Bombyx mori silkworms for the production of raw silk, has been under way for at least 5,000 years in China, from where it spread to India, Korea, Japan, and the West. The silkworm was domesticated from the wild silkmoth "Bombyx mandarina", which has a range from northern India to northern China, Korea, Japan, and the far eastern regions of Russia. The domesticated silkworm derives from Chinese rather than Japanese or Korean stock. Silkworms were unlikely to have been domestically bred before the Neolithic age. Before then, the tools to manufacture quantities of silk thread had not been developed. The domesticated "B. mori"
Dōbutsu no Mori (film) of approximately ¥1.7 billion ($16,216,731) by the end of its theatrical run in 2007, making it the 17th highest-grossing film of that year when combining it with its December 2006 box office total. "Dōbutsu no Mori" was released on region 2 DVD in Japan on July 25, 2007 by VAP. First-print copies also included an "Animal Crossing"-themed carrying pouch. Dōbutsu no Mori (film) , also known as Animal Crossing: The Movie, is a 2006 Japanese animated film directed by Jōji Shimura and based on the "Animal Crossing" video game series. It was produced by Nintendo, OLM, Inc. and VAP and