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: 7.07¹ (scored by 13,629 users)

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Ranked: #4029²

² based on the top anime page. Please note that 'Not yet aired' and 'R18+' titles are excluded.

Popularity: #4294

Members: 26,688

Favorites: 166

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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
Japanese

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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

Jul 24, 2023

ZanyBear_

Recommended

What can I say its Great. Animal Crossing just melts the heart strings but also ...

THIS IS THE GREATEST FAN DUB I have ever seen. When Nintendo of America say no just do it yourself and it works so well. I honestly don't know why Nintendo of America never dubbed this movie as it would obviously been great for bringing fans into the franchise. I understand some people prefer subs but as a child's movie a dub just makes sense. Plus listening and being able to focus on all the details the movie has to offer is really enjoyable.

All thats left is to vote for ...

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Jul 22, 2023

Jesanime

Recommended

This anime adaptation is focused on the second entry in the game franchise Wild World for the Nintendo DS, and as such is filled with music, and art that is derived from that game. On that note, this movie is an incredibly charming and enjoyable ride. The plot focuses on a new arrival to the town, Ai, as she learns new things, makes new friends, and goes on a wacky adventure near the end. The anime, if you didn't know, is an adaptation of the (to my knowledge,) Japanese exclusive Animal Crossing Wild World manga, and as such adapts the first three issues, (to my ...

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Dec 24, 2019

KenShiiro

Mixed Feelings

First review, so please bear with me.

I was surprised at seeing that majority of the reviews I've seen on here are positive, so here's one with an opposite tone. Naturally, this review is overall negative. I'm a relatively new fan of Animal Crossing (starting with AC:NL just this year), but I've instantly fallen in love with it, so finding out it had an anime adaptation made me instantly drawn to it. I expected a lighthearted, character driven slice of life, but what I got was a movie too ambitious for it's own good.

Story: ... 4/10.
The story is bad. There are around 3 or 4 different arcs in this movie, each of which feels like it should have been 6 episodes long. Instead, they're condensed to around 30 minutes each, which just makes them feel really rushed and full of plotholes. There really isn't much more for me to say.

Art: 7/10.
The art is pretty good. They tried to make the artstyle closely resemble the Animal Crossing games, and I think it worked out pretty well. The animation isn't anything to write home about, but there are some excellent usage of CGI which can occasionally make it a blast to watch.

Sound: 9/10.
Most of the music in this game are remixes of music from various Animal Crossing games, mainly the Wild World and City Folk ones as that's the time period this movie was produced in. So naturally, the OST is fantastic. They even included a live performance of K.K. Bossa, one of my favrouite K.K. Slider songs in! The music is generally used appropriately, athough there are some places where it seems a bit awkwardly put.

Character: 6/10.
I feel like the movie introduces way too many characters to get attached to, so in the end it just makes you not have much emotional attachment to any of them. The individual characters are fine, as most of them are faithful to their in-game counterparts, but I feel like the directors were reaching way too far for this. This may be just me though, as I have never really interacted with any of the characters in the movie save Celeste and Blathers.

Enjoyment: 6/10.
Most of the parts I liked about the movie are the OST and the characters interacting with eachother, but I feel like the story significantly hinders my enjoyment of this movie. However, I did manage to enjoy it.

Overall: 6/10.
Despite all it's shortcomings (mainly the story), I still managed to enjoy the movie. I feel like it could have been much better for me if I had any prior significant attatchment to any of the main characters, but I don't. However, the movie set a beautiful message and executes quite well on it, and for me that makes it all the more memorable. In the end, this is a kid's movie, targeted at kids, so I think taking it too seriously would really hinder your enjoyment.

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