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In a departure from usual methods, where adult ''seiyuu'' (声優), or voice actors, are used to portray children, the original Japanese dub used Ayano Shiraishi, who was only five years old, and Tsutomu Tatsumi, himself still in his early teens, at the time of recording. This adds a haunting realism to their performances, when you realise you are actually listening to children, instead of adults pretending to be children.

In a departure from usual methods, where adult ''seiyuu'' (声優), or voice actors, are used to portray children, the original Japanese dub used Ayano Shiraishi, who was only five years old, and Tsutomu Tatsumi, himself still in his early teens, at the time of recording. This adds a haunting realism to their performances, when you realise you are actually listening to children, instead of adults pretending to be children.

However, in order to make allowances for the foibles of a five year-old, her lines were recorded prior to filming and the animators had to make allowance for the fact that they would be dubbed in at a later stage. As they were not quite sure how to deal with this, Setsuko's mouth is rarely shown when she speaks.

However, in order to make allowances for the foibles of a five-year-old, her lines were recorded prior to filming and the animators had to make allowance for the fact that they would be dubbed in at a later stage. As they were not quite sure how to deal with this, Setsuko's mouth is rarely shown when she speaks.

To date, ''Grave of the Fireflies'' remains the only film credit for both Tatsumi and Shiraishi.<ref>http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0851302</ref><ref>http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0794186</ref>

To date, ''Grave of the Fireflies'' remains the only film credit for both Tatsumi and Shiraishi.<ref>http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0851302</ref><ref>http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0794186</ref>