The Renaissance Age of Animation coincided very neatly with the 1990s, see also: Films of the 1990s.
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1990
- The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3
- Attack of the Killer Tomatoes (1990)
- Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures (1990)
- Bobby's World
- Britannica's Tales Around the World
- Bump
- Captain Planet and the Planeteers
- Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue
- The Dreamstone
- Fender Bender 500
- Garfield Gets A Life
- Gravedale High
- Jetsons: The Movie
- The Little Flying Bears
- Little Rosey
- Nellie the Elephant: Animated Adaptation of the nursery rhyme of The '50s.
- The New Adventures of He-Man
- New Kids on the Block. A series based on the music group.
- Peter Pan & the Pirates
- Piggsburg Pigs!
- Pingu: Pilot released in 1986, with the first full series released this year.
- Shadow Strikers
- The Simpsons (First episode premiered in December 1989)
- Sophie et Virginie
- TaleSpin
- Tom & Jerry Kids
- Toxic Crusaders
- Why, Charlie Brown, Why?
- Widget the World Watcher
- The Wizard of Oz (1990)
- The Yum Yums: The Day Things Went Sour
1991
- Adventures in Odyssey
- The Adventures of R.F. Ant
- The Adventures of Tintin (1991)
- Æon Flux
- Back to the Future: The Animated Series
- Bucky O'Hare and the Toad Wars!
- Captain Zed and the Zee Zone
- The Chipmunks: Rockin' Through the Decades
- Cogs Hollow
- Darkwing Duck
- Doug
- The Fool and the Flying Ship
- Hammerman
- James Bond Jr.
- Junglies
- The Legend of Prince Valiant
- Liquid Television
- Little Dracula
- Little Shop: Animated adaptation of Little Shop of Horrors.
- Lolita Lolita
- Lucky Luke (1991 revival)
- The Magic Trolls and the Troll Warriors
- Mr. Bogus
- The Pirates of Dark Water
- ProStars
- The Ren & Stimpy Show
- Rugrats
- Rupert
- Saban's Adventures of the Little Mermaid
- Snoopy's Reunion
- Soupe Opéra
- Spider! (1991)
- The Story of Holly and Ivy: Received an animated special in 1991.
- Super Mario World (1991)
- Swamp Thing (1991)
- Taz-Mania
- The Tiger and the Brahmin
- Tiny Toon Adventures
- Toucan Tecs
- The Twins of Destiny
- Victor & Hugo
- Where's Wally? (1991)
- Wild West C.O.W.-Boys of Moo Mesa
- Wish Kid
- The Wizard of Oz (1991)
- Yo Yogi!
1992
- The Addams Family (1992)
- The Adventures of T-Rex
- Batman: The Animated Series
- Battletoads
- Beavis and Butt-Head
- Bitsy Bears
- Brer Rabbit and Boss Lion
- Capitol Critters
- Cococinel
- Conan the Adventurer
- Defenders of Dynatron City
- Dog City
- Eek! The Cat
- Ferry Boat Fred
- Fievel's American Tails: Series based on the film series.
- Fish Police
- For Better or for Worse
- The Last Camping Trip
- The Christmas Angel
- The Good-for-Nothing
- Frosty Returns
- The Gingerbread Man (1992)
- Goof Troop
- The Itsy Bitsy Spider: Adapted into a TV series in 1994
- It’s Spring Training, Charlie Brown: Not broadcast until 1996
- Joshua Jones
- King Arthur & the Knights of Justice
- The Legend of the North Wind
- The Little Mermaid (1992) (based on the 1989 movie)
- My Little Pony Tales
- The New Adventures of the Shoe People
- Noddy's Toyland Adventures
- Peppermint Rose
- P.J. Sparkles
- Potsworth & Company
- Raw Toonage
- Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
- Sly Fox and Birdie
- The Tune
- Twinkle, the Dream Being
- The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
- X-Men: The Animated Series
- Zoo Olympics: Released to coincide with the 1992 Summer Olympic Games.
1993
- Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog
- The Animals of Farthing Wood
- Animaniacs
- Avenger Penguins
- Baby Follies
- Basket Fever
- The Beano Video
- Biker Mice from Mars
- Blinky Bill
- Bob's Birthday
- The BOTS Master
- Bubsy (Pilot)
- Christopher Crocodile
- Cro
- The D.A.R.E. Report: The Land of Decisions and Choices
- David Copperfield (1993)
- Double Dragon (1993)
- Exo Squad
- Family Dog
- For Better or for Worse
- A Valentine From the Heart
- The Babe Magnet
- Jonny's Golden Quest
- Katie and Orbie
- The Legends of Treasure Island
- Madeline
- Mighty Max
- The Moxy Show
- The New Adventures of Speed Racer
- Orson and Olivia
- Papa Beaver's Storytime
- The New Pink Panther Show
- Problem Child
- The Return Of The North Wind
- Rocko's Modern Life
- The Shnookums & Meat Funny Cartoon Show
- Sonic the Hedgehog (SatAM)
- Stone Protectors
- SWAT Kats
- Tales from the Cryptkeeper
- 2 Stupid Dogs
- VeggieTales
- The Wrong Trousers: First Wallace and Gromit film to premiere on the BBC.
