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	Hotaru no Haka (Grave of the Fireflies) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Nosaka said in an interview that his "Hotaru no Haka" is basically a double-suicide story in the shinjuu tradition of the joururi (bunraku) plays by Chikamatsu Monzaemon.
		Nosaka Akiyuki was born the second son to father, Sukeyuki, and mother, Nui, in Kamakura City, Kanagawa Prefecture, on October 10th, the fifth year of Showa (1930).
		Akiyuki's foster father was killed in the fires, and his foster mother was crippled and hospitalized with a serious illness.
	www2.hawaii.edu /~dfukushi/Hotaru.html (2511 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Nosaka Akiyuki wrote grave of the fireflies because during world war two, Nosaka Akiyuki's sister died during the war because of malnutrition.
		He felt sorry for himself and blamed her death on him because when it was time for them to eat, Nosaka Akiyuki always fed himself first, and then his little sister.
		Nosaka Akiyuki knows that when people read his novel, they will feel what he feels.
	www.angelfire.com /anime/graveofthefireflies/history.html (218 words)

	Grave of the Fireflies: Not Just Another Term Paper - www.ezboard.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Japanese author Akiyuki Nosaka’s Grave of the Fireflies shows war from a different and often forgotten view, one that focuses on the most innocent and tragic victims of war—the children.
		Nosaka was born in Kanagawa, Japan, on October 10, 1930.
		Nosaka was left a war orphan and went to live at a reformatory.
	p222.ezboard.com /frealmostufffrm1.showMessage?topicID=40.topic (2321 words)

	Anime Academy Lounge - View Single Post - Grave of the Fireflies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		If you ever get the chance to read Nosaka Akiyuki's book Hotaru no Haka (the novel which Grave of the Fireflies is based on), Nosaka explains he left his sister (who was even younger than Setsuko, closer to two years of age compared to Setsuko's five years) for several reasons.
		First, Nosaka's infant sister was severely malnourished and dehydrated from her constant diarrhea, so she was in no position to be running about.
		In one heartbreaking moment in the book, Nosaka describes how starvation took over his sense of duty to his sister as he often fed himself first and brought whatever was left back to his sister.
	www.animeacademy.com /forums/showpost.php?p=211052&postcount=5 (222 words)

	Akiyuki Nosaka - livres nouveaux et utilisés
		Akiyuki Nosaka - La tumba de las luciernagas--Las algas americanas
		Présentation de l'éditeur: Cette longue nouvelle de Nosaka nous entraîne dans un Japon vieux de deux siècles, sur la célèbre route du Tôkaidô où l'ancienne courtisane Koto part à la recherche d'un amant oublieux, en compagnie de sa fille Tomi.
		Literatur - Nosaka, Akiyuki: - Das Grab der Leuchtkäfer.
	fr.isbn.pl /A-Akiyuki-Nosaka (340 words)

	History Behind Grave of the Fireflies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Grave of the Fireflies, or Hotaru no Haka, is a powerful and emotional anime based on the experiences of author Nosaka Akiyuki during the World War II firebombing raids that ravaged most of the cities of Japan.
		Kobe is where Seita and Setsuko of Grave of the Fireflies lived with their mother as the film begins; author Nosaka Akiyuki had spent his early years in the city.
		Nosaka, upon viewing the film, felt that Takahata succeeded.
	www.animeacademy.com /grave_fireflies.php (820 words)

	Tombstone for Fireflies (aka Grave of the Fireflies)
		War orphan and post-war delinquent, Akiyuki Nosaka (born in 1930) won the Naoki literary prize in 1967 for a pair of autobiographical novellas, Hotaru no Haka and Hijiki America, which have unfortunately not been translated into English to my knowledge.
		Takahata seems to share Nosaka's desire to arouse the memory of history, and takes pains to remind his smug and prosperous compatriots (before the bubble burst) of a repressed history of national and personal shame; to re-enact or, more precisely, animate the death, destruction and suffering which were the fruits of national imperialism and militarism.
		Patrick de Vos, "Nosaka Akiyuki", in Cinema et literature au Japon, a publication of the Centre Georges Pompidou, 1986, p.
	www.sensesofcinema.com /contents/cteq/01/14/tombstone.html (1013 words)

