Audience reviews
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MisterK
Sappy story, with extra bestiality.
This film is a reminder that some ideas or projects are just doomed because how bad they are.
Story follows some average girl who starts sleeping with super cool and edgy guy, who turns out to be an reverse werewolf. Wolfmanwere?
There are few bits, enjoyable moments, like that one where ex-student, now bestiality enjoyer mother moves out into sticks and lives a "simpler, closer to nature" life, with her bastard mutant children. But that's it.
Except one deus ex scene, to trigger mentioned above change of scenery, film is predictable and boring.
Story is simple, and boy oh boy, does someone had hots to put some doggy x student girl action, am I right? I am.
Also finale build up is so obvious and poorly delivered, I had to pause for a moment to rethin…
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[contains Spoilers]
So I made this account specifically for writing this review, it will be my first review so bear with me! It will be a little long, but it might save 2 hours of your precious time!
First of all, before I watched this movie I had great expectations, seeing this high score, great reviews, I thought that I was going to watch a masterpiece but no, this probably was a piece of something else!
Art is fine, not bad, and it actually might be the only thing I liked
There are some well drawn scenes and landscapes
sound is meh since all tracks sounds the same
Now Let's move to the important things :
the plot and the massive lack of character development!
The story starts with hana, a very ordinary college girl, nothing really special about her and nothing special will be giv…
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Wolf Children is a good choice for you if you'd enjoy a mellow movie about a widow raising her two kids. However note that it isn't a particularly exciting or eventful movie, and it mostly focuses on how the mother attempts to raise her children and how these children develop and mature. So it becomes a bad choice if you expect anything beyond the simple lives of these people, even with the supernatural element of werewolf children, it doesn't have narrative hooks and the incentive it tries to give you from the very beginning isn't a particularly strong one to continue watching the movie, since it banks on a character that will not have any role for the rest of the movie. Also, note that in the review I will be discussing a bunch of things that might seem like a spoiler, but they don't go…
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Overview:
This is one of my older reviews that I have re-written to hopefully not get removed this time.
Story and characters:
This part of the review contains SPOILERS!!!!!!
The story begins with a Japanese college student named Hana. One day, she spots a cute boy in her class who doesn't attend the college, but sits in on the classes anyway. She immediately falls in love with him and follows him around like a puppy! He finally begins talking to her, but he is fairly laconic, which of course makes him even more desirable. Eventually he decides to confess to her that he is a werewolf and transforms in front of her. This does not faze her AT ALL. In fact, she has sex with him on the spot while he is in his wolf form! Thankfully, it quickly cuts off-screen because this is a kids movie!…
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"I'm your average college student, life is normal but everything changed when I met him. I fell in love and had kids."
.... THAT'S IT... No struggle, just a normal teenage girl who lived a "normal" teenage life with hardly any hardships.
You know when you watch the news and you hear something tragic but you can't do anything about it and just go, "Oh.. or Ah.." because it doesn't effect you and it's been said and done soo many times?
This is exactly what this anime movie is. There is hardly ANY development for you to care enough about the characters. Everything just happens way too quickly. There are hardly any character flaws, this is if not one of the worst slice of life series ever.
Everything as said earlier is very static. My reactions are just "oh... ahh.." to practically everyth…
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STORY:
Wolf children is a bad movie their characters are one-dimensional and they develop in an inconsistent way with a fast passing. Example of how fast and inconsistent is the movie, it is established that the protagonist is in love with no reason for a character of which they represent him first as a perfect guy or something like that, because nothing is said about him. Who is a werewolf out of nowhere and then have children again for no reason and all in less than 16 minutes for a movie of almost two hours, this is an introduction to what is coming but that means everything else is caused by A stupid romance that never made sense. Following with the movie again, the development is fast and not given to understand, there are many beautiful scenes but are never relevant to the story. For…
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Review in brief: While Wolf Children is soothing and has some interesting ideas, putting more than a little thought into what's happening on-screen can easily throw your mind out of the aesthetic cradle the movie builds as you realize just how silly and simple the whole thing is. Considering the clear effort to make this movie a poignant fantasy about a struggling family, it can safely be said that it’s not trying to be either of those things.
