Wolf's Rain

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The world is slowly dying...

In a post-apocalyptic future where humans live in large domed cities surrounded by wasteland, wolves are believed to have been extinct for 200 years. But some wolves still remain. These wolves live by disguising themselves as humans to survive.

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The world is slowly dying...

In a post-apocalyptic future where humans live in large domed cities surrounded by wasteland, wolves are believed to have been extinct for 200 years. But some wolves still remain. These wolves live by disguising themselves as humans to survive.

Wolf's Rain is the story of four wolves, Kiba, Tsume, Hige and Toboe, who will follow the scent of the lunar flower on a quest to find paradise.


Opening Theme: "Stray" performed by Steve Conte

Ending Theme: "Gravity" performed by Maaya Sakamoto


"Stray" Lyrics

In the cold breeze,
That I walk alone,
The memories of generation burn within me.
Been forever
Since I cried the pain of sorrow,
I'll live and die, by the pride my people gave me.

I'm here standing on the edge,
Staring up at where the moon should be.
Oooooooooh!

Stray!
No regrets cause I've got nothing to lose. (Nothing to lose!)
Ever stray!
So I'm gonna live my life as I choose. (Life as I choose!)
Until I fall.

Stray! Straaaaaaaaaaaay!



"Gravity" Lyrics

Been a long road to follow,
Been there and gone tomorrow,
Without saying goodbye to yesterday.
Are the memories I hold still valid?
Or have the tears deluded me?

Maybe this time tomorrow,
The rain will cease to follow,
And the mist will fade into a new today.
Something somewhere out there keeps calling,

Am I going home?
Will I hear someone singing solace to the silent moon?
Zero gravity what's it like?

Am I alone?

Is somebody there beyond these heavy aching feet,
Still the roads keeps on telling me to go on.
Something is pulling me,
I feel the gravity of it all.


Characters

Kiba (Fang):
Kiba is the white wolf. He is tough and stubborn. Even though the group has no real leader, he seems to be the one leading them. He will face any danger to get to paradise. Kiba believes in Cheza the most.

Tsume (Claw):
Tsume, who originally lived among the humans, is cold and independent. He doesn't really believe in paradise but goes along anyway. Tsume's identifying feature is a cross shaped scar on his chest.

Hige (Whisker):
Hige is rational and doesn't like to rush into things. He always seems to be looking for food or women. Hige's identifying feature is his collar around his neck.

Toboe (Howling):
Toboe is the youngest of the four. He is kind and loyal. The others in the group call him runt because sometimes he slows the group down. Toboe's identifying feature is a bracelet on his right hand.

Cheza (The Flower Maiden):
We first meet Cheza in a research lab. She is suspended inside a glass sphere. She can hear the wolves and calls out to them. Cheza will lead the wolves to paradise.

Blue:
Blue was Quent Yaiden's dog. As Quent's dog she could sense wolves and helped him hunt them down. But one day she met Cheza and realized she was part wolf. After that she could take human form.

Quent Yaiden:
Quent believes his village was burned down by wolves. For revenge he plans to hunt down all wolves and kill them.

Cher Degri:
Cher is one of the scientists first seen studying Cheza. Her obsession with Cheza and the "Book of the Moon" ruined her marriage to Hubb.

Hubb Lebowski:
Hubb is a police investigator. He is Cher's ex-husband. He is still in love with Cher and follows her after she disappears.

Darcia:
Darcia is a noble. He wants Cheza for himself. At first his motives are unknown. He is often wearing a mask that covers his face.


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• more wolf's rain!!!!!

  anyone want 2 see more wolf's rain? i do,i really miss this show & why did they stop showing it?

  anyone want 2 see more wolf's rain? i do,i really miss this show & why did they stop showing it? less «

  dissapearing Last online 9 days ago
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• More than one species on wolf's rain?

