Grave of the Fireflies/Release

Grave of the Fireflies initial theatrical release in Japan was accompanied by Hayao Miyazaki's much more lighthearted My Neighbor Totoro as a double feature. In commercial terms, the theatrical release was a failure. While the two movies were marketed toward children and their parents, the extremely depressing nature of Grave of the Fireflies turned away most audiences. However, character goods of Totoro, particularly the stuffed animal of Totoro and Catbus, sold extremely well after the film and made overall profit of the company to the extent that it stabilized subsequent productions of Ghibli studio.

The release of the film in South Korea was delayed indefinitely because authorities feared it would be thought of as justification for Japan's role in World War II.

It was the only Studio Ghibli film before 2011 that Disney never acquired the rights to due to the fact the film was not produced by parent company Tokuma Shoten, but by Shinchosha, the publisher of the original novel. Disney however later acquired the Japanese Home Media rights and reissued the movie there.

Home Media

Country	Release Date	Format	Publisher
Canada , USA	June 2, 1993	VHS	Central Park Media
UK	August 23, 2004	DVD	Optimum Releasing
Australia , New Zealand	?	DVD	Madman
Japan	April 15, 1988	Theatre	Toho
Germany	Mai 17, 2002	VHS	Anime Virtual

North America

Grave of the Fireflies was released in the U.S. first by Central Park Media on 2 June 1993 on VHS, which get re-released on September 1, 1998. The first release on DVD cames October 7, 1998 which re-released on December 7, 2004.

Central Park Media released the film also in a two-disc set on October 8, 2002. The first disc contains the film uncut in both an English dub and the original Japanese with English subtitles as well as the film's storyboards. The second disc contains several extras, including a retrospective on the author of the original book, an interview with Director Isao Takahata, and an interview with well-known critic Roger Ebert, who has expressed his admiration for the film on several occasions.

Following the 2009 bankruptcy and liquidation of Central Park Media, ADV Films acquired the license to Grave of the Fireflies and re-released it to DVD on 7 July 2009. Following the shutdown and re-branding of ADV in 2009, their successor, Sentai Filmworks, rescued the film and released a remastered DVD on 6 March 2012, and plans on releasing the film on digital outlets. A Blu-ray edition was released on 20 November 2012, featuring an all-new English dub produced by Seraphim Digital.

Grave of Fireflies - Hotaru no Haka (VHS)
	Format	VHS	Special Features None
	Quantity	1
	Release Date	June 2nd, 1993
	Distributor	Central Park Media
	Languages	Japanese
	Subtitle	English
	Online Shopping	Amazon

Grave of Fireflies - Dual Languages (DVD by Central Park Media)
	Format	DVD	Special Features None
	Quantity	1
	Release Date	October 7, 1998
	Distributor	Central Park Media
	Languages	English , Japanese
	Subtitle	English
	Online Shopping	Amazon

Collector's Series
	Format	DVD	Special Features Storyboard a retrospective on the author of the original book an interview with the director an interview with critic Roger Ebert
	Quantity	2
	Release Date	October 8, 2002
	Distributor	Central Park Media
	Languages	English , Japanese
	Subtitle	English
	Online Shopping	Amazon

Grave of Fireflies (DVD by Central Park Media)
	Format	DVD	Special Features Storyboard
	Quantity	1
	Release Date	December 7, 2004
	Distributor	Central Park Media
	Languages	English , Japanese
	Subtitle	English
	Online Shopping	Amazon

Grave of Fireflies (DVD by ADV Films)
	Format	DVD	Special Features None
	Quantity	2
	Release Date	July 7, 2009
	Distributor	ADV Films
	Languages	English , Japanese
	Subtitle	English
	Online Shopping	Amazon

Remastered Edition
	Format	DVD	Special Features None
	Quantity	1
	Release Date	March 6, 2012
	Distributor	Sentai Filmworks
	Languages	English , Japanese
	Subtitle	English
	Online Shopping	Amazon

Blu-ray Remastered Edition
	Format	Blu-ray	Special Features None
	Quantity	1
	Release Date	November 20, 2012
	Distributor	Sentai Filmworks
	Languages	English , Japanese
	Subtitle	English
	Online Shopping	Amazon

United Kingdom

Studio Canal released a Blu-ray in the United Kingdom on 1 July 2013, followed by Kiki's Delivery Service on the same format.

The Studio Ghibli Collection - Double Disc Set
	Format	DVD	Special Features None
	Quantity	2
	Release Date	August 23, 2004
	Distributor	Optimum Releasing
	Languages	English , Japanese
	Subtitle	English
	Online Shopping	Amazon

The Studio Ghibli Collection
	Format	DVD	Special Features None
	Quantity	1
	Release Date	July 23, 2007
	Distributor	Optimum Releasing
	Languages	English , Japanese
	Subtitle	English
	Online Shopping	Amazon

Blu-ray + DVD The Studio Ghibli Collection
	Format	Blu-ray + DVD	Special Features None
	Quantity	2
	Release Date	Mai 27, 2013
	Distributor	StudioCanal
	Languages	English , Japanese
	Subtitle	English
	Online Shopping	Amazon

Australia and New Zealand

Studio Ghibli Collection
	Format	DVD	Special Features None
	Quantity	1
	Release Date	unknown
	Distributor	Madman Entertainment
	Languages	English , Japanese
	Subtitle	English
	Online Shopping	[Not available on Amazon]

Blu-ray Studio Ghibli Collection
	Format	Blu-ray	Special Features None
	Quantity	1
	Release Date	unknown
	Distributor	Madman
	Languages	English , Japanese
	Subtitle	English
	Online Shopping	Amazon