This was my first thought and I wouldn’t be surprised considering that My Neighbor Totoro and Grave of the Fireflies was originally released as a double feature. Meaning they were intended to be watched one after the other.
Both movies have direct (sometimes shot for shot) parallels which portray the dichotomy of childhood life. For example, the scene in GotF where they frantically try to evacuate the house vs in MNT where they are playfully searching the house for the staircase. This video does a good job of describing it.
This was my first thought and I wouldn’t be surprised considering that My Neighbor Totoro and Grave of the Fireflies was originally released as a double feature. Meaning they were intended to be watched one after the other.
https://kotaku.com/the-surprising-similarities-between-my-neighbor-totoro-1844747252
Both movies have direct (sometimes shot for shot) parallels which portray the dichotomy of childhood life. For example, the scene in GotF where they frantically try to evacuate the house vs in MNT where they are playfully searching the house for the staircase. This video does a good job of describing it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9WJhV1W1pg
Damn this is beautiful, had no idea they were parallel movies