Japan Synopsis
どうぶつの森
“Do you want to live in Animal Crossing?”
This is the story of a young self-reliant girl called Ai, who one day, moves into the Animal Village. While working at Tom Nook's shop "Nook's Cranny" she begins living her life away from her family. To begin with, she doesn't know left from right, but under the guidance of Mayor Tortimer, the angry but correct Mr. Resetti, and the wandering musician K.K. Slider among others, she is eventually accepted as a member of 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
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Animal Crossing: The Movie. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
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Animation + Drama in Japan
730 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Animation and Drama genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Animal Crossing: The Movie itself).
The 2005–2007 Japan Window
Animal Crossing: The Movie holds position #196 of 364 Japan films in the 2005–2007 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2000s Japan Landscape
2006 was the decade’s peak output year for Japan — 134 titles released, including Animal Crossing: The Movie. Bars below show how the 2000s stacked up year by year (1020 total).
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 133 other Japan films in 2006.
The 1907th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
46 audience reviews — more than 62% of Japan films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 67th percentile among Japan films.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #2,553 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (44th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Among Japan Animation productions specifically: #1,689 of 2,532 (top 67%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | TOHO, VAP, Nintendo, Dragon Production, Studio Cockpit |
| Runtime | 1h 27m |
| Release Date | December 16, 2006 |
| IMDb | tt1190545 |