wolf children was the first anime film that, after watching it on my own, i told my parents that i wanted to watch it with them. i was having trouble connecting with them and sharing something that was special to me made me nervous, but they really liked it. i hugged my mom as the credits were rolling bc how can you not?? this movie is really a love letter to parents. i've shared some other anime films with them since then but that experience has a special place in my heart.
This movie is a love letter to parents? Really? 3/4ths of the anime is showing the inhuman struggles of the mother, and in the end she is left. She gets injured searching for her son deep in the forrest and he finally finds her then dumps her in a parking lot. That's the thanks she gets for giving up MORE than everything for her kids. This movie is beautiful but also fucking outrageous for how the kids never repay their debt to their mother who sacrificed so much. Instead they dump her injured in a parking lot (why is she injured again? because of her kids). Outrageous. The ending had me fuming.
@@Cloud-dq1mr Right, the ending really made me sad and frustrated at the same time but we have to remember that they also have the ability to come home again and visit their mother.
Hana is the biggest trouper mom, EVER! She gives birth to two kids without entering a hospital or even employing a mid-wife. Taking care of said kids with no job but still manages to keep food on the table. Moving out into the countryside and not only rebuilding an abandoned house from the ground up but also plowing and preparing two vast expanses of land from scratch to make it suitable for farming food on and *not uttering a single complaint about the whole thing!* This woman puts her heart and soul into anything and everything she does and it shows!
and also the fact she dedicated her heart and soul to giving her children the best lives she possibly could while having *zero* idea on how to raise two part-wolf kids and zero outside help *on her own* is....its really something isn't it.
That scene where her son dumped her injured in a parking lot. Breaks my heart every time. Especially since she gave up her life for her kids from a very young age, and then gets repaid by having her son dump her injured body in a parking lot.
@@Cloud-dq1mr i personally believe that's an inextricable part of being a parent. Watching your kids slowly walking away from you and growing out of your perception of them. While the scene was heartbreaking, as the son ran up the mountain and howled loudly afterwards, you could see the mother smiling satisfyingly, knowing that she had taught him well enough for him to realize his own path and strike out on his own.
I saw this movie last night. The scene where the man dies is heartbreaking, but the rest of the movie is heartwarming as you see the children grow into maturity. Hana ends up being a successful mother, and it is cathartic and beautiful to see her success.
Yes Wolf Children is an absolutely great film. P.S. I love that little detail in the scene at 6:40 where the snake looks back at Yuki, as if also confused why the kids ran away
PS. I love the little detail where the mom gives up her whole life for her children at a young age, she almost cant interact with human society anymore because her kids are wolves, that's how much she gives up. And the thanks she gets from her son is being dumped injured in a parking lot then left. Wow.
This is quite literally the single piece of media, that no matter who im watching it with i will be on the verge of happy tears from start to finish. Its such an emotionally evocative piece of film that nothing else has come close to matching
This film is perfection to me. Its like a modern exploration of themes we saw in My Neighbour Totoro and Only Yesterday, with a soul all its own. I just love it.
This movie subverted my expectations in the sense that I was fully expecting the whole "general public finds out about the secret and the government tries to contain them" or something like that near the end... but it never happens, the general public never find out. I kinda like that, actually.
This movie and Maquia: When the promised flower blooms have the most beautiful stories when it comes to motherhood. These movies have also shaped my views on parenthood and helped me understand my mother's struggles as a single mother of two.
It’s a love letter to the bravery and beauty of parenthood, this film is so full of love that I couldn’t help but tear up at the credits slideshow, I feel like I raised those kids just after two hours of screen time. This movie is perfect in every regard, and it’ll stay with me for as long as I live.
This is a film I can't watch without crying. I cry through so much of it, and I love how it handled the ACTUAL hardships you'd have living in the city if hybrid children were a thing. Spying neighbours, no dogs allowed but your kids are howling at night, barking at other dogs in the park, do you take them to a doctor or a vet, etc. They were all things I hadn't thought about being an issue with hybrid children until this film. Hana is a trooper, she deserves only good things.
When you look closely at his driver license. The wolf man's last name is Iga. Thus Hana Iga, Ame, Higa and Yuki Higa. His first name is partially visible, but his first name we cannot be too sure of (his name was never oficially given and in the credits he was named "wolf man". They first live in an appartment in a non real part of Tokyo. But after that Hana and the kids move to the countryside in Toyama prefecture. Specifically in the mountains near Kamiichi. (you can use google maps to find it).
I remember the first time I watched Wolf Children and I didn't like it but when I went back years and years later for a rewatch I loved it, time really can change things. What you said about identity is so true you really made a beautiful video Kevin!
@@KevinNyaa Really? This film showcases motherly love abounds, and then children who reject that love and leave her. She gave up everything for them. What did they ever give up? Well, their mom.
It was very sad for me to watch the scene where ame decides to live as a wolf and Hana has to let go. The stories of mothers are truly the most emotional 😭
I'm back again and it didn't take me 3 months to upload! Hope you all enjoy me talking about one of my favourite films of all time. See you all soon! :)
As someone who also has Wolf Children as my favorite movie, this review is remarkable. You've clearly put a lot of thought and passion into this review. The point about nature and humanity being able to live parallel to one another while never truly being able to coexist was poignant, but also kind of tragic. The narrative framing Yuki and Ame's growth as needing to choose between being a human *or* a wolf always kind of rubbed me the wrong way. Their father seemed perfectly content with studying and working as a human while hunting as a wolf by night. I suppose you could make the argument that his death was the result of him trying to live in both worlds, but who's to say he wouldn't have suffered the same fate if he had decided to live exclusively as a wolf? We have no way of knowing if Yuki is going to continue to turn into a wolf, and perhaps regain a couple of her old interests, or if her transformation in front of Souhei was the final time she did so before fully becoming a human. It's pretty clear that Ame has abandoned his human half, since he doesn't feel that his life has any meaning as a human. I guess the film did this so the audience can draw their own conclusions about what happens after the end, but Ame and Yuki's seeming lack of duality still strikes me as bittersweet. But I digress. Keep up the good work!
Yeah the story is great, but it is a shame that they went with the idea of both humanity and natures not being able to coexist, as it basically forces the children to choose between their two sides. It could have had a better ending if they learnt to use what both forms offer to help them achieve their goals, for example Ame could have become a forest ranger who uses both forms as a way to protect the forest (which can also show how humanity also is capable of protecting nature).
