Grave Of The Fireflies Research Paper

Grave Of The Fireflies is a 1988 Japanese animation war drama film, based on a 1967 novel by Akiyuki Nosaka, it was written and directed by Isao Takahata. The film appeals to the Japanese and their allies in World War 2.
Grave Of The Fireflies is about a brother, Seita, taking care of his younger sister, Setsuko, after their town was bombed by the Americans. Many have hailed the film as one of the best anti-war films ever made, animated or otherwise, though Takahata has denied the anti-war aspect. Some have interpreted the film as an attempt to make Japanese teens of the 80's empathise with their parents, as juvenile crime was at an all-time high during this period, mostly due to the disconnect between the teens and their parents, who had likely

The story begins several weeks after the end of world war 2 at Sannomiya station, where Seita dies of starvation, a janitor later goes through his belongings and finds a fruit drop tin, which he opens, freeing Setsuko's spirit and allowing her to reunite with Seita's spirit.

Seita and Setsuko leave their hometown of Kobe in early 1945, due to air raids by the Americans. They are taken in by their Aunt, who starts off kind to them, but gradually becomes resentful towards them for eating food that could go to her immediate family and for not working, the siblings soon leave and take up residence in an abandoned bomb shelter.

They are happy for a short while, before running out of rice, which causes Seita to resort to stealing food from farms and houses during air raids, once this becomes too dangerous, he takes Setsuko to a doctor, who doesn't offer any help, Seita gets all of his family's money out of the bank and returns to the bomb shelter with a bunch of food, only to find Setsuko hallucinating and eating marbles, she dies shortly after. Seita cremates her and puts her ashes in the fruit drop