Review in full: I'll start by saying that this isn't going to be the sort of review that's trying to scorn the movie or "expose" it as being terrible or whatever. Rather it will be an analysis of my own experiences with it, why I had them, what I thought about them, and if you're likely to have similar experiences with it or not.
I won't spoil any…
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[Spoiler Warning]
Story:
Stories that span a long time (i.e. more than 5 years) have the opportunity to express a change in the characters and in the world around them. It's something that makes great films great. Forrest Gump is a great example of this use. Wolf Children is not. What this film does is give us short anecdotes of Hana as she experiences what it's like to not only be a single mother but a single mother raising werewolf children. You'd think this means the film would have many interesting events that take place; you'd be wrong.
From the get go, the film feels like one long and arduous flashback. The narration makes this clear, but the pacing implies that it's not going to change anytime soon. That said, the pacing is this weird mix of flashback and actual narrative (an empt…
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Ookami Kodomo no Ame to Yuki, or Wolf Children, as it is called in English, is a two hour animated film directed by Hosoda Mamoru of Studio Chizu. Hosoda formerly worked at Toei Animation and Madhouse before establishing his own studio.
Ookami Kodomo tells the tale of Hana, a young university student who meets and falls in love with an unnamed man. This man does not attend her university, but he does come for lectures in order to study. He takes on odd jobs to have just enough money to survive. At first, he seems just like any other young man pressed for time and money. But he has one big secret, which he only tells to Hana: he is actually a werewolf. Hana loves him despite this, and together, they have two children, named after the weather they were born in. (Yuki – snow, and Ame – rain)…
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This is my first review on this website, and I thought I'd create an account just to review this movie. Ookami Kodomo no Ame to Yuki, or Wolf Children has been recommended to me endlessly, as it was regarded (by them) to be Miyazaki material, if not better.
I have high expectations when it comes to watching Anime movies. Since they do not rely on a series to back up the characters and plot, it's very difficult to create a masterpiece that combines all those elements. Wolf Children exceeded my expectations, though I still can't describe how it compares with Miyazaki movies, I will just provide a review of this movie alone. No comparisons.
Character development had been seemingly shown to be most important aspect to this movie, as time-lapses are a great indication of how attached the vie…
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Wolf children, a story about a single mother Hana who is tasked with the mission of raising her children Ame and Yuki on her own after her boyfriend had died. But these are not ordinary children as there farther was part wolf and so are the kids.
Now i doubt there is anyone who is an avid anime watcher that would turn down a heartwarming Mamoru Hosoda film. Its a good way to take a break from 24/26 episode series.
STORY:
The story is about Hana's difficulties after the daeth of ookami she struggles with dealing with kids that can transform from human to wolf form at a momnets notice. This leads to neighbors turning on Hana and constant glares from strangers.
This prompts Hana to move away to the countryside in order to give Yuki and Ame the freedom they deserve. Super-mom Hana then…
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Ookami Kodomo no Ame to Yuki translates to "Wolf Children Ame and Yuki". What the film's title promises is accurate, but this is secondary to what the film is actually about. This is a movie entirely about the enduring and triumphant nature of maternal love.
Teenage Hana is a hardworking girl putting herself through college. During a class, her eyes fall on a man who enthusiastically and diligently takes notes, but he has no textbooks and he disappears before roll is taken. Intrigued, she searches him out and learns that he sits through classes but doesn't attend the school. From what we see, he works with a moving company, delivering goods to houses. He comes to university and bums through classes to learn. Hana works at a laundromat to make ends meet, and meets him when her day is over…
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A sudden epiphany occurred to me as I got a third of a way through this movie, and it made me stop it to say: "Goddammit." This wasn't a bad exclamation, despite the the choice of words, but a bemusing one, as I realized I was enthralled.. "When was the last time I gave a story a score this high, and when was the last time I said "yes" when I asked if it deserved it?" I know the answer to one of those questions, but that fairly beside the point. Today, at this moment, or whatever moment you choose to read this. I'm going to share why I damned that epiphany so much.
--Story--
The story, while daring to try something different, is certainly not trying something 100% new. In short, it is a coming of age tale as we watched the titular wolf children decided what they want to be as they grow up…
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You know sometimes being the fans that we are of all sorts of media, you think to yourself, there's no way "this" could be better than "that", well this is one of those times you'd be wrong. I'll just start literally by saying "Ookami Kodomo no Ame to Yuki" is amazing 10/10 and must be watched by all.
