A beautiful, heartbreaking film

Rating: 10/10 (9 May 2000)

This is a film that could have been live-action, but I'm really glad it was done as anime. The visuals were beautiful, and the characters were more compelling than they could have been in live action. I couldn't have felt more strongly for Seita and Setsuko (the children in the film) if they had been my own. Even if you're not an anime fan (I'm not particularly), this one is very much worth seeing.