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Wolf's Rain

★ 7.9 9K votes 2003–2004 1 season · 26 episodes Ended Fuji TV
Distinctive scoreMusic inseparable from the show's identity.This show: 9/10MelancholicA wistful sadness woven through the story, even in its lighter moments.This show: 9/10AnimeJapanese animation traditions and grammar.This show: 9/10AtmosphericMood and place thick enough to touch.This show: 9/10Post-apocalypticLife after civilization's collapse.This show: 8/10Found familyUnrelated people slowly becoming each other's family.This show: 8/10BittersweetJoy and loss mixed so thoroughly they can't be separated.This show: 8/10Existential dreadMortality and meaninglessness confronted head-on.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Kenta MiyakeAkio SuyamaMamoru MiyanoHiroki ShimowadaKaho KôdaUnsho Ishizuka
Written by
Keiko Nobumoto
Starring
Kenta MiyakeAkio SuyamaMamoru MiyanoHiroki ShimowadaKaho KôdaUnsho Ishizuka
Written by
Keiko Nobumoto
Ratings per Episode
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Votes per Episode
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About

"A haunting, wolf-eyed elegy for a dying world"

In a decaying, wintry world where flowers have vanished and wolves are believed extinct, four wolves who can pass as humans join a fated quest to find the mythical Paradise. The show is moody and slow-burning, built on quiet dread, snowbound visuals, and a mournful Yoko Kanno score rather than nonstop action. It leans heavily on atmosphere and philosophical undertones about survival, loyalty, and myth. Patience is rewarded with an emotionally heavy, melancholic journey rather than fast plotting or comic relief.

Watch it for

the atmosphere and Yoko Kanno's score, which turn a bleak journey into something haunting.

Maybe skip if

you want brisk pacing, since the middle stretch drags with recap-heavy filler episodes.

Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.

All Seasons

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Season 12003
7.13K269h 58m
Paradise—a legend, a myth, and a hopeless dream in a world that has become a wasteland. It is not meant for everyone, only the wolves thought to be extinct yet still roam the lands. When the Flower Maiden awakens, the path to the end will open. Kiba and his newly formed pack must travel the Earth, facing unknown dangers, to find the door to Paradise.
EpTitleRatingYoursVotesRuntime
▶1The City of Howls7.3
17423 min
▶2Nakanai Toboe7.1
14123 min
▶3Bad Fellow7.1
13523 min
▶4Kouya no Kizuato7.0
13323 min
▶5Ochita Ookami7.1
12823 min
▶6Uketsugu Mono7.4
11423 min
▶7Hana no Shoujo7.3
11923 min
▶8Nemuri no Uta7.5
11823 min
▶9Giwaku7.5
12023 min
▶10Moon's Doom7.5
11123 min
▶11Shoushitsu Ten7.7
10923 min
▶12Don't Make Me Blue7.5
11023 min
▶13Otokotachi no Aika7.4
10923 min
▶14Botsuraku no Shiro7.9
12023 min
▶15Haiiro Ookami4.7
8223 min
▶16Yume no Tabiji4.8
8223 min
▶17Hana no Kaori, Ookami no Chi4.8
7823 min
▶18Hito, ookami, tsuki no sho4.8
8123 min
▶19Oasis no Yume7.0
8923 min
▶20Consciously7.5
9923 min
▶21Tatakai no Rouen7.6
10523 min
▶22Ryuusei no Hahen7.5
10123 min
▶23Kuroi Machi no Kodou7.4
9923 min
▶24Wana no Nioi7.7
10123 min
▶25Ayamachi no Kioku7.6
10223 min
▶26Moonlight Crucible7.9
12123 min

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Kenta Miyake Tsume
Akio Suyama Hige
Mamoru Miyano Kiba
Hiroki Shimowada Toboe
Kaho Kôda Cher Degre
Unsho Ishizuka Quent Yaiden
Mitsuru Miyamoto Hubb Lebowski
Arisa Ogasawara Cheza
Takaya Kuroda Darcia
Mayumi Asano Blue
Mona Marshall Old Lady

Crew

Keiko Nobumoto

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