Studio Ghibli's 'Grave of the Fireflies' enters Netflix's global top 10 movies

In August 2024, 'Grave of the Fireflies' was added to Netflix. One month after, this touching Studio Ghibli movie entered its Global Top 10 list for non-English movies.
Netflix data for the 16th to 22nd of September ranks *Grave of the Fireflies* in seventh position with over 2.2 million hours and 1.5 million individual streams. The movie was first released in 1988; its director, Isao Takahata, is one of the co-founders of Studio Ghibli.The film is among the most exemplary examples of a depiction of wartime tragedy.
It was World War II, and the story unfolds in the city of Kobe, Japan. The film is about the struggles of two little children, Seita, who is a boy aged 12 years, and his little sister, Setsuko, as they fight against the difficulties of war. After losing their house to the aerial raid that also kills their mother, the only one they turn to for shelter is the aunt. The two children run away from their aunt also due to mistreatment, and this time they settle into a bomb shelter in the countryside. Among the highest of some emotional and realistic movies in Ghibli's catalog is *Grave of the Fireflies*. While other magical ones include *Kiki's Delivery Service* and *Howl's Moving Castle*, this is quite in contrast to some other grave plots on sad-story presentations. In fact, *Grave of the Fireflies* was observed for its mastery in the real presentation of life, driven by its honesty to show scary effects of war.
It was voted the sixth most recommended Studio Ghibli film in a recent survey conducted in Japan and many respondents said it is important for children to watch, as it teaches crucial lessons about history and the realities of war. A few also remembered how it had left such a mark even when they watched it as children despite it being emotionally challenging.