If only life were fair.

Rating: 10/10 (19 February 2000)

Grave of the Fireflies is a very sad movie. It really shows that even though the west "won the war" and "stopped the threat," innocent people suffered on all sides. It's a well paced film, if a bit slow in places, but the message sent is clear.
Seita and Setsuko are portrayed extraordinarily well. The pain that they endure really shows that life just isn't fair. Grave of the Fireflies shows that life cannot only be unfair, but unbelievably cruel. I just saw the film for the first time with a friend of mine who doesn't watch anime. He was just as moved as I was by it. It's sad that war causes so much pain for so many people. This is one of the best examples of a WWII movie that I can think of, because it's just so true.