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Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
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War movies are happening all month in a theme we call GLORY & PROPAGANDA and we wrap up WW2 week with a tearjerker anime. You can call what the U.S. did in Japan brutal, we won’t deny that, but boy did all that bombing inspire some great film art. Bob’s grandfather was escorting oil tankers coming from South America on a Navy ship during this time so you can’t blame him for what happened to these kid’s mother. Blame Truman. We’re looming near the end of the war in the Pacific and Japan is struggling hard between firebombings and food shortages. A brother and his little sister, newly orphaned, must go and make their way in a stressed village. They have an aunt there but she kinda sucks. This brother would do anything for his sister, stubbornly so, but a 14 year old boy with a big heart for his sibling may not be enough to succeed in this harsh reality. We’re discussing Isao Takahata’s anime adaptation of Akiyuki Osaka’s short story ‘GRAVE OF THE FIREFLIES” from 1988. Spirits of hard times run restless but at least they aren’t alone.
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