Nodoka Mori no Doubutsu Daisakusen

This has a similar premise to Pom Poko. That's why I watched it. I watched it to the end and enjoyed it just enough to be glad I watched it. I like how it has a forest full of animals, each with their own personalities specific to their species. It's very endearing. It's like getting a sneak preview as to what a forest of animals would be like if they could talk. You even get to see what domesticated animals are like in contrast, which is really interesting. Oh, and there's a faery of the forest, which appeals to me.

If that doesn't sound pretty interesting, ... I'd recommend giving this a miss. It isn't amazing or even that good but it is a cute kids' anime movie. It reminds me more of american cartoons than regular anime, which isn't really a good thing.

If you watch it, watch it until you see the forest animals interacting with each other, and then decide whether it's for you. From that point on, there's not long human scenes and there is plenty of animals interacting. There will be no surprises. You either like it enough to watch it by that point or you don't.

Basically, light-weight kid's fare, and nothing more. If you have someone under the age of seven, they might enjoy this. Otherwise, don't bother.

The people of the village need to earn a little dough to fix the church roof, and decide to cut down a few trees for that purpose. But then they realize they can cut down ALL the trees, and everyone can be rich! (Yeah, it's that level of thought and complexity that drive this plot - don't overthink it.)

The various animals of the forest try to prevent the humans from carrying ... out their task, by causing various levels of mischief (that elevate throughout the show), with a magical (but mostly useless) elf as their helper. The simple message in the end is, humans and nature should live in harmony, and animals need a place to live, too.

Simply drawn, simply animated - as are most children's stories like this.