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Grave of the Fireflies is a 1988 Japanese animated film produced by Ghibli animation studio, written and directed by Takahata Isao. The film is based on the novel of the same name by Nosaka Akiyuki, which the author wrote in a semi-autobiographical form as an apology to the author's own sister. The film is noted for its high quality both artistically and visually. The film is set at the end of World War II in Japan, telling the poignant and touching story of the brotherhood of two orphans Seita and his younger sister Setsuko. Two brothers lost their mother after the fierce bombing of Kobe by the US Air Force while their father was fighting for the Imperial Japanese Navy. So Seita and Setsuko struggle to survive between starvation and the callous indifference of those around them. In the end Setsuko died from lack of food, the drawings depicting her suffering and death can be considered the most tragic scenes in the history of Japanese animation.