  Ok we know kiba,etc. are wolves and seeing them as humans is just allusions to protect them. But in that episode where kiba...more »

  Ok we know kiba,etc. are wolves and seeing them as humans is just allusions to protect them. But in that episode where kiba is in the desert and he stays under this plant thing, he ends up going to this beautiful perfect happy looking place that he assums is "paradise" (but in reality he's dying) and he meets this girl, (i forget her name but she had on a yellow top,jeans and had brown hair and purple eyes) but instead of being a wolf she's some kind of other animal? I think it would have been interesting to show that their were other animals trying to hide from/deal with humans by creating an allusion that they were human and show them interacting with the wolves, what does anyone else think?less «

  dissapearing Last online 9 days ago
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• Do you like the ending?

  Well, I guess I start this forum off with the end: Do you like the ending? The first time I saw it, I saw the last ep...more »

  Well, I guess I start this forum off with the end: Do you like the ending? The first time I saw it, I saw the last episode, not knowing that it was the last, so when I watched it again from the beginning, I was a little disappointed about how it ended, although it made a ton more sense. The fight scenes were great though. It was one of the first animes I'd ever seen & maybe the first time I'd actually seen them animate a bloody fight scene. It was intense.less «

  kwchou1 Last online Nov 7, 2007
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  9 Superb

  An apocalyptic tale of creating a new world. According to the writer this is the best produced, well-written anime-series of all time. hide « show »

  In a distant future the world is a wasteland and almost totally inhabited, with exception for large dome-shaped cities. There is a legend about Paradise, and the legend tells that the believed to be extinct-wolfs are the one to find Paradise. We follow a small pack of wolfs, (most often) led by Kiba, in their search for this lost world. But the road is long and the price is high for this paradise. The story-telling and the animating of this series is one of the greatest I've come across in the anime-genre. With exception for some anime-movies I would say that this is the ultimate anime-piece. It is dramatic, exciting, personal and beautiful. The characters are well-written as well as well-drawned. The underlying statement in the series seems to be that we have inherited the earth and thereby should take care of it, before it's too late. An over-used theme, I agree, but it gives a new point of view in this series.
  
  The one and only thing I have to complain about is the 3-4 episode re-cap in the middle of the series, couldn't that have been reduced to 1 episode perhaps?
  
  Otherwise a great, epic series that suites both anime-fans as newbies. Enjoy!

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  KeFor Added Dec 19, 2008 All my reviews
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  8.3 Great

  A world where Wolves were the Adam and Eve to humans. hide « show »

  Wolves were once the ultimate existence that gave birth to humanity, but they are now extinct as a result of being hunted down by the humans they created, or so it was believed. Humanity strives within domes living in city wide ghettos and make use of whatever they have. The humans don't know that wolves walk alongside them casting spells so that they appear as humans. There is no life in the world anymore, so the wolves seek out what was programmed right from birth...a place that is called paradise. Kiba is one such wolf that is pursuing this mystical place and encounters three other city wolves in Toboe, Tsume, and Hige, forming an unusual pack of different kinds of wolf.
  
  Very slow moving in the beginning, which is typical for any anime, but the characters do a great job of grabbing your attention. Right from the get go they are already fleshed out with a lot of personality into them. Describing how down to earth these characters are is like trying to learn chemistry from scratch in one hour. They are just so realistic as if these characters were my next door neighbors. The supporting human cast also serve their roles well and enhance the experience that much more.
  
  A typical anime has a slow moving plot that eventually starts revealing its story later on, but honestly, there isn't much story here. It leaves a lot of questions for you to be answered, which is sort of a good thing, but its length also makes it seem a little bit like its dragging things along. Most of Wolfs Rains' episodes go nowhere fast telling bits and chunks of the plot at a Dragonball Z pace. The story is good, it is just very very very slow.
  
  Though while it is slow moving, the episodes are by no means boring; in fact, they are very entertaining. The four wolves usually encounter many different situations that offer a deep point of view perspective to the many people they meet. Like there is a series of episodes where a pack of wolves they meet are used as labor for the humans, and another about an aging couple. The thing is some of these life lessons are kind of hard to relate to since after all, it is mostly in the wolves perspective, and it hardly seems like a metaphor.
  
