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  1. Verano de 1945. La aviación estadounidense somete las ciudades japonesas a continuos ataques aéreos. En uno de ellos, una incursión con bombas incendiarias convierte la ciudad de Kōbe en un infierno humeante, para los dos protagonistas (Seita, de 14 años, y su hermanita Setsuko, de 5). El joven Seita y su pequeña hermana Setsuko son hijos de un oficial de la marina japonesa. Durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial, ambos viven con su madre, pero un día, tras un bombardeo, ellos se retrasan y no consiguen llegar al búnker donde ella los espera.

    Las caras de La tumba de las luciérnagas

    • Dos niños huérfanos en el Japón en guerra
    • Un refugio antiaéreo abandonado como hogar
    • Una lata de caramelos de frutas

    Buena para ti si

    • quieres una película que te deje llorando.
    • quieres ver la guerra desde el lado de los civiles japoneses.
    • te gusta un hermano que intenta mantener con vida a su hermana pequeña.

    Mala para ti si

    • necesitas algo de esperanza al final.
    • no soportas ver a unos niños pasar hambre.
    • no ves anime.

    Temas: la guerra · la infancia · el orgullo · el hambre

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  2. Barefoot Gen 1983

    Anime

    A story about the effect of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on a boy's life and the lives of the Japanese people.

    The sides of Barefoot Gen

    • A boy in Hiroshima in August 1945
    • The bomb falling on an ordinary morning
    • A child looking after his mother in the ruins

    Good for you if

    • you want to be moved by a child who keeps going after losing almost everything.
    • you want to see the Hiroshima bombing through the eyes of one family.
    • you want a war film about civilians, not soldiers.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't watch the death of children and parents on screen.
    • you can't stand bodies burning and melting in graphic detail.
    • you don't watch animated films.

    About: grief · survival · war

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  3. Japan, 1943, during World War II. Young Suzu leaves her village near Hiroshima to marry and live with her in-laws in Kure, a military harbor. Her creativity to overcome deprivation quickly makes her indispensable at home. Inhabited by an ancestral wisdom, Suzu impregnates the simple gestures of everyday life with poetry and beauty. The many hardships, the loss of loved ones, the frequent air raids of the enemy, nothing alters her enthusiasm…

    The sides of In This Corner of the World

    • A young bride who moves to Kure in 1943
    • Daily life in a naval port under air raids
    • Hiroshima just across the bay

    Good for you if

    • you like a war film told through cooking, sewing and family meals.
    • you like Suzu, dreamy and stubborn, keeping a household going.
    • you like hand-drawn images that look like her own sketches.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't take air raids reaching a family's home, and the grief that follows.
    • you need momentum, and most of the film is quiet everyday life.
    • you don't watch animated films.

    About: daily life · loss · resilience · marriage

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  4. Jinta Yadomi and his group of childhood friends have become estranged after a tragic accident split them apart. Now in their high school years, a sudden surprise forces each of them to confront their guilt over what happened that day and come to terms with the ghosts of their past.

    The sides of Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day

    • A childhood friend who returns as a ghost
    • A group of friends split by a death
    • Guilt that each of them hides

    Good for you if

    • you like being moved to tears by old friends confessing what they've hidden for years.
    • you like a group of estranged friends finding each other again.
    • you like teenagers facing what they could not face as children.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't watch a story built on grief over a child's death.
    • you don't watch anime.

    About: grief · guilt · friendship

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  5. Lonely and awkward, Giovanni struggles with his sick mother, absent father, and an afterschool job that isolates him from his peers. But on the night of the Festival of Stars, he is magically transported onto a celestial train with his only friend, Campanella. Together, they embark on an extraordinary journey through the galaxy, encountering mysterious characters and grappling with life's deepest questions.

    The sides of Night on the Galactic Railroad

    • A lonely boy drawn as a cat
    • A train through the stars
    • A last journey with his only friend

    Good for you if

    • you like a quiet train ride through the Milky Way.
    • you like a patient, dreamlike pace with long silences.
    • you like a gentle story that leaves you crying over a friendship.

    Bad for you if

    • you don't watch animated films.
    • you can't take a children's film about death and grief.

