Wolf's Rain
ウルフズレイン
In some distant future, it's common knowledge that all wolves have been extinct for 200 years. However, it seems this is false as wolves have not disappeared but rather have taken human form. Kiba, a lone wolf, wanders into a city, trying to sniff out the Lunar Flowers that are supposed to lead whoever follows the scent to paradise. The source of the smell is Cheza, a girl who sleeps in what appears to be suspended animation in a lab. She and the wolves are drawn to each other, and Kiba hopes to find paradise once he finds the source of the scent of Lunar Flowers. However, once Kiba finds Cheza, she is kidnapped by a mysterious person called Darcia, and his search begins anew. Before he leaves the city, he meets 3 other wolves, Tsume, Hige and Toboe. All four wolves have very different personalities and ideas, and their friendliness towards each other is a little rough around the edges. However, they soon band together to continue to search for paradise.
TV anime, 26 episodes, Winter 2003, bones. Episode guide with the official trailer and links to licensed services. Studio bones. Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy. Season: Winter 2003.
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Characters and voice cast
- Kiba (キバ) - main character, voiced by Mamoru Miyano (宮野真守); English dub: Johnny Yong Bosch
- Tsume (ツメ) - main character, voiced by Kenta Miyake (三宅健太); English dub: Crispin Freeman
- Hige (ヒゲ) - main character, voiced by Akio Suyama (章央陶山); English dub: Joshua Seth
- Toboe (トオボエ) - main character, voiced by Hiroki Shimowada (下和田ヒロキ); English dub: Mona Marshall
- Cheza (チェザ) - main character, voiced by Arisa Ogasawara (小笠原亜里沙); English dub: Sherry Lynn
- Blue (ブル) - supporting character, voiced by Mayumi Asano (浅野まゆみ); English dub: Jessica Straus
- Darcia III (ダルシア三世) - supporting character, voiced by Takaya Kuroda (黒田崇矢); English dub: Steven Blum
- Cher Degre (シェール・ドゥグレ) - supporting character, voiced by Kaho Kouda (幸田夏穂); English dub: Kari Wahlgren
- Harmona (ハモナ) - supporting character, voiced by Maaya Sakamoto (坂本真綾); English dub: Peggy O'Neal
- Jagara (ジャガラ卿) - supporting character, voiced by Atsuko Tanaka (田中敦子); English dub: Mary Elizabeth McGlynn
- Hubb Lebowski (ハブ・リボウスキ) - supporting character, voiced by Mitsuru Miyamoto (宮本充); English dub: Robert Buchholz
- Quent Yaiden (クエント・ヤイデン) - supporting character, voiced by Unshou Ishizuka (石塚運昇); English dub: Tom Wyner
- Myuu (ミュウ) - supporting character, voiced by Yuuna Inamura (稲村優奈); English dub: Julie Maddalena
- Fukurou (フクロウ) - supporting character, voiced by Norio Wakamoto (若本規夫); English dub: Joseph Ochman
- Neige (ネーゼ) - supporting character, voiced by Taeko Kawata (川田妙子); English dub: Lia Sargent
- Darcia I (ダルシア一世) - supporting character, voiced by Norio Wakamoto (若本規夫)
- Cole (コール) - supporting character, voiced by Atsuko Yuya (湯屋敦子); English dub: Bridget Hoffman
- Zali (ザリ) - supporting character, voiced by Naomi Kusumi (楠見尚己); English dub: Skip Stellrecht
Staff
- Original Creator: Keiko Nobumoto (信本敬子)
- Director: Tensai Okamura (岡村天斎)
- Character Design: Toshihiro Kawamoto (川元利浩)
- Mechanical Design: Shinji Aramaki (荒牧伸志)
- Title Logo Design: Makoto Kamada (鎌田誠)
- Art Director: Atsushi Morikawa (森川篤)
- Art Design: Tomoaki Okada (岡田有章)
- Art Design: Shingo Takeba (武半慎吾)
- Color Design: Nobuko Mizuta (水田信子)
- Director of Photography: Kousuke Arakawa (荒川浩介)
- Editing: Hiroaki Itabe (板部浩章)
- Sound Director: Kazuhiro Wakabayashi (若林和弘)
- Sound Effects: Shizuo Kurahashi (倉橋静男)
- Music: Youko Kanno (菅野よう子)
Production: bones (animation), Bandai Visual, Asatsu DK, Fuji TV, Bandai Entertainment.
Rankings on AniList: #10 highest rated 2003, #5 most popular 2003, #1 highest rated winter 2003, #1 most popular winter 2003.
AniList members score Wolf's Rain 74/100. On their lists: 2,715 watching, 21,132 completed, 33,578 planning to watch, 1,844 dropped; 1,344 favourites.
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- Wolf's Rain OVA - OVA, 2004
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Episodes
- Episode 1: City of Howls
- Episode 2: Toboe, Who Doesn't Howl
- Episode 3: Bad Fellow
- Episode 4: Scars in the Wasteland
- Episode 5: Fallen Wolves
- Episode 6: The Successors
- Episode 7: The Flower Maiden
- Episode 8: Song of Sleep
- Episode 9: Misgivings
- Episode 10: Moon's Doom
- Episode 11: Vanishing Point
- Episode 12: Don't Make Me Blue
- Episode 13: Men's Lament
- Episode 14: The Fallen Keep
- Episode 15: Grey Wolf
- Episode 16: Dream Journey
- Episode 17: Scent of a Flower, Blood of a Wolf
- Episode 18: Men, Wolves, and the Book of the Moon
- Episode 19: A Dream of an Oasis
- Episode 20: Consciously
- Episode 21: Battle's Red Glare
- Episode 22: Pieces of a Shooting Star
- Episode 23: Heartbeat of the Black City
- Episode 24: Scent of a Trap
- Episode 25: False Memories
- Episode 26: Moonlight Crucible