List of Mexican animated films

This is a list of animated films in Mexico. Below also lists the ten highest-grossing animated films within the Mexican film industry.

List

1970s

Year	Title International title	Director(s)	Technique	Note(s) / Ref(s)
1976	Los tres Reyes Magos The Three Wise Men	Fernando Ruiz Adolfo Torres Portillo	Traditional	First feature animated film produced in Mexico; based on the Gospel of Matthew story.
1978	Los supersabios[1]	Anuar Badin	Traditional	Based on the Los supersabios comic series created Germán Butze.

1980s

Year	Title International title	Director(s)	Technique	Note(s)
1981	El gran acontecimiento	Fernando Ruiz	Traditional	An adaptation of the apparition of Virgin of Guadalupe, Short film.
1983	Roy del espacio[2][3]	Rafael Angel Gil Hector Lopez Carmona	N/A	Lost Film.
1984	Katy la oruga Katy Caterpillar	José Luis Moro Santiago Moro	Traditional	Based on Pepina Oruga, a book by Silvia Roche
1987	El pequeño ladronzuelo The Adventures of Oliver Twist	Fernando Ruiz	Traditional	Based on Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist.
1988	Katy, Kiki y Koko Katy and the Katerpillar Kids	José Luis Moro Santiago Moro	Traditional	Sequel to Katy la Oruga; final Mexican animated feature film before hiatus.

2000s

Year	Title International title	Director(s)	Technique	Note(s)
2003	Magos y Gigantes Wizards and Giants[3]	Andrés Couturier Eduardo Sprowls	Flash	First Mexican animated film since 1988.
2005	Imaginum[4]	Alberto Mar Isaac Sandoval	Flash
2006	Una Película de Huevos	Gabriel Riva Palacio Alatriste Rodolfo Riva Palacio Alatriste	Traditional	First film in the Huevos film series.
2007	La leyenda de la Nahuala The Legend of the Nahuala	Ricardo Arnaiz	Flash/Traditional	First film in the Leyendas film saga.
2009	El Agente 00-P2 Agent Maccaw: Shaken and Stirred	Andrés Couturier	Flash
	Otra Película de Huevos y un Pollo	Gabriel Riva Palacio Alatriste Rodolfo Riva Palacio Alatriste	Traditional	Second film in the Huevos film series.
	A Martian Christmas[5]	José Alejandro García Muñoz	Traditional	Based on the poem, "A Martian Christmas Carol" by M.H. Mickey Miller. TV Movie
	Nikté	Ricardo Arnaiz	Flash/Traditional

