It is set in a world where household appliances and other electronics have the ability to speak and move, but pretend to be lifeless in the presence of humans. It was directed by Jerry Rees and the titles were created at Walt Disney Pictures.
Disch (his first book for children it also first appeared in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction of August 1980).
Source The Brave Little Toaster is a 1987 animated adventure film adapted from the 1980 novella by Thomas M. The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars (chronologically) The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue (release)