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4	''Animal Yokocho'' (''Ani-Yoko'' for short ''lit.'' "Animal Alley") is a Japanese GagSeries {{shoujo\|Demographic}} manga, written and illustrated by Ryō Maekawa. The manga began serialization in the shoujo magazine ''Magazine/{{Ribon}}'' in February 2000, and is still ongoing.
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6	It is about a little girl named Ami Matsuzaki who has a secret doorway on the floor of her bedroom that leads to another world that is called "[[TitleDrop Animal-Yokocho/Ani-Yoko]]". It is inhabited by stuffed-animal like creatures (the main trio, Kenta; a bear, Iyo; a rabbit, and Issa; a panda) and who knows what. We are lead to believe so since the world of Ani-Yoko is never seen, save for a few shots shown in the anime when one of the characters have their flashback moments.
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8	An anime adaptation first aired from 2005 to 2006 for 51 episodes (most of which are in the TwoShorts formula. Hence, it has 102 segments).
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10	The series' notable humor often ranges up to BreakingTheFourthWall and/or [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall leaning on it]] sometimes. Much of the comedy also involved the Trio using and sometimes misinterpreting elements of popular Japanese culture, such as television quiz shows.
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12	!!The series provides examples of:
13	* AmusingInjuries: Everyone is prone to this, but especially Kenta who gains a CranialEruption every time Iyo unleashes her fury at him.
14	* AnotherDimension: Ani-Yoko, as mentioned lots of times.
15	* AnimatedAdaptation: Of the original manga.
16	* BatmanInMyBasement: Ami has to constantly hide Iyo, Kenta, and Issa from her parents. This also applies to the world of Ani-Yoko as a whole.
17	* DubNameChange: Ami, in the English dub has her name pronounced the same way as "Amy".
18	* GagSeries: A rather comedic animated series.
19	* TheGhost: Catherine Maekawa is Ami's favorite manga artist, whose voice we never hear nor do we see what she looks like.
20	* InconvenientlyPlacedConveyorBelt: Non-game example: Mr. Yamanami fixes up Ami's room to be a jungle with a hot spring-sauna deep within. After Ami realizes that they've been walking an illogically long distance within her room, the camera zooms out to show that they'd been walking on a treadmill the whole time.
21	* InexplicablyTailless: Mr. Yamanami is a horse, but has no tail.
22	* InterspeciesRomance: There's two cases. Issa the panda sometimes wants to be the main character Ami's boyfriend, and Kenta the bear and Ami's friend Kuu are openly in a relationship. Sure, Issa and Kenta are technically stuffed, but they're obviously sentient...
23	* IronButtmonkey: Kenta is often zapped by Iyo's [[CallingYourAttacks Iyo beam]]. It's only fair since he hits her with a mallet.
24	* {{Kodomomuke}}: The series has all the qualities of one.
25	* LimitedWardrobe: Ami's outfit. {{Lampshaded}} when in one episode, the Trio toured around the house and find a washing machine filled with the same type of clothing she wears every episode.
26	* NotAllowedToGrowUp: A lampshaded version when Ami has a birthday turning five years old. She's five from the start...
27	* ReallyDeadMontage: Parodied. After Iyo accidentally bisects Kenta while attempting the old sawing-a-protesting-friend-in-half magic trick, she sits reflectively looking out the window and watches an entire Really Dead Montage go by before Kenta has a chance to protest and demand to be put back together.
28	* SecretKeeper: Ami is not explicitly told to never tell anyone about Ani-Yoko but she keeps it a secret anyway (especially from her parents). She manages to tell ''one'' friend, anyway.
29	* ShesAManInJapan: Match/Macchi is mistakenly referred to as a "he" in the Philippines English dub.
30	* {{Slapstick}}: Iyo is a frequent victim but not limited to, being hit with a plastic mallet by Kenta.
31	* TheVoice: Ami's parents. We hear them speak to Ami several times, but when they do "appear", only a quarter half of their bodies are visible in the edge of the screen.
32	* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Ami's friend, Kumiko (nicknamed Kuu/Kuu-chan), is afraid of horses thanks to a certain incident in a stable (a horse bit her head when she was a baby...it's not as bad as you think). This is why she FaintsInShock upon first seeing Mr. Yamanami. [[CharacterDevelopment It's toned down after a few appearances]] and between them was an episode about her overcoming that fear.

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