during my search on anime on the net one day i come across this title . this be 2 year ago . then last week i go to an anime convention and at the dvd stand i saw it . i buy it immediately . when i get home 3 day later i pop it in . i be warn about it be tragic but nothing could have prepare me for the wave of emotion that hit me while watch it . i be depress for a whole day . even think about it make me cry . this be the power of grave of the firefly . this be not your typical dragonball z or sailormoon or pokemon style anime . while i love sailormoon and some dragonball z and grave of the firefly surpass it by lightyears . i buy it expect an epic movie like ghost in the shell or akira but even those pal compare to this . we have here a story of a 14 year old boy ( seita ) who lose his mother in a firebombing during world war 2. he then have to take care of his 4 year old sister ( setsuko ) . while at first theyre take in by his aunt the relationship between him and his aunt take a turn for the bad . he then end up on the street and the struggle begin . it doesn not take a genious to figure out that thing get really depressing and yet i would not spoil the end . all i have leave to say be that you have to see this movie . it the most powerful movie i have ever see . it painful to watch but still you have to see it .