Shout Factory’s newest Studio Ghibli Steelbook Edition is on sale for a new all-time low price at Amazon and Walmart. Released in July for $27, Grave of the Fireflies Limited Edition Steelbook is down to just $17.89. Like other Shout Factory physical edition releases of Studio Ghibli films, Grave of the Fireflies is also available in a standard edition with a slipcover for $16.58 (was $25).
Grave of the Fireflies is just one of many Studio Ghibli films you can buy in a Blu-ray/DVD combo pack with a collectible steelbook case. A bunch of Studio Ghibli Steelbook Editions are on sale for less than $20. You can check out the full list below Grave of the Fireflies.
Grave of the Fireflies: Limited Edition Steelbook (Blu-ray + DVD)
$17.89 (was $27)
Grave of the Fireflies Limited Edition Steelbook comes with 1080p Blu-ray and DVD versions of the film. For the extras, there’s a deep dive into its storyboards, several deleted scenes that were only produced as storyboards, image galleries, a collection of trailers, an interview with director Isao Takahata, and an interview with the late film critic Roger Ebert.
Unlike many Ghibli movies, the 1989 film directed by Isao Takahata isn’t exactly suitable for the whole family. Rated PG-13 due to blood and gore, this dark journey is set during the final days of World War II in Japan.
Grave of the Fireflies Standard Edition (Blu-ray + DVD)
$16.58 (was $25)
At the moment, you’re saving less than two bucks by picking up the standard edition with a plastic case and cardboard sleeve. Outside of the packaging, this edition is the exact same as the Steelbook Edition.
While films produced by Studio Ghibli regularly focus on fantasy and contain environmentalism themes, Grave of the Fireflies is one of the rare exceptions here as it is based on the personal accounts of World War II survivor Akiyuka Nosaka. Grave of the Fireflies centers around 14-year-old Seita and and his four-year-old sister Setsuko, war orphans struggling to survive in the Japanese countryside food shortages, abusive relatives, and bombing raids by the Allied forces.