@@thelemon5069 Not really, it is clearly shown in the film that they are gonna have to choose one of the two paths, and that those are incompatible. At the end that ruins the film for me, as both children havent still come to terms with their other form, meaning there hasnt really been a good conclusion to their arc.
I was just thinking about Yuki’s name. Its snow, when she was little she was more like a blizzard; boisterous, breaks everything and people avoid blizzard cause they’re scared of them, it scares her friends away, in order for her to still be in her “pack” she needs to be like a falling snowflake, calm, graceful and elegant. When she was younger she acts more like a blizzard. (Yes I know blizzard and snowflakes probably has their own separate words too, but I kinda like this, plus “snow” sounded more general)
@@maratfletcher3648 Me too. I love this movie, I still think about it to this day. I wonder if she’d still act the same if her friends accepted her “bones and bugs collecting” side, though I guess she doesn’t mind conforming to society’s standard. Still I wonder if she’s less happy, but I suppose that’s growing up and adult life you, you sacrifice some things
I got this film on dvd shortly after it came out when I was a little girl, I still have it today and I rewatched it so many times and I keep learning and seeing things I didn’t when I watch it, it’s very nostalgic
It's been years since I last watched Wolf Children. I've always felt hesitant to watch it back then because of how the story wasn't on par with my ideals. I read how Ame left his mother and sister, and that made me adamant to see the film. But after mentally going back and forth, I gave the film a chance. Wolf Children broadened my perspective about life, it was as if I saw myself in both Yuki and Ame, we were born to single mothers, we had identity crisis', those facts alone gave me the comfort and courage to not let my situation define me, because despite all their hardships, they never let anyone dictate who they should and shouldn't be, their mother never let them become victims of this treacherous world. Hana gave her children the freedom to understand themselves, she nurtured Ame and Yuki until they figure out their calling. Kudos to all single parents who has to brave through this world alone for the sake of their beloved.
I can agree with you so much! The reason why I fell in love watching is that I was so relatable to me I was 6 years old when wolf children came out and the first time I watched it,it made me more independent and a new perspective in life, and also when I was younger I was so much like yuki I would always curious in things which would always get me in trouble, I used to live in a brick house with a huge backyard I would always run and catch bugs I would also catch some mice and when I reached the age of 5 I really wanted to go to school and I got to go I had the personality of yuki but the first time I went I was told off as a weird and unnatural child I was always called a dog because what I did as a child and I really didn’t care what other people thought of me but the more I grew up the more I understood what people thought of me which caused me to be isolating and cold to other people but not to mention sad as well cause I was forced to fit in eat time i acted as a child my mother would threaten to put me in military school which didn’t help at all and the first time I meet my step sister I was happy to has an older sister but once she got to know me she would always be with my little sisters instead of me which made me feel unloved this would always be jealous of my siblings for getting love instead of me each time me and siblings would get into fights I would always be the one scratching or biting them, but ever since I saw wolf children I felt compassion for them cause I can relate to them so much not to mention I really love nature currently I am still finding my identity and learning new things and I actually brought the wolf children manga it cost like 26$ but it was sooo worth it tho and that’s the reason why I love wolf children so much
My mom showed this to me as a kid, and I absolutely fell in love. It’s a fantastic movie with amazing scenes and unforgettable characters (for me that is). I remember almost every scene, and a reminder as to that I watched this movie 11-ish years ago.
Yeah, it is a shame, the idea that humanity and nature are two separate irreconcilable things basically makes that impossible (and it ruins what it could have been a perfect flawless film). I would have loved if Ame ebraces both sides in order to protect the forest, it would have conveyed a better message. The same with Yuki, who even thought she accepts that she has the two sides she still hides her wolf side to the outside world.
Personally I think them choosing a side is like picking which path in life they want to go down. They have chosen themselves what they want to be independent of their mother and I think thats where the brilliance comes from it. It shows their own personal development
God, I never want to have to choose between Wolf Children and A Silent Voice. Another impossible choice between movies where motherhood is an important theme (& both made brought me to tears): Wolf Children and Maquia. Great vid. I'll subscribe.
I remember going to see Maquia and what begun as a rather generic fantasy changed into a complex study of human life, not only a relationship between a surrogate mother and a child that grows old. And the delivery, the happy end - deserved after all the previous suffering - make it a perfect movie that I will need to rewatch soon.
I came across wolf children on youtube, someone uploaded the entire movie in the English dub, and since watching it, it became one of my favourite anime movies
I rarely watch videos like this, so when I decided to watched this I didn't expect to cry at the end of it. I never realized how much effort and love was put into this movie, I've never really cared to connect with my parents (mostly my mom) due to all the history we have with each other, but after watching this whole video and movie I couldn't help but apologize to my parents. I forgot how much love they have given me over the years. I only saw the bad in my mom and dad, the quote from Mamoru Hosoda really opened my eyes to everything I have ignored about them.
I watched this when It came out on one of those illegal anime websites and It touched me deeply I remember and contemplate this film to this day, I honestly don't know how to put it in words but I love this film and its probably had a big impact on who I am today.
I watched Wolf Children back when it came out when I was 12 years old. I grew up in a dysfunctional family and dealt with a lot in my environment so I connected to both Ame and Yuki so so much. Struggling to grow up and fit in was me like Yuki, and my desperation to get out into the world and needing to be free and be something that helped others was me like Ame. Such an amazing movie that I still connect to today, both in the movie and the manga, and the art book is absolutely beautiful. Thank you for making this!!
I just watched this film yesterday and thought it was a masterpiece as well. Thanks for making this video, it put together good points and had a lot of heart (like the movie).
I just showed this to my parents tonight as i watched this movie when i was small and i was very shy and lonely at school but this movie.. this movie warmed my heart and its most likely my favorite anime movie. This movie is so udnerated and deserves so much more attention and it is a masterpiece that i will always hold dearly to my heart
i heartily agree it is a masterpiece... the snow scene is one my favourite things i've seen in a movie -- it's is equally as beautiful, brilliant & joyful as Ponyo's sea/car chase scene. if i had one critique of any Hosoda movies is that his character design/animation or just how they visually look, always looked flat -- the contrast it has against the beautifully drawn background is a bit of a distraction. it's worse in The Boy & the Beast, which i also quite liked. it's a shame, because Hosoda's visual storytelling is second to none -- eg. Summer Wars (the hand holding scene) or, and especially, the Growth montage here in Wolf Children.
I love this movie so much and it will always be my favorite movie. I will always cry watching it no matter what. I’m glad someone can put into words how I truly feel about this movie!
