List of animated feature films of 2006 explained

This is a list of animated feature films first released in 2006.

List

Title	Country	Director	Studio	Animation technique	Type	Notes	Release date	Duration
Aachi & Ssipak	South Korea	Jo Beom-jin	J Team	Traditional			June 28, 2006	90 minutes
The Adventures of Brer Rabbit	United States	Byron Vaughns		Traditional			March 21, 2006	71 minutes
The Adventures of Dragon Fruit	Taiwan	Ivan C. Shih	CGCG Inc	Computer	^[1] ^[2]		2006
Anpanman: Star-Spirited Dollie	Japan	Hiroyuki Yano		Traditional			July 15, 2006	50 minutes
Alexander the Great	Italy	Daehong Kim		Computer	^[3] ^[4] http://difarm.com/dist.htm		March 10, 2006	80 minutes
Amazing Lives of the Fast Food Grifters	Japan	Mamoru Oshii, Toshihiko Nishikubo		Traditional			April 8, 2006	104 minutes
Animal Crossing: The Movie	Japan	Jōjin Shimura	OLM, Inc.	Traditional	Theatrical		December 16, 2006	87 minutes
The Ant Bully	United States	John A. Davis	Warner Bros. Pictures Legendary Pictures Playtone DNA Productions	Computer	Theatrical		July 28, 2006	88 minutes^[5]
Arthur and the Invisibles	France	Luc Besson	Avalanche Productions	Computer	Theatrical		November 29, 2006	91 minutes^[6]
Asterix and the Vikings	France Denmark	Stefan Fjeldmark, Jesper Møller	Mandarin SAS, 2d3D Animations	Traditional	Theatrical		April 5, 2006 April 12, 2006 June 15, 2007	78 minutes
Atagoal: Cat's Magical Forest	Japan	Mizuho Nishikubo	Kadokawa Herald Pictures	Computer	Theatrical		October 14, 2006	81 minutes
	France Belgium Spain Italy	Michel Ocelot	Mac Guff Ligne	Computer	Theatrical		May 21, 2006 October 25, 2006 ^[7]	99 minutes
Bah, Humduck! A Looney Tunes Christmas	United States	Charles Visser	Warner Bros. Animation	Traditional	Direct-to-video		November 14, 2006	46 minutes
Bambi II	United States	Brian Pimental	Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment DisneyToon Studios	Traditional	Direct-to-video	Midquel to Bambi (1942).	January 26, 2006 February 7, 2006	72 minutes
The Barbie Diaries	United States	Eric Fogel, Kallen Kagen	Curios Pictures Mattel Entertainment	Computer	Direct-to-video		April 30, 2006 ^[8] May 9, 2006	70 minutes
Barbie in the 12 Dancing Princesses	United States	Greg Richardson	Mainframe Entertainment Mattel Entertainment	Computer	Direct-to-video		September 10, 2006 ^[9] September 19, 2006	81 minutes
	United States	Walter P. Martishius, William Lau	Mainframe Entertainment Mattel Entertainment	Computer	Direct-to-video		March 5, 2006 ^[10] March 14, 2006	70 minutes 75 minutes
Barnyard	United States Germany	Steve Oedekerk	Paramount Pictures Nickelodeon Movies O Entertainment	Computer	Traditional		August 4, 2006 ^[11] October 5, 2006	90 minutes^[12]
	Japan	Noriyuki Abe	Toho Studio Pierrot Aniplex	Traditional	Theatrical		December 16, 2006	93 minutes
Blood Tea and Red String	United States	Christiane Cegavske		Stop motion			February 2, 2006	71 minutes
The Blue Elephant	Thailand	Kompin Kemgumnird	Kantana Animation	Computer			May 18, 2006	79 minutes
	United States	Davis Doi	Deluxe Digital Studios SD Entertainment MGA Entertainment	Traditional	Direct-to-video		September 12, 2006	66 minutes
Bratz Genie Magic	United States	Mucci Fassett	Mike Young Productions MGA Entertainment	Computer	Direct-to-video		April 11, 2006	66 minutes
Bratz: Passion 4 Fashion Diamondz	United States	Mucci Fassett, Nick Rijgersberg	MGA Entertainment	Computer	Direct-to-video		September 26, 2006	59 minutes
Brave Story	Japan	Koichi Chigira	Gonzo	Traditional			July 8, 2006	112 minutes
Brother Bear 2	United States	Ben Gluck	Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment DisneyToon Studios	Traditional	Direct-to-video	Sequel to Brother Bear (2003).	August 29, 2006	73 minutes^[13]
Cars	United States	John Lasseter	Walt Disney Pictures Pixar Animation Studios	Computer	Theatrical		May 26, 2006 June 9, 2006	117 minutes^[14]
Casper's Scare School	United States	Mark Gravas	Harvey Films	Computer	Television film		October 20, 2006	75 minutes
