Grave of the Fireflies

Oct 12, 2006 19:37

We watched "Hotaru no Haka" ("Grave of the Fireflies") for Japanese Culture and Civilization class today. It's a very moving anime set in World War II Japan, and I highly recommend it. However, be warned: well over half the class had tears in their eyes at the end, even people who'd seen it before. The teacher cried, I cried, the tough dude who ( Read more... )

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pylduck October 13 2006, 12:17:25 UTC
A few friends and I watched Grave of the Fireflies for our first and only screening of an anime screening get together. We were so traumatized by it that we never got around to watching other movies together. It is such a wonderful movie, though.

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andreazenith October 13 2006, 14:48:25 UTC
That sounds like a really good movie. =^.^= I'll have to poke Song & Stencil to watch it with me. *smiles*

*GLOMPS*
~Anj

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3appleshigh October 13 2006, 16:59:28 UTC
i've seen the english version (or dubbed or something). good movie but way depressing.

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