Grave of the Fireflies

Locations
Call Number: Blu-ray Animation Grave
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Pittsfield Branch, Westgate Branch

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Downtown 1st Floor 1-week checkout	Blu-ray Animation Grave	1-week checkout	On Shelf
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Pittsfield Adult A/V 1-week checkout	Blu-ray Animation Grave	1-week checkout	On Shelf
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Title from container.
Blu-ray contains the feature film in high definition and a collection of bonus features.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1988.
Based on the novel by Akiyuki Nosaka.
Special features include: new English dub ; storyboards for Grave of the Fireflies ; deleted scenes storyboards ; Japanese theatrical trailer.
Japanese voice cast: Tsutomu Tatsumi, Ayano Shiraishi, Yoshiko Shinohara, Akemi Yamaguchi.
English voice cast: J. Robert Spencer, Rhoda Chrosite, Veronica Taylor, Amy Jones.
As the Empire of the Sun crumbles upon itself and a rain of firebombs falls upon Japan, the final death march of a nation is echoed in millions of smaller tragedies. Seita and his younger sister Setsuko are two children born at the wrong time, in the wrong place, and now cast adrift in a world that lacks not the care to shelter them, but simply the resources. They are forced to fend for themselves in the aftermath of fires that swept entire cities from the face of the earth.
Blu-ray; 1080p high-definition 16x9; DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 (English, Japanese), Dolby 2.0 (English).
Contents: Hotaru no haka.

COMMUNITY REVIEWS

I cried before the opening credits. submitted by majean on August 17, 2018, 8:20pm But this movie is so good!

Important submitted by anacoluthon on August 18, 2018, 5:04pm A very important film, but oh is it difficult to watch. Lovely animation of a horrendous event.