There was a beautiful time when film buffs, critics, and dudes with strong opinions could gather in the IMDb forums and debate everything from the oeuvre of Sir David Lean to the latest episode of "Charmed." Today, internet critics make their way to the easier-to-navigate Letterboxd. Boosted by the 2021 Covid pandemic lock-in, it's now the joint for people looking to curate their watch list with the cream of the cinephile crop.
On Letterboxd, you can log your film-viewing history, rate films on a 5-star scale, and share your thoughts. The reviews can be as pithy or insightful as a user desires, and collated scores help fans figure out what's the best of the best in a given section. With this much input from peers, the app's consensus should offer a fair reflection of a film's quality. This Ghibli fan is going to look over Letterboxd's top twelve animated Studio Ghibli features with you,...
On Letterboxd, you can log your film-viewing history, rate films on a 5-star scale, and share your thoughts. The reviews can be as pithy or insightful as a user desires, and collated scores help fans figure out what's the best of the best in a given section. With this much input from peers, the app's consensus should offer a fair reflection of a film's quality. This Ghibli fan is going to look over Letterboxd's top twelve animated Studio Ghibli features with you,...
- 9/27/2022
- by Margaret David
- Slash Film
While the works of his colleague Hayao Miyazaki remain the most popular entities within Studio Ghibli’s output in the 1980s, it is perhaps the features by Isao Takahata that will leave the greatest impact on their viewer. One of the director’s most famous features during that time period is “Grave of the Fireflies”, a movie based on the short story by writer Akiyuki Nosaka, which deals with the trauma of Second World War, as experienced by a young man and his sister, who try to survive in these difficult times. Whereas a large portion of the audience perceived animation to be largely directed at a younger audience, Takahata managed to make a very adult film, about the bond between two siblings as well as the loss and protection of childhood and innocence.
In 1945, Seita, a teenage boy, lives with his younger sister Setsuko and their family in Kobe.
In 1945, Seita, a teenage boy, lives with his younger sister Setsuko and their family in Kobe.
- 9/13/2021
- by Rouven Linnarz
- AsianMoviePulse
To celebrate the 25th anniversary of Studio Ghibli’s first release, StudioCanal are delighted to bring Kiki’s Delivery Service and Grave of the Fireflies to Blu-ray for the first time on July 1st. To mark the special occasion we are not only giving you the chance to win the two films on Blu-ray but also win the complete Studio Ghibli DVD collection which includes Princess Mononoke, Ponyo, Arrietty and many more!
An arresting combination from Studio Ghibli’s biggest visionaries: Hayao Miyazaki’s Kiki’s Delivery Service, a magical story of a young witch’s air courier service, and Isao Takahata’s Grave of the Fireflies, the heartbreaking tale of two children’s struggle to survive their firebombed city in World War 2. Kiki’s Delivery Service and Grave of the Fireflies will be released on Blu-ray July 1st. Pre-order your copy now: http://j.mp/BuyStudioGhibli.
For your chance of winning,...
An arresting combination from Studio Ghibli’s biggest visionaries: Hayao Miyazaki’s Kiki’s Delivery Service, a magical story of a young witch’s air courier service, and Isao Takahata’s Grave of the Fireflies, the heartbreaking tale of two children’s struggle to survive their firebombed city in World War 2. Kiki’s Delivery Service and Grave of the Fireflies will be released on Blu-ray July 1st. Pre-order your copy now: http://j.mp/BuyStudioGhibli.
For your chance of winning,...
- 6/26/2013
- by Competitions
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
To celebrate the 25th anniversary of Studio Ghibli’s first release, StudioCanal are delighted to bring Kiki’s Delivery Service and Grave of the Fireflies to Blu-ray for the first time on July 1st. To mark the special occasion we’ve got 5 Blu-ray copies of each film to give away!
An arresting combination from Studio Ghibli’s biggest visionaries: Hayao Miyazaki’s Kiki’s Delivery Service, a magical story of a young witch’s air courier service, and Isao Takahata’s Grave of the Fireflies, the heartbreaking tale of two children’s struggle to survive their firebombed city in World War 2. Kiki’s Delivery Service and Grave of the Fireflies will be released on Blu-ray July 1st. Pre-order your copy now.
For your chance of winning, simply watch the trailer above and answer the following question:
Complete the phrase used in the trailer, embrace the ________
a) Dream
b) Adventure
b) Magic
To enter the competition,...
An arresting combination from Studio Ghibli’s biggest visionaries: Hayao Miyazaki’s Kiki’s Delivery Service, a magical story of a young witch’s air courier service, and Isao Takahata’s Grave of the Fireflies, the heartbreaking tale of two children’s struggle to survive their firebombed city in World War 2. Kiki’s Delivery Service and Grave of the Fireflies will be released on Blu-ray July 1st. Pre-order your copy now.
For your chance of winning, simply watch the trailer above and answer the following question:
Complete the phrase used in the trailer, embrace the ________
a) Dream
b) Adventure
b) Magic
To enter the competition,...
