There’s a rightwing push in Japan to censor Barefoot Gen in schools because even though the Japanese civilians are depicted as victims, it ostensibly anti-war and they want more military spending. I wouldn’t be surprised if Grave of the Fireflies is in their crosshairs as well.
Comment on You Should Show Grave of the Fireflies to Your Kids
hitagi@ani.social 2 months ago
I didn’t know people were opposed to showing Grave of the Fireflies to kids. I always thought it was one of the better war movies to show to kids because there isn’t much explicit violence and the main characters are children.
Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 2 months ago
whotookkarl@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I think some folks are just opposed to thinking it’s good for all kids when obviously the material takes some amount of maturity and empathy.
TargaryenTKE@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I’m definitely not taking the stance of “every child needs to see this film”, but I AM of the opinion that kids should occasionally be presented with something that might make them uncomfortable or try to instill empathy as a good thing that they should strive for. Yeah, it might be difficult for them, but that’s why they should have a parent/support system readily available so they can process and learn from it, instead of watching it at 2am alone in a dorm room and crying until 5am like I definitely didn’t do ahaha ha ha…
hitagi@ani.social 2 months ago
Yeah, that seems to be a good point. Maybe kids around the age of Seita would understand it better.