Powerful Story of What War Can Do

Rating: 10/10 (18 June 2013)

I decided to watch this on YouTube as I've heard about it before. To me the movie is sad with its powerful storyline about what war can do to families. Loosing a family member from death, starvation and survival. The animation and the music make the movie emotional too, especially the death of the boy and his baby sister. The animation is incredible. The lining colour and backdrop really made this movie great along with the storyline. Though I don't much like the Voice acting that much. The teenage boy sounds a bit bright for a movie like this, but it's not annoying as I know he sounds like that just to make his baby sister not too worried about her mother.
The ending was nice too. It shows us the spirits of the two kids now looking at the modern city in Japan. Though I would love it if were the whole family being reunited together and enjoying their afterlife together as a family again. But seeing the two kids was emotional to see and a nice way to end a great movie.
The creator says that the movie that it's not an anti-war film but I think the theme shows what war can do to a family. It breaks them apart by death and starvation.
The movie is a great one and definitely deserve a watch.