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Grave Of The Fireflies truly is one of the most powerful animated films ever made. It is a film that shows us all what love really is. It tells an heroic and yet tragic tale of a young teenage boy who looks after his little sister during World War II. There havent been that many animated films that havent been half as emotional as this film was. This is the second most emotional non-Disney animated film after Shrek. This film made me feel really proud of myself because I have a little sister who is only 3 years old and it showed me how I can look after her. So, I have to say that this is one of the biggest inspirations to me. It is a story that a lot of people love because of the story and also of how affective it can be to peoples lives in general. Also, it is a film that can break peoples hearts because of the atmosphere of the film and what actually happens within it. This film was well directed but I was hoping that it would be directed by Hayao Miyazaki. But it was still a good direction from Isao Takahata. The script was good aswell because it truly seemed like a very heartfelt and epic animated fairy tale aswell. I would say that this is very similar to Miyazakis animated films because they are obviously animés. As far as live aciton war films are concerned, this one is quite similar to Life Is Beautiful because of an older close relative looking after a child apart from that it is brother looking after sister in Grave Of The Fireflies and father looking after son in Life Is Beautiful but they have quite a similar sort of meaning to it.
The chemistry between Sensuko and Senita was adorable because obviously all brothers and sister argue in real life but in this one, it shows that they can get along really well at times. It sort of helped me with my relationship with my 15 year old sister which is great. This was just so heartwarming without any violence, sex nor bad language. It shows us beauty aswell as the horror of WWII that is really was. It shows beauty of discovering about themselves. The animated effects were superb indeed which reached over my expectations because there werent really any animé films in the 1980s. This is like the start of great animated films. This is my second favourite animé film after Miyazakis Spirited Away. Masterpiece!!
8/10
