What if Ezekiel Vincent Productions was founded in 1937?/Sanrio Animation was founded in 1939?/Animal Crossing (1996)

Animal Crossing is an American-British-Canadian animated/stop-motion family sitcom created by Ezekiel Vincent, Nick Park, and Phil Roman for Ezekiel Channel, based on the Tanuki and the Dog shorts from the Sanriotoons franchise.

The series officially premiered on November 22, 1996. It has received worldwide critical acclaim since its premiere and gained enormous popularity (behind Hello Kitty) by its second season. A feature film, The Animal Crossing Movie, released in theaters on July 18, 2003. The movie served as the series finale for the show. The series also aired on The Unikitty/The Unikitty Family, EToons, Felix TV/Felix TV Family, DBN (Saturday Morning), and Piano Kids. As of July 30, 2020, all prior seasons of the show are available on EzekielTorres Now, and Paramount+.

The show was produced by Nintendo, Aardman Animations, Film Roman, Nelvana, Corus Entertainment (who joined in 1999), Green Helicopter Television, and Sanrio Animation.

On February 14, 2018, it was announced that a Animal Crossing spin-off was in development. It is titled Tom Nook's Clubhouse, it will focus on Tom Nook and his friends interacting with the preschool audience, and will be animated using computer animation and being similar to the 1996-2003 show.

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Legacy
The show received spinoffs as well as shows aside from Animal Crossing, such as "Kamp Nookling," "The Nook-Scouts," "House of Nook," "Isabelle in Space," and "Timmy and Tommy's Cranny." In 2019, it was announced that Animal Crossing would be receiving a revival to the classic show, following the merger of The Ezekiel Vincent Company and D Tor Productions. The revival is available to watch on Paramount+, Peacock, and EzekielTorres Now, and is set to debut on all Ezekiel Channel networks in the summer of 2021.

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