	Anime Reviews
		As Takahata explains in an interview on this two-disc set, the story—an adaptation of a semi-autobiographical novel by Akiyuki Nosaka—is a warning about short-sighted pride, though one that he fears viewers generally miss in their sympathy for the protagonists.
		The two films were co-funded as a joint project by Nosaka's publishers, and they toured together as a double feature.
		They have certain similarities; both center on a pair of siblings struggling with the emotional effects of an absent mother in a hospital, and a scene in Totoro where big sister Satsuki confronts little sister Mei's desire to see their mother again mirrors a similar scene in Fireflies.
	www.scifi.com /sfw/issue285/anime.html (769 words)

	Interview with Nosaka Akiyuki (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Nosaka: That brother and sister can only survive that harsh environment by locking themselves up into a world of their own.
		When they lose their sole guardian, their mother, the older brother decides to become the guardian of his little sister, even if it means making an enemy out of the entire world.
		Nosaka: In fact, when it comes to reality, that boy isn't such a romanticist.
	www2.hawaii.edu /~dfukushi/Hotaru-interview.html (1020 words)

	Review: Grave of the Fireflies - www.ezboard.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		In some respects, it could be seen as one of the most realistic anime films ever made, as it is based on a semi-autobiographical novel by Akiyuki Nosaka.
		Like the protagonist of the movie, Nosaka was a young boy in World War II, and endured the fire bombings of the Allied forces.
		In an interview years later, Nosaka said that he had always divided up their food and supplies by looking after himself first and his sister second; and that he still felt guilty about her death, and whether he could have saved her or not.
	p074.ezboard.com /fmytenchifrm4.showMessage?topicID=166.topic (2150 words)

	Grave of the fireflies [videorecording] = Hotaru no haka / Akiyuki Nosaka/Shinchosha Co. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Original story, Akiyuki Nosaka ; executive producer, Ryoichi Sato ; written and directed by, Isao Takahata ; animation director, Yoshifumi Kondo ; art director, Nizo Yamamoto ; producer, Toru Hara ; executive producer of English version, John O'Donnell ; English translation, Neil Nadelman.
		Two orphans in war-time Kobe, Japan, face fire-bombs, hunger, homelessness, and despair as the war and their lives come to an end.
		Originally released as a motion picture (Japanese) in 1988 and in an English version in 1992.
	voyager.uvm.edu /bibs/bid1238830.html (127 words)

	The Animé Café - A Parent's Guide to Anime
		Grave of the Fireflies (Hotaru no Haka) is based on a semi-autobiographical novel by Nosaka Akiyuki.
		As mentioned, Grave of the Fireflies is based on the semi-autobiographical novel by Nosaka Akiyuki.
		He and his sister were orphaned during the war and led a life much like Seita and Setsuko.
	www.abcb.com /grave/gof_apga.htm (1045 words)

	Le Tombeau des lucioles - Wikipédia
		Le Tombeau des lucioles est un film d'animation japonais (anime) de Isao Takahata du Studio Ghibli (1988), d'après une nouvelle de Akiyuki Nosaka intitulée la Tombe des lucioles.
		L'auteur dit s'être inspiré de la petite fille du film Jeux interdits pour la gestuelle de la petite fille (Setsuko).
		Ce film est tiré du livre La tombe des lucioles de Akiyuki Nosaka
	fr.wikipedia.org /wiki/Le_Tombeau_des_lucioles (285 words)

	Nosaka Akiyuki Sensou Douwa-shuu (1995-1999) ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Complete Japanese title is 'Nosaka Akiyuki Sensou Douwa-shuu: Wasuretewa Ikenai Monogatari' (roughly means 'Akiyuki Nosaka's War Stories for Children: Stories that must not be forgotten').
		For non-Japanese, Akiyuki Nosaka is probably best known as the writer of 'Hotaru no Haka (Grave of the Fireflies)', upon which Isao Takahata's anime of the same name based.
		He wrote a series of stories for children on about war, in a style of fairy tales.
	www.sazuma.com /showdcd.php3?dcd_id=NSDS-7663 (124 words)

	Nosaka Akiyuki Sensou Douwa-shuu (2002-2003) #2: Tako ni Natta ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Nosaka Akiyuki Sensou Douwa-shuu (2002-2003) #2: Tako ni Natta Okaasan - Starring: Ai Orikasa, Satomi Koorogi, Masako Katsuki, Shoutarou Ookubo, Ryou Kamon, Takaya Miyamoto,
		Nosaka Akiyuki Sensou Douwa-shuu (2002-2003) #2: Tako ni Natta Okaasan
		The series title roughly means 'Akiyuki Nosaka's War Stories for Children'.
	www.sazuma.com /showdcd.php3?dcd_id=BCBA-1705 (175 words)