  While the characters are very memorable and some of the episodes offer a great insight about life, the show as a whole is pretty forgettable. It feels like the wolves journey searching for paradise was longer than it should have been. Though it's still a highly recommendable watch.

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  ZaleIsBackAgain Added Sep 10, 2008 All my reviews
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  7.1 Good

  Wolf legends hide « show »

  Legends also talk of how wolves know where Paradise lies at the end of the world. However, wolves are mythical creatures thought to have become extinct 200 years ago. Well, that's not exactly true. Wolves have learned to adapt themselves when around humans by taking human form. Through this method, they have been living in cities and towns along humans for the last two centuries.
  
  Wolf's Rain follows four such wolves that have decided they've had enough of city life and that it's time to seek Paradise for themselves. They follow the scent of the Flower Daughter, a girl held captive in a human lab until she is kidnapped by a mysterious figure. Lost without her scent, they decide to rescue her. The Flower Daughter was made through alchemy by one of the noble families. She is the key that reveals the path to Paradise, a place where wolves rule. Wolves are drawn to her and she to them, but she is also sought by several nobles, who wish to unravel her secrets.
  
  The setting seems to be post-apocalyptic. There was a time when mankind prospered, but something happened to cause civilization to decline. No one is quite sure what happened, but now each city is ruled by a noble tyrant and most of the people are poverty stricken. The nobles are a mysterious bunch that wage war on each other for reasons not yet revealed.
  
  Wolf's Rain is very good, although very melodramatic. It's not going to win any awards for the feel good anime of the year and there tends to be a lot of blood and fighting amongst the wolves themselves and between the human/wolf community. Many wolves have lost the will to live and/or seek Paradise for themselves, and thereby settle for remaining mere street dogs. Others are rebels or in street gangs working desperately to maintain their status quo.
  
  The story is engaging, though at points slow, and the characters have this alienating quality to them that makes them feel less human than your typical characters. That's good, I suppose, for showing the distinction between the wolf community and human emotion, but sometimes you wish for something a bit more. I'm still not sure where I stand on the anime. It was interesting up until the 4 (yes 4 - one for Tsume, Hige, Toboe & Hubb) recap episodes 15-18 that you can definitely skip... or if you want to watch one, Hubb's story (18) was the best IMHO. None of which tell you anything you haven't seen up to now. Come ep 19, the story begins to take off again.
  
  I can't say I was a big fan of the ending, particularly eps 27-30. I hoped it would go some place else, but alas. Great series. Bad ending.

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  damythebad Added May 24, 2008 All my reviews
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  10 Perfect

  Amazing and Deep. hide « show »

  According to an old legend, when the end of the world comes, Paradise will appear, however, only wolves will have access to it. The main character, Kiba, sets on a journey with other 4 wolves (Blue, Hige,Toboe, and Tsume) to find paradise led by Cheza the Maiden flower. I love this anime, not only because the storyline is good and original, but because it has a melancholic, sorrowful touch in it. Also the settings and fights, giving it action and adventure. Also beautiful music, like "Run wolf Warrior, Run" and my personal favorite "Strangers". It's a story filled with emotion and feeling.

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  DarkRaiju Added May 24, 2008 All my reviews
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  9 Superb

  In my opinion the third greatest anime of all time. hide « show »

  This anime is without doubt one of the greatest animes that I have ever seen. It's lot better than that Naruto and Bleach cack that people are always talking about. It has a good storyline with a likeable cast of characters as well as beautiful animation. This is a great show and should be watched by any fan of anime. If you don't like this then you probably have no clue as to what's good and what's bad. It's interesting to note that the show's creator, Keiko Nobumoto, was formally the screenplay writer of Cowboy Bebop. And that concludes my review of Wolf's Rain.

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  marbles01 Added Mar 29, 2008 All my reviews