    About: friendship · death · loneliness · sacrifice

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  6. Yosuga no Sora 2010

    Anime

    Kasugano Haruka and his sister Sora have lost both their parents in an accident, and with them all their support. They decide to move out of the city to the rural town where they once spent summers with their late grandfather. At first everything seems familiar and peaceful, but changes come as Haruka starts to remember things from his youth.

    The sides of Yosuga no Sora

    • Twins orphaned by an accident
    • A move to their late grandfather's country town
    • Several love stories, one with his own sister

    Good for you if

    • you like a drama that follows several possible love stories one after another.
    • you like a sad romance about two orphans who only have each other.

    Bad for you if

    • you'd rather not see sex scenes, or you watch with others.
    • you want a gentle country romance. The love stories here turn jealous, possessive and taboo.
    • you don't watch anime.

    About: grief · forbidden love · dependence

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  7. Found inside a shining stalk of bamboo by an old bamboo cutter and his wife, a tiny girl grows rapidly into an exquisite young lady. The mysterious young princess enthrals all who encounter her. But, ultimately, she must confront her fate.

    The sides of The Tale of The Princess Kaguya

    • A tiny girl found inside a bamboo stalk
    • Suitors sent on impossible tasks
    • Drawings that look like charcoal and watercolor

    Good for you if

    • you like images that look sketched by hand, lines left visible.
    • you like being moved by a girl who just wants her childhood back.
    • you like a folk tale told at its own pace.

    Bad for you if

    • you don't watch anime.
    • over two hours of an old folk tale is too much for you.

    About: freedom · family · fate

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  8. Generation War 2013

    Series

    Career-soldier Wilhelm, his pacifist younger brother Friedhelm, and their friends Charlotte, Viktor and Greta say farewell in the summer of 1941 in Berlin, with the promise to meet again after the war.

    The sides of Generation War

    • Five friends in Berlin in 1941
    • Two brothers on the Eastern Front
    • A promise to meet again after the war

    Good for you if

    • you want a war seen from the German side, on the Eastern Front.
    • you like following five friends as the war pulls them apart.
    • you can take a war story where nobody comes out clean.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't stand executions and battle scenes shown up close.
    • you can't face the persecution of Jews and massacres on screen.
    • you won't read subtitles for a German series.

    About: guilt · friendship · lost innocence · complicity

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  9. Munich, Germany, 1923. Two years have passed since Edward Elric was dragged from his own world to ours, leaving behind his country, his friends and his younger brother, Alphonse. Stripped of his alchemical powers, he has been all this time researching rocketry together with Alphonse Heiderich, a young man who resembles his own brother, hoping to one day find a way back home. His efforts so far had proven fruitless, but after lending a hand to a troubled gipsy girl, Edward is thrown in a series of events that can wreak havoc in both worlds. Meanwhile, at his own world, Alphonse Elric ventures deeper into the mysteries of alchemy in search for a way to reunite with his older brother.

    The sides of Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa

    • Edward Elric stranded in 1923 Munich
    • Rockets instead of alchemy
    • A younger brother searching from another world

    Good for you if

    • you like a story where a world of alchemy meets our own history.
    • you like two brothers trying to reach each other across worlds.
    • you like Edward's friendship with a young rocket engineer who looks like his brother.

    Bad for you if

    • you don't watch anime.
    • you need a light adventure, and this one is about loss, exile and sacrifice.

    About: brotherhood · sacrifice · home · war

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  10. Look Back 2024

    Anime

    Popular, outgoing Fujino is celebrated by her classmates for her funny comics in the class newspaper. One day, her teacher asks her to share the space with Kyomoto, a truant recluse whose beautiful artwork sparks a competitive fervor in Fujino. What starts as jealousy transforms when Fujino realizes their shared passion for drawing.

    The sides of Look Back

    • Two girls who draw manga
    • A rivalry in a school newspaper
    • A sudden tragedy years later

    Good for you if

    • you like being moved to tears in under an hour.
    • you want a friendship born from jealousy and a shared passion.
    • you like hand-drawn frames where every pencil stroke shows.

    Bad for you if

    • you don't watch anime.
    • you can't take grief and regret that hit hard on screen.

