One winter day, Ame almost drowns in a river after trying to hunt a kingfisher, but Yuki rescues him, and Ame becomes more confident in his wolf abilities. With help from a strict old man named Nirasaki, she learns to farm sufficiently and becomes friends with some of the locals. She works hard to repair a dilapidated house, but struggles to sustain the family on their own crops. After she receives noise complaints and a visit from social workers concerned that the children have not had vaccinations, Hana moves the family to the countryside away from prying neighbors. Hana's life as a single mother is difficult Yuki and Ame constantly switch between their human and wolf forms, get into fights, and Hana has to hide them from the world. Soon after, their father is killed in an accident while hunting food for the children. The man reveals that he can transform into a wolf, and they later have two wolf/human children: A daughter named Yuki, and a son named Ame. In Tokyo, college student Hana falls in 'fairy tale' love with an enigmatic man. Funimation licenses the film for North America and Manga Entertainment handles UK rights. Wolf Children had its world premiere in Paris on June 25, 2012, and was released theatrically on Jin Japan. Yoshiyuki Sadamoto, of Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water (1990) and Neon Genesis Evangelion (1995), designed the characters. Hosoda established Studio Chizu for production. The story's central theme is 'parent and child', depicting 13 years in the life of a young woman, Hana, who falls in love with a werewolf while in college, and following his death must raise the resulting half-wolf half-human siblings, Ame and Yuki, who grow and find their own paths in life. The second original feature film directed by Hosoda and the first work written by him, the film stars the voices of Aoi Miyazaki, Takao Osawa and Haru Kuroki.

'Wolf Children: Ame and Yuki') is a 2012 Japanese anime drama film directed and co-written by Mamoru Hosoda. Wolf Children ( Japanese: おおかみこどもの雨と雪, Hepburn: Ōkami Kodomo no Ame to Yuki, lit.

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