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The Grave Of The Fireflies
The Grave of the Fireflies, (in Japanese: (火垂るの墓,Hotarunohaka), is a 1988 anime movie written and directed by Isao Takahata, for Shinchosha, and produced by Ghilbi Studio. The animated film was based on the semi-autobiographical novel published in 1967, by Akiyuki Nosaka. The story related a series of real events during World War Two. It was an expression of regret and meanwhile a dedication for the memorial of his passed away sister, for whom he blamed himself for her death. The Anime movie cultivated a great success, and received approval from critics. Robert Ebert, one of the most respected critics, believed it to be one of the strongest Anti-war movies ever made. Another remarkable notion made by the animation historian, Ernest Rister, in which he compared the film to Steven Spielberg's Schindler's List and said “it was the greatest compassionate human animated film, I ever seen”. The film lined-up among the best 250 movies.

At the 90s, the anime movie was dubbed into Jordanian Arabic under the name of “سيتا الحنون: \ SITA ALH’ANON\”. The dubbed version was of low quality. However, it was considered as one of the few Isao Takahata’s works to be dubbed in Arabic. Later on, another dubbed version in Arabic Language was done by “ألاء :\LAE\” for Anime Production Companyhttp://studio-ghibli.wikia.com/wiki/Grave_of_the_Fireflies.

About the title
The anime movie was named after a soft-bodied beetle with luminescent organs, firefly. The light is mainly produced in green or red flashes. The protagonist, Seita Yokokawa used the light produced by fireflies to see in the darkness of his shelter. Unfortunately, the fireflies were dead next day, and the protagonist’s sister-Setsuko- graved them while wondering why fireflies had to die so young. The title reflects the tragedy of orphans during World War Two[].

Main Characters
An 11 years old boy was to struggle against the bombardment of Poke. Seita, after the death of his father, took the oath to protect his sister, Setsuko. He never doubted the victory of his father or the Japanese Army. He was a stubborn boy with high-esteem. Regardless to his young age, Seita took the burden to bury his mother all alone, then he dedicated his short life for the protection of his sister. She was only 4 years old, a very innocent young girl with dark hair. She had no idea about the horror of war; but after the death of her mother, she cried like a grownup. She bore great love to her brother, and heartfelt compassion for fireflieshttp://www.wingsee.com/ghibli/fireflies/characters.html.