1994
- Aaahh!!! Real Monsters
- Aladdin: The Series
- Albert the Fifth Musketeer
- Angry Little Asian Girl
- The Baby Huey Show
- BattleTech (1994)
- Beano Videostars
- The Bears Who Saved Christmas
- Beethoven: The Animated Series
- Billy the Cat
- The Brothers Grunt
- Bump in the Night
- Budgie the Little Helicopter
- The Busy World of Richard Scarry
- Creepy Crawlers
- The Critic
- Dino Babies
- The Dirdy Birdy
- Dr. Zitbag's Transylvania Pet Shop
- Duckman
- Fantastic Four: The Animated Series
- Free Willy (1994)
- Gargoyles
- Happy Ness: The Secret of the Loch
- The Head
- Highlander: The Animated Series
- A Hollywood Hounds Christmas
- Hurricanes
- Il était une fois... les Découvreurs
- Iron Man: The Animated Series
- Jay Jay the Jet Plane (original model series)
- The Legend of the Hawaiian Slammers
- Magic Adventures of Mumfie
- The Magic School Bus
- Mega Man (Ruby-Spears)
- Monster Force (1994)
- The Mousehole Cat
- The Night Before Christmas (1994)
- Phantom 2040
- ReBoot
- Red Planet: Adaptation of the Robert A. Heinlein novel.
- Robinson Sucroe
- Roman City (Documentary)
- Scooby-Doo in Arabian Nights
- Sgt. Savage and his Screaming Eagles
- Skeleton Warriors
- Space Ghost Coast to Coast
- Spider-Man: The Animated Series
- Street Sharks
- The Tick
- Where on Earth Is Carmen Sandiego?
- Wild C.A.T.s (1994)
- Yogi the Easter Bear
- You're in the Super Bowl, Charlie Brown: Broadcast to coincide with Super Bowl XXVIII.
1995
- Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1995)
- Action Man (1995)
- The Caribou Kitchen
- Cartoon Planet
- Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist
- Dumb and Dumber
- Earthworm Jim
- Fantomcat
- Freakazoid!
- Freaky Stories
- Gadget Boy & Heather
- G.I. Joe Extreme
- Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
- Hot Rod Dogs and Cool Car Cats
- Iznogoud
- Jonny Quest vs. the Cyber Insects
- Life with Louie
- Little Bear
- The Little Lulu Show
- Littlest Pet Shop (1995)
- The Mask: Animated Series
- Mr. Men and Little Miss
- Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm
- Monster Mania
- The Mozart Band
- The Neverending Story: The Animated Adventures of Bastian Balthazar Bux
- Oakie Doke
- Oscar and Friends
- Oscar's Orchestra
- Pib and Pog
- Pinky and the Brain
- Pocahontas (Golden Films)
- The Prince and the Pauper (1995)
- Princess Gwenevere and the Jewel Riders
- Santa's Christmas Crash
- Santo Bugito
- Simba: è nato un re
- Skysurfer Strike Force
- The Storykeepers
- Street Fighter (1995)
- The Sylvester and Tweety Mysteries
- Tenko and the Guardians of the Magic
- Turtle Island (1995)
- The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat
- Wallace and Gromit in A Close Shave
- What A Cartoon! Show
- What-a-Mess: Adaptation by DiC Entertainment
- The Wind in the Willows (1995)
- Wolves, Witches and Giants
1996
- Adventures from the Book of Virtues
- The Adventures of Dawdle the Donkey
- All Dogs Go to Heaven: The Series: Sequel series to the second film.
- Arthur
- The Babaloos
- The Balloonatiks: Christmas Without A Claus
- Bimble's Bucket
- Blazing Dragons
- Blue's Clues
- Boo to You Too! Winnie the Pooh
- Bruno the Kid
- Bureau of Alien Detectors
- Captain Simian and the Space Monkeys
- Cave Kids
- C-Bear and Jamal
- Crocadoo
- Dennis the Menace (1996)
- Dexter's Laboratory
- Donkey Kong Country (1996)
- Dragon Flyz
- Famous Fred
- Flash Gordon (1996)
- Hey Arnold!
