Dobutsu no Mori
Dobutsu no Mori ("Animal
Forest: The Movie") is an anime film based on the Animal Crossing series
of video games. The director is Jojin 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.
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...?
Character Description
Japanese seiyu
Ai The naive, simple, and innocent female human protagonist
of the film who moves into the Animal Village. She also likes cherries. 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
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. Fumiko Orikasa
Yu 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. Yu Kobayashi
Alfonso the Crocodile
A mischievous male crocodile who is friends with Yu. 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. Throughout the entire
movie he is non stop training. 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. Yuji 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. Yuko 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
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