NO MORE WORDS: BAREFOOT GEN, GRAVE OF THE FIREFLIES, AND “VICTIM’S HISTORY”
30/05/2020
The historical anime ‘Grave of Fireflies’ and ‘Barefoot Gen’ contain bleak depictions of World War II. In their own way, they present “history as vision”—visions that are both selective and even ideological but that still contain universal images of great power and resonance.