Product Details

• Actors: Steve Blum, Bob Buchholz, Liam O'Brien, Arisa Ogasawara, Unshô Ishizuka
• Directors: Tensai Okamura
• Writers: Keiko Nobumoto
• Producers: Go Haruna, Masahiko Minami, Minoru Takanashi
• Format: Animated, Color, Dolby, DVD, Subtitled, NTSC
• Language: English, Japanese
• Subtitles: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Bandai
• DVD Release Date: January 4, 2005
• Run Time: 100 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0006B97FW
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #143,018 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Wolf's Rain - War for the Soul (Vol. 5)" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely Beautiful!, January 13, 2005

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David Christian (Idaho) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Wolf's Rain - War for the Soul (Vol. 5) (DVD)

I am a huge anime fan, and this is by far the best. Lemme just say, God I can't even find the words to describe to you how wonderul this series is. It inspires hope and takes the viewer on a journey into myth and fantasy. The whole series is actually based on a true story in Japan. A few hundred years ago, the entire population of wolves in Japan became extinct. There are people there, even today that report wolf sightings occasionally :)

If you're a fan of wolves, or looking for something a little different, CHECK THIS DVD OUT!

The musics great, the drawing is perfect -- not just a random bunch of stills like most animes, but actual movement! You get 4 episodes per DVD, each is a little over 20 minutes long. This DVD includes:

19. A dream of an oasis -- this episode takes place right after the incident at the keep. Kiba finds a place where he is truly happy, and wonders if he has finally found paradise.

20. CONSCIOUSLY -- this is by far my favorite episode in the entire series. It has gorgeous music, and the scene by the lake will stay with you forever, just brilliant.

21. Battle's Red Glare -- Orcom's men are fighting against an enemy, and the wolves are caught in the middle. We see a lot of Blue in this episode (she's so cute as a puppy :) and Cher.

22. Pieces of a shooting star -- The group decides to cross a sea of ice, but it turns out not to be such a good idea :( Toboe goes crazzy and we finally getta see the runt kill some stuff.

I can't say enough about this series -- unless you've seen the whole thing, you can't judge it. It's made by the same people as "Cowboy Beebop" and this DVD is preparing us for the typical BONES conclusion ;) The next DVD is way sad and very depressing; no matter how tough you are, you will be crying by the end.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Build-up to the climax, December 1, 2004

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D. Allen "Wolfman" (Sparks, Nv USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Wolf's Rain - War for the Soul (Vol. 5) (DVD)

Kiba, Tsume, Hige Tolboy and Blue head towards the City of the Noble villeness, Jagera, while along the way, running into some familliar charactors. The world, it seems, is rapidly coming toward the end. As Hubb, Cher and Quint are in persuit, we begin to learn of each's background, and it seems as though all (including Blue and Cheza)continue to run into circumstances where they trade off traveling partners. And wat's up with Hige? Hige begins to suffer strange bouts of headaches and dementia...all to do with his past. There is a lot to it, but as they used to say in "The Prisoner", "That would be telling...".

Again, the storytelling, soundtrack and animation are fantastic. This series is something quite different than any other Anime series I've ever seen. My only real complaint about the series is why we don't seem to see too much of the wolves in their true wolf form. I know there are a lot of idiots out there who like human-centric shows and games, and who would equate stories involing animals as Di$neyesque, yet this is a story (as admitted by writer/director Keiko Nobumoto), about a pack of wolves on a journey...that fact alone makes this story unique. I suppose they are trying to suggest that the wolves have human like emotions and feelings (I've raised and have been around wolves most of my life, and in my opinion, true wolves are probably the closest thing to humans in the animal world). On a side note...many of my friends have asked what's up with the way the wolves are dressed in their human guises...what I read into it is that the wolves don't really understand the concept of fassion...to them, cloths are just scaps of cloth and leather that cover the body from the feet to the neck. My suggestion to the producers is that if and when they make a film or season 2, the story would be alot more interesting and challanging to show the pack in their true wolven forms at least half the time.

If you have seen most of the episodes so far, this disk is the build up to the fianl five episodes. Pay carefull attention, because what happens in most of these episodes has meaning in the final five episodes. If you've only seen this series on Adult Swim, pay attention to the opening credits (never shown on the Saturday Night airings of Adult Swim through 2004). It has a lot to do with the final episode. If you are about to order the entire series, or just getting ready to recieve the final disk, go out and get a couple of boxes of tissue to go with it...it's going to be a trademark Studio Bones ending (IE: Cowboy Bebop), though more open to a film or a second season.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best Series Ever!!!!, April 7, 2005

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Vivian E. Mendoza "vivian e. mendoza" (flo) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Wolf's Rain - War for the Soul (Vol. 5) (DVD)

This episode was just as good as the other five, oh, who am I kidding, it was awesome!!! The minute it came out I immediatly bought it. These episodes were truly amazing. The first episode was about how kiba thought he,d found paradise,and met a pretty girl there named Mew. But something was wrong their and he couldnt seem to remember much...Youll find out when you bye it. Meanwhile Hige, Toboe, and Tsume are trying to find him. Hige seemed depressed, I think its because they cant find Blue. I dont want to spoil anything else, I guarrantee youll LOVE this volume, and you can tell its good by how much stars it has, so please bye it, and please see if this helped you, it helps me alot to know if something is good. Bye!!! Youll Love It!!!