Grave of the Fireflies
1988 anime film directed by Isao Takahata
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Summary
Grave of the Fireflies is an anime film[1]. It ranks in the top 0.92% of anime film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (32,608 views/month, #5 of 541).[2]
Key Facts
- Author: Akiyuki Nosaka[3]
- Director: Isao Takahata[4]
- Screenwriter: Isao Takahata[5]
- Composer: Michio Mamiya[6]
- Genre: drama anime and manga[7], drama film[8], flashback film[9], coming-of-age film[10], anti-war film[11], ghost film[12]
- Based on: Grave of the Fireflies[13]
- Part of the series: Studio Ghibli Feature Films[14]
- Production company: Studio Ghibli[15]
- Original language of film or TV show: Japanese[16]
- Commons category: Grave of the Fireflies[17]
- Distribution format: direct-to-video[18]
- Review score: 9.3/10[19], 100%[20], 8.5/10[21], 4.5/5[22]
- Color: color[23]
- Country of origin: Japan[24]
- Publication date: January 1, 1988[25], April 16, 1988[26], July 26, 1989[27], August 29, 2025[28]
- Voice actor: Tsutomu Tatsumi[29], Yoshiko Shinohara[30], Akemi Yamaguchi[31], Tadashi Nakamura[32], Ayano Shiraishi[33], J. Robert Spencer[34], Corinne Orr[35], Veronica Taylor[36], Shannon Conley[37], Dan Green[38], Crispin Freeman[39]
- Distributed by: Toho[40]
- Official website: http://www.hotarunohaka.jp[41], https://www.ghibli.jp/works/hotarunohaka/[42]
- Main subject: World War II[43], Pacific War[44], bombing of Kobe in World War II[45]
- Film editor: Takeshi Seyama[46]
- Title: 火垂るの墓[47]
- Has characteristic: film based on literature[48]
- Name in kana: ほたるのはか[49]
- After a work by: Akiyuki Nosaka[50]
- Duration: 93[51]
Why It Matters
Grave of the Fireflies has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[52] It is known by 66 alternative names across languages and contexts.[53]