- 6/26/2013
- by Laura Holmes
- Obsessed with Film
This animated Japanese masterpiece is a war story as wrenching as any live-action movie
If you thought Bambi or Up were as emotional as animation gets, you need to see this Japanese masterpiece. It's a war story as wrenching as any live-action movie, and it has reduced many a viewer to tears – this one included. Based on Akiyuki Nosaka's semi-autobiographical novel, it is focused on a teenager and his sister struggling to survive at the tail end of the second world war, and it records their plight with unsentimental intimacy. Not many cartoons would depict a boy seeing his mother's burnt, maggot-infested corpse being stretchered away, for example, but that's just the start of their traumas. Parentless and homeless, they are forced to wander the countryside, beset by hunger, American bombings and the self-serving indifference of adults. It's not all suffering and desperation, though. There are magical moments of natural beauty and childish delight,...
If you thought Bambi or Up were as emotional as animation gets, you need to see this Japanese masterpiece. It's a war story as wrenching as any live-action movie, and it has reduced many a viewer to tears – this one included. Based on Akiyuki Nosaka's semi-autobiographical novel, it is focused on a teenager and his sister struggling to survive at the tail end of the second world war, and it records their plight with unsentimental intimacy. Not many cartoons would depict a boy seeing his mother's burnt, maggot-infested corpse being stretchered away, for example, but that's just the start of their traumas. Parentless and homeless, they are forced to wander the countryside, beset by hunger, American bombings and the self-serving indifference of adults. It's not all suffering and desperation, though. There are magical moments of natural beauty and childish delight,...
- 5/23/2013
- by Steve Rose
- The Guardian - Film News
This animated Japanese masterpiece is a war story as wrenching as any live-action movie
If you thought Bambi or Up were as emotional as animation gets, you need to see this Japanese masterpiece. It's a war story as wrenching as any live-action movie, and it has reduced many a viewer to tears – this one included. Based on Akiyuki Nosaka's semi-autobiographical novel, it is focused on a teenager and his sister struggling to survive at the tail end of the second world war, and it records their plight with unsentimental intimacy. Not many cartoons would depict a boy seeing his mother's burnt, maggot-infested corpse being stretchered away, for example, but that's just the start of their traumas. Parentless and homeless, they are forced to wander the countryside, beset by hunger, American bombings and the self-serving indifference of adults. It's not all suffering and desperation, though. There are magical moments of natural beauty and childish delight,...
If you thought Bambi or Up were as emotional as animation gets, you need to see this Japanese masterpiece. It's a war story as wrenching as any live-action movie, and it has reduced many a viewer to tears – this one included. Based on Akiyuki Nosaka's semi-autobiographical novel, it is focused on a teenager and his sister struggling to survive at the tail end of the second world war, and it records their plight with unsentimental intimacy. Not many cartoons would depict a boy seeing his mother's burnt, maggot-infested corpse being stretchered away, for example, but that's just the start of their traumas. Parentless and homeless, they are forced to wander the countryside, beset by hunger, American bombings and the self-serving indifference of adults. It's not all suffering and desperation, though. There are magical moments of natural beauty and childish delight,...
- 5/23/2013
- by Steve Rose
- The Guardian - Film News
Feature Ryan Lambie 23 May 2013 - 06:51
25 years ago, Studio Ghibli simultaneously released My Neighbor Totoro and Grave Of The Fireflies. Here's a timely appreciation...
When My Neighbor Totoro and Grave Of The Fireflies were released in 1988, their shared billing was born out of convenience. Studio Ghibli, the animation house set up by Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata in 1985, had already secured its first success with Laputa: Castle In The Sky (1986), while Miyazaki was well-known for his first animated feature, Nausicaa Of The Valley Of The Wind (1984).
In spite of these successes, the films Miyazaki and Takahata wanted to make next were considered to be financially risky. Miyazaki wanted to create a personal story about two children meeting a woodland monster in the Japanese countryside, while Takahata wanted to adapt Akiyuki Nosaka's Grave Of The Fireflies, a semi-autobiographical novel about two young children struggling for survival following the firebombing of Kobe in World War II.
25 years ago, Studio Ghibli simultaneously released My Neighbor Totoro and Grave Of The Fireflies. Here's a timely appreciation...
When My Neighbor Totoro and Grave Of The Fireflies were released in 1988, their shared billing was born out of convenience. Studio Ghibli, the animation house set up by Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata in 1985, had already secured its first success with Laputa: Castle In The Sky (1986), while Miyazaki was well-known for his first animated feature, Nausicaa Of The Valley Of The Wind (1984).
In spite of these successes, the films Miyazaki and Takahata wanted to make next were considered to be financially risky. Miyazaki wanted to create a personal story about two children meeting a woodland monster in the Japanese countryside, while Takahata wanted to adapt Akiyuki Nosaka's Grave Of The Fireflies, a semi-autobiographical novel about two young children struggling for survival following the firebombing of Kobe in World War II.
- 5/22/2013
- by ryanlambie
- Den of Geek
Grave of the Fireflies is to be reimagined as a live-action film. Dresden Pictures has acquired the rights to remake Studio Ghibli's animated classic and plans to begin shooting its version in 2014, reports Screen Daily. Based on the 1967 novel by Akiyuki Nosaka, Grave of the Fireflies is an emotive story following two children struggling to survive in Japan during World War II following the firebombing of Kobe by Us forces. The film is often (more)...
