Grave of the Fireflies
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.
First aired
April 16, 1988
Type
Movie
Characters
Cast
Tsutomu Tatsumi
Seita (voice)
Ayano Shiraishi
Setsuko (voice)
Yoshiko Shinohara
Mother (voice)
Akemi Yamaguchi
Auntie (voice)
Masayo Sakai
Woman who takes care of Setsuko (voice)
Kozo Hashida
Obayashi Chairman (voice)
Kazumi Nozaki
Cousin (voice)
Yoshio Matsuoka
Gosaku (voice)
Masahiro Kanetake
Aunt's House Guest (voice)
Crew
Isao Takahata
Director
Yoshifumi Kondo
Animation Director
Kazu Hisamura
Assistant Art Director
Nobuo Koyama
Director of Photography
Yasuo Uragami
Sound Director
Tooru Hara
Producer
Nizou Yamamoto
Art Direction
Toru Hishiyama
Background Designer
Mutsuo Koseki
Background Designer
Shuichi Hirata
Background Designer
Noriko Higuchi
Background Designer
Seiki Tamura
Background Designer
Yoshinari Kanebako
Background Designer
Yoji Nakaza
Background Designer
Fukiko Hashizume
Background Designer
Eiko Sudo
Background Designer
Eiji Hirakawa
Background Designer
Junko Ina
Background Designer
Michiyo Yasuda
Color Designer
Naoyuki Taniguchi
Compositing Artist
Takeshi Seyama
Editor
Hideaki Anno
Key Animation
Yukiyoshi Hane
Key Animation
Yasuomi Umetsu
Key Animation
Toshitsugu Saida
Key Animation
Shojuro Yamauchi
Key Animation
Reiko Okuyama
Key Animation
First aired
April 16, 1988
Type