Awesome and very moving film

Rating: 10/10 (13 November 2006)

On November 12th, 2006 was the first time I ever saw this film and I must say, wow! Beautifully made and voiced. The directors and voice-actors make this film convincing. I was beyond moved and highly recommend this film to anti-war movement people and war hawks alike.
If you are not in tears at the end of this film, then you are not human. I cannot get over this film and WILL show this to my high school government class when we discuss the cost of war.
War is definitely not the answer!
I am not a fan of Anime (I am a Warner Bros. stooge) and I have never seen a film about war that was so moving like this film. Compared to other WW II films, like "Saving Private Ryan," "Bridge Over the River Quai," and "Empire of the Sun," this film ranks equally or surpasses in both content and emotional impact. The author of the book and the makers of the film show how two children are impacted by war.
I recall my great-uncles telling me very little about the Pacific campaign and how horrible, bloody, and tiring it was to them. They didn't say much about the war and I can understand why. It was a bad time for them and I could tell in their voice that this was a subject that they did not want to discuss. I cannot imagine being a child during war time and I only wonder at how horrifying the U.S. occupation in Iraq with all of the devastation that it brings must be to the little one's of Iraq.