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
Unfortunately the movie Animal Crossing: The Movie is not yet available on HBO Max.
| Crew | Takashi Tezuka | Creator |
| Writing | Aya Matsui | Screenplay |
| Directing | Joji Shimura | Director |
| Visual Effects | Takayuki Shimura | Animation Director |
| Sound | Kazunari Sengoku | Music Producer |
| Sound | Masafumi Mima | Sound Director |
| Production | Shinji Hatano | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Naoto Yamatani | Sound Effects |
| Sound | Norihide Tanaka | Music Producer |
| Production | Hime Miura | Executive Producer |
| Production | Fumiyoshi Kajiya | Producer |
| Writing | Jouji Shimura | Storyboard |
| Writing | Naohito Takahashi | Storyboard |
| Visual Effects | Taka Satou | Animation Director |
| Visual Effects | Yuko Inoue | Animation Director |
| Sound | Kosuke Ogata | Sound Effects |
| Visual Effects | Kagetsu Aizawa | Animation Director |
| Editing | Toshio Henmi | Editor |
| Visual Effects | Sayuri Ichiishi | Character Designer |
| Production | Yoshio Yasunaga | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Sachiko Nishi | Sound Effects |
| Production | Osamu Kamei | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Hideyuki Hachisuka | ADR Editor |
| Art | Reiji Kasuga | Art Direction |
| Production | Yoshishige Shimatani | Executive Producer |
| Production | Makoto Ōmura | Producer |
| Sound | Masafumi Watanabe | Sound Effects |
| Writing | Takenori Kawada | Storyboard |
| Visual Effects | Norihiro Matsubara | Animation Director |
| Sound | Hiromune Kurahashi | Sound Effects |
| Sound | Omoi Yonehara | Sound Effects |
| Production | Takuya Yui | Producer |
| Visual Effects | Kazumi Sato | Animation Director |
| Production | Yu Saito | Executive Producer |
| Writing | Koji Fukasawa | Storyboard |
| Visual Effects | Akihiro Tamagawa | Animation Director |
| Visual Effects | Kazuaki Moori | Animation Director |
| Production | Sai Haraguchi | Executive Producer |
| Visual Effects | Takashi Tezuka | Character Designer |
| Visual Effects | Miyuki Sato | Color Designer |
| Sound | Kazumi Totaka | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Lee Ah-reum | Background Designer |
| Camera | Yasuji Yamagoe | Director of Photography |
| Visual Effects | Yoko Sakurai | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Chie Maruyama | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Miho Suzuki | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Naoko Kakiki | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Isamitsu Kashima | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Junko Isaka | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Midori Nagaoka | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Tomoko Takei | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Masami Takebuchi | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Akiko Nakamura | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Hiromi Naganawa | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Chisato Ikehira | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Eikichi Takahashi | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Masaaki Iwane | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Hiromi Niioka | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Kazuhiro Ohmame | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Takuya Matsumoto | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Hidetoshi Owashi | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Naohito Takahashi | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Miwa Sakai | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Tadaaki Miyata | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Taro Okuzawa | Compositing Artist |
| Art | Akiko Mikami | Background Designer |