You did a beautiful analysis about one of the most important movies of my life. Thank you for this. I’m looking forward for your next videos! Thank you so much for your work! 🖤
This is super fresh, uploaded 4 days ago! I am fawning over in nostalgia of this film so much. I am just so glad I found people that adore this film as much as I do
I’m doing an fanfic sequel to this on wattpad because that’s how much I loved it!, I want it to continue beyond an anime movie I want to write an story that end with them becoming young adults like their mother were when she had them!
Wolf Children 2: The Continuation By coolguy5980 Fair warning story still a work in progress and not there in the young adult years but their middle school years👌 and I made ALOT of new characters and some canon characters are there like souhei and Shino
Cool, I always thought that this film should have a sequel. I might also write one myself, as Ame and Yuki only being teenagers at the end mean that they are still far from being adults, and in the moment of discovering what they really are and deciding what they really want to become.
@@Lucas24997 I also wanna expand the world around the wolf children creature in my timeskip book I’m gonna call it therian tale where it take place with Ame in highschool and Yuki in College!😋
@@Kumo5980 Oh, so Ame returns to school, that is interesting. I would love to see how you expand the world and show how both of them grow and develop. (I hope that you dont mind if I take some of your ideas and apply to my fanfic, if I ever write it)
I'm so happy I got to watch this movie and I just loved it so much. Hana, Yuki and Ame are so special in their own way and all of them with very strong messages. Ahhhhh. I looked it up on YT and glad that one of the first videos talking about this movie was from you Kevin. I can understand why it's one of your favorites too. Take care :]
This was a lovely video and you've convinced me to watch the film! I've totally neglected Mamoru Hosoda and anime films in general, but I recently watched Mirai and fell in love. I can't wait to see more of his work. Makes you realise how few anime there are that really delve into the subject of family.
Just watched this movie, and it kind of made me cry a little all the stuff they went through and showing what its like to be a parent and how hard it can be. Overall, I loved this movie
That still leaves my “your name” As my number one (maybe favorite of all movie)!! But this one became the second favorite of Anime, it is a powerful story!!! And I love how at the beginning in the girls memory says this gonna sound like a fairy tale story!! But that’s exactly what it is!!! You ain’t got nothing on telling stories like anime can do!! Disney Pixer, you got a couple!! But anime with the stories that are all original and heartwarming sometimes!! In a world that can be so messed up. Sometimes you could use a little hope.!!! This kind of movie brings hope !!
Thank you for another beautifully made video. In keeping with Isla McTear's comments, I too found that this film grew on me over the years and now it's a firm favourite that never fails to bring a tear to my eye. You're quite correct that 'Wolf Children' actually helps us to appreciate the sacrifices parents make for their children, although somewhat ironically I haven't managed to persuade my own mother (now in her 80s) to watch it, as she's put off by the title. Oh well, perhaps she'll eventually give it a go. I can only hope. There's a video by Tony Zhou of the Every Frame a Painting channel, titled 'Wolf Children (2012) - The Lateral Tracking Shot,' which you may like to consider watching. Although Tony concentrates on the technical aspect of film making, his explanation of the lateral tracking shot that moves to and fro between Yuki and Ame's classrooms as they grow is simple and elegant in its execution. It encapsulates how the two children develop and eventually go their separate ways. Here's the link: ruclips.net/video/pdSKot0psNg/видео.html Anyway, thanks again for your video. This channel is rapidly becoming a favourite of mine. Excellent work.
I first watched this when I was a kid and hit but now I'm an adult it hits so much HARDER, I grew up w a single mum and 2 siblings and my mum reminds me so much of hana
I watched it recently and it ended up being a film that made me cry almost the whole time. Probably because it's themes just resonate that much with me.
Wolf children really was beautiful and i love it. I’m pretty sad that my family doesn’t see this anime on the same length as I do and they don’t see it as that great.
This story is amazing because if you think about it. Everyone has a different approach with many different things regardless of positivity or negativity we are all connected to each other because we were both raized by and was born by a living thing. This is a difficult thing to do but its important for us to know and accept that we are all different and we will never truly come to the same conclusion. This movie was amazing.
I remember watching this anime some years ago, a masterpiece. And it could have been perfect if it wasn't for presenting the wrong idea that humanity and nature are two separated things, humanity and human societies are part of nature, that is why every society that destroyed the nature around itself always gets destroyed with it; or why even in areas completely artificial like a city you can find how the nature is also present, from the pigeons who thrive in it to the small dandelions who grow in the cracks of the asphalt and concrete. In the film that idea even ruins, at least for me, the ending, as it shows both children deciding to embrace one of their two natures,making both Yuki and Ame arcs unsatisfying, as she is still hiding what she really is to the world, like a closed gay who has accepted that he is gay but cant show it to the world; and Ame has rejected his human side, which not only goes against Yuki arc of embracing who they really are, but also shows clearly the idea that humanity and nature are two separate and irreconciliable things. On the other hand the theme of motherhood is perfect, although the ending scene in the anime does a horrible job in showing the happy end that it has, as Hana is completely alone. It would have been better if it showed the children visiting her as independent adults (something that happens in the manga I believe). Also really great analysis of one of the best films that I have ever seen.
I grew up on a bunch of Studio Madhouse films, but when this one first released I was like "Man this premise sounds some Twilight tier furry bait bullshit" until I finally saw it several years later. I felt so bad for sleeping on this film, it was a very beautiful very sad movie. An interesting film to compare and contrast this to is Song Of The Sea, which is as close to its Western equivalent out there about a brother and sister who are half human, half fey and their human father is raising them alone. (Brendan Gleeson voices the dad, too.) It's seeped in celtic lore and culture, a very beautiful and heartfelt film which came out around the same time as Wolf Children did.
What do you mean furry bait? Are furries no different than otakus and star trek and Star Wars fans in terms of fandoms? And what do mean like twilight? The first half of this movie is beauty and the beast then second half is the wonder years with werwwolves?
Thanks a lot for making this video... I absolutely loved the movie but you added many different perspectives to look at in many of the scenes.... I appreciate that ..! You've explained it very well .
If only Mamoru Hosoda stayed true to this level of filmmaking (and screenwritting, he should worked with Satoko Okudera every time). Wolf Children are the masterpiece of not only animated film, but film in general and I will never forget its premiere in Animefest 2013. It is a perfect study of a family and of the children - parent relationship, and it is also a perfect study about loneliness. I can´t watch it without being moved to tears, even after all those years, as it deeply resonates with me, partially because of the character design by Yoshiyuki Sadamoto that made Neon Genesis Evangelion charaters. The somewhat similar movie - The Red Turtle - is also wonderful, yet focused more on the relationship between men and a nature than on a family, but can´t reach the depth and complexity of Wolf Children. All subsequent Hosoda´s films, despite being quite good, cannot compete with Wolf Children. And is latest variation on a Beauty and the Beast is abysmal.
twitter.com/KevinNyaa/status/1319148081741402113 Got unfairly taken down by copyright. I'm in the middle of disputing it, so it should be back up with the next week or so.
