Wolf's Rain (????·???, Urufuzu Rein?) is an anime series created by writer and story editor Keiko Nobumoto and produced by BONES. The series was directed by Tensai Okamura and featured character designs by Toshiro Kawamoto with a soundtrack produced and arranged by Yoko Kanno.[1] It focuses on the lives of four lone wolves who meet while following the scent of the Lunar Flowers. They form a pack and decide to seek out the Flower Maiden in order to open the way to paradise. Along the way they must   more...avoid a fanatical wolf hunter and the nobles who wish to use the Flower Maiden to create their own paradise.

The series first premiered in Japan on Fuji TV on January 6, 2003 and ran for a full season of twenty-six episodes, with the final episode airing on July 29, 2003.[2] A four episode original video animation (OVA) was later created and released to DVD to provide a fuller conclusion to the story than the original television run did, and to make up for the four recapitulation episodes that originally broadcast in the middle of the series. The first two OVA episodes were released on January 23, 2004, with the final two released a month later on February 25, 2004.[3] The entire thirty episode series is licensed for Region 1 release by Bandai Entertainment, in Region 2 (Europe) by Beez Entertainment and in Region 4 by Madman Entertainment.[4]

The series was adapted into a short two volume manga series written by Nobumoto and illustrated by Toshitsugu Iida. The manga, which was released while the series was airing, is a retelling of the story rather than a straight adaptation. It was originally serialized in Magazine Z and has been released in North America by Viz Media.[5]  less