Film Fund Luxembourg	Traditional	[161][162][163]	June 11, 2023 (Annecy) October 14, 2023 (BFI London Film Festival) February 7, 2024 (France)	85 minutes
Kiko in the Deep Sea	Indonesia	Heri Kurniawan Dezi Ruwah Rezeki Sally Wongso	MNC Animation MNC Pictures	CG animation		February 23, 2023	98 minutes
Komada: A Whisky Family	Japan	Masayuki Yoshihara	P.A. Works	Traditional	[164][165]	June 15, 2023 (Annecy) November 10, 2023 (Japan)	91 minutes
Kundan Satti	India	P. K. Aghasthi	Shellammal Movie Makers	CG animation	[166][167][168][169][170]	October 13, 2023	106 minutes
La leyenda de los Chaneques	Mexico	Marvick Núñez	Ánima	Flash animation	[171][172]	July 14, 2023	89 minutes
Ladybug & Cat Noir: The Movie	France	Jeremy Zag	Zagtoon Method Animation	CG animation	[173][174][175]	June 11, 2023 (Grand Rex) July 5, 2023 (France) July 28, 2023 (Netflix)	105 minutes[176]
Legion of Super-Heroes	United States	Jeff Wamester	Warner Bros. Animation DC Entertainment	Traditional	[27][177]	February 7, 2023	83 minutes
Leo	United States Australia	Robert Marianetti David Wachtenheim Robert Smigel	Netflix Animation Happy Madison Productions Animal Logic	CG animation	[178][179][180]	November 21, 2023	102 minutes[181]
The Little Mermaid	United States	Michael Johnson	The Asylum	CG animation	[182]	June 6, 2023	90 minutes
Loriot's Great Cartoon Revue Loriots große Trickfilmrevue	Germany	Peter Geyer	Studio Loriot	Traditional		February 24, 2023 (Berlinale) April 20, 2023 (Germany)	79 minutes
Maboroshi	Japan	Mari Okada	MAPPA	Traditional	[183]	September 15, 2023	111 minutes
The Magician's Elephant	United States	Wendy Rogers	Netflix Animation Animal Logic	CG animation	[184][185]	May 17, 2023	100 minutes[186]
Mars Express	France	Jérémie Périn	Everybody On the Deck Je Suis Bien Content Ev.L Prod Plume Finance France 3 Cinéma Shine Conseils Gébéka Films Amopix	2D animation	[187]	May 21, 2023 (Cannes) June 12, 2023 (Annecy) November 22, 2023 (France)	85 minutes
Mavka: The Forest Song	Ukraine	Oleg Malamuzh Oleksandra Ruban	Animagrad FILM.UA Group	CG animation	[188][189][190]	March 2, 2023 (Ukraine)	90 minutes[191]
Max and Me Max	Mexico United States	Donovan Cook	Dos Corazones Films Newland Films Imagica Animation Imagination Films	CG animation		October 12, 2023	121 minutes
Metalocalypse: Army of the Doomstar	United States	Brendon Small	Williams Street Titmouse, Inc.	Traditional	[192]	August 22, 2023	83 minutes
Merry Little Batman	United States	Mike Roth	Warner Bros. Animation DC Entertainment	Traditional	[193][194]	December 8, 2023	96 minutes
Mickey and Friends Trick or Treats	United States	David H. Brooks	Stoopid Buddy Stoodios Disney Television Animation	Stop Motion	[195][196]	October 1, 2023	30 minutes
Migration	United States France	Benjamin Renner	Universal Pictures Illumination	CG animation	[197][198][199]	October 19, 2023 (VIEW Conference) December 22, 2023 (United States)	83 minutes[200]
Millennial Hunter	United States	Sam Taggart	Tubi Fox Entertainment Studios Bento Box Entertainment	Traditional Flash animation	[29][201]	August 14, 2023	70 minutes
The Missing	Philippines Thailand	Carl Joseph Papa	Project 8 Projects GMA News and Public Affairs Terminal Six Post Purin Pictures	Traditional Rotoscope	[202][203][204]	August 5, 2023 (Cinemalaya) January 7, 2024 (Palm Springs)	90 minutes
Mikolo	Nigeria[205]	Niyi Akinmolayan[205]	Anthill Studios[205] Film One Entertainment[206] Amazon Prime[207]	CG animation Live-action	[208][209][210][211][212][213]	August 18, 2023[205]	110 minutes[214]
The Monkey King	United States China Canada	Anthony Stacchi	Netflix Animation Pearl Studio Reel FX Animation	CG animation	[215][180]	July 30, 2023 (NYAFF) August 18, 2023 (Netflix)	96 minutes
