Are there other animated anti-war films like Waltz with Bashir?

If you caught Waltz with Bashir at Animation Nation 09 and were moved by the film, you might find some of these other animated anti-war films to your interest too. The movie titles that follow can all be found for lending at library@esplanade.

If you intend to check the availability of any title before visiting library@esplanade, you may do so via the online catalogue at: http://catalogue.nlb.gov.sg

[i]
Title: Sukai Kurora = The Sky Crawlers
By: Mamoru Oshii
Call No.: Other 791.4372 SUK
Format: DVD

Catalogue summary: The sky crawlers are young fighter pilots that have been genetically designed to live forever. Dogfight warfare is their game and they live their lives to the fullest until they are shot down and reproduced. Fearless teenage pilot Yuichi’s curiosity is at a peak as he struggles to find his missing past while his beautiful commander Suito is reluctant to discuss the fate of the pilot he is replacing.

[ii]
Title: Princess Mononoke
By: Hayao Miyazaki
Call No.: English 791.4372 PRI
Format: DVD

Catalogue summary: A young warrior searching for a cure for a deadly curse becomes entangled in a battle between a clan of humans and the forest’s animal gods.

[iii]
Title: Barefoot Gen
By: Mori Masaki
Call No.: Other 791.4334 BAR
Format: DVD

Catalogue summary: Story of one family’s struggle to survive in the aftermath of one of World War II’s defining moments, the bombing of Hiroshima as seen through the eyes of a six-year-old boy named Gen.

[iv]
Title: Grave of the Fireflies
By: Isao Takahata
Call No.: English 791.433 GRA
Format: DVD

Catalogue summary: In the aftermath of the World War II bombings of Japan, two orphans try to survive on their own.

[v]
Title: Persepolis
By: Vincent Paronnaud, Marjane Satrapi
Call No.: Other 791.4372 PER
Format: DVD

Catalogue summary: In 1970s Iran, Marjane ‘Marji’ Statrapi watches events through her young eyes and her idealistic family. Their long dream is realized when the hated Shah is defeated in the Iranian Revolution of 1979.

Now ruled by Islamic fundamentalists, Marji grows up to witness first hand how the new Iran has become a repressive tyranny on its own. With Marji dangerously refusing to remain silent at this injustice, her parents send her abroad to Vienna to study.

This change proves an equally difficult trial for Marji and she finds herself in a different culture loaded with abrasive characters and profound disappointments that deeply trouble her. Even when she returns home, Marji finds that both she and her homeland have changed too much and the young woman and her loving family must decide where she truly belongs.

[vi]
Persepolis is based on a graphic novel by Marjane Satrapi. There has since been a follow-up to the graphic novel.

Title: Persepolis
By: Marjane Satrapi
Call No.: English 741.5944 SAT -[ART]
Format: Graphic novel

Title: Persepolis 2
By: Marjane Satrapi
Call No.: English 741.5944 SAT -[ART]
Format: Graphic novel