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Barefoot Gen

Hadashi no Gen

1983, Movie, 1 ep, 74%, MADHOUSE

Recommended by 3 Journey to Hiroshima fans on AniList. The same kind of story: showa-era wartime memory dramas.

It's the summer of 1945. 3 years have elapsed since the war between Japan and USA began. Gen is a young boy living a struggling yet satisfying life in the city of Hiroshima, that has been strangely spared by the bombing taken in almost every other Japanese City. Food is scarce,…

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About Journey to Hiroshima

1994, OVA, 1 ep, 46%, Toei Animation

To spend the summer vacation, junior high school student Kazuki rides a bullet train to Hiroshima to stay with his aunt. Upon arrival in Hiroshima, his aunt narrates the tragic past of what happened the day the atomic bomb fell. From the aunt, who had to overcome a lot of hardships, Kazuki learns the value of peace and how to have the courage to lose.

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