Monkey King - Rebirth	Taiwan	Adam Juang	Digital Frontier Motion Pictures	CG animation		March 19, 2023 (Indian World Film Festival)	93 minutes
Mortal Kombat Legends: Cage Match	United States	Ed Boon	Warner Bros. Animation	Traditional	[216][217]	October 17, 2023	76 minutes
Mujib Bhai	Bangladesh	Chandan K Barman Sohel Mohammad Rana	Technomagic Private Ltd Hypertag Ltd	CG animation Traditional	[218][219][220][221][222]	June 23, 2023	47 minutes
Mummies	Spain	Juan Jesús García Galocha	Warner Bros. Pictures Atresmedia Cine 4 Cats Pictures Anangu Grup Moomios Movie AIE	CG animation	[223][224]	January 5, 2023 (Australia) February 24, 2023 (Spain)	88 minutes[225]
My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! The Movie	Japan	Keisuke Inoue	Silver Link	Traditional	[226][227][228][229][230][231][232][233][234][235][236]	November 19, 2023 (New York City) December 8, 2023 (Japan)	90 minutes[237]
A Mystery on the Cattle Hill Express	Norway	Will Ashurst	Felleskjø Kristiansand Dyrepark Qvisten Animation	CG animation	[238][239][240][241][242]	March 3, 2023	70 minutes
Nelly Jelly: My Movie	Lithuania	Meinardas Valkevicius	MeinArt	Flash animation		April 18, 2023	79 minutes
New Dimension! Crayon Shin-chan the Movie: Battle of Supernatural Powers ~Flying Sushi~	Japan	Hitoshi Ône	ADK Futabasha Shin Ei Animation Shirogumi TV Asahi Productions	CG animation		August 4, 2023	93 minutes[243][unreliable source?]
Nimona	United States	Nick Bruno Troy Quane	Netflix Annapurna Animation Vertigo Entertainment DNEG Animation	CG animation	[244][180][245][246]	June 14, 2023 (Annecy)[247] June 23, 2023 (United States) June 30, 2023 (Netflix)	99 minutes[248]
Nina and the Hedgehog's Secret	France Luxembourg	Jean-Loup Felicioli Alain Gagnol	Auvergne Rhône-Alpes Cinéma Doghouse Films Folimage KMBO Production Parmi Les Lucioles Films Philophon	Traditional	[249]	June 12, 2023 (Annecy) August 4, 2023 (Locarno Film Festival) October 11, 2023 (France)	82 minutes
Oh My School!	China	Mingze Xia Kai Yan	Beijing Enlight Pictures	CG animation		July 14, 2023	91 minutes
Ozi: Voice of the Forest	United Kingdom France	Tim Harper	Appian Way GCI Film Mike Medavoy Productions GFM Animation	CG animation	[250][251][252]	June 13, 2023 (Annecy) August 16, 2024 (United Kingdom)	87 minutes
Pastacolypse	United States	Matt Maiellaro	Tubi Fox Entertainment Studios Bento Box Entertainment	Traditional Flash animation	[29]	May 21, 2023[253]	70 minutes
Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie	Canada United States	Cal Brunker	Paramount Pictures Nickelodeon Movies Spin Master Entertainment	CG animation	[254]	September 29, 2023	87 minutes[255]
The Peasants	Poland Serbia Lithuania	DK Welchman Hugh Welchman	BreakThru Films DigitalKraft Art Shot	Oil-painted Traditional	[256][257][258]	September 13, 2023 (TIFF) October 13, 2023 (Poland) January 26, 2024 (United States)	115 minutes[259]
Pelikan Blue hu:Kék Pelikan	Hungary	László Csáki	Cinemon Entertainment Umbrella	Traditional		November 11, 2023 (Tallinn) April 4, 2024 (Hungary)	84 minutes
Phoenix: Reminiscence of Flower	Japan	Shōjirō Nishimi	Studio 4°C	Traditional	[260]	November 3, 2023	95 minutes
Pigsy	Taiwan	Li Wei Chiu	Submarine	CG animation		November 18, 2023 (Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival, premiere) May 31, 2024 (Taiwan)	96 minutes
Pinkfong & Hogi Mini-Movie: The Tricky Three Cars	South Korea United States		The Pinkfong Company	CG animation
Pinkfong Sing-Along Movie 3: Catch the Gingerbread Man	South Korea United States	Sukyoung Kim	The Pinkfong Company	CG animation	[261]	July 26, 2023 (South Korea) September 9, 2023 (United States)	66 minutes
