Wolf Children (2012)

Wolf Children international sales poster

Wolf Children is a Japanese animated movie directed by Mamoru Hosoda.

Movie info

Original title: おおかみこどもの雨と雪
Transliterated title: Ōkami Kodomo no Ame to Yuki
Release date: July 21, 2012
Directed by: Mamoru Hosoda
Written by: Satoko Okudera (screenplay)
Mamoru Hosoda (screenplay)
Eiren rating: G (General Audiences)
Distributed by: Toho

Region B Blu-ray (English subtitles)
Label: Manga Entertainment (UK)
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Region 2 PAL DVD (English subtitles)
Label: Manga Entertainment (UK)
Out: Dec 23, 2013
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Region B/2 Blu-ray + DVD combo (English subtitles)
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Out: Dec 23, 2013
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Region 1 NTSC DVD (English subtitles & dubbed)
Label: Funimation (US)
Out: Nov 26, 2013
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Region A/1 Blu-ray + DVD combo (English subtitles & dubbed)
Label: Funimation (US)
Out: Nov 26, 2013
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Region 3 NTSC DVD (English subtitles)
Label: Asia Video (Hong Kong)
Out: Apr 17, 2013
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Region A Blu-ray (English subtitles)
Label: Asia Video (Hong Kong)
Out: Apr 17, 2013
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Plot

When a college student named Hana falls in love with a wolf man, the two go on to have two babies named after the weather conditions at the time they were each born—a girl named Yuki (snow) and her younger brother Ame (rain). Both are born as “wolf children”, carrying characteristics from both parents.

The family manages to hide their secret by living quiet life in a corner of the city until one day the father dies. Hana decides that in order to allow her children to continue living a happy life, they will have to move out to the countryside.