I dont see many similarities. The kid in Clannad actually cared about the parents, didn't drop them off injured in a parking lot then leave them to their gruesome fate.
I am one of those people who had a very hard time finishing the film, although I did push through in the end. There were so many things that annoyed me I am not sure where to begin. The most irritating scene was the bullying scene with Ame (namely, the other kids bullying Ame and Yuki stepping in). In contrast with Koe no Katachi (A Silent Voice in English), not a single person with any authority, including Hana the mother, intervened, which goes against what the Yuki-injure-other-student scene was depicting: when there is a problem between students, parents step in, teachers step in, others step in. Hana seems to just not care if Yuki is doing well at school, what he is experiencing, what challenges he may be facing. If this film is about the trials and tribulations of parenting, Hana sitting down with Ame on the bullying issue would be very powerful, even if they don't agree on what is right or wrong or how to resolve it. Later on, Yuki asked Ame: why didn't you go to school today? I was expecting Ame to say all the problems he faced, instead, he just gets into a fight with her. I feel the raw emotion, but also very disappoint the director did not take the opportunity to address the real issue here: bullying. Ame eventually just escapes from everything, literally. Yuki is "tamed" by human society, learnt to "control" herself. This is also highly irritating as well because the central message of the film was clearly supposed to be about balance, the human side and the wolf side. Striking a balance is hard, and everyone has their own ways of doing it. Taming it or escaping from your problems do not balance anything or change anything. A Silent Voice addresses the bullying issue a lot better, albeit still had problems. I am glad to see Shoko fight back, physically, towards her bully, but disappoint to see Ueno gets rewarded for turning into an accomplice the moment our main male lead character falls foul of the authority, the teacher. I had other problems too, but I just get really irritated with the story to discuss them: 1. Social worker scene 2. Pet noise complain neighbour scene 3. Hospital searching scene 4. Saved money 5. Horticulture in the backyard 6. Communication between Hana and the Wolf 7. Family planning 8. Sohei's acceptance and what it symbolizes for the entire story This film erased Mamoru Hosoda from my list of directors-with-films-to-watch. I did watch Summer Wars and found it less bad, but it was no saving grace. This film was so irritating that it sunk the entire Hosoda ship for me, particularly since he really likes to talk about family, and I am really annoyed by it. I want to stress that I know I am the minority because I have not met a single person who does not like this film.
3/4ths of this film portrayed a very young person suddenly having children and then struggling alot with many hardships. Bullying in the movie was about 2 seconds. If you care more about those 2 seconds of bullying than the whole movie about the mom which you seem to ignore, then I feel sorry for your own mother. You probably take her for granted too.
@@Cloud-dq1mr There are WAY more problems with the rest of the film. Like I said originally that I was only going to discuss the bullying part, because it is most obvious what the problem is. It is also very concentrated to one particular part of the film. This makes it easier to discuss too. But the rest of the film? PILES of problems too. Way worse than the bullying part. But the bullying part was the MOST irritating because it clearly contravenes with what the central message of the film attempts to be. Key word is "attempt". Because as per my original discussion, it completely utterly failed to deliver on the central message of the film set out to discuss when Hana first meets her partner and discuss about identity and acceptance. I don't think it is that hard to see the film is an allegory for anyone living with physical or mental challenges. But the verdict it gave was incredibly regressive and counterproductive. Honestly, I paid too much attention to the rest of the film because I really wanted to know why I had such a visceral reaction to it. So repulsed by the depiction of family and motherhood in the film. Despite how much I don't like the film and how much time has passed since I last saw it, I will not stop discussing its problems, because I know this is a great yardstick to showcase other films I do like more than Wolf Children. It is an important analytical tool to evaluate other anime films I have seen and have not seen.
wolf children was the first anime film that, after watching it on my own, i told my parents that i wanted to watch it with them. i was having trouble connecting with them and sharing something that was special to me made me nervous, but they really liked it. i hugged my mom as the credits were rolling bc how can you not?? this movie is really a love letter to parents. i've shared some other anime films with them since then but that experience has a special place in my heart.
Your comment made me emotional. It's time I just hug my parents with all my heart.
This movie is a love letter to parents? Really? 3/4ths of the anime is showing the inhuman struggles of the mother, and in the end she is left. She gets injured searching for her son deep in the forrest and he finally finds her then dumps her in a parking lot.
That's the thanks she gets for giving up MORE than everything for her kids.
This movie is beautiful but also fucking outrageous for how the kids never repay their debt to their mother who sacrificed so much. Instead they dump her injured in a parking lot (why is she injured again? because of her kids).
Outrageous. The ending had me fuming.
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Right, the ending really made me sad and frustrated at the same time but we have to remember that they also have the ability to come home again and visit their mother.
Me and my dad love anime, and this is his fav, and I agree this is a masterpiece.
My mom got bored when I tried to watch it with her :(
Hana is the biggest trouper mom, EVER! She gives birth to two kids without entering a hospital or even employing a mid-wife. Taking care of said kids with no job but still manages to keep food on the table. Moving out into the countryside and not only rebuilding an abandoned house from the ground up but also plowing and preparing two vast expanses of land from scratch to make it suitable for farming food on and *not uttering a single complaint about the whole thing!* This woman puts her heart and soul into anything and everything she does and it shows!
Hana best mom in anime change my mind:
Honestly i dont think she is a normal person with that kind of ability. I mean how the heck can someone manage to do that
and also the fact she dedicated her heart and soul to giving her children the best lives she possibly could while having *zero* idea on how to raise two part-wolf kids and zero outside help *on her own* is....its really something isn't it.
@@TheKaiokenMerchant No doubt bro
That scene with the garbage truck.... breaks my heart every time I watch it
That scene where her son dumped her injured in a parking lot. Breaks my heart every time. Especially since she gave up her life for her kids from a very young age, and then gets repaid by having her son dump her injured body in a parking lot.
