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Grave of the Fireflies movie (mobile version)

Yes, Grave of the Fireflies again :) but now on mobile. I converted the film using Format Factory. I’m sorry I’ve forgot where I got the source file. I remember downloading it from a torrent site but now it’s gone due to a data loss on my hard drive just months ago.

Here’s the file info (originally encoded for Nokia N97):

Format: MPEG-4
File size: 846 MB
Overall bit rate: 1 308 Kbps
Resolution: 640 x 360 pixels
Video display aspect ratio: 16:9
Video frame rate: 25.000 fps
Audio format: AAC
Audio bit rate: 128 Kbps
Sampling rate: 44.1 KHz
Channel(s): 2 channels
Audio: Japanese
Hardsubtitle: English – transparent

- Normal video standard for Iphone and other phones with same resolution (640×360).
- Tested on Nokia N97 (fit & full screen), N95 (full screen with letterbox).

GET THIS STUFF!

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Screenshots

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Final Fantasy VII – Advent Children Complete

Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Complete (2009)

a Square ENIX creation

Directed by Nomura Tetsuya

Two years after the end of Final Fantasy VII the world is starting to get back on it’s feet and is working towards a new future. However, there is a new threat from a new illness called Geo-stigma, and three men that seem to be seeking Jenova. Cloud and his friends from the orginal game must once again reunite to combat the new threat.

Title: ファイナルファンタジーVII アドベントチルドレン / Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children
Type: Anime, Movie
Genre: Action | Fantasy | Adventure | Game
Release date: September 14, 2005 (J) for “Advent Children”; April 16, 2009 (J) for “Advent Children Complete” (Blu-ray only)
More info: ANN . AniDB . AnimeNfo . Wikipedia

GET THE STUFF!

  • torrent
FFVII: Advent Children – Theatrical Version (2005)
- BakaBT: bit.ly/JHd0nk (H.264 MKV and other versions, J audio, E sub)
- Demonoid: bit.ly/Jtvcwg (CitadelOfTheRaven’s encode, J-E audio with E & many other subs + extras: AC Footage at the Venice Film Festival, Last Order: Final Fantasy VII, Reminiscence of Final Fantasy VII, The Distance: Making of Advent Children)

FFVII: Advent Children Complete – BD Format (2009)
- THORAnime: + OVA (1080p & 720p)
- HD & SD Versions @ BakaBT: bit.ly/JoRw0u
- Raiden-RS: + OVA + OST [720p.1080p] (J-E audio with E sub) | at Demonoid: bit.ly/K1PLUI

  • direct link
Theatrical Version (2005):
Anime TheHylia (J audio and E sub): bit.ly/KwFih8

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Ghibli Music Collection

Ghibli Music Collection
Original Soundtracks from Studio Ghibli movies.

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BitTorrent users, go here
for mp3 version, go this way

Torrent description: Contains soundtrack albums from Studio Ghibli films. Most of the files are in Lossless format (.flac) ~~> best qualities, no files are under 128kbps so the sound is just wonderful. File lists can be found when following the link above, including piano sheet music.
The mp3 version is converted from the flac version.

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Credits: PeterPan-Syndrome (artwork)

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La Maison en Petits Cubes (2008) – Oscar 2009 Winner Animated Short Film


La Maison en Petits Cubes
is a Japanese animated short film directed by Kunio Kato. The story is something that’s so sweet and emotionally touching. It is short but compendious, and the colour is great.

Download the film:
+ via BitTorrent: at thepiratebay.org (214.06 MB)
+ on btarena.org (94.2 MB)

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from jilaiaa’s review on thepiratebay.org

Like last year, I went to a special showing of the Oscar-nominated animated short films. However, unlike last year, in addition to the nominees, several “commended films” were also shown. In this review I’ll make my predictions, though if it’s anything like last year’s choices, I’ll probably once again pick the wrong shorts as my favorite for the award.

The film features an old man living alone in a town that has become submerged. His answer to the slowly rising water is to keep building on to his original home–like placing cubes on top of cubes to keep out the water. When he loses his favorite pipe, he dons scuba gear to retrieve it. As he descends and sees the earlier levels of his home (now submerged) he relives in his mind his life and loves. It’s all very sweet and sentimental.

I saw this film with a friend and he liked how the scuba diving was a great plot device. He loved the metaphorical aspects of the film. As for me, I wondered if perhaps there was actually a secondary reason for the submerged homes–to draw attention to global warming. He didn’t see it and perhaps I am just reading this into the film, though I still suspect the film is trying to preach to the audience about this supposed threat.

The story was slow but very sweet–accentuated by a nice hand-drawn look and the gauze filter used to enhance the print along with evocative music. Oddly, while the film maker is apparently Japanese, the title is French and the art work doesn’t really look Asian-inspired at all.

…I wonder why the title is in French…

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Grave of the Fireflies 1988 Movie

PhotobucketGRAVE OF THE FIREFLIES (1988)

a Studio Ghibli creation
Directed by Isao Takahata

On the final days of World War II, 14-year-old Seita and his four-year-old sister Setsuko are orphaned after their mother is killed during an air-raid by American forces in Kobe, Japan. After having a falling-out with their aunt, they move into an abandoned bomb shelter. With no surviving relatives and their emergency funds and rations depleted, Seita and Setsuko must struggle to survive their hardships as well as those of their country, which is on the losing end of the war.

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Roger Ebert considers it to be one of the most powerful anti-war movies ever made. Animation historian Ernest Rister compares the film to Steven Spielberg’s Schindler’s List and says, “it is the most profoundly human animated film I’ve ever seen.”

Wikipedia

Title: Hotaru no Haka / 火垂るの墓 / Grave of the Fireflies
Type: Movie, Anime
Genre: Drama | War | Novel
Release date: April 16, 1988 (J)
More info: Nausicaa.net . AniDB . ANN . AnimeNfo . Wikipedia

Download movie

for BitTorrent users

- AnimeByt.es
- Demonoid:
http://www.demonoid.me/files/details/235809/46927206/ (dual audio)
http://www.demonoid.me/files/details/1852279/46927206/ (dual audio, Eng & Jap subs) *full DVD, including bonus*
http://www.demonoid.me/files/details/2165818/41713072/ (dual audio) *DVD5, special features*

file hosting services

- Mediafire: Japanest
- Rapidshare: Japanest

direct link

- Anime TheHylia: http://anime.thehylia.com/downloads/series/grave-of-the-fireflies (dual audio)

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Credits: summary from AniDB – image from Wikipedia

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