Pole Princess!!	Japan	Hitomi Ezoe Yoshihiro Otobe (CG)	Tatsunoko Production	Traditional CG animation	[262][263]	November 23, 2023	75 minutes
Poop, Spring and the Others' Kaka, kevad ja teised	Estonia	Meelis Arulepp Heiki Ernits Oskar Lehemaa Mikk Mägi René Vilbre	A. Film Production	Traditional Flash Animation Stop Motion CG animation Live-Action		February 10, 2023	71 minutes[264]
Pororo Pop Star Adventure 뽀로로 극장판 슈퍼스타 대모험	South Korea	Yoon Je-wan Kim Sung-min		CG animation		December 13, 2023	77 minutes
Pretty Cure All Stars F	Japan	Yūta Tanaka	Toei Animation	Traditional	[265]	September 15, 2023	73 minutes
Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Cosmos The Movie	Japan	Tomoya Takahashi	Toei Animation Studio Deen	Traditional	[266][267][268]	Part 1: June 9, 2023 Part 2: June 30, 2023	160 minutes (total, 80 minutes per film)[269][270]
Princess Principal: Crown Handler – Chapter 3	Japan	Masaki Tachibana	Actas	Traditional	[271]	April 7, 2023	60 minutes
Psycho-Pass Providence	Japan	Naoyoshi Shiotani	Production I.G	Traditional	[272]	May 12, 2023	120 minutes
Puffin Rock and the New Friends	United Kingdom Ireland	Jeremy Purcell Lorraine Lordan	Cartoon Saloon Dog Ears WestEnd Films	Flash animation	[273][274]	July 14, 2023 (Ireland) August 11, 2023 (United Kingdom)	80 minutes[275]
Rakudai Majo: Fūka to Yami no Majo	Japan	Takayuki Hamana	Production I.G	Traditional	[276][277][278][279][280]	March 31, 2023	59 minutes
Rally Road Racers	United Kingdom United States United Arab Emirates	Ross Venokur	Kintop Pictures REP Productions 6 Ltd Riverstone Pictures Vanguard Animation	CG animation	[281][282]	May 12, 2023	93 minutes
Rascal Does Not Dream of a Knapsack Kid	Japan	Sōichi Masui	CloverWorks	Traditional	[283]	December 1, 2023	75 minutes
Rascal Does Not Dream of a Sister Venturing Out	Japan	Sōichi Masui	CloverWorks	Traditional	[284]	June 23, 2023	73 minutes
Ready Jet Go!: Space Camp	United States	Mucci Fassett	Silver Creek Falls Entertainment Universal Pictures Home Entertainment	CG animation	[285][286]	July 20, 2023	85 minutes
Resident Evil: Death Island	Japan	Eiichirō Hasumi	TMS Entertainment Quebico	CG animation	[287]	June 22, 2023 (Singapore)[288] July 7, 2023 (Japan)[289] July 25, 2023 (Blu-ray & Digital)[290]	91 minutes[291]
Richard the Stork and the Mystery of the Great Jewel	Germany Belgium Norway	Benjamin Quabeck Mette Tange	Den Siste Skilling Knudsen & Streuber Medienmanufaktur Walking The Dog	CG animation	[292]	March 23, 2023 (Germany) April 12, 2023 (Norway)	84 minutes
Robot Dreams	Spain France	Pablo Berger	Arcadia Motion Pictures Noodles Production Les Films du Worso RTVE Movistar Plus+[293]	Traditional	[294]	May 21, 2023 (Cannes) June 12, 2023 (Annecy) December 6, 2023 (Spain) December 27, 2023 (France)	102 minutes
Rock Dog 3: Battle the Beat	United States China	Anthony Bell	Lionsgate Splash Entertainment HB Wink Animation	CG animation	[295][296]	January 24, 2023	90 minutes
Rocket Saves the Day	United States	Amanda Strong	Atomic Cartoons	Flash animation	[297]	December 26, 2023	45 minutes
Rosa and the Stone Troll Roselil og stentrolden	Denmark	Karla Nor Holmbäck	A. Film Production Dansk Tegnefilm Nordisk Film & TV-Fond The Danish Film Institute Archive	Flash animation	[citation needed]	February 9, 2023	75 minutes
Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken	United States	Kirk DeMicco	Universal Pictures DreamWorks Animation	CG animation	[298][299]	June 15, 2023 (Annecy) June 30, 2023 (United States)	91 minutes[300]
