Alternative Titles
ウルフズレイン; Wolf Rain; Wolfs Rain
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Type: TV
Episodes: 26
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Jan 7, 2003 to Jul 29, 2003
Duration:
23 min. per episode Rating:
PG-13 - Teens 13 or older
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Ranked: #2592
Popularity: #50
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SynopsisIn some distant future, it's common knowledge that all wolves have been extinct for 200 years. However, it seems this is false as wolves have not disappeared but rather have taken human form. Kiba, a lone wolf, wanders into a city, trying to sniff out the Lunar Flowers that are supposed to lead whoever follows the scent to paradise. The source of the smell is Cheza, a girl who sleeps in what appears to be suspended animation in a lab. She and the wolves are drawn to each other, and Kiba hopes to find paradise once he finds the source of the scent of Lunar Flowers. However, once Kiba finds Cheza, she is kidnapped by a mysterious person called Darcia, and his search begins anew. Before he leaves the city, he meets 3 other wolves, Tsume, Hige and Toboe. All four wolves have very different personalities and ideas, and their friendliness towards each other is a little rough around the edges. However, they soon band together to continue to search for paradise. (Source: ANN) |
Related AnimeAdaptation: Wolf's Rain
Sequel: Wolf's Rain OVA
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Similar theme, world on the edge of destruction where human and robots/wolves live together. Some characters discovers in both titles their true self too.
Both shows begin in a post-apocalyptic world. Both shows' characters are on a journey to a destination which they know nothing about. Both are relatively dark shows, but do not shy away from humor occasionally. Both have action in them, but only when necessary, and the action isn't overdone. Both have fantastic endings that leave you thinking.
Both have very similar atmosphere of adventures.
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Wolf's Rain and Witch Hunter Robin are both excellent series in which the story is presented in a dark setting. Characters are both developed and added slowly as you progress through the series. Each contain extensive action scenes and awesome music to go along with it.
The general atmosphere in these animes are very similar. There are minimal cute/funny elements, the general color of the series is black. However, the complex plot with sudden twists and climax makes these series beautiful works of art. (If my memory did not fail me, Wolf's Rain's plot was not as complex as that of Witch Hunter Robin and Ergo Proxy.)
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Jul 8, 200826 of 26 episodes seen 19 of 21 people found this review helpful The new millenium has brought us many new anime titles. Most of which seem to involve a sad story, a sad main character, and an overall sad feel. Wolf's Rain may indeed fall into that category, but there are unique differences that make this series more complex than that.
Take first, the main character Kiba. He has a goal and he'll do anything to reach it. But he has two distinct sides to his character. One is his proud, rash, and arrogant self that attacks anything that stands in... his way. And the other is a quiet, mysterious, and observing type that is expressed when meeting new friends (For instance, when he was relunctant to say his name to Hige) and whenever he is around Cheza. Though not technically the sorrowful character one would expect him to be in an orphaned and lonely state, he still makes sad connections to his past.
As this was an anime before it became a manga series, BONES (the same company that made Fullmetal Alchemist) had unlimited freedom on where to go with the series. Except for a few "flashback" or "clip" episodes in the middle of the series, there is almost no filler and the pacing of each episode is excellent. The animation is amazing (as expected of BONES) and the music just as well. Beautiful orchestral music is played throughout the series, and, unique to most anime, the opening and ending themes are in perfect English (as are other soundtracks songs during the actual show).
The main story follows an unusual cast of characters, most of which are not even human. Kiba and his crew are all wolves with the power to create the illusion that they are human (though it is not perfect as their shadows and pawprints are still shown through). There are also the typical human characters, like the greedy Dracia that wants Paradise to himself and a pair of lovers that rekindle their relationship through hardship. Plus there's also the ghost of a cryptic owl that gives advice in proverbs. (Whether or not this is a Legend of Zelda reference is still beyond me)
But there is never a time when an anime can be perfect. There are still plot-holes within Wolf's Rain. Mainly the ending: It's open-ended and leaves more to be desired. But as a more thought-provoking series, the ending does its job (If not provide fans with tons of ideas for fanfics). But besides a few odd turns, Wolf's Rain is good at creating plot twists. And BONES was so confident about the series that most episodes don't even end in a cliffhanger. They just find a natural stopping point.
Overall, Wolf's Rain is an enjoyable series if you love wolves, action, the supernatural, and beautiful music. read more
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Mar 5, 200726 episodes 62 of 77 people found this review helpful Wolf's Rain is one of my most favourite anime series ever. Its *very* rare that I'd give an anime I’m reviewing a 10 for EVERYTHING, I always review fairly - even if I didn't enjoy the anime. For me, Wolf's Rain is a perfect anime. I love literally everything about it.
