火垂るの墓 - Grave of the Fireflies

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『火垂るの墓』（ほたるのはか）は野坂昭如の小説。1945年の兵庫県南部を舞台とし、親を失くした幼い兄妹が終戦前後の混乱の中を必死で生き抜こうとし、やがて心中をするように死を迎えていく姿を描いた。
アニメ映画「火垂るの墓」は、1988年の公開時、宮崎駿監督作品「となりのトトロ」と同時上映されている。アニメ映画界の二大巨頭の代表作、しかも作風も物語も印象も全く相反する内容の作品を一緒に見ることができた。
アニメ版は他の多くのジブリ作品と違い、直接的な深刻さを多く含んでいる。
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Grave of the Fireflies is a 1988 anime movie written and directed by Isao Takahata for Shinchosha. This is the first film produced by Shinchosha, who hired Studio Ghibli to do the animation production work. It is an adaptation of the semi-autobiographical novel of the same name by Akiyuki Nosaka, intended as a personal apology to the author's own sister.
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Taking place toward the end of World War II in Japan, Grave of the Fireflies is the poignant tale of the relationship between two orphaned children, Seita (清太) and his younger sister Setsuko (節子). The children lose their mother in the firebombing of Kobe, and their father in service to the Imperial Japanese Navy, and as a result they are forced to try to survive amidst widespread famine and the callous indifference of their countrymen (some of whom are their own extended family members).
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