Gekijōban Dōbutsu no Mori
| Dōbutsu no Mori | |
|---|---|
 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 |
Release dates | December 16, 2006 DVD- July 25, 2007 Japan |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Dōbutsu no Mori (どうぶつの森, lit. "Animal Forest") 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. Release dates for other countries have not yet been announced[1]. The film earned an estimated 1,800,000,000 yen (approximately $5,000,000) at the box office.
The film is widely based on Animal Crossing: Wild World.
Story
The following is a translation of the story from the Japanese site:
One day, a young girl called Ai 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. Along the way she meets Margie, who dreams of being a designer, the straight-talking Rosie, and Whitney the Wolf, who is in love with Apollo. Soon the four of them become good friends.
One spring evening Ai finds a bottle on the beach. She picks it up, opens it and finds a mysterious message written inside. “Plant a Conifer, and on the night of the Snow Festival something miraculous will happen.”
Time passes, and soon it's time for the Snow Festival. This year it will be one very special day, and send an uproar throughout the village. Ai, following the instructions in that mysterious message, has planted a Conifer. What kind of miracle will happen on the night of the Snow Festival...?
Characters
| Character | Description | Japanese seiyū |
|---|---|---|
| Ai | The naive, simple, and innocent 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. | Misato Fukuen |
| Sally 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. | Fumiko Orikasa |
| Yū | A brave 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. | Takatoshi Kaneko |
| Apollo the Eagle | A calm male eagle whom Whitney seems to admire. | Masaki Terasoma |
| Whitney the Wolf | A cool female gray wolf who seems to admire Apollo. | Yurika Hino |
| Champ the Monkey | A muscular male monkey who likes to weight-train. | Yasuhiro Takato |
| Cesar the Gorilla | A male gorilla who is skilled in enka. He is good friends with Cyrano. | Kazuya Tatekabe |
| Cyrano the Anteater | A male anteater who is skilled in chanson. He is good friends with Cesar. | Yūji Ueda |
| Hopper the Penguin | A male penguin who likes to fish. He always fishes at the same place. | Hisao Egawa |
| 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. | Naoki Tatsuta |
| Timmy and Tommy | Two male tanuki who work for Tom Nook as assistants. | Kimiko Koyama Noriko Namiki |
| Mayor Tortimer | A male turtle who acts as the village headman. | Kenichi Ogata |
| Pete the Mailman | A male pelican who delivers letters around the Animal Village. | 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 Phyllis. | 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. | Yūko Mizutani |
| Blathers the Owl | A male Ural Owl who works at the Animal Village Museum. Like his name suggests, he cannot stop talking about dinosaurs once he starts talking about one. To obtain a Seismosaurus fossil is his dream. | Kappei Yamaguchi |
External links
References
- ^ "IGN News Report "Animal Crossing reaches three million". IGN. May 13, 2006. Retrieved 14 May 2006.
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