"He is probably best known for his first film at Ghibli, the critically acclaimed Grave of the Fireflies (1988), a tale of two children struggling to survive at the end of World War II. Takahata himself survived heavy U.S. bombing of Okayama City when he was 9 years old. ... The Tale of the Princess […]
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 07:44AM on April 6, 2018