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You Should Show Grave of the Fireflies to Your Kids (literalgrill.com)

submitted 3 months ago by Rozauhtuno@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/anime@ani.social

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[–] hitagi@ani.social 25 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I didn't know people were opposed to showing Grave of the Fireflies to kids. I always thought it was one of the better war movies to show to kids because there isn't much explicit violence and the main characters are children.

[–] whotookkarl@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I think some folks are just opposed to thinking it's good for all kids when obviously the material takes some amount of maturity and empathy.

[–] TargaryenTKE@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

I'm definitely not taking the stance of "every child needs to see this film", but I AM of the opinion that kids should occasionally be presented with something that might make them uncomfortable or try to instill empathy as a good thing that they should strive for. Yeah, it might be difficult for them, but that's why they should have a parent/support system readily available so they can process and learn from it, instead of watching it at 2am alone in a dorm room and crying until 5am like I definitely didn't do ahaha ha ha.......

[–] hitagi@ani.social 2 points 2 months ago

Yeah, that seems to be a good point. Maybe kids around the age of Seita would understand it better.

[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

There's a rightwing push in Japan to censor Barefoot Gen in schools because even though the Japanese civilians are depicted as victims, it ostensibly anti-war and they want more military spending. I wouldn't be surprised if Grave of the Fireflies is in their crosshairs as well.