The Wolf Children Ame and Yuki, a short review
12 years ago
I just watched The Wolf Children Ame and Yuki and I was very impressed
It tells the story of a young woman who falls in love with a kindhearted werewolf,
they have 2 children a tomboy of a daughter and a very timid son both of them little werewolves.
shortly after the son is born tragedy strikes the young family as the father is killed in an accident.
Afraid people will discover the true nature of her children the young widow mother moves to the country
hoping that living at a farm far away from everyone will keep them save.
There she has to cope with learning how to work the land, and raise 2 very extraordinary children.
If someone had told me that this movie had been directed by Hayao Miyazaki I wouldn't have doubted it for a moment.
it tells it touching story with impeccable skill, not a single shot is wasted not a single scene out of place.
Using simple yet expressive characters against near realistic backgrounds that are subtly enhanced with perfectly integrated computer animation and manipulation each scene is simply wonderful.
There is one particular scene of the young family running and tumbling playfully trough the snow covered forest
that combines hand drawn animation and CG enhanced backgrounds in a absolutely dazzling way!. (part of it is in the linked trailer)
A fairytale set in the modern world told with great love, highly recommended!.
Edit added trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xLji7WsW0w
It tells the story of a young woman who falls in love with a kindhearted werewolf,
they have 2 children a tomboy of a daughter and a very timid son both of them little werewolves.
shortly after the son is born tragedy strikes the young family as the father is killed in an accident.
Afraid people will discover the true nature of her children the young widow mother moves to the country
hoping that living at a farm far away from everyone will keep them save.
There she has to cope with learning how to work the land, and raise 2 very extraordinary children.
If someone had told me that this movie had been directed by Hayao Miyazaki I wouldn't have doubted it for a moment.
it tells it touching story with impeccable skill, not a single shot is wasted not a single scene out of place.
Using simple yet expressive characters against near realistic backgrounds that are subtly enhanced with perfectly integrated computer animation and manipulation each scene is simply wonderful.
There is one particular scene of the young family running and tumbling playfully trough the snow covered forest
that combines hand drawn animation and CG enhanced backgrounds in a absolutely dazzling way!. (part of it is in the linked trailer)
A fairytale set in the modern world told with great love, highly recommended!.
Edit added trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xLji7WsW0w

Seritaph
~seritaph
Thanks for the heads up on this one!

Sandwalker
~sandwalker
It looks great, and the synopsis on Wikipedia definitely makes me want to watch it. Hopefully it'll see a New Zealand release (and with at least subtitles, if not English dubbing).

AnthroEnthusiast
~anthroenthusiast
This is actually the work of Mamoru Hosoda, who directed "the Girl who lept through time" and "Summer Wars".