EPISODE
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.
5 January 1972, Cheverly, Maryland, USA
3 September 1992, Japan
28 April 1974, Grand Prairie, Texas, USA
9 March 1977, Fort Worth, Texas, USA
8 October 1990, Grand Saline, Texas, USA
17 March 1978, Riverside, California, USA
9 September 1954, Dallas County, Texas, USA
14 March 1990, Osaka, Japan
13 April 1980, Shreveport, Louisiana, USA
1 February 1981, Houston, Texas, USA
16 August 1933, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan
21 August 1990, Hawaii, USA
27 July 1986, Lafayette, Louisiana, USA
11 July 1973, Austin, Texas, USA
December 11, 2013
An imaginative Japanese animation film about a resilient single mother trying to prepare her two strange children for the world.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.March 13, 2014
Awe-inspiring, tender anime tale has mature themes.October 22, 2013
The detailed Ghibli-esque visuals are decent enough, but this is disappointingly bland.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 25, 2013
A delightful family drama... For anyone who loves charming, original storytelling, it's a must.October 24, 2013
It's a fairytale in a real-life setting, photorealistically drawn in shifting light that rivals Monet or GTA5.October 25, 2013
The film works as the simplest of fairy tales, so scrumptious you'll want to devour it whole.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 24, 2013
Love between two species has rarely seemed more intense, more natural, or more ineffably sad.September 26, 2013
Rather an odd story, told in a one-of-a-kind style that feels equal parts sentimental, somber and strange.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.