- 11/28/2012
- by By Mark Langshaw
- Digital Spy
Grave of the Fireflies is a 1988 anime film based on the 1967 novel from Akiyuki Nosaka. It's one of the most important anime films of all-time however, there are no spirit demons or shinigami in this anime adaptation. The film follows two children struggling to survive alone in a war-torn Japan during World War II. It's an important work because it offers an uncompromising look at the events of firebombing of the city of Kobe by American forces during that time. Roger Ebert has called it "one of the most powerful war films ever made" and the film as earned similar praise from practically every media outlet that springs to mind. Directed by Studio Ghibli, it's the feature that put Studio Ghibli on the map. Dresden Pictures, which has released a number of noteworthy shorts has acquired film rights and U.K. distribution for a live-action adaptation of...
- 11/27/2012
- ComicBookMovie.com
Akiyuki Nosaka's autobiographical novel, Grave of the Fireflies, is set to get another live-action feature film adaptation. It tells a story of survival in the wake of the firebombing of Kobe in 1945. It was already adapted once as a beautiful made Japanese animated film in 1988. The must watch movie was produced by Studio Ghibli, and directed by Isao Takahata. There was also a live-action Japanese version of the story made in 2005, but this new version will be more of a mainstream type of movie.
The story centers on two orphaned children, 14 year-old Seita and his four year-old sister Setsuko, struggling to survive in the wake of the Kobe bombings during WWII. It's an incredibly sad and depressing story, if you've seen the movies or read the book then you know what I mean. At the same time it's a very humanist touching story, one that needs to be told.
The story centers on two orphaned children, 14 year-old Seita and his four year-old sister Setsuko, struggling to survive in the wake of the Kobe bombings during WWII. It's an incredibly sad and depressing story, if you've seen the movies or read the book then you know what I mean. At the same time it's a very humanist touching story, one that needs to be told.
- 11/27/2012
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Dresden Pictures has acquired the UK rights to Japanese war story "Grave of the Fireflies" with plans to develop a live-action feature adaptation.
Akiyuki Nosaka's 1967 semi-autobiographical novel is set during and after the firebombing of Kobe, Japan in 1945. It follows the struggle of two orphaned Japanese children – 14 year-old Seita and his four year-old sister, Setsuko – during World War II.
The story is best known to worldwide audiences for Studio Ghibli's 1988 animated feature film adaptation helmed by Isao Takahata, an acclaimed movie that film critics and historians often cite as one of the most powerful and devastating anti-war films ever made. Japanese broadcaster Ntv produced a live action telemovie in 2005.
This however marks the first production company outside of Japan to have optioned development rights to the story. Liam Garvo and James Heath will produce and shooting aims to begin in 2014.
The news comes a few days after the...
Akiyuki Nosaka's 1967 semi-autobiographical novel is set during and after the firebombing of Kobe, Japan in 1945. It follows the struggle of two orphaned Japanese children – 14 year-old Seita and his four year-old sister, Setsuko – during World War II.
The story is best known to worldwide audiences for Studio Ghibli's 1988 animated feature film adaptation helmed by Isao Takahata, an acclaimed movie that film critics and historians often cite as one of the most powerful and devastating anti-war films ever made. Japanese broadcaster Ntv produced a live action telemovie in 2005.
This however marks the first production company outside of Japan to have optioned development rights to the story. Liam Garvo and James Heath will produce and shooting aims to begin in 2014.
The news comes a few days after the...
- 11/23/2012
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
To celebrate the release of Studio Ghibli’s latest film, Arrietty, in UK cinemas we’re taking a look back at some of the studio’s classic with a Video Vault series.
Patrick Gamble takes a look back at the 1988 war film written and directed by Isao Takahata, Grave of the Fireflies. Check back over the next week for more in this series.
Grave of the Fireflies appears as somewhat of an anomaly when rummaging through the Ghibli back catalogue. Whilst the franchise’s other serious features such as Princess Mononoke and Nausicca have tackled adult themes, they have done so through subtle symbolism, softened against a fantasy backdrop. Grave of the Fireflies, however, is so emotionally charged that its raw and unflinching approach in its portrayal of warfare demands it be taken seriously.
Re-visiting this beguiling tragedy for the Video Vault has brought back memories of just how heart-breaking...
Patrick Gamble takes a look back at the 1988 war film written and directed by Isao Takahata, Grave of the Fireflies. Check back over the next week for more in this series.
Grave of the Fireflies appears as somewhat of an anomaly when rummaging through the Ghibli back catalogue. Whilst the franchise’s other serious features such as Princess Mononoke and Nausicca have tackled adult themes, they have done so through subtle symbolism, softened against a fantasy backdrop. Grave of the Fireflies, however, is so emotionally charged that its raw and unflinching approach in its portrayal of warfare demands it be taken seriously.
Re-visiting this beguiling tragedy for the Video Vault has brought back memories of just how heart-breaking...
- 7/29/2011
- by Guest
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
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