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おおかみこどもの雨と雪

Wolf Children

The theme of the film is the love between parents and children. The story covers 13 years and begins with a 19-year-old college student named Hana who encounters and falls in "fairy tale-like" love with a "wolf man." After marrying the wolf man, Hana gives birth and raises two wolf children—an older sister named Yuki who was born on a snowy day, and a younger brother named Ame who was born on a rainy day. The four quietly lived in a corner of a city to conceal the existence of the "wolf children," but when the wolf man suddenly dies, Hana decides to move to a rural town far removed from the city. (Source: Anime News Network)

Names

Originalおおかみこどもの雨と雪 (japanese)
RomajiOokami Kodomo no Ame to Yuki
EnglishWolf Children
Chinese狼的孩子雨和雪 (unknown · via wikidata)
Also known asThe Wolf Children Ame and Yuki · Los Niños Lobo · Les Enfants loups, Ame & Yuki · Wilcze Dzieci · Ame e Yuki i bambini lupo · Crianças Lobo · Vargbarnen

Facts

FormatFeature film · 1 ep · 117 min · 2h total
Aired2012-06-25 (Spring 2012)
StatusFINISHED
StudioMADHOUSE, Studio Chizu
SourceOriginal work
OriginJapan (Anime)
GenresDramaFantasyRomanceSlice of Life
ThemesParenthoodFamily LifeWerewolfComing of AgeShapeshiftingFemale ProtagonistRuralEnvironmentalInterspeciesKemonomimiAnimalsMythologySnowscape
StreamingCrunchyroll

Reception

Community score8.43 / 10
Bayesian score8.42 / 10
Composite73.8
On lists193,273
Favourited7,412 (3.8%)
Completion96.8%
Drop rate0.4%
In backlog30.2%
Score spread σ1.37
MyAnimeList8.56 / 10

Score distribution

127621063340457651,64463,427710,444822,349928,6651018,938

Where it places

CohortValueTierRank
Broadcast seasonSpring 2012S2 of 88
Year2012S3 of 350
StudioMADHOUSEA12 of 229
Source materialOriginal workS15 of 1,732
EraEarly 2010sS16 of 1,627
GenreRomanceS24 of 1,687
FormatFeature filmS25 of 997
GenreSlice of LifeS25 of 1,578
LengthMovieS25 of 997
Season (all years)SpringS34 of 1,868
GenreFantasyS38 of 2,142
GenreDramaA101 of 1,917
OriginJapanS122 of 7,157

Key staff

DirectorMamoru Hosoda, Koutarou Tamura, Hiroshi Oono, Ryou Horibe
Series compositionSatoko Okudera
Character designYoshiyuki Sadamoto
MusicMasakatsu Takagi
Original creatorMamoru Hosoda

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