The Wolf Children Ame and Yuki
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The Wolf Children Ame and Yuki is a 2012 Japanese animated fantasy film directed by Mamoru Hosoda that follows a young mother raising her half-wolf, half-human children in rural Japan.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Wolf Children Ame and Yuki canonical | 1 |
| Wolf Children (manga) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13146071 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Wolf Children Ame and Yuki Context triple: [Kenichi Matsuyama, notableWork, The Wolf Children Ame and Yuki]
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Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day
Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day is a Japanese anime drama series that follows a group of childhood friends who reunite years after a tragic accident when the ghost of their deceased friend appears, forcing them to confront their grief and unresolved feelings.
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B.
A Werewolf Boy
A Werewolf Boy is a 2012 South Korean romantic fantasy film about a feral boy and the young woman who befriends him in the countryside.
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C.
Otaru
Otaru is a historic port city in northern Japan known for its picturesque canal, preserved Meiji- and Taishō-era architecture, and fresh seafood.
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D.
Shiki
Shiki is a city in Saitama Prefecture, Japan, known as a residential and commercial hub within the Greater Tokyo metropolitan area.
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E.
Nabana no Sato
Nabana no Sato is a renowned flower and illumination theme park in Mie Prefecture, Japan, famous for its expansive seasonal floral displays and spectacular winter light shows.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Wolf Children Ame and Yuki Target entity description: The Wolf Children Ame and Yuki is a 2012 Japanese animated fantasy film directed by Mamoru Hosoda that follows a young mother raising her half-wolf, half-human children in rural Japan.
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A.
Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day
Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day is a Japanese anime drama series that follows a group of childhood friends who reunite years after a tragic accident when the ghost of their deceased friend appears, forcing them to confront their grief and unresolved feelings.
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B.
A Werewolf Boy
A Werewolf Boy is a 2012 South Korean romantic fantasy film about a feral boy and the young woman who befriends him in the countryside.
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C.
Otaru
Otaru is a historic port city in northern Japan known for its picturesque canal, preserved Meiji- and Taishō-era architecture, and fresh seafood.
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D.
Shiki
Shiki is a city in Saitama Prefecture, Japan, known as a residential and commercial hub within the Greater Tokyo metropolitan area.
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E.
Nabana no Sato
Nabana no Sato is a renowned flower and illumination theme park in Mie Prefecture, Japan, famous for its expansive seasonal floral displays and spectacular winter light shows.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese animated film
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anime film ⓘ drama film ⓘ fantasy film ⓘ feature film ⓘ |
| animationStudio |
Madhouse
ⓘ
Studio Chizu ⓘ |
| basedOn | original story by Mamoru Hosoda ⓘ |
| characterDesigner | Yoshiyuki Sadamoto ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Kenta Shinohara NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Japan ⓘ |
| director | Mamoru Hosoda ⓘ |
| distributor | Toho ⓘ |
| editingBy | Shigeru Nishiyama NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows | a young mother raising her half-wolf, half-human children ⓘ |
| genre |
coming-of-age film
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drama ⓘ family film ⓘ fantasy ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Ame
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Hana ⓘ Nirasaki ⓘ Sohei ⓘ Wolf Man ⓘ Yuki ⓘ |
| hasMainCharacter |
Ame
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Hana ⓘ Wolf Man ⓘ Yuki ⓘ |
| hasMangaAdaptation |
Wolf Children (manga)
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linked to:
The Wolf Children Ame and Yuki
|
| medium | 2D animation ⓘ |
| musicBy | Takagi Masakatsu ⓘ |
| notableFor | depiction of a single mother raising half-wolf children ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Japanese ⓘ |
| posterTagline | Love wildly ⓘ |
| producer | Yuichiro Saito NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
Madhouse
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Studio Chizu ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2012 ⓘ |
| romanizedTitle | Ōkami Kodomo no Ame to Yuki ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 117 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Mamoru Hosoda ⓘ |
| setting |
Tokyo
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rural Japan ⓘ |
| theme |
connection to nature
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growing up ⓘ identity ⓘ motherhood ⓘ |
| titleInJapanese | おおかみこどもの雨と雪 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Wolf Children Ame and Yuki Description of subject: The Wolf Children Ame and Yuki is a 2012 Japanese animated fantasy film directed by Mamoru Hosoda that follows a young mother raising her half-wolf, half-human children in rural Japan.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: The Wolf Children Ame and Yuki