どうぶつの森
Doubutsu no Mori
Ai is a self-reliant girl that moves to Animal Village. She makes friends with the various villagers as she settles into the village. One night as she walked along the beach, she finds a message in the bottle. It sets her off on a quest of planting pine trees around the village to fulfill a miracle on the eve of the Winter Festival. (Source: Anime News Network)
Names
| Original | どうぶつの森 (japanese) |
|---|---|
| Romaji | Doubutsu no Mori |
| English | — |
| Chinese | 劇場版 動物之森 (traditional · via wikidata) |
| Also known as | Animal Forest · Animal Crossing · Animal Crossing: The Movie |
Facts
| Format | Feature film · 1 ep · 87 min · 1h total |
|---|---|
| Aired | 2006-12-16 (Autumn 2006) |
| Status | FINISHED |
| Studio | OLM |
| Source | Video game |
| Origin | Japan (Anime) |
| Demographic | Kids |
| Genres | Slice of Life |
| Themes | KidsEnvironmentalAnimalsRuralFemale ProtagonistFashionSnowscapeIyashikeiAnthropomorphismComing of AgeVideo GamesCGIPrimarily Animal CastHorticulture |
Reception
| Community score | 7.02 / 10 |
|---|---|
| Bayesian score | 7.19 / 10 |
| Composite | 53.5 |
| On lists | 8,332 |
| Favourited | 173 (2.1%) |
| Completion | 95.8% |
| Drop rate | 1.3% |
| In backlog | 30.2% |
| Score spread σ | 1.66 |
Score distribution
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Where it places
| Cohort | Value | Tier | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Broadcast season | Autumn 2006 | C | 18 of 65 |
| Studio | OLM | B | 31 of 181 |
| Year | 2006 | B | 49 of 232 |
| Demographic | Kids | B | 77 of 363 |
| Source material | Video game | B | 81 of 530 |
| Era | Late 2000s | B | 261 of 1,149 |
| Format | Feature film | C | 452 of 997 |
| Length | Movie | C | 452 of 997 |
| Season (all years) | Autumn | C | 593 of 1,921 |
| Genre | Slice of Life | C | 651 of 1,578 |
| Origin | Japan | C | 2,096 of 7,157 |
Key staff
| Director | Reiko Kasuga, Masafumi Mima, Norihiro Matsubara, Masahiro Aizawa |
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AniList id 2950 · MAL id 2950 · record updated 2026-08-27