Historically, “Grave of the Fireflies” has been harder to stream than some of Studio Ghibli’s other efforts but that’s all changed now that this heartbreaking war movie has landed on Netflix.
If you’re used to some of the studio’s more whimsical projects, just know that you’re in for a rather different experience. Instead of being transported to a fantastical world like that seen in “The Boy and the Heron” — which recently made its streaming debut on Max — “Grave of the Fireflies” instead asks us to go on a very different journey altogether.
Here, we see the horrors of war through the eyes of two young siblings as a brother and sister try to survive in the final days of World War Two in Japan. If it’s not clear already, this is a harrowing watch… but it’s also one you simply must
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