Huievest Instead, you get a movie that's enjoyable enough, but leaves you feeling like it could have been much, much more.

Hadrina The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

Derry Herrera Not sure how, but this is easily one of the best movies all summer. Multiple levels of funny, never takes itself seriously, super colorful, and creative.

Verity Robins Great movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.

briggnalle One of my favorite movies growing up was Balto, mostly because I liked wolves growing up. As I got older I was introduced to this anime, and decided I'd give it a shot and all I can really say is, definitely, worth my time. Wolf's Rain is a beautifully crafted story, telling of these wolves who are desperate to find Paradise. Along the way they have many adventures leading up to finding it, really grow as a pack and on a personal level, and really look at the torn world around them and really make you ask the question: does the dream really end once you reach your goal? I enjoyed watching every minute of it, the animation- I can't even describe it, I've never seen wolves more beautifully drawn until I watched this anime. The music, amazing. One moment it is relaxing with beautiful piano music and the next extremely gripping as you get to the more intense scenes. The thoughts of these wolves, their lessons on survival and what it means to have a family and a dream, everything about this anime makes it deserve to be one of the top ten in my book. I can't really complain about the anime at all aside from a small dip in the middle which was honestly kinda boring, buuut it comes back with a bigger bang so it kind of makes up for it.All in all, Wolf's Rain is one of Bones Must-Watch if you are an action/adventure anime fan.

bennyhagen Thanks to it's charming characters Wolf's Rain can keep one involved enough to make it trough the interesting but badly told story, that just never wants to get started leaving you on the edge of your seat (in a bad way) all along the series. On the other hand Wolf's Rain rather frequently lets you down, probably topped by the 4 - I repeat, four - unforgivable flashback filler episodes (that you might just as well skip) right in the middle of the whole thing, at the one and only point, where it really looks like things could finally lift off. The artistic concept is okay, but the animation is minimum effort, to the point where everything looks just like a colored manga. I espetially found the drawing time saving repeating shots obtrusive.All together, despite it's likable characters and the interesting story, as much as I tried to like it, Wolf's Rain simply drags ass and as it never really reaches any climax, I'd say, it's rather a waste of time than anything else.We've all seen better than that.4/10

Cammy Jade Krueger I enjoy this adventurous suspenseful drama, but one flaw can be said. That they stray off of the course of the storyline way too many times to focus in on each of the main characters and other trite matters. "Wolf's Rain DVD 4" is nothing but replays, recollections of the series thus far from the view of the main characters, each handing down a commentary on their own personal episodes. I would say that they read too much into the things they encounter during their journey, and can spend half to entire episodes on something that doesn't even have to do with the main event. It appears as if they are walking towards the end, but would tend to break often and dilly-dally then start up again. But I can see how the creators might have done this intentionally, for the audience to see how intense this journey was which could have gone on for what might've been years. All in all it is fair, there are always new encounters and sights along the way, making every minute of it enjoyable despite the sidetrackings. The story manages to keep a steady tempo throughout each scene, whether stagnant or flowing which is difficult to do, which is why most rivaling animes lack this in their story-telling.

higeswhiskers Following the success of Cowboy Bebop and Rah-Xephon, BONES created this 30-part anime about four wolves on their search for Rakuen (Paradise) . . . And it's terrific! Both the Japanese and English cast is great, making the characters come alive, but the animation itself seems to be an homage to "old-school" animes like Lupin the 3rd and Case Closed.The soundtrack is great, as well. Yoko Kano (who also composed for Cowboy Bebop and Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex) works her magic in this show, blending melodic tunes with enchanting lyrics and rock melodies with singers such as Steve Conte, Maaya Sakamoto, and Ilaria Graziano.The characters, although mostly that of the canine variety, are very believable and, at times, quite lovable. You can feel Quent's grief, Toboe's happiness, and Kiba's determination to find Rakuen (Paradise).As for the plot . . . either it takes place on a futuristic Earth or a different planet altogether (the creators don't really go in-depth about that). Anyways, a wolf wanders into Freeze City and eventually, over the course of the first three episodes, pairs-up with three other wolves to find Paradise.My only problem with it is the ending, where the creators took the easy way out and killed-off all of the characters, seemingly following in the steps of Cowboy Bebop (where they killed-off the main character, Spike).But I digress: Wolf's Rain contains one of, if not, the best storyline in anime history, and it has given me something that I could watch over-and-over-again. 10 out of 10.