The story was created by Keiko Nobumoto (Screenwriter for Cowboy Bebop) and animated by studio BONES, well known throughout the anime world as the studio who brought us such popular shows as Eureka seveN, RahXephon, Scrapped... Princess, Jyu Oh Sei and producing the anime versions of FullMetal Alchemist, Ouran High School Host Club and Angelic Layer. The Soundtrack was compossed by Yoko Kanno (who also compossed OSTs for; Cowboy Bebop, Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. and Escaflowne amongst others) and the series contained 26 episodes (followed by a 4 episode OVA.)
The story takes place in a post-apocalyptic world where much of the world is dead or dying, most of the worlds people live in poverty and most species of animals are now extinct, including wolves - or so people thought. Wolves (and other animals) are able to take human form and live amongst people - and so beginning to become almost more human then animal, they no longer believe they have a purpose anymore. According to the legendary “Book of the Moon,” when the world comes to an end wolves will lead the world to Paradise. Most people no-one longer believe this legend however, as the wolves are supposedly extinct.
The series follows four wolves as they try to find paradise together.
The characters, as well as character development in this show is amazing. In the beginning it starts of with 4 wolves who have nothing in common what so ever - Kiba, the mysterious, distant leader, Tsume - the cold ex-gang leader, with a shameful past, Hige - the laidback, street-smart, food lover, and Toboe - the young naïve kid who sees the good in everyone. At first they constantly argue but thought out the series they grow to depend on each other as a real pack.
Blue, Darcia, Quent, Jagura, Hubb and Cher are also quite interesting for secondary characters.
The animation through out is perfect - although fight scenes are short, the animation is nothing short of amazing.
The soundtrack is outstanding - my favourite anime OST ever, the vocal songs are mainly in English but there are also Japanese, French, Italian and Portuguese songs - which are all beautiful. The background music is equally as beautiful, “Go to Rakuen“ is easily the most beautiful piece of music I’ve heard, ever.
The one bad point to the series (30 episodes in total) is that in the middle of the series there’s not one, but four recap episodes. They are told from the point of view of some of the characters (One episode for Tsume, one for Hige, one for Toboe, and one for Quent and Hubb.) Although, they are easily skip-able.
Oo, another thing to add to the long list of brilliance that is Wolf’s Rain - the English dub is great, in fact I even prefer it to the orginal Japanese version. Literally every voice is perfectly suited, no cuts, no major script or story change, e.g.
Well, I could go on and on, but I think I’d better stop now… this reviews’ long enough as it is. 10/10 - anime at its best.
WATCH WOLF’S RAIN ~ YOU WON’T REGRET IT! :3 read more
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Nov 22, 200726 of 26 episodes seen 31 of 47 people found this review helpful Wolf's Rain is a Shounen, Action, Adventure anime with something different about it. It is based on a post apocalyptic Earth that is slowly dying out, yet the main focus is on a pack of Wolves on their journey to paradise.
The show has a very promising start as it kicks off with plenty fast paced action in the first couple episodes and it's not even an issue that a lot of things are unexplained, like why the wolves are able to disguise as humans. Of course a lot is slowing explain...ed throughout the series at a steady pace. Following the initial excitement of the series, it does loose a bit of its essence, from the beginning, but it still remains interesting to watch. It is just before the halfway point that the story becomes inconsistent and confusing, as it just adds in a completely different plotline about some war that just happens to be going on, which is when you begin to wonder "What is going on?". At least the series manages to redeem itself by the end and the main characters, with their different quirks and personalities, are what helped. Yet some may not like the few depressing episodes before Wolf's Rain reaches it's climatic finale (OVA ending).
The animation and music are of the sort of quality that you'll expect from BONES. With a good choice of dark tones, for the color palette gives this series a very sombre mood. The music is a good variety of Jazz tunes and Piano melodies that also go with the mood of this anime.
Overall this turned out to be an enjoyable anime to watch (except for the chunk of re-cap episodes), which is about something out of the ordinary but still remain level-headed. The best thing about this series is really the characters and how you can form some kind of attachment to some of them as the story goes on. However there are also characters like the Nobles, which are just there to further complicate the story. I recommend this anime to anyone, as there is no specified preference, because it is a series you will grow to enjoy or end up bored.
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Opening Theme"Stray" by Steve Conte
Ending Theme#1: "Gravity" by Maaya Sakamoto
#2: "Tell Me What the Rain Knows" by Maaya Sakamoto (ep 26)
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