Grave of the Fireflies

Key Battles of American History

History

4.7 • 861 Ratings

🗓️ 25 May 2022

⏱️ 60 minutes

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In this episode, James and Sean completely change gears, discussing the 1988 Japanese animated Studio Ghibli film Grave of the Fireflies, which tells the story of a young boy and his little sister who struggle to stay alive during the Allied...

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0:00.0	War has played a key role in the history of the United States, from the nation's founding
0:10.8	right down to the present. War made the U.S. independent, kept it together, increased its
0:16.5	size, and established it as a global superpower. Understanding America's wars is essential for understanding American history.
0:24.0	Welcome to Key Battles of American History,
0:26.8	a podcast in which we discuss American history through the lens of the most important battles of America's wars.
0:32.8	Here is your host, James Early.
0:43.3	Music host, James Early. Welcome to another episode of the Pacific War on film.
0:46.9	This is your host, James, as always.
0:49.9	And as always also, I am joined by my good buddy, Sean McIver.
0:54.6	Sean, how are you doing tonight?
0:56.6	Howdy.
0:57.3	Here.
0:57.9	School's about to start.
0:59.5	Oh, yes, sir.
1:00.5	It is.
1:01.9	Gotta love school.
1:04.6	Speaking of school, tonight's film is about a couple of small children or well,
1:10.2	one of them's more like maybe 1213 a school age boy
1:13.8	and then a very young girl it's a very different movie as i mentioned previously than anything
1:19.1	we've done before or anything else that we'll do afterwards this is an animated movie it's
1:24.6	uh anime from straight from japan studio ghibli, I believe that is pronounced.
1:29.9	Yes, Ghibli. Thank you. And it is from 1988. So it is from a while back, although it's
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