Graveyard of Fireflies Voted 5th Best DVD Ever

Central Park Media’s Graveyard of Fireflies DVD Special Edition has been ranked by DVD Verdict as the fifth best DVD ever released in America. The scoring is based on a combination of ranking the quality of the movie, and the quality of the DVD technical features. Graveyard of Fireflies is an award winning 1988 film from Studio Ghibli telling the story of a pair of orphaned siblings trying to survive in war-torn rural Japan in the closing days of WWII. The Collector’s Edition DVD includes:

• Storyboard Alternate Angle Feature (view entire program in storyboard form!)
• Anamorphic Widescreen Format
• English & Japanese with English Subtitles
• Bonus DVD Features:
• Interview with Director Isao Takahata
• Interview with Original Author Akiyuki Nosaka
• Interview with Film Critic Roger Ebert
• Biographies: Akiyuki Nosaka and Isao Takahata
• Historical Perspective: Commentary by Professor Theodore F. Cook & Professor Haruko Taya Cook
• Video Restoration Documentary
• Original Japanese Theatrical Trailer
• Art Gallery
• U.S. Trailer
• DVD-ROM Features: Script, Additional Storyboards. Art Gallery, Cast & Production Credits… and more!

Only three other anime DVDs made DVD Verdict’s top 100 list. My Neighbor Totoro placed 75th on the list; Spirited Away placed 81st on the list; and Voices of a Distant Star placed 100th on the list.