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Ōkami Kodomo no Ame to Yuki (Wolf Children)





Anime is one of the best mediums of story telling in recent years. It's diverse and offers a wide variety of genres, from comedy, action, thriller and romance. Most popular series are usually fast paced, exaggerated and action packed but, pretty much all the amazing anime films are usually grounded, slow and visually phenomenal and these are qualities this film taps into. 

                     


Ōkami Kodomo no Ame to Yuki (Wolf Children) is honestly what great movies are all about. I remember seeing the trailer a few months back and I was so interested in seeing how it would play out, while I knew I was going to be in for an emotional roller coaster, I didn't quite expect it to start within the first thirty minutes of the film's screen time.




                  


The film's premise from the trailer was pretty simple, a young optimistic female college student called Hana falls for a recluse, mysterious yet kind man after seeing him at one of her classes. She tails him and tries her best to befriend him, after they meet a couple of times and build a connection, he finally gains the confidence to tell her his secret; He's a wolf. The film's momentum is propelled by that piece of information and I was drawn into the world and invested in Hana and her struggles to somehow make the after effects of being with a wolf work.











This film has very very beautiful animation, they're so many gorgeous scenes that made me feel inspired, happy and sometimes very sad. It definitely made use of visual story telling as they are so many scenes where nothing is said but you just understand the context of it and connect to the scenes. The art style is quirky yet still has this bold presence. The character designs are simple yet aesthetically pleasing and all the major characters with speaking roles are very well written. It also has a beautiful musical score that elevates every scene with emotions and great voice acting.









I do not want to spoil anything but the name itself is a spoiler so keep an eye for that because, when you see how it plays out and it's development, you'll have moments where you'll smile at how adorable the idea is done, laugh at the scenarios and quite possibly tear up a bit at the end. A friend of mine brought this up and I think I agree, Hana is probably the best parent in anime history and her struggles and dedication is incredibly inspiring and great to watch.











This film is breath taking, funny, smart, human and just overall a great treat to experience. By the end of it all I was feeling very inspired about life and these days, we need stories like that, stories about moving forward even when the odds are clearly stacked against you. While it's not a new film, it is still one of the best films I watched this year and I had to recommend it to you guys before the year officially runs out today. So, endeavor to try and see it because you'll probably have a really good time although, I feel like a lot of people might find it boring.










The year's ending and so I wanted to give a shout out to both the random and dedicated readers of this blog as well as the writers since it is now a collective with other writers asides myself. I'm sure you'll get more posts in 2021! Once again, thank you for reading, this is MY last post of the year, have a wonderful day and Happy New Year In Advance
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