Wolf's Rain

Wolf's Rain (ウルフズレイン Urufuzu Rein) is an anime television series created by scriptwriter and editor Keiko Nobumoto (best known for her work on the popular series Cowboy Bebop), produced by Bones and directed by Tensai Okamura. The series consists of 26 episodes, along with 4 OVAs distributed on DVD in Japan between January and February 2004, completing the story. The soundtrack was composed by Yoko Kanno.

In the United States, the series was licensed by Bandai Entertainment and released on DVD between April 24, 2004 and May 24, 2005. The series aired in North America on Adult Swim between April 24, 2004 and September 18, 2004.

Synopsis

In some distant future, it's common knowledge that all wolves have been extinct for 200 years. However, it seems this is false as wolves have not disappeared but rather have taken human form. Kiba, a lone wolf, wanders into a city, trying to sniff out the Lunar Flowers that are supposed to lead whoever follows the scent to paradise. The source of the smell is Cheza, a girl who sleeps in what appears to be suspended animation in a lab. She and the wolves are drawn to each other, and Kiba hopes to find paradise once he finds the source of the scent of Lunar Flowers. However, once Kiba finds Cheza, she is kidnapped by a mysterious person called Darcia, and his search begins anew. Before he leaves the city, he meets 3 other wolves, Tsume, Hige and Toboe. All four wolves have very different personalities and ideas, and their friendliness towards each other is a little rough around the edges. However, they soon band together to continue to search for paradise.

Cast[]

Character	Seiyū	Dub Actor
Kiba	Mamoru Miyano	Johnny Yong Bosch
Tsume	Kenta Miyake	Crispin Freeman
Hige	Akio Suyama	Joshua Seth
Toboe	Hiroki Shimowada	Mona Marshall
Cheza	Arisa Ogasawara	Sherry Lynn
Quent Yaiden	Unshō Ishizuka	Tom Wyner
Blue	Mayumi Asano	Jessica Straus
Hubb Lebowski	Mitsuru Miyamoto	Bob Buchholz
Cher Degre	Kaho Kōda	Kari Wahlgren
Darcia	Takaya Kuroda	Steve Blum
Hamona	Maaya Sakamoto	Peggy O'Neal
Neige	Taeko Kawata	Lia Sargent
Lord Orkham	Ritsuo Sawa	Mike Reynolds
Myu	Yūna Inamura	Julie Maddalena
Myu	Yūna Inamura	Julie Maddalena

Episodic Characters[]

Character	Seiyū	Dub Actor	Episode
Gehl	Hiroki Akashi	Brianne Siddall	1
Bartender	Ikkyū Juku	Peter Spellos	1, 6
Chen	Shōnosuke Horikoshi	Peter Lurie	1 - 2
Sedo	Masahiro Ogata	Dave Wittenberg	1 - 3
Leara	Eri Sendai	Michelle Ruff	2 - 3
Leara's Father	Yutaka Nakano	Kirk Thornton	2 - 3
Grandfather Wolf	Minoru Hirano	William Frederick Knight	5
Zali	Naomi Kusumi	Skip Stellrecht	5 - 6
Moss	Atsushi Gotō	Steve Kramer
Cole	Atsuko Yuya	Bridget Hoffman
Retrieval Squad Commander	Kan Tokumaru	Bob Papenbrook	7 - 11
Hanabito	Ryōko Kinomiya	Barbara Goodson	8
Huss	Miyu Irino	Paul Stephen	9
Owl	Norio Wakamoto	Joe Ochman	10
Iyek	Masaya Onosaka	Steve Staley	19 - 20

Additional Voices[]

Animax Asia Dub[]

Character	Seiyū	Dub Actor
Kiba	Mamoru Miyano	Darren Pleavin
Tsume	Kenta Miyake	Victor Lee
Toboe	Hiroki Shimowada	Candice Moore
Cheza	Arisa Ogasawara	Andrea Kwan
Quent Yaiden	Unshō Ishizuka	Rik Thomas
Blue	Mayumi Asano	Sarah Hauser
Cher Degre	Kaho Kōda	Andrea Kwan

Transmission[]

Date(s)	Channel	Country
2004	Cartoon Network (Adult Swim)	United States
2007	Anime Central	United Kingdom

Video Releases[]

Distributor	Year	Format	Content	Region	Country
Bandai Entertainment	2004-2005		The Complete Series	1 NTSC	United States
	2004-2005		7 Volumes
	2005		The Complete Series
	2005		7 Discs
	2006		The Complete Series
	2006		2 Volumes
	2009		The Complete Series
	2009		7 Discs
FUNimation Entertainment	2012	+	The Complete Series	A DVB-T 1 NTSC
FUNimation Entertainment	2012	+	9 Discs	A DVB-T 1 NTSC

External Links[]

Wolf's Rain at the Internet Movie Database
Wolf's Rain (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia