'9' is a toy living in a desolate post-apocalyptic future who allies with some ragtag straw dolls in order to defeat The Beast, a giant stalking mechanical cat.
The scenery is bleak, the tone sombre, the digitalization impressive, but the characters are adult-allergic in this ambitious and original neo-Manga.
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GRAVE OF THE FIREFLIES (1988)
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Originally released in 1988, the wait is over for the UK release of this anime classic, superb animated feature from the Studio Ghibli studio (Miyazaki's animation stable). What sets this film apart from the fantastical films made in the tradition of his peers, it its historical and emotional realism. The focus in Takahata's film is on the story of its two young protagonists, brother and sister Seita and Setsuko, as they flee the destruction of their home and family after the American firebombin
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