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Grave of the Fireflies

Grave of the Fireflies

Alternative Titles

Hotaru No Haka; Tombstone for Fireflies

Information

Type: Movie
Episodes: 1
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Apr 15, 1988
Producers: Studio Ghibli
Genres: Historical, Drama
Duration: 1 hr. 30 min.
Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older
L represents licensing company

Statistics

Score: 8.621 (scored by 7025 users)
Ranked: #322
Popularity: #124
Members: 10,056
Favorites: 168
1 indicates a weighted score
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Synopsis

In the latter part of World War II, a boy and his sister, orphaned when their mother is killed in the firebombing of Tokyo, are left to survive on their own in what remains of civilian life in Japan. The plot follows this boy and his sister as they do their best to survive in the Japanese countryside, battling hunger, prejudice, and pride in their own quiet, personal battle.

(Info taken from AniDB.net)

Characters & Voice Actors

Seita
Seita
Main
 
Setsuko
Setsuko
Main
Liberatori, Perla
Italian
Liberatori, Perla

Staff

Takahata, Isao
Director

Recommendations

Both shows involve the bombing of Hiroshima, and the aftermath.
reportRecommended by Dark_Evangel
Both sad, very sad, war stories. If this one made you cry, the other one will too. <.>
reportRecommended by Almonds96

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Overall 9
Story 9
Animation 8
Sound 9
Character 9
Enjoyment 9
Nov 3, 20081 of 1 episodes seen
"September 9th, 1945... That was the day I died."

Why is it that the vast majority of adult American filmgoers continue to look down upon animated feature films as being just for kids? Fortunately not all cultures share this disdain for serious animation and countries like Japan continue to produce animated films squarely directed at an adult audience without feeling obligated to pander to the family film market.

Grave of the Fireflies tells the s... read more
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Overall 8
Story 9
Animation 8
Sound 9
Character 9
Enjoyment 7
Jun 28, 20071 of 1 episodes seen
I like the story. It’s an “us against the world” archetype. I felt like the children in the movie had no luck at all. They experienced everything victims of the war could’ve experience – losing their home, their relatives, and their will to live. You have to feel sorry for them.

Although it’s not as good as I thought it would be (meaning I didn’t think it was that sad), it really touched me. While I was born WAY after WWII, I was able to w... read more
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Overall 10
Story 10
Animation 10
Sound 9
Character 10
Enjoyment 9
Mar 8, 20081 of 1 episodes seen
Truly one of Studio Ghibli's greatest crowning achievements, Grave of the Fireflies is a brilliant masterpiece fully deserving of a place in any of the best movies ever made. Not just an astonishingly great (and, at the risk of coming off as cliché, perfect) work of art, this is a moving, thought-provoking, and ultimately heartbreaking tale about the loss of innocence and the tragedies of war.

Based on an autobiography by Akiyuki Nosaka, the film, set during the bo... read more
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Opening Theme

"Setsuko and Seita" by Michio Mamiya

Ending Theme

"Futari" by Michio Mamiya

Recent Forum Discussion

Poll: Grave of the Fireflies Episode 1 Discussion
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11-28-08, 1:02 PM
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