Ruslan and Ludmila. More than a Fairy Tale	Russia	Alexey Zamyslov Vladimir Nikolaev Alexey Tsitsylin	Voronezh Animation Studio CTB Film Company	CG animation	[301]	August 24, 2023 (Russia)[302]	95 minutes
Saleem	Jordan	Cynthia Madanat Sharaiha	Digitales	CG animation		June 13, 2023 (Annecy)	90 minutes
Sand Land	Japan	Toshihisa Yokoshima	Sunrise Anima Kamikaze Douga	Traditional	[303]	August 18, 2023	106 minutes
Sasaki and Miyano: Graduation	Japan	Shinji Ishihira	Studio Deen	Traditional	[304][305][306][307]	February 17, 2023	59 minutes[308]
Scarygirl	Australia	Ricard Cussó Tania Vincent	Highly Spirited Passion Pictures Australia Particular Crowd Like A Photon Creative	CG animation	[309][310][311]	June 17, 2023 (Sydney Film Festival) October 26, 2023 (Australia)	90 minutes
Scooby-Doo! and Krypto, Too!	United States	Cecilia Aranovich Hamilton	Warner Bros. Animation DC Entertainment	Traditional	[312][313][314]	September 26, 2023	76 minutes
The Seven Deadly Sins: Grudge of Edinburgh Part 2	Japan	Noriyuki Abe[a] Bob Shirahata	Alfred Imageworks Marvy Jack	Traditional	[315][316][317]	August 8, 2023	54 minutes
Shimmy: The First Monkey King	China	Dick Zondag Ralph Zondag	Eastern International Pictures Group Europe-China Pictures Group Magik Pictures Monster Entertainment Stone Monkey Productions Odin's Eye Animation	CG animation		April 2023	101 minutes
The Siren La Sirène	France Germany Luxembourg Belgium	Sepideh Farsi	Les Films d'Ici Katuh Studio Bac Cinéma Lunanime TrickStudio Lutterbeck	CG animation	[318]	February 16, 2023 (Berlin) June 28, 2023 (France)	100 minutes
Sirocco and the Kingdom of Winds Sirocco et le royaume des courants d'air	Belgium France	Benoît Chieux	Sacrebleu Productions Take Five Ciel de Paris Production	Traditional	[319]	June 11, 2023 (Annecy) December 13, 2023 (France & Belgium)	74 minutes
The Snow Queen & the Princess	Russia	Aleksey Tsitsilin Andrey Korenkov	Wizart Animation	CG animation	[320][321]	February 16, 2023 (Russia)	80 minutes
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse	United States	Joaquim Dos Santos Kemp Powers Justin K. Thompson	Columbia Pictures Sony Pictures Animation Marvel Entertainment	CG animation	[322][323][324][325]	May 30, 2023 (Regency Village Theater) June 2, 2023 (United States)	140 minutes[326]
Spy × Family Code: White	Japan	Takashi Katagiri	Wit Studio CloverWorks	Traditional	[327][328][329][330][331][332]	December 22, 2023	110 minutes[333]
Strays	United States	Josh Greenbaum	Universal Pictures Picturestart Rabbit Hole Productions Lord Miller Productions	CG animation Live-action	[334][335][336]	August 18, 2023	93 minutes[337]
Sultana's Dream	Spain Germany	Isabel Herguera	Sultana Films Gatoverde Producciones Abano Producións Uniko Estudio Creativo Fabian & Fred	Oil-painted Traditional	[338]	September 24, 2023 (San Sebastián)[339] November 17, 2023 (Spain)[338]	86 minutes
The Super Mario Bros. Movie	United States Japan	Aaron Horvath Michael Jelenic	Universal Pictures Illumination Nintendo	CG animation	[340][341][342]	April 1, 2023 (Los Angeles) April 5, 2023 (United States) April 28, 2023 (Japan)	92 minutes[343]
The Swan Princess: A Fairytale is Born	United States	Richard Rich	Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Crest Animation Productions	CG animation	[344]	May 23, 2023	86 minutes
The Swan Princess: Far Longer than Forever	United States	Richard Rich	Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Crest Animation Productions	CG animation	[345]	September 19, 2023 (Digital)[346] October 24, 2023 (DVD)	86 minutes
Sword and Sorrow	Turkey	Mehrdad Mehrabi Gargari Emad Rahmani	Permanent Way Entertainment	CG animation		July 21, 2023	87 minutes
