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Summer Wars' Hosoda Makes Novelist Debut with Wolf Children

Award-winning anime director directing.

Both the novel and the film carry the theme of "parents and children." The story covers 13 years and begins with a 19-year-old college student named Hana who encounters and falls in "fairy tale-like" love with a "wolf man." After marrying the wolf man, Hana gives birth and raises two wolf children — an older sister named Yuki ("snow") who was born on a snowy day, and a younger brother named Ame ("rain") who was born on a rainy day. When the wolf man suddenly dies, Hana decides to move to a rural town far removed from the city.

Source: Mainichi Shimbun's Mantan Web

Update: Opening date corrected. Thanks, jmaeshawn.