Grave of the Fireflies vs Umbilical World
Grave of the Fireflies has the higher audience score (8.5/10 against 7/10 for Umbilical World). Umbilical World is the shorter watch at 1h 19m compared with 1h 29m. Grave of the Fireflies is the older of the two (1988 against 2018). Both are animation movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Grave of the Fireflies
Umbilical World| Grave of the Fireflies | Umbilical World | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.5/10 | ★ 7.0/10 |
| Year | 1988 | 2018 |
| Length | 1h 29m | 1h 19m |
| Genres | Animation, Drama, War | Animation |
| Country | – | United Kingdom |
| Director | Isao Takahata | David Firth |
| Main cast | Tsutomu Tatsumi, Ayano Shiraishi, Yoshiko Shinohara, Akemi Yamaguchi, Masayo Sakai | David Firth |
Synopsis
Grave of the Fireflies
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.
Umbilical World
Best known as the cult creator of the animated web series Salad Fingers (SUFF 2007) David Firth creates morbidly fascinating worlds that delve deep into the darkest recesses of the human psyche. It’s fair to say that once you lay eyes on his shorts, it’s hard to shake their visceral effect in a hurry. Eleven years after first screening his work at SUFF, Umbilical World represents a curation of Firth’s most popular shorts to date, each bookended…
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