Animal Yokochō

Animal Yokochō
Cover of the first manga volume of Animal Yokochō
アニマル横町
(Animaru Yokochō)
GenreComedy
Manga
Written byRyō Maekawa
Published byShueisha
ImprintRibon Mascot Comics
MagazineRibon
DemographicShōjo
Original runFebruary 2000 – present
Volumes23
Anime television series
Directed by
  • Yukio Nishimoto
  • Nam Jong-sik
Music byYasunori Iwasaki
Studio
Original networkTXN (TV Tokyo)
English network
Original run October 4, 2005 September 26, 2006
Episodes51 (102 segments)

Animal Yokochō (アニマル横町, Animaru Yokochō; trans. Animal Alley) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Ryo Maekawa and serialized in Ribon Magazine, Ribon Original and Ribon Bikkuri. It is the story about a little girl who has a doorway to another world in her room, from which three bizarre and frequently-annoying stuffed animal-like creatures emerge to make her life "interesting". This manga's characters originally appeared in Ribon Original as quiz column's characters.

The manga won the award for children's manga at the 51st Shogakukan Manga Awards.