Forum - View topicGrave of the Fireflies or Barefoot Gen?
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Otaku-Sensei
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Since Geneon is re-releasing Barefoot Gen, I just was wondering how does Barefoot Gen Compare up to Grave of the Fireflies in terms of emotion and sadness.
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fighterholic
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They're both war movies, yes. My thing is that I really didn't feel an emotional connection to Gen as I did Grave. Gen I think shows a little more detail of what happened to people (hence: the atomic bombing) than Grave, but really, there was disease in both films.
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Area88
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Both are very similiar but for me Barefoot Gen justs grabs it. It was made before the Ghibli interpretation and IMO i just liked the characters more. Both are classics and well worth buying though.
I'm really glad to see Barefoot Gen has finally been giving the dvd release it deserves. The original released by Image Entertainment was dubtitled. But this re-release is subtitled and contains movies I & II so it's a real bargain. |
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herzog
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Barefoot gen is more disturbing to me as it is more realistic.
As for emotions Grave of the Fireflies is more of a tearjerker. |
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GATSU
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Get both, and go home depressed.
 In all seriousness, CPM's SE of Grave of the Fireflies is highly recommended, and trumps most Disney Ghibli releases. But Geneon genuinely believes in Gen, even if they know it's not gonna make money, which is rare for anime companies nowadays.
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chicogrande
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Both have a place of honor in the canon of Anime fandom in the United States. They are very good examples of war films from the Japanese point of view. Actually, every country should have a similar movie if only to remember that tragedies born of warfare strike individuals of every nationality.
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