It would be heartless not to like this movie

Rating: 10/10 (22 February 2005)

Grave of the Fireflies (Hotaru no Haka) is one of the most powerful and beautifully made movies based on WWII.
It is not about the leaders or military, but about the people themselves. Two orphans Seita and Setsuko lost their home to the air bombs, where thrown out of the house of their angry Aunt and forced to live on their own in the bomb shelters.
Some people have complained that this movie is pro-Tojo and anti-American, but it's not. It is just simply a point of view from the common folk of that country, and everyone of every country, whether in War or Peace, have a story to tell.
Did you know that this movie is based off of the semi-true story of Akiyuki Nosaka, who also lost his sister to starvation. Feeling guilty of all this, he writes this story, with Seita's death symbolizing the slow mental dying in the poor man's mind.
It is a powerful movie, I recommend this movie for everyone to see. It has a well meaning message of the hardships of WWII.