Which animated film was the first to be entirely computer-animated?

Toy Story was the first feature-length film to be entirely computer-animated. Released by Disney and Pixar in 1995, it follows Woody, a cowboy doll, and Buzz Lightyear, a space-ranger toy, as they compete for Andy’s attention and eventually become friends.

The film grew from Pixar’s earlier computer-animation experiments, especially the Oscar-winning short Tin Toy (1988). Director John Lasseter and his team developed new methods for modeling, lighting, and rendering a full movie digitally. Production used hundreds of computer models and required animators to solve challenges that traditional hand-drawn studios had never faced at feature scale.

Toy Story is often confused with earlier films that used computer-generated effects, such as Tron (1982), or with earlier computer-animated shorts. Those productions included significant CGI, but Toy Story was the first feature whose entire animated world was created digitally. It premiered in November 1995 and helped establish Pixar as a major animation studio.