Taz: Quest for Burger	United States	Ryan Kramer	Warner Bros. Animation	Flash animation	[347]	June 6, 2023 (Digital)[348][347] June 20, 2023 (DVD)	75 minutes
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem	United States	Jeff Rowe	Paramount Pictures Nickelodeon Movies Point Grey Pictures	CG animation Traditional	[349][350]	June 12, 2023 (Annecy) August 2, 2023 (United States)	99 minutes[351]
They Shot the Piano Player	Spain France Netherlands	Fernando Trueba Javier Mariscal	Fernando Trueba PC Les Films D’ici Submarine Animanostra	Traditional	[352][353][354]	September 6, 2023 (Telluride) October 6, 2023 (Spain)	103 minutes[355]
Toopy and Binoo: The Movie	Canada	Dominique Jolin Reymond Lebrun	Corus Entertainment Echo Media	Flash animation	[356]	August 11, 2023	80 minutes
Tony, Shelly and the Magic Light	Czech Republic Hungary Slovakia	Filip Posivac	Nutprodukce Nutprodukcia Czech Television Radio and Television of Slovakia Kouzelná animace Filmfabriq[357]	Stop Motion	[358][359]	June 1, 2023 (Zlín Festival)[360] June 13, 2023 (Annecy) November 2, 2023 (Czech Republic) November 9, 2023 (Slovakia) November 21, 2023 (Hungary)	82 minutes
Totto-Chan: The Little Girl at the Window	Japan	Shinnosuke Yakuwa	Shin-Ei Animation	Traditional	[361][362]	December 8, 2023	114 minutes[363]
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts	United States	Steven Caple Jr.	Paramount Pictures Skydance Hasbro New Republic Pictures Di Bonaventura Pictures Bay Films	CG animation Live-action	[364][365][366][367][368][369][370]	May 27, 2023 (Marina Bay Sands) June 9, 2023 (United States)	127 minutes[371]
Trolls Band Together	United States	Walt Dohrn	Universal Pictures DreamWorks Animation	CG animation	[372][373][374]	October 12, 2023 (Denmark) November 17, 2023 (United States)	92 minutes[375]
Under the Boardwalk	United States	David Soren	Paramount Animation DNEG Animation Big Kid Pictures	CG animation	[376][377][378][379][380][381]	October 27, 2023 (United States) February 9, 2024 (Australia)	83 minutes[382]
Urkel Saves Santa: The Movie!	United States	Jojo Ramos Patrick Bryan Newton Richard Pose	Warner Bros. Animation	Traditional Flash animation	[383][384]	November 21, 2023	86 minutes
The Venture Bros.: Radiant Is the Blood of the Baboon Heart	United States	Jackson Publick	Williams Street Astro-Base GO! Titmouse, Inc.	Traditional	[192][385]	July 21, 2023 (Digital) July 25, 2023 (Blu-ray)	84 minutes
When Adam Changes	Canada	Joël Vaudreuil	Parce Que Films	Traditional	[386][387][388][389]	June 12, 2023 (Annecy)	96 minutes
When You Get to the Forest	United States	Eric Power	Paper Tailor Pictures	Cutout		February 19, 2023 (limited)	72 minutes
Who are you, Mamma Moo?	Sweden	Christian Ryltenius	SF Studios	Traditional	[390][391]	August 25, 2023	66 minutes
White Plastic Sky Műanyag égbolt[392]	Hungary Slovakia	Tibor Bánóczki Sarolta Szabó	Salto Film Artichoke	Rotoscope Traditional CG animation	[393][394][395]	February 17, 2023 (Berlin) March 30, 2023 (Hungary)	111 minutes
Wish	United States	Chris Buck Fawn Veerasunthorn	Walt Disney Animation Studios	Traditional CG animation	[396]	November 18, 2023 (El Capitan Theatre) November 23, 2023 (United States)	92 minutes[397]
The Worlds Divide	Canada	Denver Jackson	Cloudrise Pictures Telefilm Canada	CG animation Traditional		November 11, 2023 (Spark Animation Festival)	102 minutes
Yaga and the Book of Spells	Russia	Vladimir Sakov	Art Pictures Studio Gluk'oza Animation	CG animation	[398]	April 27, 2023 (Russia)	101 minutes

Highest-grossing animated films

The following is a list of the 10 highest-grossing animated feature films first released in 2023.

