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Mamoru Hosoda announces new film for July 2012 - Abandons Madhouse, Goes Furry

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http://ookamikodomo.jp/
http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/movie/2004667/full/

Ookami Kodomo no Ame to Yuki (Ame and Yuki - The Wolf Children) is supposed to be a story about parental love. The story is about a human woman Hana, who is like a fairy tale character full of mysterious love and grace.

It is fantasy masterpiece like the world has never seen before. It spans 13 years, chronicling Hana's life from the time she is 19 years old, as she first encounters Wolf People. She falls in love with a Wolf Guy, and eventually marries him, and she raises her two Wolf Children until they learn independence. The love between a mother and her children... except now with 110% more fur.

The anime movie is produced by Studio Roadmap, a new studio founded by Mamoru Hosoda, once again confirming rumors that he too has left Madhouse. Madhouse is still part of the production committee and NTV is funding this movie, but as far as internal talent goes, it looks like Madhouse is karputt.


Staff:

Director/Script/Concept: Mamoru Hosoda
Script: Satoko Okudera
Character Design: Yoshiyuki Sadamoto
Animation Director: Takaaki Yamashita
Art Director: Hiroshi Oono
 
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Green Scar said:
What's the percentage likelihood of this saving anime?
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100%. The producer is a Ghibli film production veteran, NTV always markets Hosoda films well, and a story like this has a ton of mainstream appeal. The only price we pay is, we all have to become furries.
 
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It is fantasy masterpiece like the world has never seen before. It spans 13 years, chronicling Hana's life from the time she is 19 years old, as she first encounters Wolf People. She falls in love with a Wolf Guy, and eventually marries him, and she raises her two Wolf Children until they learn independence. The love between a mother and her children... except now with 110% more fur.
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So its Twilight if Bella ended up with the Werewolf?
 
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Couldn't she have just fallen in love with a regular person? Why does the person need to be a Wolf Guy? I...

Why?
 
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duckroll said:
100%. The producer is a Ghibli film production veteran, NTV always markets Hosoda films well, and a story like this has a ton of mainstream appeal. The only price we pay is, we all have to become furries.
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Okami-mimis do not a furry make. This is within tolerance levels, imo.
 
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Hosoda is an extremely talented and skilled director. This is now my most anticipated anime of 2012.

In other news, the Internet has ruined people's appreciation for animal ears, how sad.
 
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Reading the various Japanese articles about the movie indicates that this definitely has a ton of potential, furry or not. Hosoda seems to want to capture a very specific theme which isn't commonly seen in animation. He wants to craft a story about love, marriage, and bringing up kids, as the best times in a family life. The relationship between the mother and the kids is supposed to be really important.

As for why they are furries, he actually commented on that in a very straightforward way. As this is an animation work, he wanted to find a way to best express the emotions and playfulness of children when they are young. Deciding to add fantasy elements to this allows him to express the similarities between the youthfulness and vitality that children have in the form of wolves behave in the wild in the rural and natural parts of Japan.

Edit: Another point he mentions is that he feels it also gives him more freedom to creatively express certain things in visual form. By making them wolf children, depending on what sort of tone a scene calls for, he can show them as either wolves or as humans. Allowing this sort of transformation gives him more room to craft certain scenes the way he wants.
 
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duckroll said:
Reading the various Japanese articles about the movie indicates that this definitely has a ton of potential, furry or not. Hosoda seems to want to capture a very specific theme which isn't commonly seen in animation. He wants to craft a story about love, marriage, and bringing up kids, as the best times in a family life. The relationship between the mother and the kids is supposed to be really important.

As for why they are furries, he actually commented on that in a very straightforward way. As this is an animation work, he wanted to find a way to best express the emotions and playfulness of children when they are young. Deciding to add fantasy elements to this allows him to express the similarities between the youthfulness and vitality that children have in the form of wolves behave in the wild in the rural and natural parts of Japan.

Edit: Another point he mentions is that he feels it also gives him more freedom to creatively express certain things in visual form. By making them wolf children, depending on what sort of tone a scene calls for, he can show them as either wolves or as humans. Allowing this sort of transformation gives him more room to craft certain scenes the way he wants.
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Sounds like it has more potential than Summer Wars already.
 
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Also, it is noted that in the key visual they shared today, the sister if 5 years old, and the brother is 4 years old. Since this movie takes place over a span of 13 years, the appearances of the characters will change and develop throughout the film.
 
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Oh my, is this one going to be aimed at the female furries? Guess I can pass on it then, I don't wanna see the results of a chick that gets it on with a wolf.
 
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duckroll said:
100%. The producer is a Ghibli film production veteran, NTV always markets Hosoda films well, and a story like this has a ton of mainstream appeal. The only price we pay is, we all have to become furries.
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This is a price I'm willing to pay.
 
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I'm very interested to see Hosoda tackle a much tighter narrative that focuses intensely on a small selection of characters and, as such, I am very excited to see where he goes with this. As much as I enjoyed One Piece 6 and The Girl Who Leapt Through Time I was rather disappointed in Summer War's focus on grand scale and lots of characters, rather than a small selection of characters that where well developed.

Unfortunately I guess this really does confirm that Madhouse is nothing but a corpse now. Tragic.
 
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Liked Girl Who Leapt Through Time, but found Summer Wars to be such an incredibly annoying piece of trash that I'm not sure I can make it through another of his movies.
 
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