Isao Takahata's legendary tear-jerker stands a bit apart from the rest of Studio Ghibli's work.
Isao Takahata's legendary tear-jerker stands a bit apart from the rest of Studio Ghibli's work. This is partly a result of the film's slightly different licensing, which makes Grave of the Fireflies unavailable on HBO Max unlike the rest of the Ghibli filmography. But on top of that, the film is also a heartbreaking inversion of the typical Ghibli formula.