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Old 07-07-2014, 09:26 PM   #24
JamieH
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Originally Posted by Ninjinister View Post
I do believe that the website quicksummary summed it up nicely:

(spoiler'd for content and well, spoiler)

Spoiler:
You are forced to watch as everything two small children do to survive WWII-era Japan fails miserably until they both die of starvation.
Holy ****.
Pretty much. And the fact that it's based on a bit of one man's life experience that lived through Japan during that time only cements the brutality of it.

On a lighter note, there's every single other film that Miyazaki has been involved in.

As a pallet cleanser, here's the OP to possibly my favorite romance anime, Victorian Romance Emma.

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