Fireflies and they died

Rating: 10/10 (21 July 2004)

From the opening sentence (which you would know the fate that will bestow on the main character) to the scrolling credit (which you then would have experiencing how it happened), you will find yourself in a journey that will likely wrench your heart, jerk your tears, change yourself no matter how subtly and at the same times reflect about the life itself (and everything in it). No, this is not a pretty show but one that shows you the reality of whatever war, how it effects children especially ones that so young and so unlucky. Yes, it's ugly. As someone mentioned in previous review, when fireflies died, no one even care their graves. And so are the children in the movie.
I highly recommend this animation movie for people over 13 yrs old and especially adult. This is not mere animation, this is a brilliant visualization. It is so finely done (from the music to the graphic to the colors/composition) with a story that is so real and achingly sorrow. The theme is universal without mentioning a single country who responsible of the war.
I don't think I am going to watch it again within a short time, but I will keep it in my desk and show it to my friends at anytime.
10/10