Doubutsu no Mori (Animal Crossing: The Movie)

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Synonyms: Animal Crossing, Animal Forest

Japanese: どうぶつの森

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Type: Movie

Episodes: 1

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Dec 16, 2006

Producers: Studio Jack, Nippon Television Network

Licensors: None found, add some

Studios: OLM

Source: Game

Genre: Slice of Life

Theme: Anthropomorphic

Demographic: Kids

Duration: 1 hr. 27 min.

Rating: G - All Ages

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Score: 7.06¹ (scored by 13,552 users)

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Ranked: #4041²

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Popularity: #4293

Members: 26,598

Favorites: 167

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On a fateful day, a young girl named Ai takes a taxi to her new home in Animal Village. After being swindled by her landlord, Tanukichi, into working for his delivery service, it is not long before Ai meets other village residents: Kotobuki, the mayor perpetually worried about his reelection; Yuu, the only other human around, with a passion for random antics and costumes; Bouquet, an overly energetic but rather friendly cat; and Sally, an elephant who dreams of being a fashion designer. New friends seem to lurk in every nook and cranny, but despite that, Ai still struggles to find her niche in this town—until some mysterious notes left on the beach give her a glimpse of a greater purpose.

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Background

Doubutsu no Mori is based on the 2001 video game series Animal Crossing by Nintendo. The movie began production following the success of Animal Crossing: Wild World, with the 2005 Nintendo DS game shipping a total of three million copies in Japan at the time. Some video game staff worked closely with the project to ensure the movie would widely appeal to audiences, just like the games.

The film was released on DVD in Japan on July 25, 2007.

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Bouquet

Main

Fukuen, Misato
Japanese

Ai

Main

Horie, Yui
Japanese

Bianca

Main

Hino, Yurika
Japanese

Yuu

Main

Kobayashi, Yuu
Japanese

Sally

Main

Orikasa, Fumiko
Japanese

Alfonso

Main

Tanukichi

Supporting

Tatsuta, Naoki
Japanese

Totakeke

Supporting

Oguri, Shun
Japanese

Mr. Resetti

Supporting

Apollo

Supporting

Terasoma, Masaki
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Oomura, Makoto

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Okuno, Toshiaki

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Shimura, Jouji

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Mima, Masafumi

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"Mori e Ikou (森へ行こう)" by Taeko Onuki

Reviews

Apr 19, 2009

5757

Recommended

My first review, please bear with me.

I didn't even know there was an anime adaption of Animal Crossing before I came across it on this site. My first thought was, how could the make a movie out of a game that doesn't have a plot? But I was really interested, as I loved the game. Not sure what to expect, I watched it. And I was very surprised.

Story ; 9/10
The story centers around the main character, Ai, and how she adjusts to living in the animal village she just moved to. Again, I wasn't really expecting this to have a good plot, but it ...

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Mar 24, 2008

Kani-Sama

Recommended

Animal Crossing was really worth it. It dosn't matter if your a fan of the video games or if this is your first time seeing Animal Crossing; people are going to be watching through this till the very satisfying end. The story, altough at first dosn't really have a strong plot in the beginning, will make you stay on the edge of your seat and will be making you wonder what will happen next. The art is a bit toned down from most anime. It has a more kiddish feel to it, but it goes well with the anime in this case and it makes ...

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Apr 14, 2009

Akari-san

Mixed Feelings

For those of you who enjoyed the game, Animal Crossing was an interesting movie. It summarized the game fairly well, adding in different characters and giving Ai, the main character, a home to live in. It was a fun thing to watch. The animation was cute and the storyline similar to that of the games.

One thing that I didn't like much about this was that it didn't have much of a plotline to go off of. Much like the game, you get a job and fix a house up and that's pretty much it. Where do you go with that in a movie?

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