2010s

Year	Title International title	Director(s)	Technique	Note(s)
2010	AAA – Sin Límite en el Tiempo	Alberto Rodríguez	Flash/CG	First animated release of the 2010s
	Kung-Fu Magoo	Andrés Couturier	Flash	Based on the Mr. Magoo character created by Millard Kaufman and John Hubley. DVD Movie
	Gaturro	Gustavo Cova	CG	Based on the Argentine comic book series of the same name. DVD release in México
	Brijes Guardians of the Lost Code	Benito Fernández	Traditional
	Héroes verdaderos[6]	Carlos Kuri	Traditional	Animated biopic of Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla and José María Morelos.
2011	Don gato y su pandilla Top Cat: The Movie	Alberto Mar	Flash/CG	Based on the Top Cat animated series created by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera.
	El gran milagro The Greatest Miracle[7]	Bruce Morris	CG	First Mexican animated film in CG animation
	La leyenda de la Llorona The Legend of the Weeping Woman	Alberto Rodríguez	Flash	Second film in the Leyendas film saga; inspired by the La Llorona story.
	La revolución de Juan Escopeta[8]	Jorge A. Estrada	Traditional
2012	Z-Baw: mejores amigos[9]	Ricardo Gomez	CG
	El Santos vs. La Tetona Mendoza The Saint vs. The Busty Mendoza[10][11]	Alejandro Lozano Andrés Couturier	Flash/Traditional	Based on the adult comic book series by José Ignacio Solórzano and José Trinidad Camacho.
2013	El Secreto del Medallón de Jade[12][13]	Leopoldo Aguilar Rodolfo Guzmán	CG
2014	Joyfluid[14][15]	Alejandro Rodriguez	CG/Motion capture	IMAX 3D film, Cancelled
	Jungle Shuffle[16]	Taedong Park Mauricio De la Orta	CG	Unreleased in Mexico
	La leyenda de las Momias de Guanajuato The Legend of the Mummies	Alberto Rodríguez	Flash	Third film in the Leyendas saga; inspired by the Mummies of Guanajuato.
2015	Guardianes de Oz Guardians of Oz	Alberto Mar	CG	Based on the characters from The Wizard of Oz' by L. Frank Baum.
	La increíble historia del niño de piedra The Incredible Story of The Stone Boy[17]	Pablo Aldrete Miguel Bonilla Schnaas Jaime Romandia Miguel Ángel Uriegas	Flash	Based on the original idea by Nadia González, and the children's book.
	Selección Canina K-9 World Cup[18][19]	Carlos Pimentel Nathan Sifuentes	CG
	Un gallo con muchos huevos Huevos: Little Rooster's Egg-cellent Adventure	Gabriel Riva Palacio Alatriste Rodolfo Riva Palacio Alatriste	CG	Third film in the Huevos film series; highest-grossing Mexican animated film of all time.
	Don Gato: el inicio de la pandilla Top Cat Begins	Andrés Couturier	CG	Based on the Top Cat series by Hanna-Barbera. Prequel Film
2016	El Americano: The Movie	Ricardo Arnaiz Mike Kunkel	CG
	La leyenda del Chupacabras The Legend of the Chupacabras	Alberto Rodríguez	Traditional	Fourth film in the Leyendas film saga; inspired by the "chupacabra" creature.
2017	Isla Calaca Monster Island	Leopoldo Aguilar	CG
2018	La leyenda del Charro Negro The Legend of the Black Charro	Alberto Rodríguez	Flash	Fifth film in the Leyenda film saga; inspired by the "Charro Negro" figure.
	Marcianos vs. Mexicanos	Gabriel Riva Palacio Alatriste Rodolfo Riva Palacio Alatriste	Traditional
	El ángel en el reloj The Angel in the Clock[20]	Miguel Ángel Uriegas	Flash/Traditional
	Ahí Viene Cascarrabias A Wizard's Tale	Andrés Couturier	CG	Based on the Here Comes the Grump animated series created by DePatie–Freleng Enterprises.
	Ana y Bruno Ana & Bruno[21]	Carlos Carrera	CG	Based on the novel, "Ana" by Daniel Emil.
2019	Dia de Muertos[22][23] Salma's Big Wish	Carlos Gutiérrez Medrano	CG

2020s

Year	Title International title	Director(s)	Technique	Note(s)
2020	La liga de los 5[24]	Marvick Núñez	Flash	First animated release of the 2020s
	Cranston Academy: Monster Zone[25]	Leopoldo Aguilar	CG
	Un disfraz para Nicolás A Costume for Nicolás[26]	Eduardo Rivero	Flash/Traditional

