Wolf Children (Kids)

Saturday, November 9
9:30 am

Wolf Children

2012 / Japan / Japanese, dubbed in English 117 min / DCP
Director: Mamoru Hosoda
Cast: Kumiko Aso, Colleen Clinkenbeard, Megumi Hayashibara

Print Source: Funimation

The family film Wolf Children is a Japanese anime that imagines a world where werewolves are as cute as stuffed animals and as playful as puppies. Hana is a young woman attending university who falls in love with a man who is a werewolf. The last of his kind, he’s not a bad guy: he enjoys domestic life and his nighttime hunts are relegated mostly to pheasants. And he especially loves Hana. Time passes, they move in together, and have two kids. Uki and Ame are cute, rambunctious, and also carry their father’s ability to transform into wolves. But when tragedy strikes, Hana is left to raise the kids on her own. Being a single mom is tough, and bringing up children with a special gift is even tougher. The family takes it in stride, facing challenges and having adventures unique to their strange circumstances.

A gentle story of real life interspersed with the supernatural in the tradition of such favorites as Spirited Away and My Neighbor Totoro, Wolf Children is like a long lost fairy tale that can be enjoyed by all.