	Grave of the Fireflies: A Teacher's Guide
		Nosaka has created a master work rife with life lessons for all people of all ages of all nationalities, and is able to accomplish what all story-tellers strive for; a poigent truthful narrative that leaves us in tears and pulls us into the world which is created."
		Aaron V.F. "The following morning I took what was left of her ashes, and put them in the drop can, and left the mountain.
		is a copyright of Studio Ghibli and Akiyuki Nosaka.
	www.geocities.com /ronin_tigris (624 words)

	Studio Ghibli - Wikipedia
		Grave of the Fireflies [4]; auf deutsch als Die letzten Glühwürmchen im Fernsehen gezeigt und auf VHS und DVD erschienen).
		Ein erschütterndes Antikriegsdrama nach der autobiografischen Novelle von Akiyuki Nosaka.
		Die 13-jährige Hexe Kiki versucht in einer fremden Stadt eine Arbeit zu finden.
	de.wikipedia.org /wiki/Studio_Ghibli (709 words)

	Stomp Tokyo Video Reviews - Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
		His frequent collaborator Isao Takahata directed the film, which was based on a novel by Akiyuki Nosaka.
		The novel is a famous one in Japan, based on Nosaka's childhood experiences – the demons of which he hoped to purge by sharing the story with his countrymen.
		Though the character designs are clearly in the Miyazaki style (Seita is very similar to Kanta from Totoro, and Setsuko is almost a raven-haired Mei), we have trouble pairing such a relentlessly sorrowful movie with the more upbeat films that typify most of the Studio Ghibli output.
	www.stomptokyo.com /movies/g/grave-of-the-fireflies.html (761 words)

	DVD Verdict Review - Grave Of The Fireflies: Collector's Edition
		Akiyuki Nosaka, author of the original story upon which the film is based, gets interviewed (along with Takahata and some of the artists) in a six-minute Japanese promotional video.
		Biographies of Takahata and Nosaka are also provided.
		In the "Production Extras" section, you can watch featurettes on CPM's restoration of the film from an anamorphic Japanese master print, a gallery of artwork (also accessible via DVD-ROM), trailers, and a photo tour of the film's locations (some of which survived the war but were destroyed in the 1995 Kobe earthquake).
	www.dvdverdict.com /reviews/gravefirefliesce.shtml (1647 words)

	Nosaka Akiyuki - livres nouveaux et utilisés
		Akiyuki Nosaka - Nosaka Akiyuki (Sakka no jiden)
		de Akiyuki Nosaka - La Tombe des lucioles
		de Akiyuki Nosaka, Patrick de Vos(Traduction) - La Tombe des lucioles
	fr.isbn.pl /A-nosaka-akiyuki (340 words)

	Amazon.com: DVD: Grave of the Fireflies (Collector's Edition) (1988) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		This film is based on the semi-autobiographical novel written by Akiyuki Nosaka, which won the Naoli Prize, the Japanese equivalent of the Pulitzer Prize for Literature.
		Writer-director Isao Takahata turns this tragedy into what can only be described as a poetic experience, achieving a cinematic lyricism that could never have been accomplished in a live-action film (e.g., the way the fireflies have a counterpoint in the pieces of ash that drift on the wind after the fire bombings).
		Based on an autobiography by Akiyuki Nosaka, the film, set during the bombing of Japan in --of all times-- World War II, centers on Seita, a loving, headstrong Navy soldier's son and his innocent little sister, Setsuko.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/ASIN/B00006HAWP (2956 words)

	Grave of the Fireflies - film reviews
		The story is based on a bestselling novel by Akiyuki Nosaka.
		A survivor of the firebombing of Kobe in World War II, Nosaka battled starvation and actually lost his younger sister to malnutrition.
		When speaking about this film, Takahata and Nosaka confess that this story is better suited for animation, and they may be right.
	www.danielthomas.org /pop/film_reviews/fireflies.htm (926 words)

	Akiyuki Nosaka
		As soon as Nosaka was born, he was adopted into a certain family in Kobe.
		When he was a college student, he wrote some script for for TV...
		Tell the world what you think of Akiyuki Nosaka.
	www.tv.com /akiyuki-nosaka/person/276009/summary.html (92 words)

