Following the premiere of Grave of the Fireflies, the company has taken to printing commemorative tins with Setsuko on them. The container comes as shown, and is really cute, but so sad seeing Setsuko :( Anyways, it's great, and I would recommend it! To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.

Once the last one is gone, her brother Seita uses the tin as a water canteen, letting his sister enjoy the residual sweetness on the inside of the container, and after Setsuko’s life come to a tragic end, the tin takes on a deeper meaning still. When the sweets have all been eaten, Seita uses the tin to create sweet-flavored water that he offers to his sister.It’s worth pointing out that this actually isn’t the first time for the Sakumashiki Drops maker to shut down. Some of the technologies we use are necessary for critical functions like security and site integrity, account authentication, security and privacy preferences, internal site usage and maintenance data, and to make the site work correctly for browsing and transactions. TOKYO – A Tokyo sweet manufacturer famous for its Sakuma-shiki Drops canned candy will cease operations on Jan. Sakuma’s Drops candy has been immortalized in the Grave of the Fireflies movie, as it was one of the few prized possessions owned by the Yokokawa siblings.

Seita cremates his sister's body, pouring her ashes into the empty candy tin and carrying it with him until the day he dies. Sadly, their time is coming to an end soon, as Sakuma Seika, the company that manufactures Sakumashiki Drops, says it will be going out of business early next year. By the following year, The Food Management Law was enacted, which instituted a national food rationing system for all Japanese citizens. Assorted mixed fruits hard candy in a tin inspired by the Japanese anime Grave of the Fireflies character, featuring Setsuko on the cover of the tin. The candy came in one of those orange bubble wrapped envelopes, but there wasn't any dents or damage to the container.

Grave of the Fireflies follows two siblings, Seita and his younger sister, Setsuko, who struggle to survive in the last few months of the Second World War after a firebombing raid destroys their home. However, the company struggled to develop other hit candies amid stiff competition from rival firms that sold cheaper products.