Human civilization may have collapsed 200 years earlier, but the Nobles who rule its remains still command formidable powers, as the heroes of Wolf"s Rain discover. Tsume, Toboe, Hige, and Kiba flee with Cheza, and beneath the full moon, they see the Lunar Flowers form the road to Paradise. Noble Darcia uses his bizarre flying machine to overtake them and seize Cheza. Detective Hubb searches for Cher, accompanied by Quent. Meanwhile, the forces of Lady Jaguara assassinate Lord Orkham and throw the remnants of civilization into chaos. All the characters are drawn to Darcia"s Keep and the mysterious power of Cheza. The world of high-tech machinery and the world of curses, prophecies, alchemy, and shape-shifters would seem to be at odds. Yet the filmmakers manage to integrate the two into an intriguing, if largely unexplained, setting for this story. (Rated 13 and older: violence, alcohol and tobacco use) --Charles Solomon