![]() The wolf leaves, and Chirin is horrified to see his mother's body. Chirin is too young and naive to take the advice to heart, until one night the wolf enters the barn and is prepared to kill Chirin, but at the last moment the lamb's mother throws herself in the way and is killed instead. His mother warns Chirin that he must never venture beyond the fence surrounding the farm, because a huge black wolf lives in the mountains and loves to eat sheep. ![]() Chirin is very adventurous and tends to get lost, so he wears a bell around his neck so that his mother can always find him. The movie opens with a lamb named Chirin living an idyllic life on a farm with many other sheep. The final page states that even though Chirin is never seen again, the faint sound of his bell can still be heard on stormy nights. Chirin also realizes that from this point on, he can no longer go back to being a sheep and aimlessly wanders the mountains alone. After the storm clears, Chirin begins to understand that his revenge did not make him feel any lighter and confesses his love for Uou as a teacher and a father. Chirin impales Uou on his horns, and the wolf admits that he is proud of Chirin before dying. After Chirin goes first to take out the dog, Uou follows and is ambushed by Chirin, who reveals that he had been training to become stronger than Uou just so he could get revenge on the one that took his mother away: Uou himself. The two plan to attack a sheep farm (implied to be the same one Chirin grew up in) the following night, which brews up a storm. Uou is touched by this and agrees to train Chirin on a daily basis.Īs three years of seasons pass, Chirin, vowing to be stronger than a wolf, grows into a black ram that is more of a fearsome beast, with him and Uou becoming a team that brings chaos and fear to everyone else. The following morning, Chirin, now apparently ridden with survivor's guilt, climbs the mountains to confront Uou and asks the wolf to make him his apprentice because he wants to be a strong wolf just like him. One wolf who lives in the mountains named Uou attacks the meadows in the night, killing all of the sheep except Chirin, who was protected by his mother. Chirin's mother warns him not to go too far as he could get eaten by a wolf, but the lamb doesn't completely understand. He wears a bell around his neck so he can be found in case he falls into the valley. It meets its tragic demise early on in the film upon the first shower of spring.Ĭhirin is a lamb who lives in the meadows with his mother. Lady Bug - A beloved nameless silent protagonist that plays the main character of the subplot within the film.When Chirin returns as an adult, the flock immediately rejects him, horrified at what he has become (the English version has them not remembering who he is and are convinced that no beast like him could have lived with them). The other sheep - The nameless sheep on the farm are timid creatures who offer Chirin no comfort or support when his mother is killed.The wolf lives in the mountains surrounding the farm and kills and eats his prey based on the belief that he must continue the cycle of nature. Wolf (ウォー Woe in the Japanese version) - An aging black wolf with a scar across one eye.Her death at the paws of the Wolf sets the plot in motion. Chirin's mother - An ewe who is very loving towards her son Chirin.As a result of his quest to kill the wolf, he grows into an antelope-like ram with grey wool and long horns, but is rejected by his friends as a result of his monstrous appearance. Chirin (チリン) - A young, cheerful and innocent lamb who has no understanding of life and death.It has also been viewed in the past as a cautionary tale about venturing away from home, non-conformity, and revenge. Ringing Bell starts off as a seemingly-conventional children's film, but quickly casts off its initial tone, with the second half of the film focusing on the laws of nature and revenge. Seeking revenge, he must become like the very thing he wishes to destroy, and he must venture far beyond the safety of his childhood home and into the wilderness to seek the fearsome Wolf King. SynopsisĪ lamb named Chirin is devastated when his mother is killed by a wolf who raids the farm in the night. Like the above-mentioned Ideon films, it is among Sanrio's first work to be aimed at young adult audience members in and outside Japan. It is Sanrio's first anime film to have a dark plot, only two films they co-produced with Sunrise, The Ideon: A Contact and The Ideon: Be Invoked - both of which serve as the conclusion to Yoshiyuki Tomino's Space Runaway Ideon, follow suit. Ringing Bell was produced by Sanrio and originally shown as a double feature alongside the US/Sanrio co-production The Mouse and his Child.
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