    About: creation · friendship · grief · regret

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  11. Okko's Inn 2018

    Anime

    12-year-old Oriko Seki, who lost her parents in a car accident, ended up living in her grandmother's Onsen Ryokan "Haru no Ya." With the ghost "Uribou" cohabitating with her and all the other odds, she ended up training to be a young female innkeeper. At first, she didn't like the training, but gradually felt her admiration for her title and began to train seriously. Thus, the growth of the young warrior Oriko begins.

    The sides of Okko's Inn

    • A girl who lost her parents
    • Her grandmother's hot spring inn
    • Friendly ghosts helping her with the guests

    Good for you if

    • you like being moved by a child slowly facing her grief.
    • you want a gentle film to watch with children.
    • you like the warmth of a traditional inn and its guests.

    Bad for you if

    • you don't watch anime.
    • you can't face a child mourning parents lost in a car crash.

    About: grief · growing up · kindness

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  12. Orange: Future 2016

    Anime

    Twenty-six-year-old Hiroto Suwa; his wife, Naho; and their old high school classmates—Takako Chino, Azusa Murasaka, and Saku Hagita—visit Mt. Koubou to view the cherry blossoms together. While watching the setting sun, they reminisce about Kakeru Naruse, their friend who died 10 years ago. Mourning for him, they decide to visit Kakeru's old home, where they learn the secret of his death from his grandmother.

    The sides of Orange: Future

    • Friends mourning Kakeru ten years on
    • Cherry blossoms on Mt. Koubou
    • The secret of his death told by his grandmother

    Good for you if

    • you're ready to cry with friends who lost Kakeru.
    • you like the quiet love between Naho and Suwa.
    • you love a high school group that stays close for ten years.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't watch a story about depression and suicide.
    • you don't watch anime.

    About: grief · regret · friendship

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  13. En el verano de 1935, Briony Tallis (Saoirse Ronan), una precoz escritora de 13 años, cambia irremediablemente el curso de varias vidas cuando acusa al amante de su hermana Cecilia (Keira Knightley), el joven Robbie Turner (James McAvoy), de haber cometido un crimen. Los productores y el realizador de "Orgullo y prejuicio" vuelven a unirse en este drama.

    Las caras de Expiación. Más allá de la pasión

    • Una niña que acusa al amante de su hermana
    • Una casa de campo inglesa en el verano de 1935
    • Dunkerque y Londres en guerra

    Buena para ti si

    • te gusta el larguísimo plano secuencia que recorre la playa de Dunkerque.
    • te gusta ver a Keira Knightley y James McAvoy separados por la guerra.
    • te gusta una última escena que cambia el significado de toda la historia.

    Mala para ti si

    • necesitas algo de esperanza al final de una historia de amor.
    • necesitas ritmo y la primera hora te parece demasiado pausada.

    Temas: la culpa · la mentira · el amor perdido · la guerra

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  14. Five-part adaptation of Anne Frank's famous wartime diaries in which a young teenager and her family go into hiding from the Nazis in wartime Amsterdam.

    The sides of The Diary of Anne Frank

    • A teenage girl writing her diary
    • A family hiding from the Nazis in Amsterdam
    • Eight people sharing a secret annex

    Good for you if

    • you want to understand daily life in hiding during the war.
    • you want to hear Anne Frank's own words brought to the screen.
    • you can be moved by a girl full of life whose fate you know.

    Bad for you if

    • the Holocaust is too painful for you to watch.
    • you need momentum, and this stays inside a few small rooms.

    About: adolescence · fear · hope

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  15. A year has passed since Menma's ghostly return to the Super Peace Busters. Although the time they spent together during that summer was short, the five members reminisce about what happened as they each write a letter to their lost friend.

    The sides of anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day - The Movie

    • Five friends writing letters to Menma
    • A summer ghost remembered a year later
    • The Super Peace Busters back at their secret base

    Good for you if

    • you want to cry again with the Super Peace Busters a year after that summer.
    • you like childhood friends finding their way back to each other.
    • you like teenagers learning to let go of the past.

    Bad for you if

    • you don't watch anime.
    • you can't take a whole film about grieving a friend who died young.

