These main characters howl at the moon, run through the forest at night, and do other wolf things.
In anime, wolves are frequent guests, and not just werewolves and anthropomorphic creatures with varying degrees of wolfishness, but also wolf spirits, wolf gods, and even wolves themselves, doing their wolf business, not turning into anyone, but sometimes, well, talking.
1. Spice and Wolf, 2008-2009
One day a traveling merchant, Kraft Lawrence, discovers in his wagon a beautiful girl named Holo with a tail and ears, who does not look like an ordinary girl.
In the village from which Holo fled, she is considered a goddess of fertility, and every year a harvest festival is dedicated to her. The wolf girl herself is tired of this responsibility and begs the merchant to take her back to her homeland – the northern lands.
2. Masque of the Wolf, 2010
The family of the orphaned boy, high school student Hiroshi, moves to a small village in the mountains. The boy, responsible and wise beyond his years, is called Professor. He takes care of his paralyzed younger sister, while his father devotes himself to creativity.
When Hiroshi goes to a new school, he discovers that the locals carefully observe ancient traditions and rituals and do not recommend that Hiroshi cross the river and enter the old part of the village. The young man must break the taboo when people start disappearing.
3. Luger Code 1951, 2016
The main character here is a minor – and this time a real professor. The brilliant linguist Testa Lielbelle is able to learn any language, even though he is only 17 years old.
The young man is asked to decipher the code used in wireless communication, the so-called Luger code, developed by werewolves. Unable to do without a native speaker of the enemy language, Testa enlists the help of Yonaga, a werewolf girl with a human body and animal ears and tail.
4. Wolf's Rain, 2003-2004
In this anime, everyone knows that only wolves can find the way to paradise – through the scent of the moon flower. However, in the land where the story takes place, wolves have long since been exterminated or have learned to disguise themselves as humans – like the main characters Tsume, Toboe and Hige.
One day they meet the wounded white wolf Kiba, who refuses to hide his true nature, even at the cost of his life. He teaches them to accept their wolf selves, and together they set out in search of paradise.
5. Wolf Children, 2012
Hana met her first love and didn't know until their first kiss that her chosen one was a werewolf. The woman became pregnant, but the young father tragically disappeared from the life of the family.
Hana had to move from the city to the village, where it was easier to hide the growling children from prying eyes.
Here, on an abandoned farm, the children will grow up, understand their werewolf nature, and eventually make a choice: to become wolves and go into the forest, or to continue their lives among humans.