@@Cloud-dq1mr i personally believe that's an inextricable part of being a parent. Watching your kids slowly walking away from you and growing out of your perception of them. While the scene was heartbreaking, as the son ran up the mountain and howled loudly afterwards, you could see the mother smiling satisfyingly, knowing that she had taught him well enough for him to realize his own path and strike out on his own.
it’s so morbid
I saw this movie last night. The scene where the man dies is heartbreaking, but the rest of the movie is heartwarming as you see the children grow into maturity. Hana ends up being a successful mother, and it is cathartic and beautiful to see her success.
Yes Wolf Children is an absolutely great film.
P.S. I love that little detail in the scene at 6:40 where the snake looks back at Yuki, as if also confused why the kids ran away
Yes lol
Snek was also bamboozled .
PS. I love the little detail where the mom gives up her whole life for her children at a young age, she almost cant interact with human society anymore because her kids are wolves, that's how much she gives up.
And the thanks she gets from her son is being dumped injured in a parking lot then left.
Wow.
Ikr Xd it really always had me
This is quite literally the single piece of media, that no matter who im watching it with i will be on the verge of happy tears from start to finish.
Its such an emotionally evocative piece of film that nothing else has come close to matching
This film is perfection to me. Its like a modern exploration of themes we saw in My Neighbour Totoro and Only Yesterday, with a soul all its own. I just love it.
What was your favorite moment in the movie?
This movie subverted my expectations in the sense that I was fully expecting the whole "general public finds out about the secret and the government tries to contain them" or something like that near the end... but it never happens, the general public never find out. I kinda like that, actually.
This movie and Maquia: When the promised flower blooms have the most beautiful stories when it comes to motherhood. These movies have also shaped my views on parenthood and helped me understand my mother's struggles as a single mother of two.
It’s a love letter to the bravery and beauty of parenthood, this film is so full of love that I couldn’t help but tear up at the credits slideshow, I feel like I raised those kids just after two hours of screen time. This movie is perfect in every regard, and it’ll stay with me for as long as I live.
This is a film I can't watch without crying. I cry through so much of it, and I love how it handled the ACTUAL hardships you'd have living in the city if hybrid children were a thing. Spying neighbours, no dogs allowed but your kids are howling at night, barking at other dogs in the park, do you take them to a doctor or a vet, etc. They were all things I hadn't thought about being an issue with hybrid children until this film. Hana is a trooper, she deserves only good things.
When you look closely at his driver license. The wolf man's last name is Iga. Thus Hana Iga, Ame, Higa and Yuki Higa. His first name is partially visible, but his first name we cannot be too sure of (his name was never oficially given and in the credits he was named "wolf man". They first live in an appartment in a non real part of Tokyo. But after that Hana and the kids move to the countryside in Toyama prefecture. Specifically in the mountains near Kamiichi. (you can use google maps to find it).
I remember the first time I watched Wolf Children and I didn't like it but when I went back years and years later for a rewatch I loved it, time really can change things. What you said about identity is so true you really made a beautiful video Kevin!
The more you grow older the more you appreciate the film. Glad you liked it, Isla!
@@KevinNyaa Really? This film showcases motherly love abounds, and then children who reject that love and leave her.
She gave up everything for them. What did they ever give up? Well, their mom.
It was very sad for me to watch the scene where ame decides to live as a wolf and Hana has to let go. The stories of mothers are truly the most emotional 😭
I'm back again and it didn't take me 3 months to upload! Hope you all enjoy me talking about one of my favourite films of all time. See you all soon! :)
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As someone who also has Wolf Children as my favorite movie, this review is remarkable. You've clearly put a lot of thought and passion into this review. The point about nature and humanity being able to live parallel to one another while never truly being able to coexist was poignant, but also kind of tragic.
The narrative framing Yuki and Ame's growth as needing to choose between being a human *or* a wolf always kind of rubbed me the wrong way. Their father seemed perfectly content with studying and working as a human while hunting as a wolf by night. I suppose you could make the argument that his death was the result of him trying to live in both worlds, but who's to say he wouldn't have suffered the same fate if he had decided to live exclusively as a wolf?
We have no way of knowing if Yuki is going to continue to turn into a wolf, and perhaps regain a couple of her old interests, or if her transformation in front of Souhei was the final time she did so before fully becoming a human. It's pretty clear that Ame has abandoned his human half, since he doesn't feel that his life has any meaning as a human. I guess the film did this so the audience can draw their own conclusions about what happens after the end, but Ame and Yuki's seeming lack of duality still strikes me as bittersweet.
But I digress. Keep up the good work!
Yeah the story is great, but it is a shame that they went with the idea of both humanity and natures not being able to coexist, as it basically forces the children to choose between their two sides.
It could have had a better ending if they learnt to use what both forms offer to help them achieve their goals, for example Ame could have become a forest ranger who uses both forms as a way to protect the forest (which can also show how humanity also is capable of protecting nature).
@@Lucas24997 I feel it's more nuanced than that. Give yourself to nature completely or be human.
@@thelemon5069 Not really, it is clearly shown in the film that they are gonna have to choose one of the two paths, and that those are incompatible.
At the end that ruins the film for me, as both children havent still come to terms with their other form, meaning there hasnt really been a good conclusion to their arc.
Making hundreds of new RUclips accounts just to agree more, upvote, and increase exposure.
Wolf Children is the literal best.
I was just thinking about Yuki’s name. Its snow, when she was little she was more like a blizzard; boisterous, breaks everything and people avoid blizzard cause they’re scared of them, it scares her friends away, in order for her to still be in her “pack” she needs to be like a falling snowflake, calm, graceful and elegant. When she was younger she acts more like a blizzard.
(Yes I know blizzard and snowflakes probably has their own separate words too, but I kinda like this, plus “snow” sounded more general)
I love Yuki so much because I can relate to her, I remember being like a blizzard when I was younger lmao and I honestly wish I can be like that now
@@maratfletcher3648 Me too. I love this movie, I still think about it to this day. I wonder if she’d still act the same if her friends accepted her “bones and bugs collecting” side, though I guess she doesn’t mind conforming to society’s standard. Still I wonder if she’s less happy, but I suppose that’s growing up and adult life you, you sacrifice some things
I got this film on dvd shortly after it came out when I was a little girl, I still have it today and I rewatched it so many times and I keep learning and seeing things I didn’t when I watch it, it’s very nostalgic
What was your favorite moment in the movie?
It's been years since I last watched Wolf Children. I've always felt hesitant to watch it back then because of how the story wasn't on par with my ideals. I read how Ame left his mother and sister, and that made me adamant to see the film. But after mentally going back and forth, I gave the film a chance. Wolf Children broadened my perspective about life, it was as if I saw myself in both Yuki and Ame, we were born to single mothers, we had identity crisis', those facts alone gave me the comfort and courage to not let my situation define me, because despite all their hardships, they never let anyone dictate who they should and shouldn't be, their mother never let them become victims of this treacherous world. Hana gave her children the freedom to understand themselves, she nurtured Ame and Yuki until they figure out their calling. Kudos to all single parents who has to brave through this world alone for the sake of their beloved.
