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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (27 children)

No, you shouldn't traumatize your KID, so anything below 14, its absolutely ok to show the movie to a young adult or teenager. A kid does understand what suffering is, but doesn't understand the difference between fiction and reality very good.

Thats the same argument as with German fairytales, they aren't made for kids, they are for teenagers and above.

[–] riskable 5 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Even though it's a fictional, animated depiction of what happened near the end of the WW2 it's depicting something that actually happened. I don't think there's going to be any problems in regards to separating fiction from reality with this movie.

If anything, the movie is tame in comparison to the actual, real-world devastation of nuclear war.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Grave of the Fireflies isn't about the nukes its about the firebombings and the part with fiction vs reality means that they don't understand that this was a long time ago. As said its appropriate for 12+ in my opinion. But below its just not.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

@YourPrivatHater @riskable Over 100,000 WWII vets are still alive, today. People are being bombed right now, shelled right now, having white phosphorus dropped on them, right now.

None of this is a "long time ago." It is within living memory.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

And? Are we now shifting the argument onto a strawman over the definition of long time?

It was a average lifetime ago. And the other claims are irrelevant in that context. Its not changing the fact that grave of the Fireflies isn't appropriate for small children.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

@YourPrivatHater Most seem to disagree. Child psychologists disagree. Ratings boards in multiple countries disagree. Kids who have, and continue to watch this movie in Elementary schools growing up healthily is big evidence against it being inappropriate too.

Maybe you're just wrong? Maybe folks shouldn't hide the truths of the world from their kids?

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