[Simmy2.5]

I saw "Graveyard of the Fireflies", simply an amazing movie. Certainly A heck of a lot better then the stuff Hollywood pushes on us recently. Gripping and powerful.

[Porterville]

Grave Yard of the Fireflies is like "It's a Wonderful Life" No other movies make me as crazy as those two... except when Audry Hepburn is tossed in the mix.

[TomSmedley]

I saw "Graveyard of the Fireflies", simply an amazing movie. Certainly A heck of a lot better then the stuff Hollywood pushes on us recently. Gripping and powerful.

Notice how the backgrounds are beautifully drawn watercolors, while the human figures are comic-book line art? Show an American a picture of fish in the stream, and he comments on the fish. Show same picture to an Asian, and the first thing he notices is the stream.

The guys in that movie wore western-style clothing, while the women wore more traditional garb. With one exception -- when the owners of the town castle came back from their country vacation away from the war the "little people" had to endure, they were dressed like American flappers.