Dōbutsu no Mori (劇場版 どうぶつの森 Gekijōban Dōbutsu no Mori?), also known and translated as Animal Crossing: The Movie in English, is a Japanese movie based on the Animal Crossing series. It was released about a year after Wild World, which the movie is most based on. It was directed by Jōji Shimura and was released on DVD.