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“Ai moves to Animal Village, makes quirky friends, and discovers her purpose through mysterious beach notes.”
Animal Crossing: The Movie
どうぶつの森
7.08
4,310 rank · 29,114 viewers · 175 favorites
Slice of Life
Anthropomorphic
Kids
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Synopsis
Ai moves to Animal Village, makes quirky friends, and discovers her purpose through mysterious beach notes.
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.
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 25 sampled reviews
7.9
/10
What 25 viewers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 8
mode 9
σ 1.45
Agreement
Mostly aligned
σ 1.45 · some divergence
The polarity gap
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↓ 1.12
Running avg · Mar 2008 → Jul 2023
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 9 “Like many of the others I had no idea what to expect going into an animated version of Animal Crossing; as the games themselves have little to no plot other than what you make of it by yourself....”
- 8 “I have in my life, had many thoughts. One such thought that has occurred to me in the duration of my life time is the following. Animal Crossing (Doubutsu no Mori) is easily described in two words:...”
- 7 “It's not easy to adapt such a strange concept into a movie. But whoever did it, they managed to keep (at least) the spirit of the game. Watching this movie makes you feel soothed and give you a...”
Verbosity
Short · 48%
Medium · 36%
Long · 16%
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- Format 1 × 87′ eps × min
- Total runtime 1h 27m all episodes
- Aired Dec 2006 – ongoing
- Source Movie media type
- Rated G All Ages
- Ref. BS-2684 catalog
Produced by
- Nippon Television Network Producer
- Shogakukan Productions Producer