- Il était une fois... les Explorateurs
- The Incredible Hulk (1996)
- Izzy's Quest for Olympic Gold
- Jim Button: Based on the 1960 novel
- Jonny Quest: The Real Adventures
- Jumanji: The Animated Series
- Jungle Cubs
- The Jungle Show
- Little Mouse on the Prairie
- The Magical Adventures of Quasimodo
- Mighty Ducks: The Animated Series
- Migraine Boy: Animated shorts by MTV based on the comic strip series.
- Mister Go
- The Morph Files
- Mouse and Mole
- Nanook's Great Hunt
- Night Hood
- The Oz Kids
- Percy The Park Keeper
- Pond Life
- Project G.e.e.K.e.R.
- Quack Pack
- Richie Rich (1996)
- Road Rovers
- Rudolph's Lessons for Life
- Saban's Adventures of Oliver Twist
- Sky Dancers
- The Spooktacular New Adventures of Casper
- Stickin' Around: Began as a series of 1-minute interstills in 1994.
- The Story of Santa Claus
- Superman: The Animated Series
- Testament: The Bible in Animation
- Transformers:Beast Wars
- The Triplets
- Wat's Pig
- Waynehead
- The Willows in Winter (1996)
- Wing Commander Academy
1997
- 101 Dalmatians: The Series: Series based on the 1961 film.
- The Adventures of Captain Pugwash
- The Adventures of Corduroy
- The Adventures of Paddington Bear
- The Adventures of Sam & Max: Freelance Police
- The Angry Beavers
- Animal Crackers (1997)
- Babes in Toyland (1997)
- Blake and Mortimer: Based on the comic book series.
- Buddy Buddy... A Dog's Life!
- Caillou
- Cartoon Sushi
- Cartoons That Never Made It
- Channel Umptee-3
- A Christmas Carol (1997)
- Cow and Chicken
- The Crayon Box
- Daria
- Extreme Dinosaurs
- Extreme Ghostbusters
- For Better or For Worse: A Storm in April
- Franklin
- The Goddamn George Liquor Program
- Grand-Mère est une Sorcière
- Ivanhoe: The King's Knight
- Jellabies (a.k.a. Jellikins)
- Johnny Bravo
- KaBlam!
- Kassai and Luk
- Kevin Spencer
- King of the Hill
- Kipper
- Larry & Steve
- The Legend of Calamity Jane
- The Magician: Aired on Fox Kids in 1999.
- Men in Black: The Series
- Mummies Alive!
- Ned's Newt
- The New Adventures of Zorro (1997)
- Nightmare Ned
- The Old Lady and the Pigeons
- Pepper Ann
- Plasmo
- The Prince of Atlantis
- Princess Sissi
- Recess
- Salty's Lighthouse
- Science Court
- Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island
- The Secret World of Santa Claus
- 7 Manly Men and the Kid
- South Park (the characters had previously appeared in two shorts from 1992 and 1996)
- Space Goofs
- Stage Fright
- Super Little Fanta Heroes
- Tamagotchi Video Adventures
- Timon & Pumbaa
- Todd McFarlane's Spawn
- Van-Pires
- The Wacky World of Tex Avery
1998
- Anatole
- Archibald the Koala
- As Told by Ginger: Pilot was produced in 1998 and series entered production at end of the decade.
- Bad Dog
- The Bear (1994)
- Billy
- Birdz
- The Black Corsair (1998)
- Bob and Margaret: Series featuring the characters from "Bob's Birthday"
- Bob Morane
- Buster & Chauncey's Silent Night
- CatDog
- Celebrity Deathmatch
- The Country Mouse and the City Mouse Adventures
- Curbside
- Dad'X
- The Dumb Bunnies
- The First Snow of Winter
- Flying Rhino Junior High
- The Forgotten Toys: Series based on the 1995 TV special
- Godzilla: The Series
- Hercules: The Animated Series: Television series based on the feature film.
- Hercules and Xena – The Animated Movie: The Battle for Mount Olympus
- Histeria!