I can agree with you so much! The reason why I fell in love watching is that I was so relatable to me I was 6 years old when wolf children came out and the first time I watched it,it made me more independent and a new perspective in life, and also when I was younger I was so much like yuki I would always curious in things which would always get me in trouble, I used to live in a brick house with a huge backyard I would always run and catch bugs I would also catch some mice and when I reached the age of 5 I really wanted to go to school and I got to go I had the personality of yuki but the first time I went I was told off as a weird and unnatural child I was always called a dog because what I did as a child and I really didn’t care what other people thought of me but the more I grew up the more I understood what people thought of me which caused me to be isolating and cold to other people but not to mention sad as well cause I was forced to fit in eat time i acted as a child my mother would threaten to put me in military school which didn’t help at all and the first time I meet my step sister I was happy to has an older sister but once she got to know me she would always be with my little sisters instead of me which made me feel unloved this would always be jealous of my siblings for getting love instead of me each time me and siblings would get into fights I would always be the one scratching or biting them, but ever since I saw wolf children I felt compassion for them cause I can relate to them so much not to mention I really love nature currently I am still finding my identity and learning new things and I actually brought the wolf children manga it cost like 26$ but it was sooo worth it tho and that’s the reason why I love wolf children so much
yuki looks like her mother and ame looks like his father
and im tearing up just thinking about it.
This is a very underrated channel
My mom showed this to me as a kid, and I absolutely fell in love. It’s a fantastic movie with amazing scenes and unforgettable characters (for me that is). I remember almost every scene, and a reminder as to that I watched this movie 11-ish years ago.
One of my all time favourite films too what a damn masterpiece
IMO....I wish the movie showed the kids embracing both sides of them instead of them having to choose either or.
Yeah, it is a shame, the idea that humanity and nature are two separate irreconcilable things basically makes that impossible (and it ruins what it could have been a perfect flawless film).
I would have loved if Ame ebraces both sides in order to protect the forest, it would have conveyed a better message. The same with Yuki, who even thought she accepts that she has the two sides she still hides her wolf side to the outside world.
Personally I think them choosing a side is like picking which path in life they want to go down. They have chosen themselves what they want to be independent of their mother and I think thats where the brilliance comes from it. It shows their own personal development
Growing up biracial this movie hit close to home for me 🥺
The movie is a masterpiece and so this review both deserve the praise
wolf children was the first anime movie and I watched it with my brother. we loved it so much and it will always be a good memory and a good movie
God, I never want to have to choose between Wolf Children and A Silent Voice. Another impossible choice between movies where motherhood is an important theme (& both made brought me to tears): Wolf Children and Maquia.
Great vid. I'll subscribe.
I remember going to see Maquia and what begun as a rather generic fantasy changed into a complex study of human life, not only a relationship between a surrogate mother and a child that grows old. And the delivery, the happy end - deserved after all the previous suffering - make it a perfect movie that I will need to rewatch soon.
What a beautiful analysis. I can’t wait for more of these :3
I came across wolf children on youtube, someone uploaded the entire movie in the English dub, and since watching it, it became one of my favourite anime movies
Honestly my favorite anime movie, and even one of my favorite movies ever.
Why? Did you also dump your injured mom who took care of you your whole life in a parking lot and then leave her like that?
I rarely watch videos like this, so when I decided to watched this I didn't expect to cry at the end of it. I never realized how much effort and love was put into this movie, I've never really cared to connect with my parents (mostly my mom) due to all the history we have with each other, but after watching this whole video and movie I couldn't help but apologize to my parents. I forgot how much love they have given me over the years. I only saw the bad in my mom and dad, the quote from Mamoru Hosoda really opened my eyes to everything I have ignored about them.
I watched this when It came out on one of those illegal anime websites and It touched me deeply I remember and contemplate this film to this day, I honestly don't know how to put it in words but I love this film and its probably had a big impact on who I am today.
I watched Wolf Children back when it came out when I was 12 years old. I grew up in a dysfunctional family and dealt with a lot in my environment so I connected to both Ame and Yuki so so much. Struggling to grow up and fit in was me like Yuki, and my desperation to get out into the world and needing to be free and be something that helped others was me like Ame. Such an amazing movie that I still connect to today, both in the movie and the manga, and the art book is absolutely beautiful. Thank you for making this!!
I just watched this film yesterday and thought it was a masterpiece as well.
Thanks for making this video, it put together good points and had a lot of heart (like the movie).
Do you know where I can watch it
This is the movie that got me into watching anime again.
This analysis is really thought through and even made me tear up. It deserves far more views. Thank you for breaking this masterpiece down.
I just showed this to my parents tonight as i watched this movie when i was small and i was very shy and lonely at school but this movie.. this movie warmed my heart and its most likely my favorite anime movie. This movie is so udnerated and deserves so much more attention and it is a masterpiece that i will always hold dearly to my heart
i heartily agree it is a masterpiece...
the snow scene is one my favourite things i've seen in a movie -- it's is equally as beautiful, brilliant & joyful as Ponyo's sea/car chase scene.
if i had one critique of any Hosoda movies is that his character design/animation or just how they visually look, always looked flat -- the contrast it has against the beautifully drawn background is a bit of a distraction. it's worse in The Boy & the Beast, which i also quite liked.
it's a shame, because Hosoda's visual storytelling is second to none -- eg. Summer Wars (the hand holding scene) or, and especially, the Growth montage here in Wolf Children.
I love this movie so much and it will always be my favorite movie. I will always cry watching it no matter what. I’m glad someone can put into words how I truly feel about this movie!
You did a beautiful analysis about one of the most important movies of my life. Thank you for this. I’m looking forward for your next videos! Thank you so much for your work! 🖤
This is super fresh, uploaded 4 days ago! I am fawning over in nostalgia of this film so much. I am just so glad I found people that adore this film as much as I do
I've never seen it but I will it would be nice to see an anime where 50 of my fav characters don't die
One of the best movies that I never want to see again.
It is so brutal but so beautiful
I’m doing an fanfic sequel to this on wattpad because that’s how much I loved it!, I want it to continue beyond an anime movie I want to write an story that end with them becoming young adults like their mother were when she had them!
oooh whats it called? ive always wanted to read one!
