Cartoons released in 1981

2,038 cartoons ← 1980 1982 →

  1. Dorozhnaya Skazka

    1981 (estimated) Theatrical Soyuzmultfilm

    Featuring Small Truck, Car

  2. Dream Bike

    1981 (estimated) Theatrical AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety

    Otto instructs a young girl on how to properly choose a bicycle.

  3. Dvorcy i Hizhiny ("Fitil'" N 219)

    1981 (estimated) Theatrical Kievnauchfilm

  4. Eclipse Woman

    1981 (estimated) Season 1, no. 107-A TV Episode Hanna-Barbera Studios

    Kid Comet and Jan are traveling by the planet Halcion when they see a bolt of light. They rendezvous with Space Ghost, Jayce and Blip in the Phantom Cruiser. The Eclipse Woman is draining a…

  5. Ein Brudermord: A Fratricide

    1981 (estimated) Theatrical Atelier Koninck (Koninck Studios)

    Franz Kafka's harsh, cold, pathetic narrative is rendered as a "melodrama for marionettes," in which the assassin and the assassinated are viewed etymologically as two insects.

  6. El Deporte Nacional

    1981 (estimated) Theatrical Instituto Cubano del Arte

    Notable moments in the history of the game of baseball in Cuba.

  7. El Gallito

    1981 (estimated) Theatrical Instituto Cubano del Arte

    An imprudent braggart goes to the forest for food, disregarding his brother's counsel. He almost loses his life at the hands of a rustic dog. From then on, he promises to be less undiscipli…

  8. El Hierro Es Vida

    1981 (estimated) No. 08 TV Episode Producciones García Ferré

    Featuring Calculín

  9. El Más Grande

    December 31, 1981 Theatrical Instituto Cubano del Arte

    A girl brings a new goldfish for her bowl. As he's of greater size, he calls himself "the largest one." Upon seeing that he abuses the others just like she does with the smallest, he recons…

  10. El Vuelo Sin Motor

    1981 (estimated) No. 09 TV Episode Producciones García Ferré

    Featuring Calculín

  11. El' (Iz Cikla "Novyj God")

    1981 (estimated) Theatrical Ekran

  12. Elektra's Twin

    1981 (estimated) Season 1, no. 104 TV Episode Hanna-Barbera Studios

    Featuring Kid Comet, Moleculelad, Elektra

  13. Életmentés

    1981 (estimated) Season 2, no. 05 TV Episode Pannónia Filmstúdió

    Featuring Vizipók, Keresztespók

  14. Endangered Spacies

    1981 (estimated) Season 1, no. 104 TV Episode Hanna-Barbera Studios

    Borox, an intergalactic showman, captures Zandor, Tara and Space Ace for his Alien Country Safari. Dorno, Zok and the Space Mutts head into the Dog Star Galaxy to rescue them.

  15. Expressionism

    1981 (estimated) Theatrical Sheila Graber Animated Films

    Traces the use of the expressive image from African masks to the 20th-century Expressionist movement.

  16. Ezhik Plyus Cherepaha

    1981 (estimated) Theatrical Soyuzmultfilm

    Featuring Little Hedgehog, Turtle, Tigress, Little Tiger

  17. Face To Face

    1981 (estimated) Theatrical Sheila Graber Animated Films

    Using a smudge-and-click pastel animation technique, traces the history of a life from cradle to grave.

  18. Fifty Ways To Look More Lovely

    1981 (estimated) Theatrical Davies

    Prescriptive ideas for female loveliness.

  19. Filminuto No. 3

    1981 (estimated) Theatrical Instituto Cubano del Arte

    Jokes: "El rigor," "El super John," "La queja de un vampiro," "Duendes modernos."

  20. Filminuto No. 4

    1981 (estimated) Theatrical Instituto Cubano del Arte

    Jokes: "La infidelidad de un ama de casa," "El deseo de un hombre el día de bodas," El sueño de una lectora," "Los manejos del diablo."

  21. First Steps

    1981 (estimated) Theatrical Halas and Batchelor Cartoon Films.

    Deals with various aspects of pre-natal care, attitudes to children, caring for new babies, and the importance of education for parenthood.

