I have absolutely never seen anything like this movie before. You have to see this movie.

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.

Grave of the fireflies is a heart wrenching inspiring film that may leave you feeling both dead and alive once you have watched it. With a realistic portrayal of the destruction of war and bombing and what it causes and how it tears happy families apart. Grave of the fireflies portrays two beautiful life's torn into one million beautiful pieces. You must watch this film.

This movie is heart-wrenching and beautiful. There are moments when it makes you laugh and smile and others that make you sob uncontrollably. It's such a hard film to watch but it's eye opening and I believe everyone should see it. Truly beautiful movie.

This is an animated movie that successfully captures the effect of war on an emotional level usually not depicted by war movies. There are many moments which move you to tears, and there are also moments of hope and happiness which provide brief lapses from the sorrow that permeates a war-torn world. Characters are designed to speak to the audience on an emotional level, as they struggle to survive the mayday of WWII. Though the war has already taken away everything such as family and security, the two characters revel in the joy of being alive. They scrap up any morsel of hope left as they go on an escapade through the war zones, looking for food and a roof to survive the days of restless violence. This movie is fastidious in elucidating the elements that make us human, the desire to live and the desire to love, and it does so in a tumultuous backdrop of WWII. What better way to grab the attention and the heartstrings of people than to provide the audience a glimpse into the daily life of two people living in times of war, a child resembling purity and innocence and an older brother tasked with protecting him from the horrors wrought by the war.

It is not called the saddest animated movie for nothing. That's because it deals with themes we normally stay away from in our daily lives, the cost of war and the destruction of our lives together. I bet war veterans would cry their eyes out if one of them was even able to sit through it. The relationship between our two main characters is so real and so strong it just makes you care about them and feel their pain when they go through their suffering in WW2 Japan, because even if Japan were allies of Nazi Germany, the population never asked for it and certainly never deserved the nuclear bombs dropped on them (no spoiler, just historical retrospect). I think Grave of the Fireflies deserve all the recognition it can get, because it proves that animation is not just for kids. It is definitely too real and depressing for younger viewers, but should be viewed by everyone capable of understanding the horrors of war.