The most heart wrenching story and most realistic interface to reality , I have ever seen in an animated film.

Rating: 10/10 (19 July 2017)

Studio Ghibli is viewed as one of the most important animation studio's of this era and has given us some well know films like "Spirited away"."The Grave of the fireflies " is one of the earlier works of studio Ghibbli and is also one of the most underrated from all of its films.
I was going through the movies by studio Ghibli and came across "The grave of the fireflies" , at first I was reluctant to watch this film seeing that it was from the 80s ,due to which its animation would notbe good as today's but I gave it a try.
What we usually see in war film is the heroic tales of the protagonist during the war but this film completely changed my views about war and to which extent it affects people. This film does not cloud our vision from reality by giving us happy ending or saving us from facts.It picturises Japan during World war 2 and revolves around the difficulties faced by two siblings , orphaned during war. The efforts by the protagonist for himself and his sister to survive during these harsh conditions ,are shown in such a moving way that it stirs something in you to feel for the characters. This by no means is a children's film but can be enjoyed by the whole family. At last,I would highly recommend to watch this film and I surely think that something will change in you after watching it .To me a person who isn't at the verge of tears at the end of this film does not have any emotions.