{"id":8799,"date":"2025-11-04T13:46:44","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T05:46:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=8799"},"modified":"2025-11-04T13:46:44","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T05:46:44","slug":"10-of-the-best-animated-films-set-in-the-afterlife-from-grave-of-the-fireflies-to-soul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=8799","title":{"rendered":"10 of the best animated films set in the afterlife, from Grave of the Fireflies to Soul"},"content":{"rendered":"


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A visually ravishing journey into the afterlife is proving a hit in Hong Kong this week, as the animated feature Another World<\/em><\/span>, an adaptation of Naka Saijo\u2019s novel Sennenki: Thousand-Year Journey of an Oni<\/em>, is generating plenty of discussion about its unusual subject matter.<\/div>\n
The film tells the dark, absorbing story<\/span> of a deceased young girl (voiced by Christy Choi Hiu-tung) who is escorted through the afterlife by the spirit guide Gudo (Chung Suet-ying) as she searches for her little brother. Its dazzling imagery marks a new benchmark in animation for Hong Kong cinema.<\/div>\n

Alongside Another World<\/em>, perilous journeys through the underworld seem to be having something of a renaissance in international animation filmmaking of late.<\/p>\n

That can be seen, for example, in the box office behemoth Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba \u2013 The Movie: Infinity Castle<\/em>, which unfolds entirely within a constantly revolving netherworld fortress, and Mamoru Hosoda\u2019s coming Scarlet<\/em><\/span>, a fantastical gender-flipped reimagining of William Shakespeare\u2019s Hamlet<\/em>.<\/div>\n

In light of this returning trend, we look back at 10 of the best animated films of all time that venture into the afterlife.<\/p>\n

1. Watership Down (1978)<\/h3>\n

The relative simplicity of the animation in Martin Rosen\u2019s adaptation of Richard Adams\u2019 beloved childhood novel should not be underestimated.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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