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Wolf Children Ame and Yuki (2012)

Wolf Children Ame and Yuki poster
Original title
おおかみこどもの雨と雪
Directed by
Mamoru Hosoda
Genre
drama film, fantasy film, children's film, coming-of-age film, supernatural anime, Drama
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 57m
Rated
PG
Rating
8.2 of 10 from 2,499 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A young woman named Hana falls in love with a werewolf and they have two children. After his death, she raises their shape-shifting children Ame and Yuki alone in the countryside as they grow up and discover who they want to become.

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What happens

Wolf Children (Japanese: おおかみこどもの雨と雪, Hepburn: Ōkami Kodomo no Ame to Yuki; lit. 'Wolf Children: Ame and Yuki') is a 2012 Japanese animated drama film directed and co-written by Mamoru Hosoda. The second original feature film directed by Hosoda and the first work written by him, the film stars the voices of Aoi Miyazaki, Takao Osawa, and Haru Kuroki. The story's central theme is "parent and child", depicting 13 years in the life of a young woman, Hana, who falls in love with a werewolf while in college, and following his death must raise the resulting half-werewolf half-human children, Ame and Yuki, who grow and find their own paths in life. Hosoda established Studio Chizu for production. Yoshiyuki Sadamoto, of Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water (1990) and Neon Genesis Evangelion (1995), designed the characters. Wolf Children had its world premiere in Paris on June 25, 2012, and was released theatrically on July 21, 2012, in Japan. Funimation, then later GKIDS licenses the film for North America and Manga Entertainment handles UK rights. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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