# Longest Animated Film? (non-TV)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-animated-film-non-tv/232134>\
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**Created:** [March 2, 2004, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-animated-film-non-tv/232134 "2004-03-02T17:27:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![ElectroSunDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b5e925/32.png) [@ElectroSunDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElectroSunDog)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2004, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-animated-film-non-tv/232134/1 "2004-03-02T17:27:24Z")

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I know there are a lot of animated “films” that are actually re-edited TV episodes. Those don’t count. I’m talking about the SINGLE longest animated film you can think of that was made specifically for theactrical release. So far, I can’t think of any that go past 2 hours.

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**Author:** ![awldune](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c77e96/32.png) [@awldune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/awldune)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2004, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-animated-film-non-tv/232134/2 "2004-03-02T18:54:00Z")

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Of the 5-6 I checked just now, several are over 2 hours, with the longest being _Mononoke Hime_ (AKA _Princess Mononoke_) at 134m. The longest US film of those I checked on is \*The Lord of the Rings \* (1978) at 132m. _Fantasia_ is right at 120m. Generally speaking, animated films that are aimed at an older audience are going to be longer than your standard Disney fare.

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**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2004, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-animated-film-non-tv/232134/3 "2004-03-02T19:00:14Z")

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According to _The Guinness Book of Movie Facts & Feats_ (1993 ed.), the longest cartoon ever made was Osamu Tezuka’s erotic feature _A Thousand and One Nights_ (Japan, 1969), which had a running time of 2 hours 30 minutes in the original Japanese version.

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**Author:** ![xash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c6cbf5/32.png) [@xash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xash)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2004, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-animated-film-non-tv/232134/4 "2004-03-02T19:12:39Z")

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Moved to CS.

- **xash**  
General Questions Moderator