じこじょうかい

はじめました。ゴメスです。ぼくはあめりかじんです。にねんせいです。せんこうわこんぴゅうたこおがくとにほんごです。どおぞよろしく。

One of my favorite Japanese/anime movies is Grave of the Fireflies. Isao Takahata wrote the screenplay and directed the movie, but it was based on a novel with the same name written by Akiyuki Nosaka. Considered to be one of the best anti-war animated films ever, the story follows Seita and his younger sister Setsuko through the end of World War II. After the children lose their father and mother, they must go live with their distant aunt. However, they begin to run out of rice and other foods, so the aunt becomes increasingly cold and resentful, and the two decide to take up shelter in an abandoned bomb shelter. At first, their new situation looks good, but they begin to run out of food and necessities, leaving Seita to resort to theft. I won't talk any more about the plot because it is a very good (albeit incredibly sad) story and I would hate to ruin it for anyone who has not seen it and wants to. But before you watch it, I must warn you, it is quite possibly the saddest movie you will ever watch.