Or, Several reasons why I love life…
13 August 2007
You know, yeah, I just finished Wolf’s Rain…I’m going to piece together my words later because, as always, I’m having a bit of a hard time dissecting my feelings…Christ, that was one helluva trip…
Just another WordPress weblog
You know, yeah, I just finished Wolf’s Rain…I’m going to piece together my words later because, as always, I’m having a bit of a hard time dissecting my feelings…Christ, that was one helluva trip…
its the only anime to ever rival my love for bebop.
My Review of Wolf’s Rain, posted it on animenfo in 2005. Isnt it amazing how misunderstood this anime is??? I discovered anime thanks to this and cowboy bebop airing on adult swim.
First off, i am going to say that no movie, no tv show, no book, no form of entertainment in this world, has touched me as this anime has. Wolf’s Rain is plain and simple the greatest anime i have ever seen.
It all started my spring semester of my freshman year of college when i got back from the library. I was sooo tired yet i could not sleep. My room mate was knocked out and i figured i would watch some television till i fell asleep. Lo and Behold, i was watching Adult swim and then something caught my eye. I saw a white wolf that suddenly became a man within conversation. And then i was hooked.
After i watched one episode i was entranced by the mystery and the story. I did not know what episode i watched, i didnt even know what the name of the show was, yet i was hooked. I didnt really understand about Anime then. All i knew was that Dragon Ball Z was the shit. But then i did some research and i found out the show was called wolf’s Rain, and i started on the second episode.
I would look forward to this anime every saturday unaware that it had been around for a while and that i could have gotten it through other means. But every week, i looked forward to each and every episode. Remember the show is 30 episodes and every week i looked forward to an episode since my freshman year spring. I was done by my sophomore year.
So why does this anime mean so much to me?? Because this anime touched me in ways i could not explain. I learnt so much about life, blossoming love, courage, beauty, tragedy and so much more. The story is supremely original on every level and the characters truly become ur friends. People you love and when they laugh u laugh and when they hurt… you weep. Because they mean so much to you.
The story is about wolves trying to find paradise. What is paradise?? what is it like?? how did man fall from grace? These are the questions u as urself when watching this masterpiece.
The animation is perfect. just perfect.
The soundtrack of this anime is probably the one cd i have had on repeat the most. The music is simply astonishing. I have made love with 3 girls to this soundtrack. Not only is the music powerful, but when u hear it, u cant help but remember what the characters were feeling and experiencing at that moment.
This anime stays with you. It touches you at the very core of ur being, if u are willing to search for paradise with them. If u r an anime critic and ur are looking for flaws or u r paying too much attention, u cannot enjoy this anime because wolfs rain is not something you watch. It is something you experiece. it is not entertainment. It is a world to travel to where you meet Kiba, Hige, Tsume, Toboe and Blue. You’ll get to know them, love them, laugh and cry with them. And i cried very hard. And though you will say good bye, their howls will stay with you for a long time.
now u just gotta check out planet es and gankutsuo
This has been on my “to-watch” list for a really long time. I just keep putting it off. I’ve heard mixed reviews, some good, some bad. One of these I’ll get around to watching it. But I’ve got to disagree with kauldron on the Planetes. I found it to be horrible, with perhaps the most selfish lead anime character of all time. But, hey, different people like different things, right?
whooooooaaa…. brikhaus im in shock… first negative review of planetes ever???? first i’ve ever come across anyways. sersiously… wow. ur right tho to each his own. maybe u didnt get it?? the fact that ur calling hachimaki selfish is a surefire sign u didnt get it. its like calling edward elric immature. in other words there are numerous layers to the character and parabolas of character development. yet u chose to focus on one aspect.
to each his own
Why is it that whenever someone puts down a show someone else likes, the former is always accused of “not getting it?” 😉
Here is a snippet of a review I wrote from this show from a message board. This sums up mostly how I feel about Hachimaki:
“I guess the worst part was the ending. I felt like in the end he had come to some sort of closure with his personal demons, but still was a selfish, arrogant jerk. I mean, how could he still go away on the 7-year mission and leave his new wife and unborn child behind? He was determined to not be someone like his father, but ended up being exactly like him. He failed to show any real character growth. For the majority of the series he acts with the same disdain toward Tanabe the way a middle school boy acts toward a girl he has a crush on but won’t admit it. And when the main character starts out as a jerk, and ends up as a jerk, how can you feel that your time wasn’t wasted?”
Anyway, that’s the reason why I didn’t like the main character. And if I don’t like the main character to a series, it’s hard for me to like the show in general. On a technical level, it is an outstanding series, but for me personally, I’d rather watch something where I’m not constantly being pissed off by the main character. I didn’t find Hachimaki multi-layered, I found him juvenile and shallow.
But hey, that’s my take, not trying to start a flame war or anything.
Wolfs rain is shit till the last episodes… their uber awesum :))
@kauldron – Thanks for writing that review! I just finished my own ramblings in another post. Maybe it wasn’t such a good idea to split the two entires up. O_o…
@Brik – I saw one episode of Wolf’s Rain absentmindedly on Adult Swim way back when, maybe because I wasn’t paying attention, but it didn’t click with me. After a while, hearing the mixed reviews and the vacillating opinions, I wasn’t all that sure what to make of it, either. You should see it, you should see it just for the hell of it. It’s worth the time and attention. XD
As for Planetes, I didn’t see it yet, I will soon though!
@Sikibrada – Well, I can’t say all twenty six other episodes were shit, but the last four were definitely uber awesum.