    About: grief · friendship · letting go

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  16. Wolf Children 2012

    Anime

    After her werewolf lover unexpectedly dies in an accident, a woman must find a way to raise the son and daughter that she had with him. However, their inheritance of their father's traits prove to be a challenge for her.

    The sides of Wolf Children

    • A young widow raising two wolf children
    • A move to an old farmhouse in the mountains
    • A brother and sister choosing different lives

    Good for you if

    • you like a mother doing everything for her kids.
    • you like being moved by children growing up and leaving.
    • you want snowy forests and a farm in the countryside.

    Bad for you if

    • you don't watch anime.
    • you need things to happen fast. This one follows years of daily life.

    About: motherhood · growing up · letting go

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  17. Two young brothers are raised as alchemists, but when they are severely injured trying to perform a forbidden act, they begin searching for the one thing that can save them; the fabled philosopher's stone.

    The sides of Fullmetal Alchemist

    • Two brothers who broke the law of alchemy
    • A boy whose soul lives in a suit of armor
    • A hunt for the philosopher's stone

    Good for you if

    • you like a world where alchemy has rules and a price.
    • you want a story held together by two brothers.
    • you can take a story that goes darker than its first episodes suggest.

    Bad for you if

    • you don't watch anime.
    • you can't take children paying for grief with their own bodies.

    About: sacrifice · brotherhood · grief

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  18. Fleeing the war, the immortal Maquia, graced with eternal youth, finds a baby abandoned in the forest and decides to raise it as her own child, sparking a moving story between a mortal and a being who does not age.

    The sides of Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms

    • A girl from a people who never age
    • A baby found in the forest
    • A son growing older than his mother

    Good for you if

    • you like being moved to tears by a mother saying goodbye.
    • you want a story about raising a child who will outlive you in years.
    • you like a fantasy world of dragons, kingdoms and weavers.

    Bad for you if

    • you don't watch anime.
    • you won't read subtitles.

    About: motherhood · time · loss

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  19. Saikano 2002

    Anime

    Saikano: The Last Love Song on This Little Planet. is a manga, anime, and OVA series by Shin Takahashi, creator of Iihito and Kimi no Kakera. Saikano was originally serialized in Shogakukan's Big Comic Spirits magazine. A live-action movie adaptation was released in Japan on January 28, 2006 with Aki Maeda starring as Chise. The Saikano manga and anime series has been licensed and is being distributed by Viz Media in English in North America. The anime series is distributed in the UK by Manga Entertainment. Although the city is not mentioned by name in the series, many of the locations used in Saikano can by all probability be found in Otaru-shi, west of Sapporo. The train station, "Hell Hill", the Asahi Observation Hill, the view over the harbor, and the school all have similar looking counterparts in the city of Otaru.

    The sides of Saikano

    • A shy schoolgirl turned into a living weapon
    • A first love in a seaside town
    • A war that never explains itself

    Good for you if

    • you like a love story that breaks your heart.
    • you can take an ending with very little hope.
    • you like a clumsy teenage couple trying to stay together.

    Bad for you if

    • you don't watch anime.
    • you can't stand cities destroyed and people dying.

    About: first love · the end of the world · loss

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  20. Berlín, 1942. Bruno tiene ocho años y desconoce el significado de la Solución Final y del Holocausto. No es consciente de las pavorosas crueldades que su país, en plena guerra mundial, está infligiendo a los pueblos de Europa. Todo lo que sabe es que su padre -recién nombrado comandante de un campo de concentración- ha ascendido en el escalafón, y que ha pasado de vivir en una confortable casa de Berlín a una zona aislada. Todo cambia cuando conoce a Shamuel, un niño judío que vive una extraña existencia paralela al otro lado de la alambrada.

    Las caras de El niño con el pijama de rayas

    • El hijo de un oficial nazi cerca de un campo
    • Un amigo al otro lado de la valla
    • Una inocencia que no ve

    Buena para ti si

    • estás dispuesto a emocionarte con una amistad a través de la valla de un campo.
    • puedes con una historia sin consuelo.

    Mala para ti si

    • un campo de concentración visto por un niño es demasiado esta noche.
    • quieres el Holocausto contado a partir de testimonios reales. Es una historia inventada, sacada de una novela.

    Temas: la inocencia · la amistad · el mal

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