Rank	Title	Distributor	Worldwide gross	Ref
1	The Super Mario Bros. Movie	Universal Pictures	$1,363,377,030	[399][400]
2	Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse	Sony Pictures Releasing	$690,897,910	[401]
3	Elemental	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures	$496,444,308	[402][403]
4	The Boy and the Heron	Toho	$304,800,000	[404][405]
5	Migration	Universal Pictures	$300,256,116	[406]
6	Wish	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures	$254,876,117	[407]
7	Chang'an	Tianjin Maoyan Weiying Culture Media	$241,270,000	[408]
8	Boonie Bears: Guardian Code	Fantawild	$221,982,308	[409]
9	Trolls Band Together	Universal Pictures	$210,081,137	[410][411]
10	Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie	Paramount Pictures	$202,324,839	[412]

Box office records

• 2023 is the first year since 2019 to have an animated film gross over $1 billion.
• The Super Mario Bros. Movie became the first film based on a video game, and the 52nd film overall, to gross $1 billion worldwide.^[413] It set a number of other box office records:
  • The film surpassed 2019's Frozen II as having the highest-grossing opening worldwide for an animated film, grossing $375.6 million.^[414]
  • It achieved the highest-grossing opening for a video game adaptation worldwide, surpassing 2019's Detective Pikachu.^[414]
  • The film achieved the second highest-grossing opening weekend in the US and Canada for an animated film behind Incredibles 2, earning $146 million in a 3-day frame and $204 million in a 5-day frame over Easter weekend.^[415]
  • It set the record for the biggest five-day opening weekend (for films opening on Wednesday) in North America, surpassing Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009).^[416]
  • It set the record for Illumination's biggest opening, surpassing Despicable Me 2 (2013).^[416]
  • It became the highest-grossing video game film of all time, surpassing Warcraft (2016) in nine days by April 13.^[417]
  • It became the highest-grossing animated film since the COVID-19 pandemic began in 2019, surpassing Minions: The Rise of Gru (2022).^[127]
  • In Japan, its opening weekend gross of $14.3 million is the highest for a Hollywood animated film, and the highest for a Universal release (surpassing 2022's Jurassic World Dominion).^[127]
• The anime films Suzume and The First Slam Dunk set several box office records upon their international debut in 2023.
  • In South Korea, The First Slam Dunk became the highest-grossing anime film, before its record was surpassed by Suzume.^[418]
  • In China, Suzume became the highest-grossing anime film.^[418] It also set the record for the biggest opening for an anime film in China, before its record was surpassed by The First Slam Dunk.^[419]
  • The First Slam Dunk also set Chinese box office records for the highest pre-sales for an animated import,^[420] and the largest IMAX opening weekend for a foreign animated film.^[421]
• Elemental set the record as the best highest-grossing for an animated film distributor by Disney with a gross of $496.4 million worldwide released during the COVID-19 pandemic, surpassing the 2021 film Encanto.
• The Spider-Man franchise became the third film franchise to gross $10 billion with the release of Across the Spider-Verse.
  • With a $120.5 million opening weekend in the United States, it is the third most successful opening weekend for any Spider-Man and Sony film, behind Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021) and Spider-Man 3 (2007).^[422]
  • It became the highest grossing animated film distributed by Sony Pictures surpassing Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation.
  • Across the Spider-Verse also became Sony Pictures Animation's highest-grossing film, surpassing The Smurfs (2011).^[423]
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem set the record as the highest-grossing for an animated film distributor by Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies domestically with a gross of $152.9 million worldwide, surpassing the 2004 film The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie.^[424]

See also

• List of animated television series of 2023

Notes

1. Credited as Chief Director (総監督, Sō Kantoku)