Product Details

• Actors: Steve Blum, Arisa Ogasawara, Unshô Ishizuka, Kaho Kôda, Takaya Kuroda
• 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
• Rating: Unrated
• Studio: Bandai
• DVD Release Date: December 14, 2004
• Run Time: 100 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 1.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000641YQO
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #40,366 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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• This is item 4 in The Wolf's Rain Series.

Editorial Reviews

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Like many adventure series, Wolf's Rain depicts a world where advanced technology and magic or alchemy exist side by side. The lycanthropes Tsume, Toboe, Hige, and Kiba continue their search for the legendary Paradise, knowing that only the mysterious flower-maiden Cheza can lead them there. But these four episodes consist almost entirely of flashbacks with only an occasional new scene or line of dialogue. The plot of Wolf's Rain is complicated, with secondary stories and minor characters the filmmakers have yet to develop fully, so one recap episode wouldn't be unwelcome. But four installments of repeated material in a 26-episode series suggests the story is inadequately developed, padded, or both. Hard-core fans of Wolf's Rain may want to own every disc in the series, but this material contributes precious little to the otherwise interesting narrative. (Rated 13 and older: violence, alcohol and tobacco use) --Charles Solomon

Product Description
Studio: Infinity Resources Inc Release Date: 12/14/2004 Run time: 100 minutes

Customer Reviews

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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars An apt name for a disappointing DVD. , December 23, 2004

By	R. Martin (Seattle, WA United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I rented this with high expectations but ended up stopping it halfway through. I had no idea that the disc would be a complete recap of the previous action. Thus my hopes for a new plot twist or perhaps some explanations for many of the mysteries in the series were dashed.

Don't get me wrong - I love this series. The artwork is fantastic and the soundtrack inspired (thank god for Yoko Kanno - she is hands down my favorite anime composer today). But there is so much to be explored in this story! I'm very disappointed that Studio Bones wasted 4 hours of critical plot development time to a recap. Perhaps it was money related - I don't know the details. What I do know is that as a fan of this series, I wish that these episodes could have been used to develop the story rather than just throwing in old animation.

Bottom line: If you've not watched any of the previous episodes, you could get this DVD and catch up on the story in only 4 episodes as opposed to 12. But who'd want to?

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Skip this Disk!!, December 29, 2004

By	Maeve B. Yeager (Washington, DC USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Unless you are one of those people (like me) who run out and buy every disk of a series you like right when it comes out, please just save your money. This disk is a complete dissapointment, and I'm sorry that I spent money on it. I waited and waited to get it only to find out that it's entirely flashbacks! I can understand one recap episode to sum things up, but four? No, thank you. It won't stop me from getting the next one though, it's a fantastic series, i just hope that there's new stuff on the next disk ^_^

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Repeat After Me, March 27, 2005

By	Marc Ruby™ "The Noh Hare™" (Warren, MI USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 10 REVIEWER)

If you've been following along this series by DVD, as I have, episodes 15 thru 18 will be something of a disappointment. They are a reprise of the story up to this point, and nothing more. That might work for the TV audience, for which much time has passed, but for someone who just watched the third DVD last week it's an unexpected delay in an otherwise compelling series.

There are a few extra insights here, but most of what you will see is excerpts from the previous episodes. The continuity is well done, and the effect is something like a four episode special, but at the end you will be right were you were at the end of episode 14. If your just renting and watching then you could easily skip this DVD and go right on to the fifth.

If you are buying than you will have to wrestle with your compulsion for completeness. If you have none go directly to five without a further thought. If you are compulsive buy it, but be prepared to feel faintly cheated. Or you could buy it and wait 6 months before viewing it in order to get the intended effect.

Since the first episodes were excellent this DVD is just as good, and the focus on only the key moments makes you more aware of the music, which is in a class by itself. Truly, This is probably the first time I've told people that something was really good but that they shouldn't buy it. Go figure.