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Hotaru no Haka

"A young boy and his little sister's struggle to survive in Japan during World War II." Tribute made by SupremeDarkness7 for the 1988 movie "Hotaru no Haka" (Grave of the Fireflies). Music: Radical Dreamers from the game Chrono Cross.

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Omnicron.4735 : LVL 37: VP 4.5: said:

Omnicron.4735

12 votes NegativePositive

486 days ago...

These are the lyrics of the song as near as I can translate them:

I`ve followed this far in search of that shimmering light, clasped in the hands of a child, I wander (upon) the shore of time.

I have continued searching for you, though I don`t know your name, because I have wanted to share these feelings with you.

Time encompasses both love and pain, until both fade away.
But I still remember them.. And always will.

Though I cannot remember when, (but) a whisper began echoing deep within my heart, fainter than drops of evening dew.

May this prayer I spin weave through the darkness of my frozen stars and reach the skies above you.
So far away.

I can`t watch this move. It`s like a emotional punch in the gut.

drex1x : LVL 1: VP 1: said:

drex1x

0 votes NegativePositive

485 days 23 hours ago...

i really liked this... but i always wanted to respectfully ask why when its anime like this,is it that the characters are always drawn with eyes not of Asians complexion?

Red Heaven : LVL 28: VP 3.7: said:

Red Heaven

3 votes NegativePositive

485 days 23 hours ago...

^
Because the west taught them that large, round eyes are preferred.

It`s sad how many asians have surgery just to make their eyes "bigger".

hydroquebec : LVL 26: VP 3.5: said:

hydroquebec

5 votes NegativePositive

485 days 19 hours ago...

^ i don`t.. small eye keep dust away :-)

Tada : LVL 40: VP 4.8: said:

Tada

4 votes NegativePositive

485 days 16 hours ago...

drex1x: "Asian eyes" takes more time to draw then "western eyes". When it comes to reducing time and cost the Japanese anime studios are simply masters.

haloizgod : LVL 39: VP 4.7: said:

haloizgod

15 votes NegativePositive

485 days 16 hours ago...

this anime made me cry man tears awesome movie XD 5/5

crimsonhaz3 : LVL 33: VP 4.2: said:

crimsonhaz3

5 votes NegativePositive

485 days 13 hours ago...

You`d think a Japanese film about WW2 would be in some way biased against the US, but this film captures the cruelty on both sides. I don`t wanna spoil much, but the part where the mom was serving rice to her family and then to the main character and his little sister was messed up.

Yea, I can`t watch this movie again.

lostperson : LVL 40: VP 4.8: said:

lostperson

9 votes NegativePositive

485 days 8 hours ago...

this has to be the only anime that i seen that almost made me cry....

Omnicron.4735 : LVL 37: VP 4.5: said:

Omnicron.4735

2 votes NegativePositive

485 days ago...

@Mr. Drex1x: Good question.
As far as I know it`s (it addition to reducing time and cost) it so make the characters look "cuter". You may notice that some villains are drawn with smaller "Asian" eyes.
Read into that what ever you want, but I think there is a lot of self loathing in the Asian psyche.

Zytemis : LVL 31: VP 4: said:

Zytemis

3 votes NegativePositive

485 days ago...

The only thing I don`t understand, after living in Japan for more than 3 years, I`ve yet to ever see a single fire fly. Ever.

Dej : LVL 1: VP 1: said:

Dej

6 votes NegativePositive

481 days 21 hours ago...

One of the most touching animes out there. OTAKU FANS SHOUT OUT!!!

Loops101 : LVL 31: VP 4: said:

Loops101

2 votes NegativePositive

481 days 20 hours ago...

This is a good anime the story is very good but accordingly what the Japanese did to the Chinese is far worst then what the U.S. did to Japan.

ProfessX : LVL 27: VP 3.6: said:

ProfessX

5 votes NegativePositive

481 days 17 hours ago...

its not about US and Japan, its about the story of a boy and his little sister struggling to survive

this anime was simply amazing and i`ll be honest, i cried cus the story was that GOOD

Smoking Kills : LVL 32: VP 4.1: said:

Smoking Kills

5 votes NegativePositive

481 days 17 hours ago...

^^No your quite right the Japanese managed 476 recorded rapes a day, whereas the American Occupation recorded only 300.

And that was not so much an American bash as it was an idiot one. The whole point of the movie was that all humans are capable of great cruelty.

lordkothen : LVL 17: VP 2.6: said:

lordkothen

0 votes NegativePositive

481 days 16 hours ago...

Indeed we are all capable of bieng the greatest of saints or the most evil demons. The hardest part is finding a mix of the two that you are best suited to be. As for the destruction caused by the war, well shit happens thats why its war. Yes we Americans are nice to people we defeate especially if you look on a historical bases.

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