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Wolf Children

2012 ‘おおかみこどもの雨と雪’ Directed by Mamoru Hosoda

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After her werewolf lover unexpectedly dies in an accident, a woman must find a way to raise the son and daughter that she had with him. However, their inheritance of their father's traits prove to be a challenge for her.

Aoi Miyazaki Takao Osawa Haru Kuroki Yukito Nishii Momoka Ohno Amon Kabe Takuma Hiraoka Megumi Hayashibara Tadashi Nakamura Tamio Ohki Tomie Kataoka Hajime Inoue Shota Sometani Taichi Masu Kumiko Aso Bunta Sugawara Takashi Kobayashi Mitsuki Tanimura

Alternative Titles

Les Enfants loups Ame et Yuki, Ookami kodomo no Ame to Yuki, The Wolf Children Ame and Yuki, Ame und Yuki - Die Wolfskinder, Вовчі діти Аме та Юкі, Los Niños Lobo, 늑대아이, 狼人之子雨与雪, Ookami Kodomo no Ame to Yuki

drama family fantasy animation

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Popular reviews

Review by Sean Gilman ★★★★½ 4

Maybe it's just because I hadn't seen my kids in a week, but this totally wrecked me.
Review by Adam Cook ★★★½ 18

Throughout Mamoru Hosoda’s short career he has repeatedly been compared to Hayao Miyazaki but this is the first time I feel the comparison has been remotely justified. Although his previous efforts - The Girl Who Leapt Through Time and Summer Wars - had their moments, Wolf Children is a considerable improvement delivering a touching and nuanced family drama with a magical realist twist.

Hana is a diligent single-mother with an unusual problem - her two young children are werewolves dealing with the difficulties of childhood and their animal urges. The film begins in Tokyo where Hana, as a student, begins a relationship with a wolf man before falling pregnant. Bar a rather odd scene of bestiality the opening plays out…
Review by Sean Gilman ★★★★½ 10

I was going to write about my rewatch of this this morning, but my kids wouldn't let me. The 2 1/2 year old would rather destroy her room than sleep, the 11 month old just wanted to cry for no reason. Monsters indeed. Maybe I'll get to write about it after they leave for college.
Review by Mandrakegray ★★★★½

Anime Marches On! 2018 Challenge
1/5 from the 2010's

I was quite taken with Mamoru Hosoda’s marvelous “Summer Wars”, so I figured I'd kick off my Anime Marches On! challenge with his much praised follow up. I'm glad I did. An excellent film, beautifully rendered and told...and given extra weight for me by watching this through a parent's point of view.

The film is narrated by Yuki, who tells the story of her mother Hana…a college student who falls for a mysterious guy in her class, only to discover he's a lycanthrope. Hana’s acceptance and unconditional love for him is at the core of who she is, as well as the film itself. The couple soon have children (Yuki and…
Review by Chris 🔮 ★★★★½

yes its about a furry and her children and yes i cried my eyes out multiple times
Review by Willow Maclay ★★★★★ 4

Spoilers

Cinema of utmost humanity. The significance of family, growing up and finding yourself becomes poetic to the strands of one single mother whose experiences are portraits of the absolute highs of parenting the inevitable emptiness, but pride that comes with knowing you did well. That final gracenote.....Have a good life....what a crushing sentiment, but beautiful notion that all parents at some point have to let go and it's over in the blink of an eye. And that's life. That's reality. The fleeting moments and snapshots and memories make us and this entire thing worth it all. That's what we hold onto. As I was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty is the name of another film, but that statement is one of power and truth and I can't think of another phrase that would better describe life, family, motherhood.

Recent reviews

Review by Anthony ★★★½

Starts of incredibly boring but becomes fairly engaging about 20 minutes in. It's a quite a good film but not really to my taste. My least favourite of Hosoda's original freatures, so for but still quite a good film worth watching once, although I'd recomend The Girl Who Leapt Through Time and Summer Wars more than this one.
Review by Michael ★★★★½

Another beautiful work from MH. Great characters, especially the children. The children were my favorite aspect because we had to watch them grow up. They went through so many things and it was interesting to see their paths in life reflect/deflect from who they were.
Review by JCella ★★★★½

Just brilliant! I absolutely loved it! I don’t know what else to say other than “just watch it!”

side note- unrelated, but for some reason the menu on the bluray I got of this movie has gun sound effects whenever I select an option? there’s no guns in this movie.
Review by Kliuver David Almanza ★★★½

The best portrait of a mother that has been seen in an animated work.

how easily you get attached to the protagonist and how you can identify with your desire to take your children the best way and see them grow as good people is simply beautiful and handled in an extremely bright and moving way.

and all to give a message of how children leave the nest to start their own lives, seeing it through two perspectives, that of the girl, who enjoying the wild life when she was a puppy decides to create a professional life with her future partner , and that of the boy, who does not experience his wild side at an early age, decides…
Review by alexandre ★★★★★

maybe the sweetest animation ever made
Review by Glenda ★★★★

turbia la parte en la que se coge al chabón cuando está convertido en lobo
Review by julia ★★★★

essa mae eh mt foda de vdd a mulher estuda mt eh inteligente pra carai tem PACIENCIA pra cuidar dessas crianças simplesmente perfeita. o papai lobo tbm era um gostosinho parabens aos envolvidos
Review by Krakenking ★★★

It's beautiful but also sad.
In some points it even Gets tot the point where it's Hard to wach
Review by talia ★★★

so emotional