Wolf Children - 9/10

I'm so glad I took the time to watch this. What a beautiful, marvelous film. From the moment it began I knew I was in for an emotional ride, and admittedly I thought I'd be a wreck by the end, but I wasn't. I don't think this is a sad movie, nor do I think that was the intent. Yes, like any life, there are sad times, unforeseen occurrences, but this is a story of a single mother who gives up everything she has and is thrown into incredible situations to raise her two children up the only way she knows how. But it's also about growing up and letting go, and however sad that is, it's the way of life for both wolf cubs and children eventually.

The story is truly a masterpiece in every way you look at it. It's hard for a cartoon based upon little more than fiction and legend to astound in such a fashion that never once did I question how realistic or unrealistic it was. Everything was extremely well thought out, and the film took on a strict realism throughout its length. If ever anyone were to stumble upon half wolf children and need to raise them in secret, I advise them to watch this, because this is as close to reality as that furry fantasy can get. The only real plot hole I can conjure is what about the mother's family? Did she have family? Did they ever meet the kids? Etc.

The music throughout was superb and tomorrow I definitely plan to look around to go find the soundtrack online. Very ethereal and earthy which was the perfect atmosphere for something this artsy. And speaking of artsy, those that are into animation will be happy to note that there wasn't a frame I found disappointing throughout. It was about 20 minutes too long in my opinion, but as other users have mentioned, it did span 12-13 years. To put this into perspective, if this film were translated into... 5 or 6 episodes of broadcast anime, those few episodes would easily take the anime of the season award. Easy. Everyone should watch this, whether a fan of anime or not.

Wolf children. This movie is not notable at all. It's actually kinda stupid. It was cool to see that the wolf man the woman had some heavily implied sexual intercourse.

If I was really into anime, I'm sure that I would really like this movie. There was WAY too much of an expectation that I'm supposed to find something super super cute because it's a wolf and a child at the same time, giggling and not shutting up for the entire movie. Seriously, a good chunk of this movie is just them laughing. It doesn't try to be intelligent or well-written. There are plenty of conveniences for you to notice if you're above the age of seven. Like the scene in the movie, where they were at the zoo and the mum and Ame are meeting the "wolf" and the guy leading them around happens to leave just so that the mum can ask the question about raising the wolf child. By the way, the reason why I know the sons name is "Ame" is because the mum was shouting it every five seconds.

Sadly I can't really reccomend this movie (Unless you are a massive anime fan) 6/10 maybe.

I really enjoyed the film and it was really nicely animated. It was sad and brought a tear to my eye like most of the films by Ghibli and those related to it. It also threw a twist in the roles played by people out in the countryside as the mother is on her own looking after her children and not once regrets (from what looks of it) dropping out of college.

The great bit was the two sides of the wolf-man/werewolf thing where one grew up to be a wolf and the other a human being. I would love to know if Ame ever came back to see his mother or he just lived out his days in the forest looking after it.

Also, the transformation looked incredibly natural, which although it is animated is incredibly difficult to define but it did not look cheesy and the camera helps this and it captures most of the beauty Ghibli are able to do in their films as well.

When you look back at it, there isn't the adventure which you usually get from Ghibli films but you don't need that to enjoy this film as I think there is a good enough storyline and it is just nice to watch.

The movie is beautifully animated and an emotional Rollercoaster ride.
Topped only by the excellent Soundtrack by Takagi Masakatsu.

A modern approach to the myth of the wolverine in the wolf extincted Japan.

The animation is really fantastic, specially the background staging.

The story is interesting and is quite touching the struggle of the mother to raise her children but at some point it becomes a bit boring for lack of rythm.