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
The 2005–2007 Japan Window
364 Japan films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. Animal Crossing: The Movie sits at position #196.
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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★ 7.2 · Japan
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★ 7.0 · Japan
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The 2000s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year in the 2000s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Animal Crossing: The Movie premiered. 1020 total titles in this decade from Japan.
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 |