Studio Ghibli Classic 'Grave of the Fireflies' Has Found a New Streaming Home

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The Japanese animated film Grave of the Fireflies, which was brought to life by Studio Ghibli in the eighties, has landed on Netflix in the U.S. almost four decades following its debut. Written and directed by Isao Takahata, the war drama production is based on the 1967 short story of the same name by Akiyuki Nosaka which was released in April 1988.

What’s 'Grave of the Fireflies' About? Close Set during the World War II era and in the city of Kobe, Japan, Grave of the Fireflies follows two siblings, Seita and Setsuko, who are also war orphans. The young kids desperately struggle to survive as the Pacific War enters its final months. And as the movie continues, we see the siblings struggle daily to reconcile their youth with the surrounding bloodbath.

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