Gekijōban Dōbutsu no Mori

Dōbutsu no Mori (Animal Forest)
Animal Crossing film poster
Directed by	Jōjin Shimura
Written by	Aya Matsui
Produced by	Bunshō Kajiya
Starring	Yui Horie Misato Fukuen Fumiko Orikasa Yū Kobayashi Naoki Tatsuta Kenichi Ogata Shun Oguri Yūichi Kimura
Cinematography	Kōji Yamakoshi
Edited by	Toshio Henmi
Music by	Kazumi Totaka
Distributed by	Toho (in association with Nintendo)
Release dates	December 16, 2006 Japan July 25, 2007 Japanese DVD August 8, 2009 Video Card for the Nintendo DS
Running time	87 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Dōbutsu no Mori (劇場版 どうぶつの森, Gekijōban Dōbutsu no Mori, lit. "Animal Forest: The Movie") is an anime film based on the Animal Crossing series of video games. The director is Jōjin Shimura, who has worked previously on Master Keaton and Shin Angyo Joshi. It retains the theme of the video game, in which a villager moves to a town and interacts with the animal villagers. It opened in theaters in Japan on December 16, 2006. On September 12, 2010, Pagons, Inc. announced that the film will be released in Europe in late September or early October. The film earned an estimated 1,800,000,000 yen (approximately $19,269,000) at the box office. The film is mostly based on Animal Crossing:Wild World.

Characters

Character	Description	Voice cast
Ai	The naive female human protagonist of the film who moves into the Animal Village.	Yui Horie
Rosie the Cat	A frank female cat who befriends Ai. She has a tendency to praise her own wares. She discovers a Seismosaurus fossil in the village cave. She is Bouqet in the Japanese language release of the video games.	Misato Fukuen
Margie the Elephant	A female elephant who dreams of becoming a designer. Despite her large and intimidating appearance, she is a kind and gentle person, and befriends Ai along with Rosie. She is Sally in the Japanese language release of the video games.	Fumiko Orikasa
Yū	A human boy who lives in a neighboring village. His hobbies include cosplaying (usually as a pirate or a ninja) and collecting insects and fossils.	Yū Kobayashi
Alfonso the Crocodile	A mischievous male crocodile who is friends with Yū. He is Albert in the Japanese video games.	Takatoshi Kaneko
Apollo the Eagle	A calm male eagle whom Whitney seems to admire.	Masaki Terasoma
Whitney the Wolf	A lovely female white wolf who seems to admire Apollo. She has a passion for ladylikeness. It is heavily implied throughout the movie that she and Apollo were once a couple. She is Bianka in the Japanese language release of the video games.	Yurika Hino
Champ the Monkey	A muscular male monkey who likes to weight-train, and does so throughout the movie. He is Saruo in the Japanese language release of the video games.	Yasuhiro Takato
Cesar the Gorilla	A male gorilla who is skilled in enka. He is good friends with Cyrano. He is Araso in the Japanese language release of the video games.	Kazuya Tatekabe
Cyrano the Anteater	A male anteater who is skilled in chanson. He is good friends with Cesar. He is Sakurajima in the Japanese language release of the video games.	Yūji Ueda
Hopper the Penguin	A male Rockhopper penguin who likes to fish. He always fishes at the same place. He is Tux in the Japanese language release of the video games, where he is a lot grumpier than how he was portrayed.	Hisao Egawa
List of characters in the Animal Crossing series
Tom Nook	A male tanuki that owns a shop in the Animal Village. He likes to make new villagers work at his store as a part time job. He is known as Tanukichi in the Japanese games.
Tortimer	An old tortoise, and mayor of the village. In the film, he is worried about his upcoming re-election, even though he is the only candidate. He is known as Kotobuki in the Japanese games.	Kenichi Ogata
Pete the Mailman	A male pelican who delivers letters around the Animal Village. He is Pelio in the Japanese language release of the video games.	Akio Suyama
Pelly the Pelican	A female pelican who works in the Animal Village City Hall during the daytime hours. She is a tender and kind person, unlike her older sister Pelimi. She is Peliko in the Japanese language release of the video games.	Otoha
Phyllis the Pelican	A female pelican who works in the Animal Village City Hall during the nighttime hours. Unlike her younger sister Pelly, she is a foul-mouthed and bitter person. She is Pelimi in the Japanese language release of the video games.	Yūko Mizutani
Blathers the Owl	A male Ural Owl who works at the Animal Village Museum. He cannot stop talking about dinosaurs once he starts talking about one. To obtain a Seismosaurus fossil is his dream. He is Fūta in the Japanese language release of the video games. Unlike in the games, he is not nocturnal.	Kappei Yamaguchi
Celeste the Owl	A female owl who runs the observatory in the museum. A dubbed version of the movie states that the cafe is on the roof and the observatory in the basement. She is Fūko in the Japanese language release of the video games. Unlike in the games, she is not nocturnal.	Mika Kanai
Brewster	A male Columbidae who runs the kissaten in the museum's basement. He is Masuta in the Japanese language release of the video games.	Takaya Hashi
Totakeke (K.K. Slider)	A male street musician dog. He is named and modeled after musician Kazumi Totaka. He is referred to as both Totakeke and K.K. Slider in the video games. When he sings K.K. Bossa during the fireworks festival, he sings it in Animalese, like in the games.	Shun Oguri
Mr. Resetti	A male mole who is in charge of the illumination in the Village. He is Reset in the Japanese language release of the video games, where he serves a different purpose. He appears if the player resets the game without saving, and lectures them not to.	Yūichi Kimura
Wendell	A male walrus painter who is frequently hungry and sorrowful. He is Seiichi in the Japanese language release of the video games.	Junpei Takiguchi
Mabel	The younger of the two Able Sisters, who are hedgehog tailors. She is Asami in the Japanese language release of the video games.	Mari Adachi
Sable	The older of the two Able Sisters, who are hedgehog tailors. She is Kinuyo in the Japanese language release of the video games.	Saori Hattori
Crazy Redd	A male fox who runs a suspicious black market. He is Tsunekichi in the Japanese language release of the video games.	Tetsuo Sakaguchi
Pascal	A male sea otter. He is Rakosuke in the Japanese language release of the video games.	Takashi Miike
Gulliver	A male astronaut Common Gull who flies around the Village in a UFO, and also speaks English. He is Jonni in the Japanese language release of the video games. In the original game, he was a sailor that washed up on shore once a week, giving the player a rare piece of furniture. In Wild World, he flies a UFO like he does in the film, which the player can shoot down with a slingshot. Afterwards, the player must gather the pieces of the ship just like in the movie. Gulliver rewards the player with a piece of space-themed furniture with the completion of this task.	Wataru Takagi
Kapp'n	A male taxicab-driving kappa. He is Kappei in the Japanese language release of the video games. In the original game, he operates the ferry that takes the player to Animal Island. In Wild World, he drives the cab that first takes the player to the village, like in the film.	Mitsuo Iwata
Other characters	Dr. Shrunk, Lyle, Katie, Kaitlin, and Saharah are all seen during the fireworks festival, but have no lines.

External links

• Dōbutsu no Mori (Animal Forest) at IMDb
• North American Animal Crossing Movie Update