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- 2013
- PG
- Toho Company
- 1 h 57 m
- 2013
- PG
- Toho Company
- 1 h 57 m
Summary Wolf Children is a staggeringly beautiful animated feature film from director Mamoru Hosoda (Summer Wars). This epic cinematic achievement follows Hana, a woman who falls in love with a Wolf Man and gives birth to two half human, half wolf children. After the tragic death of her beloved, Hana seeks refuge in rural town where she attempts...
Directed By: Mamoru Hosoda
Written By: Mamoru Hosoda, Satoko Okudera
- 2013
- PG
- Toho Company
- 1 h 57 m
- 2013
- PG
- Toho Company
- 1 h 57 m
Wolf Children
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Summary Wolf Children is a staggeringly beautiful animated feature film from director Mamoru Hosoda (Summer Wars). This epic cinematic achievement follows Hana, a woman who falls in love with a Wolf Man and gives birth to two half human, half wolf children. After the tragic death of her beloved, Hana seeks refuge in rural town where she attempts...
Directed By: Mamoru Hosoda
Written By: Mamoru Hosoda, Satoko Okudera
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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 8 Critic Reviews
76
88% Positive
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
13% Mixed
1 Review
1 Review
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 8 Critic Reviews
76
88% Positive
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
13% Mixed
1 Review
1 Review
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Oct 24, 2013
The movie is hauntingly romantic at heart, in the best spirit of a Gothic fairytale, but without the harsh shadows or hard edges.
Apr 5, 2023
Embracing the patient, poetic style of such Japanese masters as Ozu and Mizoguchi, Hosoda sees no need for the manic energy and manufactured conflict of other recent toons.
User Score
Universal Acclaim Based on 128 User Ratings
8.1
85% Positive
109 Ratings
109 Ratings
6% Mixed
8 Ratings
8 Ratings
9% Negative
11 Ratings
11 Ratings
User Score
Universal Acclaim Based on 128 User Ratings
8.1
85% Positive
109 Ratings
109 Ratings
6% Mixed
8 Ratings
8 Ratings
9% Negative
11 Ratings
11 Ratings
Sep 3, 2022
This is like Devil May Cry 3 but for furries. When Ame decided to return to the wolf world and Sohei told Yuki "sometimes even Wolf Children shed tears for those they love" this film became a 10/10
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Oct 6, 2019
É inacreditavelmente bom quando filmes vão além do que você estava esperando. Quando cliquei para assistir “crianças Lobo” na Netflix, estava procurando um filme para relaxar e nada melhor que uma animação sobre crianças que se transformam em lobos. Mas logo, pude notar que essa animação não está interessada em explorar apenas seu lado fantasioso, mas sim nos fazer mergulhar na vida de uma família. Não é por acaso que o longa tem uma paciência em te contar toda a história da origem dessas crianças. Mostrando como os pais delas se apaixonaram. Mais ****, observamos as dificuldades da mãe ao lidar com seus filhos especiais. Toda essa paciência na narrativa do filme corria o risco de torna-lo maçante, mas não é o caso aqui, pois o longa nos faz acompanhar essas crianças desde o nascimento até a pré adolescência e inconsequentemente temer pelos seus fracassos, sorrir com suas vitórias e chorar com suas eventuais brigas. Como se fizéssemos parte dessa família.
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Apr 5, 2023
This lyrical and poetic effort about a single mother raising two children who happen to be half-human and half-wolf features the sort of metaphorical, sophisticated storyline that, with the exception of Pixar’s best efforts, is all too rare in American animated films.
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Oct 24, 2013
Telling the story through the eyes of the harried, bereaved but indomitable mother gives this calm, funny, only occasionally schmaltzy family film a maturity Twilight never reached.
By Chris Michael FULL REVIEW
Sep 26, 2013
Wolf Children is rather an odd story, told in a one-of-a-kind style that feels equal parts sentimental, somber and strange.
Oct 22, 2013
This anime feature takes an intriguing premise and does little with it. The detailed Ghibli-esque visuals are decent enough, but this is disappointingly bland.
Feb 17, 2018
This movie is truely beutifull with all the details to the countryside and the city
also it has a wonderful story and unique and touching charicters!
it was also very adorible too!