	United States	Obinna Onwuekwe	Mayhem Production	Flash	^[15]		July 13, 2006	57 minutes
A Christmas Carol: Scrooge's Ghostly Tale	United States	Ric Machin	BKN	Computer	Direct-to-video		November 6, 2006 November 20, 2006
City of Rott	United States	Frank Sudol		Traditional			August 8, 2006	78 minutes
Codename: Kids Next Door: Operation Z.E.R.O	United States	Tom Warburton	Curious Pictures Cartoon Network	Traditional	Television film		August 11, 2006	74 minutes
	Japan	Yuji Mutoh		Traditional	Theatrical		April 15, 2006	96 minutes
Cristobal Coolumbus	Spain	Aitor Arregi, Iñigo Berasategui	Dibulitoon Studio, Irusoin	Computer	^[16] https://web.archive.org/web/20120314143954/http://www.cristobalmolon.com/		November 4, 2006	70 minutes
Curious George	United States	Matthew O'Callaghan	Universal Animation Studios	Traditional	Theatrical		February 10, 2006 May 25, 2006	87 minutes^[17]
Desmond & the Swamp Barbarian Trap	Sweden		The Jolly Patron	Stop motion			November 19, 2006	68 minutes
	Japan			Traditional	Theatrical		April 15, 2006	111 minutes
Dieter – The Film	Germany	Michael Schaack, Toby Genkel	Universum Film	Traditional			March 4, 2006	86 minutes
Dobrynya Nikitich and Zmey Gorynych	Russia	Ilya Maksimov	Melnitsa Animation Studio	Traditional			March 15, 2006	65 minutes
Doogal	France United States	Dave Borthwick, Jean Duval, Frank Passingham	Action Synthese	Computer	Theatrical	Alternate "Americanized" version of The Magic Roundabout (2005).	February 24, 2006	85 minutes 78 minutes 77 minutes
	Japan	Ayumu Watanabe	Shin-Ei Animation	Traditional	Theatrical		March 4, 2006	107 minutes
Dragons: Destiny of Fire	Peru	Eduardo Schuldt	Alpamayo Entertainment	Computer			July 27, 2006 August 11, 2006 March 4, 2007 April 8, 2008	86 minutes
The Emperor's Secret	Finland	Riina Hyytiä	Helsinki Filmi Oy	Computer			September 8, 2006	85 minutes
Especial	Russia	Kirill Zlotnik	Animagic	Computer	^[18]		August 2006	75 minutes
Everyone's Hero	Canada United States	Colin Brady, Christopher Reeve, Daniel St. Pierre	Arc Productions	Computer	Theatrical		September 15, 2006	87 minutes^[19]
Felix 2 – The Hare and the Verflixte Time Machine	Germany	Giuseppe Laganà	Caligari Film- und Fernsehproduktions, WunderWerk	Traditional	^[20]		February 16, 2006	82 minutes
Fimfárum 2	Czech Republic		Czech: Ceská Televize, Krátký Film Praha, MAUR Film, Samuelson	Stop motion	^[21]		February 23, 2006	90 minutes
Flushed Away	United Kingdom United States	David Bowers Sam Fell	DreamWorks Animation Aardman Animations	Computer	Theatrical		November 3, 2006 December 1, 2006	85 minutes^[22]
The Fox and the Hound 2	United States	Jim Kammerud	Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment DisneyToon Studios	Traditional	Direct-to-video	Midquel to The Fox and the Hound (1981).	December 12, 2006	69 minutes
Franklin and the Turtle Lake Treasure	Canada France	Dominique Monféry		Traditional			September 6, 2006 December 20, 2006	78 minutes
Free Jimmy	Norway United Kingdom		AnimagicNet A/S, Free Jimmy Productions, Modelink	CG animation			April 21, 2006 October 17, 2008	86 minutes
	United States			Live-Action/CGI			June 16, 2006	77 minutes
	Japan			Traditional			September 1, 2006	108 minutes
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time	Japan	Mamoru Hosoda	Madhouse	Traditional	Theatrical		July 15, 2006	98 minutes^[23]
Happily N'Ever After	United States Germany	Yvett Kaplan, Paul J. Bolger	BAF Berlin Animation Film, BFC Berliner Film Companie, Odyssey Entertainment, Vanguard Films, Vanguard Animation	Computer	Theatrical		December 16, 2006 January 5, 2007	87 minutes^[24]
Happy Feet	Australia United States	George Miller, Warren Coleman, Judy Morris	Warner Bros. Pictures Village Roadshow Pictures Animal Logic	Computer	Theatrical		November 17, 2006 December 26, 2006	108 minutes
Hellboy Animated: Sword of Storms	United States		Film Roman, Revolution Pictures	Traditional			October 28, 2006	77 minutes
