Anime: Arashi no Yoru ni

[Story]
The story is simple. Goat and wolf meet in a stormy night in a left barn and can't see or smell a thing. So they talk to each other and have a good chat in the belief that each side is the animal they are (the goats thinks he talks to another goat that looked for a shelter and the wolf thinks it's another wolf). They notice that they've many things in common. That's a little funny because even when they say the same things each has a different point of view (e.g the goat says that he likes the food in the valley the best and the wolf agrees, surely only one speaks about the grass). The big surprise follows on the next day when they meet up for lunch.
It's an easy going and uncomplicated story with a little touching drama near the happy end. For an adult it may be lowbrow, but I believe children would love it.

[Animation]
The animations are partly really good. The movements are so fluent with soft highlights and shades, must be a 3d computer goat/wolf. I'm glad they adjusted the style animelike because I can't stand noticeable 3d elements in animes anymore. Unfortunately there are quite a few of them in this anime too. It has a mix of obvious drawn elements, animated by deforming them and 3d objects that sometimes are halfheartedly adapted to the anime style... like the inside of a barn or some parts of the landscape (trees in the storm, rocks etc.). Those differences disturb the visual harmony.
The design however is great. I've never seen so adorable goats. Each goat even has an individual look. Same with the wolves. There was done quite a lot of effort in their design and animation.
From the side however the goats have quite huge heads, the wolves look well-proportioned, more natural.

[Characters]
Except for Heidi I don't know any goat that had a leading part in an anime. Thumps up for the animal setting.
Mei, the main goat, is really cute from the look. Cuddly face, little horns, cute eyes, not overly big and glossy like a forced 'cute', pink nose, white fur.
He's a little clumsy and naive trusting a wolf so blindly. He never has ill thoughts and is a happy guy the most of the time.
Gav, the ragged wolf, is not so cute. As for the typical prey and predator schema I couldn't imagine a cute wolf anyway. He looks wild but is friendly at heart.
Except for the slowly growing friendship between Mei and Gav there isn't any other development. And that's also quite shallow, except for the end when it gets a little cheesy.

[Music]
The background music is smooth classical music that fits well but is nothing outstanding or something you'll remember. The only touching scene comes with a cheesy music – but no fears, it's not Disney like.
The voices sound all matured. For a goat I'd expect a higher voice, more cute, but I liked it like that as well. The wolf sounds like a wolf should.

[Value/Enjoyment]
I think it's a very good anime for children. There's no blood (ok a little near the end), no ugly slaughter, sweet and adorable characters. And the story is certainly made for children as it is about friendship even when half the world is against them, but without a complex and confusing drama. As for adults, the only highlight are the cute characters and nice animations, rest is pretty dull but helps over boredom. So it hasn't much value for me. I may watch it again for the sake of the design. It entertained me though, enough that I didn't think my time got wasted.

Pity, the rating came out so bad... I actually gave it a 7.5 on the voting. So don't trust the numbers here ^^