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MarshalBanana
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Keiko Nobumoto(Also Tokyo Godfathers and Macross Plus) is the most underappreciated writers in Anime, and is able to do it without coming off as pretentious. It is a shame that this one has fallen by the wayside over the years. When it should really be held up there with the best of them, some ironically she wrote.
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rizuchan
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I missed most of Wolf's Rain when it aired, but my friends in high school were huge fans. So I've been watching it little by little on Funimation Now.
I've watched... 7 episodes? And in many ways it feels like nothing has happened and yet the story is still so compelling I want to keep watching. I really love stories that let you discover the world little by little instead of throwing exposition at you. I don't have the most critical eye but I think the upscale looks great compared to other shows of its time. The animation is a little janky, but that's also something that was just part of the time the show was made. |
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pajmo9
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I remember this having some really nice visuals, but I don't think it's something I'll be double dipping on. I also enjoyed Yoko Kanno's soundtrack for this, although it's not one of her best.
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Greed1914
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I picked up one of Bandai's Anime Legends sets when it was announced that Bandai USA was closing. One nice thing about that particular set was that the recap episodes were put on one disc, so you could simply ignore them. I don't think I'll be getting this release since shelf space is a factor for me, and given that is is an upscale of a digipaint production, I can't justify another purchase.
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angelmcazares
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I watched Wolf's Rain a few years ago, but I was not enchanted by it. It is an ambitious show, but I think the writing was too cryptic for its own good. That being said, I am glad that this classic, beloved by many fans, is back in print. I just find it sad that Funimation did not consider doing a fancy release; I hate the fat BD cases they use.
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meiam
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I have more or less the same reaction, I remember enjoying it but can scarcely recall anything about it. I just remember thinking that it felt like a show that had a lot of writer going over the same script or maybe excessive production interference with plenty of stuff having being added just for marketing purpose (you don't actually need the character to be wolf/human hybrid, one or the other would have worked just fine) and plenty of stuff having being seemingly removed, where it constantly feel like there's a bigger picture but not only are we not privy to what it is, we don't even have enough information to piece it together. I've never been a big fan of symbolism, I consider it the lowest form of writing, pointless by itself and only useful in supporting other form of writing, so I'm probably not the target demographic for this show. |
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Parsifal24
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This has always been a show I can respect more than like it looks nice and the writing can be good but it is very cryptic and often too esoteric to have any kind of emotional impact on me. Combined with things like the giant "demon walrus" and "drone" battle in the early half of the series.
Along with the Lord Darcia subplot and the "tragic romance" between spoiler[Kiba and Cheza] feel "overstuffed" and left me emotionally unmoved. As an aside one of the better analysis of the series I've read is Susan J. Naiper's take in Anime from Akira to Howl's Moving Castle . Technically it's a masterwork but emotionally it does absolutely nothing for me and frankly I find it dull and unengaging beautiful musical score and Opening and Ending themes aside. |
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AyanamiRei
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I always thought they were wolves. And that "human form" was only a type of illusion developed to survive. Also, out of the fictional world, it was probably a strategy to help the audience to develop some kind of attachment to the main characters. Or maybe something like: to animate a human might be easier than to animate a group of wolves constantly. |
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Gina Szanboti
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While that's accurate, reading it so bluntly stated made me laugh. Wolf's Rain is just that kind of show, exquisite when experienced, but ludicrous when described in words. While I'd like to see the new extras, I think I'm satisfied with my Bandai disks. But it's good that newer viewers will have a chance to own this now. |
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Ambimunch
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One of my all time favorite anime out there. When I watched it the first time back when it just got dubbed, man was I broken for weeks after.
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Wingbeats
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Ah, this show. This was an important one for anime-watching high school me. It made more of an impact on me than Bebop did, and I watched both on Adult Swim around the same time.
In fact, late at night when Adult Swim was marathoning this show on tv is how I finished it....and I remember just bawling by myself in the dark at 3am. I was probably 14-16 then? Still. And as it stands, it is one of the few shows or anything that has made me cry watching it. I'm probably due for a rewatch, and if my tax refund is nice to me, I may treat myself...hmmm... |
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ChibiKangaroo
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If the characters hadn't been made as wolves, much of the charm would not be there, and this is coming from someone who really didn't feel much from this series. Making the story about a group of humanized wolves adds a layer of fantasy to the characters that could have similarly resulted if they were dragons, leopards, or rabbits (Watership Down anyone?) It takes a conventional apocalyptic story and makes it fantastical by turning the characters into some otherworldly beings, and thus the audience is charmed by them in ways that go beyond their dire predicament (though the element of danger certainly increases the audience connection with these characters, in the same way that movies about beloved pets or other innocent creatures in danger compels us to want to protect them.) Combine these things with the fact that these wolf guys are all bishounen, thus forming an attractive bond with much of the audience, and it's clear why wolf's rain is so popular.
As I said, I never really got into the show. I recall watching a few episodes and feeling disappointed by the nebulous nature of the story. I enjoy philosophical exploration as much as the next person, but all too often anime has a way of being TOO obtuse with its philosophical efforts. You see this battle being fought sometimes in GitS, where the show would swing between masterful examples of subtle philosophical studies of its characters and world, to over the top sentimentality and techno babble. However, that show was always grounded in a straightforward central theme - Section 9's elite team protecting the citizenry from various threats while battling their personal demons and political enemies. It would always go back to that at some point, and that was easy to absorb as a viewer. I don't recall wolf's rain having that. It was always so mysterious and indirect that I felt like the ground was constantly shifting beneath me while trying to absorb it. I may go back and watch it again at some point, but as of now I don't have the fondest of memories of the show. |
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trilaan
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One thing I remember most about this show is the ending, which is still unique all these years later. So many people I watched it with hated it but I thought it was an excellent and fitting choice.
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belvadeer
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It was certainly one of those "makes you think" endings, that's for sure. |
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Mr. sickVisionz
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When this first got announced, that was my primary worry. |
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