	AAW: Grave of the Fireflies Review
		The story, as mentioned above, is based on a semi-autobiographical novel by Nosaka Akiyuki.
		I rarely mention other reviewers, particularly non-anime ones, but Roger Ebert's review of Grave of the Fireflies for the Chicago Sun-Times includes, in addition to praise rarely given to an anime film by the mainstream press, a number of very interesting analyses that only someone well versed in film history could come up with.
		Grave of the Fireflies Copyright ©1988 Akiyuki Nosaka / Shinchosha Co. English version 1992, 1998 Central Park Media Corporation.
	animeworld.com /reviews/graveofthefireflies.html (1325 words)

	Japan Resources: Video Cassettes: Feature Films (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The 24 eyes belong to 12 elementary school students living in a peaceful, isolated community on a remote island.
		GRAVE OF This animated tale is based on the novel by Akiyuki Nosaka.
		This animated children's story about a nonconformist but brave frog might be used in language class.
	www.smith.edu /fcceas/japan/jvf.htm (3793 words)

	Hotaru no haka (1988) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Trivia: The film is based on a true story.
		Akiyuki Nosaka lost his little sister during the war to malnutrition and blamed himself for her death.
		He wrote Hotaru no haka (A Grave of Fireflies) in 1967 to come to terms with it.
	us.imdb.com /Title?0095327 (655 words)

	IGN: Grave of the Fireflies Review
		November 11, 2002 - Grave of the Fireflies is not a movie that's easy to watch.
		Based on the novel by Akiyuki Nosaka, Hotaru no Haka tells the story of a Japanese boy and his little sister, struggling to survive in the countryside near Kobe during the last days of World War II.
		Set in scene beautifully by animation director and long-time Miyazaki collaborator Yoshifumi Kondo (Princess Mononoke, Kiki's Delivery Service), Grave of the Fireflies effectively bucks traditional anime conventions by trying to tell a realistic story in a realistic fashion.
	www.moviereviewindex.com /getreview/72800 (1214 words)

	MTV.com - Movies - Features and Interviews (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The monster that attacked her was just one of the Eight Devils of Kimon, who are moving to overthrow the Shogun, and only Jubei and Kagero can stop them.
		Based on writer Akiyuki Nosaka's autobiographical novel, "Grave Of The Fireflies" is a harrowing drama and one of best antiwar movies ever made.
		Set in Japan during World War II, it follows the lives of a boy, Seita, and his young sister, Setsuko.
	www.mtv.com /shared/movies/features/h/howls_moving_castle_050613 (1462 words)

	Grave of the Fireflies
		by Akiyuki Nosaka, Isao Takahata (illustration); Hyeyong So (translation)
		A semi-autobiographical novel by Akiyuki Nosaka, Hotaru No Haka (Grave of the Fireflies) tells the tragic story of 14-year old Seita and his 4-year old sister, Setsuko.
		In the aftermath of a World War II bombing, two orphaned children struggle to survive in the Japanese countryside.
	hanbooks.com /gravoffir.html (173 words)

	Anime Tempy
		I will admit that Hotaru no Haka is among the best of its genre; unfortunately it's the genre itself I dislike, so I have to rate it accordingly.
		Based on the semi-autobiographical novel by Akiyuki Nosaka, Grave of the Fireflies tells the story of young boy Seita and his little sister Setsuko during the end of the second World War.
		Without giving anything away, Grave of the Fireflies is one of the most depressingly sad movies I've ever seen, anime or live-action.
	www.animetempy.com /reviews/DEFG/grave_of_the_fireflies.htm (1408 words)

	The DVD Journal \| Quick Reviews: Grave of the Fireflies: Collector's Series
		Based on the semi-autobiographical novel by Akiyuki Nosaka, the movie is an emotionally rounded work that illustrates the effect that war has on children — it's as gripping as a live action film, if not more so.
		Beginning with his death, Seita (voiced in Japanese by Tsutomu Tatsumi and in English by J. Robert Spencer) tells of his demise.
		Also on board are a comparison between the locations used in the film and their real counterparts, a featurette on the restoration, bonus storyboards, the U.S. and Japanese trailers, biographies for both Takahana and author Nosaka, and eight more bonus trailers.
	www.dvdjournal.com /quickreviews/g/graveofthefireflies.q.shtml (760 words)

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