In the final months of World War II, 14-year-old Seita and his sister Setsuko are orphaned when their mother is killed during an air raid in Kobe, Japan. After a falling out with their aunt, they move into an abandoned bomb shelter. With no surviving relatives and their emergency rations depleted, Seita and Setsuko struggle to survive.
Genres: Animation , Drama , War
Keywords: adult-animation , anime , anti-war , children-in-wartime , distressing , grim , hunger , orphan-siblings , pacific-theater , semi-autobiographical , shelter , sibling-relationship , struggle-for-survival , wartime , world-war-ii , depressing , brother-and-sister , brother-sister