  22. Five Billion Years

    1981 (estimated) Theatrical National Film Board of Canada, National Museum of Natural S…

    This superbly animated science film traces the evolution of North America from the Earth's geophysical beginnings, through the genesis of the first living organisms, right up to the arrival…

  23. Flamandskij Mal'chik

    1981 (estimated) Theatrical Kievnauchfilm

    Featuring Flamand Boy

  24. Flora Dance

    1981 (estimated) Student Film National Film School

    A brass band plays the Floral Dance, but its instruments are flowers and plants.

  25. Fokus

    1981 (estimated) Theatrical Ekran

  26. Friten-kun

    1981 (estimated) Theatrical Knack

    Featuring Friten, Ikue-chan

  27. Galactic Vac Is Back

    1981 (estimated) Season 1, no. 108 TV Episode Hanna-Barbera Studios

    Galactic Vac is sucking up everything in the galaxy.

  28. Gamura

    1981 (estimated) Qartuli Pilmi

  29. Gentle Ben (Series)

    1981 (estimated) Series Gentle Ben Animation

    The bear who starred in his own NBC series in the 60's returns as a superhero who embarks on various adventures.

  30. Ginga Patrol PJ (Series)

    1981 (estimated) Series Eiken

    Featuring Captain Jumbo, Jim, Putty, Metro

  31. Glick's Adventure

    1981 (estimated) Studio Koryumi

    Featuring Glick the Squirrel, Gamba the Vole, Glick's Friends

  32. Gori

    1981 (estimated) Theatrical Kazakhfilm

  33. Govoryaschie Ruki Travankora

    1981 (estimated) Theatrical Soyuzmultfilm

  34. Grimaldi

    1981 (estimated) Theatrical Halas and Batchelor Cartoon Films.

  35. Gromoverzhcy ("Fitil'" N 218)

    1981 (estimated) Theatrical Soyuzmultfilm

  36. Guguce - Kapitan Korablya

    1981 (estimated) Theatrical Moldova-Film

    Featuring Gugutse

  37. Hajutusi Iseseisvaks Eluks

    1981 (estimated) Tallinnfilm

  38. Hakudori No Mizuumi

    1981 (estimated) Theatrical Tôei Company Ltd.

    A young prince searches for a future bride and encounters a beautiful swan bearing a magical golden crown.

  39. Halif-Aist

    1981 (estimated) Theatrical Soyuzmultfilm

    Featuring Khalif, Witch

  40. Helen Keller Monogatari: Ai No Hikari No Tenshi

    1981 (estimated) NOW Planning

    Featuring Helen Keller, Helen Keller's Parents, Annie Sullivan

  41. Henry King

    1981 (estimated) Theatrical Fletcher

    An adaptation of the Hillaire Belloc poem.

  42. His Favorite Food

    1981 (estimated) TV Episode Jay Ward Studios

    Featuring Cap'n Crunch, Jean La Foote, Kids

  43. Homo Technologicus 1

    1981 (estimated) No. 1 Theatrical Bruno Bozzetto Productions

  44. Honey Honey No Suteki Na Boken (Series)

    1981 (estimated) Series Tôei Company Ltd.

    The Wonderful Adventures of Honey Honey came out in the early 1980's and it trailed the story of a young orphan girl who is oddly named "Honey Honey". Honey Honey worked at a restaurant in…

  45. Houslovy Koncert

    1981 (estimated) Theatrical Krátký Film Praha, Studio Jiřího Trnky

    Niccolò Paganini's "Campanella" is the basis for this animated etude about a violin concert. The artistic interpretation is based on the character of the playing of the violin: we can see a…

  46. How The Kiwi Lost Its Wings

    1981 (estimated) Houston

    Based on an original story from a Maori legend about Tane, the god of the forest, and the birds who dwell there.

  47. Hrabnyj Nazar

    1981 (estimated) Theatrical Armenfilm

    Featuring Tsar Nazar, Priest

  48. Hug Me

    1981 (estimated) Bosustow Entertainment

    A porcupine wants nothing more than to find someone who will hug him. No matter how many of his friends he gets to try to hug him, no one will because of his quills. He is so desperate for…

  49. I Got It

    1981 (estimated) TV Episode Jay Ward Studios

    Featuring Cap'n Crunch, Jean La Foote, Kids

  50. I Sestra Ih Lybid'

    1981 (estimated) Theatrical Kievnauchfilm