In the final months of World War II, 14-year-old Seita and his sister Setsuko are orphaned when their mother is killed during an air raid in Kobe, Japan. After a falling out with their aunt, they move into an abandoned bomb shelter. With no surviving relatives and their emergency rations depleted, Seita and Setsuko struggle to survive.

Keywords: sibling-relationship, hunger, world-war-ii, shelter, wartime, anime, orphan-siblings, children-in-wartime,

Title: Grave of the Fireflies
Imdb rate: 8.5
Imdb votes: 190,371
Year: 1988
Language: Japanese
Genre: Animation, Drama, War
Country: Japan
Director: Isao Takahata
Writers: Akiyuki Nosaka (novel), Isao Takahata
Actors:
Tsutomu Tatsumi
Ayano Shiraishi
Yoshiko Shinohara
Akemi Yamaguchi

Awards: 3 wins.