Now for the rest of my spoiler free review,
The story of Ookami Kodomo no Ame to Yuki can be described as very heart-warming and extremely cute, however with that being said, there are moments where the darker side of the story can be heart wrenching, if you're a fan of any of Studio Ghibli's works you'll be able to relate to the story/themes/emotions immediately. Honestly, if someone were to make you watch this movie without any prior knowledge of it, you'd probably come away thinking it…
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Just a fair heads up to whoever may be reading this, this IS my very first review so bear with me.
I have always been fascinated with parenting, though it’s a topic that is rarely portrayed in anime. It’s an experience that on end can bring a person to complete ruin to giving someone a very reason to exist on the other. It’s ironic how being a parent is one of the greatest challenges and hardships that a person can experience but yet nearly everyone is one or will be one. One of the main reasons for this is that no one can tell you exactly how to handle parenting specifically. There’s no step by step process to follow, raising no one child is ever the same, and experience is the only true way to approach/handle it.
Though the film has fantasy elements, do not let this dissuade you by any…
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"The moment a child is born, the mother is also born. She never existed before. The woman existed, but the mother, never. A mother is something absolutely new." ~ Rajneesh
Can one anticipate the future? The struggles, the joys, the pain? It may be a mystery because we humans have to learn from our past mistakes and try to continuously improve ourselves. Motherhood is one of these things, never regretting, only moving forward, that is the only way. Ookami Kodomo no Ame to Yuki is one of these rare animes who come once a year or more, to remind us why we became so enchanted by animes in the first place.
*The following review may contain some spoilers*
The movie opens with the introduction of a University student named Hana. The main character's name has in itself a great meaning, her fath…
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Growing up is never easy.
In fact, growing up is like an experience, a natural time when we embraces the days we go through. It is from these times where we learn about the world, make connections, and make the most of our lives. It begins with the very first breath we take in and out. The prospect of growing up therefore is like climbing a ladder. The higher you reach, the harder it becomes. But of course, that doesn't stop some people from reaching the top and enjoying their life with people they care about.
That's especially the case for Hana.
Ookami Kodomo no Ame to Yuki (also known as The Wolf Children Ame and Yuki) is an anime film presentation directed by Mamoru Hosoda. He is known for his work in other famous movies such as The Girl Who Leapt Through Time and Summer Wars. The…
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The story starts with a rather plain looking college girl and her romantic adventures with this dashingly attractive young man. It turns out that he’s a wolf-man, but the lady doesn’t care because golly, he really is quite a catch. Besides, wolves are cool, so it could be worse. He could be an uncool animal like a sea-cucumber man. They have kids together but raising them in the big city is a bit of a pain, especially since they keep turning into wolves when they get annoyed. So they move to the countryside and start a new life there. It is one half about the trials and wonders of raising children and providing them with the environment in which they can thrive, and one half about gosh darn isn’t the countryside and nature wonderful. Its closest comparison would be Totoro, what with the fa…
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I saw this film yesterday and, having enjoyed it immensely, was pleased to read that it has won the award for Best Animated Feature Film at the 45th annual Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival (a Spanish film festival). This perhaps comes as little surprise given that it is the work of Mamoru Hosoda, acclaimed director of "The Girl Who Leapt Through Time" and "Summer Wars" (both of which also won the same award at previous Sitges festivals). I dare say that Mamoru has exceeded himself with this film, taking observations and musings from his own life - the film supposedly being based on thoughts he had when, at one point in his life, he was 'surrounded by all these women who suddenly became pregnant' - and translating them into a beautiful tale of young parenthood, unusual childhood…
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A girl meets a guy, falls in love, finds out that he's a werewolf, but doesn't mind (loving him and having his kids). Sounds familiar? Thankfully, the focus of this story is not the relationship between the couple, but between the mother and her children. Although this makes for an interesting approach to the overused concept of the relationship between humans and their wolf relatives, it falls short in producing a convincing account of their fight to overcome the odds that such a family would be up against.
Just like how the movie can be summarized in two parts, it will also be reviewed in two parts.
Partially narrated by Yuki, it starts off with a brief story of how the couple met, married, had kids and the loss of the father. Then as the story progresses, the mother endures and overc…
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