Anime: Kono Sekai no Katasumi ni

Just go watch the full version. That is nothing short than a masterpiece.

This is the most interesting war movie I have ever seen. It's not about killing or death, it's about surviving and what it means to be a family.

Life of a very young married girl in the few years before hiroshima. The story is done in an almost nonchalant slice-of-life kind of way but in unparalleled beauty. This is among the 10 best movies/series I have seen in my entire life. Its also so important that I should probably watch it atleast once every 10 yrs.

I cannot recommend it enough. PLEASE SEE IT RIGHT NOW.

20/10

World War II played a very significant role in Japanese history and I am pretty sure there are tons of animes and movies that had captured one or another aspect of WWII.
This movie with its very unique art style presents a very different perspective of WWII---through the eyes of newly married woman. The depiction of everyday life of a common household in a pre-WWII era is very witty and the situation humour makes the movie very entertaining.
The movie takes a serious stand only in the last half an hour when Suzu recollects how her life has changed due to WWII and what she had lost in the due course.
Several touchy moments instigated me to ask why people bring misery to mass by engaging in such wars!

When I heard that we were FINALLY getting something new from the guy who made the wonderful Mai Mai Miracle anime movie, I was excited, but this exceeded my expectations by miles. Frankly, this movie is nothing short of a masterpiece. It deserves every bit of all the hype and praise it's getting. It's been a long time since I saw an anime movie this good. Also, someone compared this to Grave of the Fireflies, and that you shouldn't watch this if you're already feeling down, which I strongly disagree with. That movie (one of the very few ghibli movies I DON'T like) was 95% sadness and negative vibes, and very little joy and happiness. This movie is nothing like that. It has very sad and serious moments later on, but it's also full of LOTS of joy and wonderful things for much of the movie. So don't be discouraged. Do yourself a favour and watch this movie!

The movie does not work with big big drama, overblown imagery or sound. It simply focuses on the daily life of a simple woman - and by way of accompanying her, her close relatives and acquaintances - born and raised in Hiroshima and later moving to nearby Kure in the years leading to and of the Second World War.

And it is this restraint, this focus on the simple daily ongoings that any of us will get and can understand, that gives this movie such a strong impact. For once, we do not get to see any abstract explanations of what was going on, here's the map, that's the reason for it. We simply get to see people. And are able to get an actual idea of what they experienced and how they perceived it.

An extremely charming, extremely touching, very authentic and gentle story of a woman's daily life in World War II – it's always more about life than about war. One of the best and most important anime movies ever made.