Live Action Grave of the Fireflies Movie Announced

Japan’s PAL Entertainment Productions has announced plans to produce a live action film adaptation of Akiyuki Nosaka’s 1967 novella “Hotaku no Haka” (“Grave of Fireflies”) for theatrical release in Japan next summer.

Nosaka’s Hotaru no Haka novel was adapted into an anime film by Studio Ghibli in 1988, and adapted into a live action TV movie by NTV in 2005.

Source: Anime News Network