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Gekijô-ban Dôbutsu no Mori

2006 · 87 min · Director: Jôji Shimura ★ IMDb 6.6 · 1,097 ratings

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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.

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Gekijô-ban Dôbutsu no Mori (2006) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Joy 35%, Nostalgia 20%, Empathy 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

35%Joy
  1. Joy35%
  2. Awe15%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Joy, Nostalgia, Empathy. Genres: Comedy, Drama, Animation. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Joy, Nostalgia and Empathy. Its IMDb rating of 6.6/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 64/100.

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Emotional journey

AI · from subtitles
  • Joy
  • Curiosity
  • Humor

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Joy

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Curiosity

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Joy
Curiosity
Humor
Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values.
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 3 %, then rises around 38 %, then peaks around 88 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityJoyCuriosityHumor
2.5 %≈ 2′Joy43 %27 %33 %30 %
7.5 %≈ 7′Humor48 %26 %31 %41 %
12.5 %≈ 11′Humor49 %26 %31 %44 %
17.5 %≈ 15′Humor45 %23 %35 %35 %
22.5 %≈ 20′Curiosity45 %28 %41 %28 %
27.5 %≈ 24′Joy49 %38 %45 %28 %
32.5 %≈ 28′Joy51 %40 %46 %34 %
37.5 %≈ 33′Curiosity60 %45 %53 %34 %
42.5 %≈ 37′Tension66 %53 %49 %25 %
47.5 %≈ 41′Joy60 %45 %34 %21 %
52.5 %≈ 46′Sadness55 %26 %24 %21 %
57.5 %≈ 50′Sadness58 %18 %16 %18 %
62.5 %≈ 54′Sadness64 %24 %15 %16 %
67.5 %≈ 59′Sadness65 %35 %26 %21 %
72.5 %≈ 63′Curiosity64 %36 %49 %31 %
77.5 %≈ 67′Curiosity70 %36 %57 %34 %
82.5 %≈ 72′Tension76 %39 %51 %24 %
87.5 %≈ 76′Tension80 %44 %50 %23 %
92.5 %≈ 80′Joy79 %59 %36 %30 %
97.5 %≈ 85′Joy72 %65 %18 %32 %
Man in a hole

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

Yui Horie

Ai (voice)

MF
Misato Fukuen

Buke (voice)

Yu Kobayashi

Yuu (voice)

TK
Takatoshi Kaneko

Alberto (voice)

Masaki Terasoma

Apollo (voice)

YH
Yurika Hino

Bianka (voice)

YT
Yasuhiro Takato

Saruo (voice)

KT
Kazuya Tatekabe

Alan (voice)

Yuji Ueda

Sakurajima (voice)

Hisao Egawa

Daruman (voice)

Naoki Tatsuta

Tanukichi (voice)

NN
Noriko Namiki

Tsubukichi (voice)

Kenichi Ogata

Kotobuki (voice)

AS
Akio Suyama

Perio (voice)

O
Otoha

Periko (voice)

YM
Yuko Mizutani

Perimi (voice)

Kappei Yamaguchi

Fûta (voice)

MK
Mika Kanai

Fûko (voice)

Takaya Hashi

Master (voice)

Details

Directed by
Jôji Shimura
Written by
Aya Matsui
Type
Animation
Released
2006
Runtime
87 min
Country
Japan
Ratings
★ IMDb 6.6 · 1,097 ratings
Feels mostly
Joy
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