Wolf Children (Japanese: おおかみこどもの雨と雪, Hepburn: Ōkami Kodomo no Ame to Yuki, lit. 'Wolf Children: Ame and Yuki') is a 2012 Japanese animated fantasy drama film directed and co-written by Mamoru Hosoda.[2][3] 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. The story's central theme is "parent and child",[4] 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 children, Ame and Yuki, who grow and find their own paths in life.

Hosoda established Studio Chizu for production. Yoshiyuki Sadamoto, of Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water (1990) and Neon Genesis Evangelion (1995), designed the characters. Wolf Children had its world premiere in Paris on June 25, 2012, and was released theatrically on July 21, 2012, in Japan.[5] Funimation licenses the film for North America[6] and Manga Entertainment handles UK rights.
Wolf Children

Theatrical release poster

Japanese name
Kanji おおかみこどもの雨と雪

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Directed by Mamoru Hosoda
Screenplay by
Satoko Okudera
Mamoru Hosoda
Story by Mamoru Hosoda
Produced by
Yuichiro Saito
Takuya Itō
Takashi Watanabe
Starring
Aoi Miyazaki
Takao Osawa
Edited by Shigeru Nishiyama
Music by Masakatsu Takagi

Production
company
Studio Chizu
Distributed by Toho

Release dates
June 25, 2012 (France)
July 21, 2012 (Japan)

Running time 117 minutes
Country Japan
Language Japanese
Box office $55 million