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Aug 14, 2019
Disappointing movie. Was excited to watch it since the premise seemed great but then it just devolved into weird underdeveloped plot threads. By the end of the movie the only likable character left is the mom and even then that's because she's characterized as kind of a Mary Sue. The kids don't end up nearly as interesting as you'd think. The movie kind of tends to imply that she's the protagonist but she really doesn't go through an major character arcs and stays the same pretty much throughout
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Dec 16, 2018
Good animation. Interesting premise. Underwhelming soundtrack. Poor execution. Overall a movie that takes a potentially profound idea, and then decides to barely scratch the surface before leaving the ocean altogether for a little puddle of rain. Watch it only if you are a super fan of Studio Chizu, otherwise, don't waste your time with this boring result of an animated film.
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Jun 5, 2014
Is Mamoru Hosoda the new Hayao Miyazaki? Not if he continues to make movies like this he won't. Hosoda seems to have a strange tendency to be able to direct a decent, interesting half of a movie, and after that half-mark he just panics and tries to wing it, having no idea what to do next. This was evident in Summer Wars, and it is evident here. Wolf children tries hard to be the proverbial "My Neighbor Totoro" of Hosoda, and fails almost entirely. The first half of the movie is interesting enough, you sit there with more interest than most anime movies, but not with the same enrapturement that you get from Miyazaki films, it goes about it's way, providing an interesting foundation for the rest of the movie to build upon. It's pretty entertaining (minus the boarder-line furry yiff fantasy scene) but the rest of the movie fails to deliver the promise of the movie's premise. The second half of the movie tries its hardest to be a profound, family story that's heartwarming and enthralling, but it is just filled to the brim with anime clichés and archetypes. The plot becomes way to predictable for its own good, and then it becomes boring, and almost exhausting to watch as you see characters enact their predictable archs with the dopey, happy-go-lucky female, they independent, adventurous girl, and the emo, selfish reserved kid whose 'life changing revelation' happens to include being a **** to someone he shouldn't be a **** to, and the whole plot ultimately fails to deliver both its message and just fails to be entertaining. The animation is pretty good for the most part, it certainly isn't eye candy, but it delivers, that is until it decides it wants to mix in some ugly 3D animation with the traditional, and that just comes off as lazy. Hosoda's style also just doesn't carry much charm and isn't very detailed, so it overall is a so-so film when it comes to visuals. The voice acting is actually pretty good, if only the characters it was representing weren't so flat, the voice overs could have carried the movie a bit more. The sound effects and music is pretty forgettable, and music is key in presenting moods and carrying much of the movie's magic, so this is a pretty big blow to this movie overall as you see dead serious scenes that cause you to laugh, that partially being due to music. The movie isn't entirely bad after the first half though, there are still some scene that can make you smile, some character interactions that make you feel something, but these are small, and far in between. Hosoda is very ambitious, but he lacks both the talent and the know-how it seems. He makes some decent ideas, but if it's not one thing holding the movie back, it's another thing holding it back. He has the necessary components to make a decent film, but he just can't seem to bring it all together. If he was a baker, he could make a recipe for a five-layer cake that just sounds amazing, and be able to make the first and maybe second layer, but after that the cake begins to get sloppy, it begins to look dull, and the only thing that keeps the cake from toppling over are sticks he props against the cake. If he can eventually get the skill, and the experience to keep a story together, and execute it right, and hit all those high notes, he could be a pretty good director, not the next Miyazaki by a long shot, but definitely a pretty good anime director. This movie is better than his last movie, Summer Wars, but it still isn't good.
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Production Company
- Nippon Television Network (NTV)
- Studio Chizu
- Madhouse
- Kadokawa Shoten Publishing Co.
- Video Audio Project (VAP)
- D.N. Dream Partners
- Yomiuri-TV Enterprise
- Toho
- Dentsu
- Digital Frontier
- Sapporo Television Broadcasting Company
- Miyagi Television Broadcasting
- Shizuoka Daiichi Television
- Chukyo TV Broadcasting Company (CTV)
- Hiroshima Telecasting (HTV)
- Fukuoka Broadcasting System (FBS)
- Wolf Children Production Committee
Release Date Sep 27, 2013
Duration 1 h 57 m
Rating PG
Tagline Love wildly
Website http://wolfchildrenmovie.com/
Awards
Behind the Voice Actors Awards
• 5 Wins & 9 Nominations
Tokyo Anime Award
• 6 Wins & 6 Nominations
Oslo Films from the South Festival
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
