Grave of the fireflies
(DVD)

Original story by Akiyuki Nosaka.

Original Japanese version produced in 1988.

Special features: Interviews with director, Isao Takahata and author Akiyuki Nosaka; interview with Roger Ebert; author biography; director biography; commentary by professors Theodore F. Cook and Haruko Taya Cook; video restoration documentary; alternate angle storyboards for entire feature; bonus storyboards; trailers; original Japanese trailer; U.S. trailer.

Original story, Akiyuki Nosaka ; executive producer, Ryoichi Sato ; written and directed by, Isao Takahata ; animation director, Yoshifumi Kondo ; art director, Nizo Yamamoto ; producer, Toru Hara ; executive producer of English version, John O'Donnell ; English translation, Neil Nadelman.

Japanese voice cast: Tsutomu Tatsumi, Ayano Shiraishi, Yoshiko Shinohara, Akemi Yamaguchi.

English voice cast: J. Robert Spencer, Rhoda Chrosite, Veronica Taylor, Amy Jones.

In the final days of World War II, 14-year-old Seita and his four-year-old sister Setsuko are orphaned after their mother is killed during an air raid by American forces in Kobe, Japan. After having a falling out with their aunt, they move into an abandoned bomb shelter. With no surviving relatives and their emergency funds and rations depleted, Seita and Setsuko must struggle to survive their hardships as well as those of their country, which is on the losing end of the war.

Rated: TV-PG.

DVD; NTSC; Dolby digital, widescreen (16:9).

English (2.0) or Japanese (2.0) dialogue; English subtitles.