	United States	Carlos Saldanha	20th Century Fox Animation Blue Sky Studios	Computer	Theatrical	Sequel to Ice Age (2002).	March 31, 2006	91 minutes
Impy's Island	Germany	Reinhard Klooss, Holger Tappe	Ambient Entertainment, Bavaria Pictures	Computer			February 17, 2006 September 20, 2006	87 minutes
	Vatican City Spain	José Luis López-Guardia	Cavin Cooper Productions	Traditional	^[25]		October 17, 2006	60 minutes
John Seven Seven	Portugal	Carlos Silva, Costa Valente, Vítor Lopes		Traditional	^[26]		2006	73 minutes
Kittu	India	B. Sathya	Bhargava Pictures	Traditional			July 21, 2006	120 minutes
Kong: Return To The Jungle	United States			Traditional			2006	81 minutes
Krishna	India	Aman Khan		Computer			September 29, 2006	99 minutes
	United States	Charles Grosvenor	Universal Animation Studios	Traditional	Direct-to-video	Twelfth installment in The Land Before Time film series.	December 6, 2006 February 27, 2007	81 minutes
The Legend of Sasquatch	United States	Thomas Callicoat	Gorilla Pictures	Computer			September 12, 2006	73 minutes
Leroy & Stitch	United States	Roberts Gannaway Tony Craig		Traditional	Direct-to-video		June 23, 2006 June 27, 2006	72 minutes
	Germany	Michael Schaack, Konrad Weise	Senator Film Produktion, TFC Trickompany Filmproduktion	Traditional	^[27]		October 5, 2006	79 minutes
Live Freaky! Die Freaky!	United States		You've Got Bad Taste Productions, Hellcat Films	Stop motion			January 17, 2006	75 minutes
Livin' It Up With Bratz	United States	Scott Hamilton Kennedy	Donovan Productions, Extra Large Technologies (XLT)	Computer	Direct-to-DVD		August 4, 2006	90 minutes 82 minutes
Lotte from Gadgetville	Estonia Latvia	Heiki Ernits, Janno Põldma	Eesti Joonisfilm Rija Films	Traditional	Theatrical		May 23, 2006 September 1, 2006	78 minutes
Lupin III: Seven Days Rhapsody	Japan	Hajime Kamegaki		Traditional	Television special		September 8, 2006	90 minutes
The Magic Cube	Spain	Ángel Izquierdo	M5 Audiovisual, Milimetros Feature Animation	Traditional	^[28] ^[29]		December 22, 2006	80 minutes
	Canada United Kingdom	Henrique Vera-Villanueva	H2V Distribution, Manga Latina Productions				April 28, 2006 July 14, 2006 August 25, 2006	75 minutes
Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny: Special Edition I – The Broken World	Japan			Traditional			May 26, 2006	90 minutes
Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny: Special Edition II – Respective Swords	Japan			Traditional	Theatrical		July 27, 2006	90 minutes
Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny: Special Edition III – Flames Of Destiny	Japan			Traditional	Theatrical		October 2, 2006	90 minutes
Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam: A New Translation III – Love is the Pulse of the Stars	Japan			Traditional	Theatrical		March 4, 2006	99 minutes
Monster House	United States	Gil Kenan	ImageMovers	Computer	Theatrical		July 21, 2006	91 minutes^[30]
A Movie Of Eggs	Mexico	Gabriel Riva Palacio Alatriste, Rodolfo Riva Palacio Alatriste	Huevocartoon Producciones	Traditional	Theatrical		April 21, 2006	90 minutes
	United States	John Grusd	SD Entertainment Hasbro Entertainment	Traditional	Direct-to-video		September 12, 2006	66 minutes
	United States	Vic Dal Chele	SD Entertainment	Traditional	Direct-to-video		February 7, 2006	66 minutes
	Japan	Toshiyuki Tsuru		Traditional	Theatrical		August 5, 2006	95 minutes
Les naufragés de Carthage	Tunisia	Abdelkader Belhadi		Traditional		First Tunisian animated feature.		80 minutes
One Piece: The Giant Mechanical Soldier of Karakuri Castle	Japan			Traditional			March 4, 2006	95 minutes
Open Season	United States	Jill Culton Roger Allers Anthony Stacchi	Sony Pictures Animation	Computer	Theatrical		September 29, 2006 October 13, 2006	86 minutes^[31]

Notes and References

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Web site: Open Season. British Board of Film Classification. March 29, 2014.