EPISODE
Wolf Children
After falling in love with an interloper, Hana the 19-year old finds out that this man is not a human but a wolf. Hana knowing the dark truth follows her heart and gets married to the “wolf man” who dies in an accident and Hana is left all alone on her own with their two children, half human and half werewolf.
30 March 1967, Tokyo, Japan
20 June 1979, Dallas, Texas, USA
3 September 1949, Renton, Washington, USA
12 April 1932, Houston, Texas, USA
5 January 1972, Cheverly, Maryland, USA
2 January 1928, Tokyo, Japan
21 August 1990, Hawaii, USA
8 October 1986, Los Angeles County, California, USA
1 February 1981, Houston, Texas, USA
29 March 1961, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
October 25, 2013
Despite rigorously ripping up the conventions of werewolf lore, Mamoru Hosoda's anime fantasy unfolds with an elegance that seems effortless.
October 25, 2013
A delightful family drama... For anyone who loves charming, original storytelling, it's a must.
February 20, 2014
A stunningly beautiful, unabashedly sentimental, and surprisingly complex story that works as both a coming-of-age film and a study of the trials of being a single mother.
October 24, 2013
Love between two species has rarely seemed more intense, more natural, or more ineffably sad.
December 11, 2013
An imaginative Japanese animation film about a resilient single mother trying to prepare her two strange children for the world.
October 24, 2013
It's a fairytale in a real-life setting, photorealistically drawn in shifting light that rivals Monet or GTA5.
September 26, 2013
Rather an odd story, told in a one-of-a-kind style that feels equal parts sentimental, somber and strange.
October 25, 2013
The film works as the simplest of fairy tales, so scrumptious you'll want to devour it whole.
December 15, 2013
The film towers over all the Hollywood animated films about ogres, monsters, and archfiends like Mount Everest over an ants' nest. Japanese animation at its pinnacle.
November 17, 2014
Silence abounds; the wordless sequences are stunning. There are a few schmaltzy, sloppy-sappy moments, but the attention to Romantic-poetry detail is sublime. Rarely has maternity, or maturity, been shown with such poetic force on-screen.
October 22, 2013
The detailed Ghibli-esque visuals are decent enough, but this is disappointingly bland.
March 13, 2014
Awe-inspiring, tender anime tale has mature themes.

