Animal Yokochō
| Animal Yokochō | |
Cover of the first manga volume of Animal Yokochō | |
| アニマル横町 (Animaru Yokochō) | |
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| Genre | Comedy |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Ryō Maekawa |
| Published by | Shueisha |
| Imprint | Ribon Mascot Comics |
| Magazine | Ribon |
| Demographic | Shōjo |
| Original run | February 2000 – present |
| Volumes | 23 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by |
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| Music by | Yasunori Iwasaki |
| Studio | |
| Original network | TXN (TV Tokyo) |
| English network | |
| Original run | October 4, 2005 – September 26, 2006 |
| Episodes | 51 (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.