Wolf Children 2: The Continuation By coolguy5980
Fair warning story still a work in progress and not there in the young adult years but their middle school years👌 and I made ALOT of new characters and some canon characters are there like souhei and Shino
Cool, I always thought that this film should have a sequel.
I might also write one myself, as Ame and Yuki only being teenagers at the end mean that they are still far from being adults, and in the moment of discovering what they really are and deciding what they really want to become.
@@Lucas24997 I also wanna expand the world around the wolf children creature in my timeskip book I’m gonna call it therian tale where it take place with Ame in highschool and Yuki in College!😋
@@Kumo5980 Oh, so Ame returns to school, that is interesting. I would love to see how you expand the world and show how both of them grow and develop.
(I hope that you dont mind if I take some of your ideas and apply to my fanfic, if I ever write it)
Saddest moment for me was when ame runs to mountain and the mother cry his name .
I agreed 😭
I'm so happy I got to watch this movie and I just loved it so much. Hana, Yuki and Ame are so special in their own way and all of them with very strong messages. Ahhhhh. I looked it up on YT and glad that one of the first videos talking about this movie was from you Kevin. I can understand why it's one of your favorites too. Take care :]
Please make a video about maquia too. It is sooo beautiful but extremely underhyped. Your videos are beautiful.
This is one of the 2 movies that I cry for, the other being hachiko
This was a lovely video and you've convinced me to watch the film! I've totally neglected Mamoru Hosoda and anime films in general, but I recently watched Mirai and fell in love. I can't wait to see more of his work. Makes you realise how few anime there are that really delve into the subject of family.
Glad you liked it! And yeah, there definitely isn't enough anime films in general but Hosoda is one of the best!
Just watched this movie, and it kind of made me cry a little all the stuff they went through and showing what its like to be a parent and how hard it can be. Overall, I loved this movie
This video is a gem for me
That still leaves my “your name” As my number one (maybe favorite of all movie)!! But this one became the second favorite of Anime, it is a powerful story!!! And I love how at the beginning in the girls memory says this gonna sound like a fairy tale story!! But that’s exactly what it is!!! You ain’t got nothing on telling stories like anime can do!! Disney Pixer, you got a couple!! But anime with the stories that are all original and heartwarming sometimes!! In a world that can be so messed up. Sometimes you could use a little hope.!!! This kind of movie brings hope !!
I just rewatched the movie for nostalgia a few minutes ago and I found ur video
I loved the review
0 dislikes. Amazing video and movie.
Thanks Kevin, I also love a silent Voice.
Thank you for another beautifully made video. In keeping with Isla McTear's comments, I too found that this film grew on me over the years and now it's a firm favourite that never fails to bring a tear to my eye. You're quite correct that 'Wolf Children' actually helps us to appreciate the sacrifices parents make for their children, although somewhat ironically I haven't managed to persuade my own mother (now in her 80s) to watch it, as she's put off by the title. Oh well, perhaps she'll eventually give it a go. I can only hope.
There's a video by Tony Zhou of the Every Frame a Painting channel, titled 'Wolf Children (2012) - The Lateral Tracking Shot,' which you may like to consider watching. Although Tony concentrates on the technical aspect of film making, his explanation of the lateral tracking shot that moves to and fro between Yuki and Ame's classrooms as they grow is simple and elegant in its execution. It encapsulates how the two children develop and eventually go their separate ways. Here's the link: ruclips.net/video/pdSKot0psNg/видео.html
Anyway, thanks again for your video. This channel is rapidly becoming a favourite of mine. Excellent work.
Why this anime(masterpiece) didn't win oscar ?
I first watched this when I was a kid and hit but now I'm an adult it hits so much HARDER, I grew up w a single mum and 2 siblings and my mum reminds me so much of hana
I watched it recently and it ended up being a film that made me cry almost the whole time. Probably because it's themes just resonate that much with me.
Hope you cried well after the mom gave up her whole life for her kids and then was dumped injured in a parking lot by her son, who then left her.
this video is amazing, thank you.
I really need it this. Thank u mate!
Wolf children really was beautiful and i love it. I’m pretty sad that my family doesn’t see this anime on the same length as I do and they don’t see it as that great.
Oh wow, this brought the experience of the movie back to me.
This story is amazing because if you think about it. Everyone has a different approach with many different things regardless of positivity or negativity we are all connected to each other because we were both raized by and was born by a living thing. This is a difficult thing to do but its important for us to know and accept that we are all different and we will never truly come to the same conclusion. This movie was amazing.
It used to be bother me how alone this woman no family no friends just her kids it's crazy.
This video is a MASTERPIECE (And I Love It)
I’m bawling my eyes out
Always a treat seeing a video from you pop up in my subscriptions :)
Beautiful
this is the masterpiece of all
I remember watching this anime some years ago, a masterpiece. And it could have been perfect if it wasn't for presenting the wrong idea that humanity and nature are two separated things, humanity and human societies are part of nature, that is why every society that destroyed the nature around itself always gets destroyed with it; or why even in areas completely artificial like a city you can find how the nature is also present, from the pigeons who thrive in it to the small dandelions who grow in the cracks of the asphalt and concrete.
In the film that idea even ruins, at least for me, the ending, as it shows both children deciding to embrace one of their two natures,making both Yuki and Ame arcs unsatisfying, as she is still hiding what she really is to the world, like a closed gay who has accepted that he is gay but cant show it to the world; and Ame has rejected his human side, which not only goes against Yuki arc of embracing who they really are, but also shows clearly the idea that humanity and nature are two separate and irreconciliable things.
On the other hand the theme of motherhood is perfect, although the ending scene in the anime does a horrible job in showing the happy end that it has, as Hana is completely alone. It would have been better if it showed the children visiting her as independent adults (something that happens in the manga I believe).
Also really great analysis of one of the best films that I have ever seen.
I grew up on a bunch of Studio Madhouse films, but when this one first released I was like "Man this premise sounds some Twilight tier furry bait bullshit" until I finally saw it several years later. I felt so bad for sleeping on this film, it was a very beautiful very sad movie.
An interesting film to compare and contrast this to is Song Of The Sea, which is as close to its Western equivalent out there about a brother and sister who are half human, half fey and their human father is raising them alone. (Brendan Gleeson voices the dad, too.) It's seeped in celtic lore and culture, a very beautiful and heartfelt film which came out around the same time as Wolf Children did.
What do you mean furry bait? Are furries no different than otakus and star trek and Star Wars fans in terms of fandoms?