Upcoming

Year	Title International title	Director(s)	Technique	Studios(s)	Note(s)
2021	Un rescate de huevitos[27][28]	Gabriel Riva Palacio Alatriste Rodolfo Riva Palacio Alatriste	CG animation	Huevocartoon Producciones	Originally planned for 2019
	Las leyendas: el origen[29]	Ricardo Arnaiz	Traditional animation	Ánima Estudios	Prequel film
	Max and Me	TBA	CG animation	Dos Corazones Films
	Tepeyac: La Película	Fernando Pomares Enrique Navarrete	CG animation	Arx Anima Animaturas Fidelius Films Tilma Films
	Bro	Topo Gómez	CG animation	Imagination Films
2022	Un gallo congelado[28]	Gabriel Riva Palacio Alatriste Rodolfo Riva Palacio Alatriste	CG animation	Huevocartoon Producciones
TBA	Bugsted spin-off film[30]	TBA	TBA	Ánima Estudios Vodka Capital
	Al filo de la frontera[31]	Alberto Mar	2D animation	Ánima Estudios AG Studios
	Grimalkin[32]	TBA	CG animation	Huevocartoon Producciones
	Inzomnia	Luis Telléz	Stop Motion animation	Inzomnia Animación Los Atorrantes Studio	First Mexican stop motion animated film.
	Aprendiz de Fénix	TBA	Stop Motion animation	Cinema Fantasma
	Julia y el Portal del Abismo	César Cepeda	Stop Motion animation	Kraneo
	Mascotas y Sabandijas: La Película	Oscar Aragón	Stop Motion animation	Cerberus Studios
	La Tierra de los Calcetimonstruos	Benjamín Williams	Live Action/CG animation	Out of Light Entertainment Producciones Helios Entertainment Metacube Technologies & Entertainment	First Mexican hybrid animated film.
	Uma & Haggen	Bénito Fernández	Traditional animation	Ithrax Animated Productions Santo Domingo Animation
	Bestia	Miguel Ángel Uriegas	Flash/Traditional animation	Fotosíntesis Media
	Koatí	Rodrigo Perez-Castro	Traditional animation	Upstairs
	A Mutts Tale	Bruce Morris	CG animation	IMAGICA
	Nezahualcóyotl: La Gran Historia	Raymundo Juarez	Traditional animation	Animación 2D Studio
	La Marca del Jaguar	Victor Mayorga	Traditional animation	Ocelótl Company
	La Hora Mágica	Ricardo Niño	CG animation	Kaxan Animation
	Bruno	TBA	CG animation	Kaxan Animation
	Thingdom: El Reino de las Cosas	René Castillo	CG animation	Mandaraka
	Pepito: La Película	Aizar Vazquez Villarreal	CG animation	Grupo PROAN
	El Crujir de las Hojas	Mauricio Flores	TBA	ESCENA Animation Studio
	El Chapulín Colorado 3D	Roberto Gómez Fernández	CG animation	Metacube Technologies & Entertainment
	The Amazing Brutus	Ricardo Arnaiz	2D animation	TBA
	Aztlán	Carlos Gutiérrez Medrano	CG animation	Metacube Technologies & Entertainment
	Erase Una Vez En Transylvania	TBA	2D animation	Metacube Technologies & Entertainment
	Gungo y las Olimpiadas Cavernícolas	Rodolfo Riva Palacio Gabriel Riva Palacio	CG animation	Huevocartoon
	El Viaje de Confi	Rodolfo Riva Palacio Gabriel Riva Palacio	TBA	Huevocartoon	Spin-off film

Lost or unreleased

Title International title	Director(s)	Technique	Note(s)
Roy del espacio[2][3]	Rafael Angel Gil Hector Lopez Carmona	N/A	Lost Film. released in 1983.
Sabel: Redemption[33][34]	Benito Fernández	Traditional	No further information on its release.
El callejón de los sueños The Alley of Dreams[35][36]	Ricardo Gómez	CG	Cancelled.
Las aventuras de Itzel y Sonia[37][38]	Fernanda Rivero	Stop-motion	Medium Film.
Heriberto y Demetrio	Alfredo Sánchez Mejorada Herrera	CG	Cancelled.
La Garra del Jaguar	Iván Espinosa	CG	No further information on its release.
Tierra de Revolucionarios	Antonio Ramos	CG	Medium Film.
Maya: La Primera Gran Historia	Ricardo Arnaiz	Traditional	No further information on its release.

Highest-grossing films

The following list consists the 10 highest-grossing Mexican animated feature films released in Mexico, based on data by Canacine (unless otherwise noted).[39] Gross in Mexican peso and audience count (both in millions).

Rank	Title	Gross	Audience	Year
1	Un gallo con muchos huevos	MXN$167.8	4.1	2015
2	Una Película de Huevos	MXN$142.3	3.99	2006
3	Otra Película de Huevos y un Pollo	MXN$113.58	3.09	2009
4	Don gato y su pandilla	MXN$112.25	2.59	2011
5	La leyenda del Charro Negro	MXN$100.8	2.4	2018
6	La leyenda del Chupacabras	MXN$100.7[40]	2.59	2016
7	La leyenda de las Momias de Guanajuato	MXN$92.25	2.3	2014
8	Dia de muertos	MXN$59.8[41]	1.26	2019
9	La leyenda de la Llorona	MXN$55.4	1.4	2011
10	Don gato: El inicio de la pandilla	MXN$54.1	1.47	2015

See also

• List of highest-grossing Mexican films

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