In This Corner of the World Blu-ray/DVD

This is the best anime feature I've seen that deals with Japan during World War II and the impact of the conflict on Japanese families. It has its sad moments which I won't spoil for anyone but it ends on a hopeful note.

Female viewers will probably connect with the lead character since she's a regular girl who daydreams and doodles. One of her favorite things in the world is drawing which ties into a traumatic event later in the film.

You just know how it has to end with the setting in a suburb of Hiroshima but let me say this -- as sad as this film gets at moments, it's still nowhere near as emotionally as devastating as Grave of the Fireflies.

I can't say the music really stood out for me but it was a sweet-looking movie in a cinema where hand-drawn animation is nowhere near as common as it used to be.

Fantastic movie, it really captures the feel of the time and place it occurred in. I've been to the Nagasaki Atom Bomb Museum and have seen the effects of A bomb that exploded above Nagasaki which is similar to Hiroshima and Kure where this movie takes place. Parts of the movie are heart breaking, the art style (like water colors) is quite breath taking. You really get into Suzu's character, for that matter all of the characters are very relatable. There are some good extras on the disc including a very interesting interview with the director. I highly recommend this, you won't be sorry you purchased it.

Life during wartime. Urano Suzu grows up in a family of modest means in Hiroshima. She’s a tad dreamy, a little clumsy, observant, sweet-natured, and loves to draw. She marries Hojo Shusaku a quiet steadfast young man from Kure who has a civilian job with the navy. She accompanies him to the naval port town and moves in with his family. Suzu has some trouble adjusting to the new setting and her unaccustomed role in the family but she eventually settles in. Then the remorseless air raids from the U.S. armed forces begin and things get hectic and eventually tragic. Despite the losses and the hardships suffered the story ends on a hopeful if somber note. A beautiful film that reflects the care and research of the creators in resurrecting long lost mid-20th Century Hiroshima and Kure.

This was a great telling of Hiroshima, which means I am getting tears in my eyes thinking about it a week later. I watched it in the theater and had to stay till the credits were rolling because I was still crying. I felt it was better than Grave of the Fireflies because I was really emotionally connected to all of the characters. If you think this is just going to be about the bomb, you'll be happy to know it's not.
I wasn't fond of the animation at first but it grew on me.

Don't think you know how it will end. Just prepare the tissues.

Plain and simple, this is a stunningly beautiful film, visually and emotionally. It’s depiction of WWII-era Japan is so frank and genuine. It’s simply a gentle, personal tale of a woman trying to find her place in the world. Not to mention, the absolutely jaw-dropping art. The film cuts between starkly contrasted images of beauty and tragedy and splices them together in ways that left me speechless with awe. It's easily an emotional and powerful film and it absolutely deserves your time. I’m sorry, I really can’t think of any issues I had with this film. It’s Definitely a 9/10

A story about everyday life during the war. The population is struggling with decreasing rations, buildings and land being reclaimed for the war effort, and daydreaming about times gone by. This wonderful story about a woman trying to find her place in a new area and deal with the increasing changes war brings to civilian life is a must-watch. The beautiful and soft are sometimes mixed with the character's own hand drawings makes for a wonderful blend. The storytelling feels genuine in its way of not lingering over things too long as we must continue with the pace of life and always adapt.

This is a wonderful little film that deserves way more attention.

I got this movie because of the good reviews it has received, and I'm glad the reviews were accurate. This movie does give a "slice of life" view of life in Japan shortly before and throughout World War II right up to the unconditional surrender and American occupation. There can be some dull moments in the film because of its emphasis on that slice of life perspective, but I think that's the point: daily life is not always exciting yet is still beautiful, and when it does become "exciting," circumstances can suddenly and irreversibly become tragic. Yet life goes on. And those who survive can learn to move on, too, for their own sake and of those whose lives were cut short in the chaos of total war. The extras were truly exceptional as well--almost as good as the film in my opinion! For the low price, you can't really beat this deal for a historic movie!

A heart warming, yet heart breaking story of life in WW2 Japan. One of the most impactful movies, and manga's I have ever come across. In what ever form, movie or manga, or digital, you must get this. It's that important of a work of art and writing

One of the most thought-provoking and inspiring movies ever made. The animation is simple and I think in many ways it aims to capture the artist's handiwork. You see a world wrought with pain and sorrow and tremendous loss yet it is also a movie of unflinching hope, resilience, history, and remembrance. Although this takes place during one of history's most brutal events, it also explores the ups and downs of everyday life, the before and the after and the future. It's like looking through a myriad of paintings from the heroine's point of view yet it encompasses the reality of war and survival. What makes this HUGELY different from Grave of the Fireflies, which is also a brilliant film, is that In This Corner of the World has HIGH repeat value. You will shed tears but you will also feel deeply inspired.

When I first saw this movie I was so moved by the artwork, the way the main character describes her younger self is like a dream. You’re taken on this journey of a young Japanese girl about to enter World War II, growing up, her passion as an artist, adjusting to her new husband and his family, and the trials they go through living through the war.
Without giving too much away, this movie had my friend and I in tears! We being the art lovers that we are, were absolutely floored by the horrific accident, and the bitter sweet ending! If you want to view the war from a civilians point of view this is a perfect movie to do so!