And what do mean like twilight? The first half of this movie is beauty and the beast then second half is the wonder years with werwwolves?
Thanks a lot for making this video... I absolutely loved the movie but you added many different perspectives to look at in many of the scenes.... I appreciate that ..! You've explained it very well .
Excellent video!
Amazing insight :)
I was very young when I first watched it, it is still my favorite gibbly movie, I atleast watched it hundred of times.
hey guys i too love this movie i feel like am into nature it makes me feel like i hve an inner wolf in me
If only Mamoru Hosoda stayed true to this level of filmmaking (and screenwritting, he should worked with Satoko Okudera every time). Wolf Children are the masterpiece of not only animated film, but film in general and I will never forget its premiere in Animefest 2013. It is a perfect study of a family and of the children - parent relationship, and it is also a perfect study about loneliness. I can´t watch it without being moved to tears, even after all those years, as it deeply resonates with me, partially because of the character design by Yoshiyuki Sadamoto that made Neon Genesis Evangelion charaters.
The somewhat similar movie - The Red Turtle - is also wonderful, yet focused more on the relationship between men and a nature than on a family, but can´t reach the depth and complexity of Wolf Children.
All subsequent Hosoda´s films, despite being quite good, cannot compete with Wolf Children. And is latest variation on a Beauty and the Beast is abysmal.
memories
Love the video btw!
Keep it up.......best of luck from Bangladesh 🇧🇩
This is movie is an absolute masterpiece. Hana may be Mary Sue, but she is literally a person everyone should aim to be like.
Bro,sequel when????
Missed ya fam
Why this channel has only 26k subscribers ?
I wish you and glen would make reviews consistently again. You two were the best back in the day 8)
Oh god, that's rolling back the years... I will try my best to upload more consistently now! :)
Its story about mother hood and how your kids will leave the nest eventually
me when we have the same two favourite films (wolf children + a silent voice)
wait. what is the movie that is now your favorite film?
I love this movie so so much.
A Silent Voice!
Bro why am I crying hahaha- anyways yeah it’s a relly relly great movie 🥲☺️
This movie is like The Wonder Years meets Beauty and the Beast/Shape of Water and Cat People (1982)
I named my 2 dogs Ame & Yuki.
Do you have a discord server? Also, I love your videos so much!!!
0 dislikes, as all things should be
I never could get into that movie. It felt a lot like Hyouka to me.
Is that a bad thing though?
what happend to the oregairu video?
twitter.com/KevinNyaa/status/1319148081741402113
Got unfairly taken down by copyright. I'm in the middle of disputing it, so it should be back up with the next week or so.
@@KevinNyaai hope it will be back upp :D
Clannad After Story video when?
Very simular to Wolf Children in some ways.
I dont see many similarities. The kid in Clannad actually cared about the parents, didn't drop them off injured in a parking lot then leave them to their gruesome fate.
I am one of those people who had a very hard time finishing the film, although I did push through in the end. There were so many things that annoyed me I am not sure where to begin.
The most irritating scene was the bullying scene with Ame (namely, the other kids bullying Ame and Yuki stepping in). In contrast with Koe no Katachi (A Silent Voice in English), not a single person with any authority, including Hana the mother, intervened, which goes against what the Yuki-injure-other-student scene was depicting: when there is a problem between students, parents step in, teachers step in, others step in. Hana seems to just not care if Yuki is doing well at school, what he is experiencing, what challenges he may be facing. If this film is about the trials and tribulations of parenting, Hana sitting down with Ame on the bullying issue would be very powerful, even if they don't agree on what is right or wrong or how to resolve it. Later on, Yuki asked Ame: why didn't you go to school today? I was expecting Ame to say all the problems he faced, instead, he just gets into a fight with her. I feel the raw emotion, but also very disappoint the director did not take the opportunity to address the real issue here: bullying. Ame eventually just escapes from everything, literally. Yuki is "tamed" by human society, learnt to "control" herself. This is also highly irritating as well because the central message of the film was clearly supposed to be about balance, the human side and the wolf side. Striking a balance is hard, and everyone has their own ways of doing it. Taming it or escaping from your problems do not balance anything or change anything.
A Silent Voice addresses the bullying issue a lot better, albeit still had problems. I am glad to see Shoko fight back, physically, towards her bully, but disappoint to see Ueno gets rewarded for turning into an accomplice the moment our main male lead character falls foul of the authority, the teacher.
I had other problems too, but I just get really irritated with the story to discuss them: 1. Social worker scene 2. Pet noise complain neighbour scene 3. Hospital searching scene 4. Saved money 5. Horticulture in the backyard 6. Communication between Hana and the Wolf 7. Family planning 8. Sohei's acceptance and what it symbolizes for the entire story
This film erased Mamoru Hosoda from my list of directors-with-films-to-watch. I did watch Summer Wars and found it less bad, but it was no saving grace. This film was so irritating that it sunk the entire Hosoda ship for me, particularly since he really likes to talk about family, and I am really annoyed by it. I want to stress that I know I am the minority because I have not met a single person who does not like this film.
3/4ths of this film portrayed a very young person suddenly having children and then struggling alot with many hardships. Bullying in the movie was about 2 seconds.
If you care more about those 2 seconds of bullying than the whole movie about the mom which you seem to ignore, then I feel sorry for your own mother. You probably take her for granted too.
@@Cloud-dq1mr There are WAY more problems with the rest of the film. Like I said originally that I was only going to discuss the bullying part, because it is most obvious what the problem is. It is also very concentrated to one particular part of the film. This makes it easier to discuss too.
But the rest of the film? PILES of problems too. Way worse than the bullying part. But the bullying part was the MOST irritating because it clearly contravenes with what the central message of the film attempts to be.
Key word is "attempt". Because as per my original discussion, it completely utterly failed to deliver on the central message of the film set out to discuss when Hana first meets her partner and discuss about identity and acceptance.
I don't think it is that hard to see the film is an allegory for anyone living with physical or mental challenges. But the verdict it gave was incredibly regressive and counterproductive.
Honestly, I paid too much attention to the rest of the film because I really wanted to know why I had such a visceral reaction to it. So repulsed by the depiction of family and motherhood in the film. Despite how much I don't like the film and how much time has passed since I last saw it, I will not stop discussing its problems, because I know this is a great yardstick to showcase other films I do like more than Wolf Children. It is an important analytical tool to evaluate other anime films I have seen and have not seen.
You mixed Yuki and Ame's names a few times. Yuki is the sister, Ame is the brother
@@Starburst514 Fixed.
@@xxMapSyrxxIs there anything else you didn't like about this film?