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Hotaru no Haka
In the aftermath of a World War II bombing, two orphaned children struggle to survive in the Japanese countryside. To Seita and his four-year-old sister, the helplessness and indifference of their countrymen is even more painful than the enemy raids. Through desperation, hunger and grief, these children's lives are as heartbreakingly fragile as their spirit and love is inspiring. (Source: Sentai Filmworks)
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This admittedly is not a review of the film. If you want a solid review, you should look at Grassman's review (the top-voted review of this film on this website). This is instead a defense against one of the main criticisms of the film, the idea that there is a major flaw in the plot due to a decisi…
Read full review on AniList →>"Only the dead see the end of the war" -Plato Throughout the movie we experience the every day lives of war victims, Seita and Setsuko, and their challenge to survive after losing their mom and home to an American bombardment. On a surface level the movie is a heartbreaking tale of civilians suff…
Read full review on AniList →Many anime fans hold studio Ghibli in revere. It would be no lie to say that Ghibli has played a large role in defining anime. But because of the massive success of studio Ghibli in becoming a household name, many fans view their films through rose tinted glasses of nostalgia and ignore fatal flaws.…
Read full review on AniList →"September 21, 1945 ... that was the night I died." This is how this movie begins, with a few words your skin bristles and sadness increases. There is probably no sadder story than The Grave of the Fireflies (Hotaru no Haka). Even if you are looking for something that compares you will not find it.…
Read full review on AniList →It’s World War 2, the country of Japan is in peril, and siblings Setsuko and Seita have just been orphaned by an American air strike that mortally wounded their mother. With their father away in the Navy, they’ve been forced to rely on each other, and the valiant Seita will stoop to the lowest possi…
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Read full review on AniList →~~~img220(https://www.onlineghibli.com/grave_of_fireflies/bwheader.gif)~~~ Last night, my friends and I decided to have a movie night and picked the movie Grave of the Fireflies. I don't know whose idea it was to turn the night into a depressing one. I have watched quite a few anti-war movies but…
Read full review on AniList →_Grave of the Fireflies_ is one of the greatest films ever created, sporting incredible animation by Studio Ghibli, a beautiful soundtrack, and a compelling yet utterly heart-wrenching story. It is not a film for the faint of heart, so if sad movies are not to your taste then potentially steer clear…
Read full review on AniList →####This review contains spoilers. --- More than 500,000 Japanese civilians died during the war. Some estimates place it as high as 800,000. That is a staggering number, essentially impossible to comprehend. More than half a million people reduced to a statistic without a face. _Grave of the Fire…
Read full review on AniList →__This review contains spoilers. It's impossible to discuss it without veering into dangerous spoiler territory. Please watch the film if you have not, it's fantastic.__ --- It is difficult to imagine a more harrowing film than Takahato Isao’s _Grave of the Fireflies_ (1988). Ghibli’s utterly brea…
Read full review on AniList →So lets talk about "Hotaru no Haka" aka "Grave of the fireflies." This is based on a true story apparently which makes it more emotionally investing :( This film is essentially about two siblings called Setsuko and Seita who gradually become orphans and lose everything they have throughout the movi…
Read full review on AniList →Okay so I need to talk about this movie because I genuinely haven't been okay since I watched it and I feel like not enough people know what they're getting into when they press play. Grave of the Fireflies came out in 1988, and it's a Studio Ghibli film but not a Miyazaki one. That part surprised m…
Read full review on AniList →It seems that i have a bit of a different take than the majority of viewers. I've seen Grave of the Fireflies being described as anti-war, and while i don't think that's inaccurate, i also don't believe that's what the film is trying to accomplish. Rather, the war serves as bleak backdrop to the sib…
Read full review on AniList →Spoilers. There is no way to properly review this movie without spoilers. That being said, I would urge anyone considering watching Grave of the Fireflies to avoid doing so. Here's why: This film is a perfect example of why reviews and recommendations are not the word of *** and can often be wrong.…
Read full review on AniList →Man, I honestly can't believe it took me this long to finally finish watching _Grave of the Fireflies_ in its entirety. I actually did watch this once before, way back in college. I took a class on how modern Japan was formed, and one of our assignments for that class was to watch two movies and com…
Read full review on AniList →Disclaimer: This movie is rather dark and contains disturbing imagery. I do not recommend it to the faint of heart or children under ten years old. #In a Shellnut Japan is on it's last legs. The war is creeping further and further up north and American bombers are dropping firebombs onto civilian t…
Read full review on AniList →____( Il voto non è 0, semplicemente non apprezzo assegnare voti)____ Una tomba per le lucciole, scritto e diretto da Isao Takahata è un film toccante e dannatamente realistico. Questa pellicola è stata rilasciata nel 1988 dallo Studio Ghibli. In italia è stato distributo due volte. UNA STORIA TOC…
Read full review on AniList →This review will contain spoilers, ramblings, and intense takes. Proceed with caution. The movie is this. Irresponsible ******** causes the death of his sister for no ******* reason. Supposed to feel sad for this ******* ******* im just ****** off. **** this movie but ******* it looks beautiful. S…
Read full review on AniList →"Grave of the Fireflies" is not merely an anime film; it is a profound and heartbreaking masterpiece from Studio Ghibli that transcends the medium. Directed by Isao Takahata, it tells the devastating story of two siblings, Seita and Setsuko, struggling for survival in the final days of World War II.…
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