- Home Movies (initially aired in 1998 and cancelled after 6 episodes, revived by [adult swim] in 2001)
- Invasion America
- Kleo the Misfit Unicorn (pilot aired in 1997)
- Lavender Castle
- The Lionhearts
- Little Monsters
- Lucky and Zorba
- Mad Jack the Pirate
- Maggie and the Ferocious Beast: Shorts based on the 1996 children's book, turned into a full series in 2000
- Les Malheurs de Sophie (1998)
- Monster Farm
- Mythic Warriors: Guardians of the Legend
- The Nanna And Lil Puss Puss Show
- Oggy and the Cockroaches
- Oh Yeah! Cartoons
- Our Friend, Martin
- Papyrus
- Patrol 03
- PB&J Otter
- Pocahontas: Princess of the American Indians
- Pocket Dragon Adventures
- The Powerpuff Girls (1998)
- Renaade
- Rex the Runt
- Rolie Polie Olie
- Sandokan – The Tiger of Malaysia
- The Secret Files of the Spy Dogs
- Shadow Raiders
- Sheeep
- Silver Surfer: The Animated Series
- Skippy: Adventures in Bushtown
- Sonic Underground
- Star Hill Ponies
- Stressed Eric
- The Tale of the Great Bunny
- The Three Friends... and Jerry
- Timbuctoo
- Toonslyvania
- Voltron: The Third Dimension
- The Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald
- "Scared Silly"
- "The Legend of Grimace Island" (released January 1999)
- "Visitors from Outer Space" (released April 1999)
- The White Cowboy
- The Wild Thornberrys
1999
- 64 Zoo Lane
- A Little Curious
- Angry Kid (pilot was released in 1995)
- Archie's Weird Mysteries
- The Avengers: United They Stand
- Batman Beyond
- Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot
- The Big Knights
- Blaster's Universe: Animated adaptation of the video games.
- Bob the Builder
- The Brothers Flub
- Charley and Mimmo
- Courage the Cowardly Dog
- Crashbox
- Cult Toons
- Cybersix
- Detention (1999)
- Dilbert: Animated Adaptation of the comic strip.
- Downtown
- Dragon Tales
- Dream Street
- Ed, Edd n Eddy
- Elliot Moose
- Faeries (1999)
- Family Guy
- Fantaghirò
- Flipper and Lopaka
- Fly Tales
- The Foxbusters
- Futurama
- George and Martha
- Goodnight Moon & Other Sleepytime Tales
- Hilltop Hospital
- Hoze Houndz
- Jingaroo
- The Kids from Room 402
- The Legend of Sleeping Beauty
- Little Bill
- Maisy
- Maxine's Christmas Carol: Direct-to-Video Christmas special based on the greeting card franchise.
- Mega Babies
- Mickey Mouse Works (later became House of Mouse)
- Mike, Lu & Og
- Mimi and the Gang
- Mission Hill
- Mona the Vampire
- NASCAR Racers
- The New Woody Woodpecker Show
- Pablo the Little Red Fox
- The PJs
- Poky and Friends
- Rayman: The Animated Series
- Redwall: Adaptation of the novels.
- Ripley's Believe It or Not! (1999)
- Rocket Power
- Roswell Conspiracies: Aliens, Myths and Legends
- Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles
- Sabrina: The Animated Series
- Scooby-Doo! and the Witch's Ghost
- Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century
- Simsala Grimm
- Spider-Man Unlimited (1999)
- SpongeBob SquarePants
- Station Zero
- The Three Bears (1999)
- Toad Patrol
- Watership Down (1999)
- Weird-Ohs
- Xyber 9: New Dawn
From previous decades
- Alfred J. Kwak (1989-1991)
- Babar
- Captain N: The Game Master (began airing in 1989, ending in 1991)
- The Disney Afternoon
- DuckTales (1987) (the last episode of its third season and the entirety of its fourth aired in 1990)
- DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp (premiered in theaters between seasons 3 and 4 of the TV series and is set during that time as well)
- Ernest Le Vampire (1989-1992)
- Fantastic Max (Though the series began airing in 1988, the last few episodes aired in 1990)
- Felix the Cat:
- Felix the Cat: The Movie (which had already received a limited release in 1988 and 1989, but had gotten shuffled back to The Shelf of Movie Languishment for two more years afterward)
- Felix the Cat (Joe Oriolo): Originated in the late '50s/early '60s, but had syndicated reruns during this decade.
- Fireman Sam (Series 3 aired in 1990 and Series 4 in 1994)
- Garfield and Friends (began in 1987, ending in 1994)
- James the Cat (Series 2 aired in 1998)
- La Pimpa (Series 2 aired in 1997)
- Penny Crayon (1989-1990)
- Postman Pat (Four TV specials and Series 2 were released during this decade)
- A Pup Named Scooby-Doo (1988-1990)
- Purno de Purno (1989-2007)
- The Raccoons (aired from 1985 (with four preceding TV specials) until mid-1992)
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987) (despite first airing in the 80s, it spent most of its run in this decade up until 1996)
- Thomas & Friends (Series 3A was released in 1991, Series 3B in 1992, Series 4 in 1995, and Series 5 in 1998)
- Bamboo Bears
- Barnyard Commandos
- A Bunch of Munsch
- Cadillacs and Dinosaurs
- Captain Star
- Darkstalkers (Graz Entertainment)
- DTV
- Fat Dog Mendoza
- The Magic Flute
- Malo Korrigan
- Mutant League
- Noah's Island
- Operavox
- Stunt Dawgs
- Video Power
- Vor-Tech: Undercover Conversion Squad
- Walter Melon