Watched Wolf Children the other day and loved it. Not as much as Summer Wars, but I think it was better from an emotional standpoint.
What'd you guys think?
Also: does anyone own any of the Hosoda Collection editions? They look pretty interesting
Loved most of it.
Her son is an asshole.
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>>152897672
I want furries to leave.
>>152897672
I was a little conflicted with Ame's decision too, especially how he handled it. Hana was a damn supportive mother and he kind of pre-emptively pushed her away. I dunno.
>>152897995
>mom this forest is awesome, especially this fox
>oh shit the fox died
>fuck you mom I'm running away
>AWOOOOOOOO
>>152898457
Yeaaah. Definitely could've been less of a jerk about it.
>>152898484
I heard in the manga they show Ame visits from time to time and leaves gifts for her
I'm getting kind of tired of the weird angsty endings Hosoda seems to like. Everything gets all depressing and bogged down in weird messages and drama that seems at odds with the overall tone of the rest of the movie.
It was fine with Wolf Children because it was suffering from the beginning, but then he did it again with Boy and the Beast and it was just hamfisted and weird.
>>152896836
>furryshit
>>152898728
Aww. Nice.
>Recently moved out of my parents place
>Tfw after watching this I made plans to visit because I don't wanna be an Ame
>>152898761
Hm. I haven't seen Boy and the Beast so I'm not quite sure if I'll agree. At least Summer Wars ends on a very feel-good note
>>152898844
That's the problem I suppose, Summer Wars is mostly happy go lucky in a typical "anime movie" way, so if you expect it in his later stuff it can leave a bad taste in your mouth. Not really his fault that he doesn't want to just rehash the Digimon movie every time, but he could handle expectations a bit better.
The problem with Boy and the Beast is that he sets the movie up to be this light-hearted adventure between a master and a student - and then the last third of the movie jumps the shark in the opposite direction and becomes a brooding rushed mess complete with inappropriate Moby Dick references.
He probably felt he did a good enough job foreshadowing that in the beginning, but he really didn't and so it feels like a bait and switch.
lol she fucked a wolf