Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms

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Maquia is a member of a special race called the Iorph who can live for hundreds of years. However, Maquia has always felt lonely despite being surrounded by her people, as she was orphaned from a young age. She daydreams about the outside world, but dares not travel from her home due to the warnings of the clan's chief. One day the kingdom of Mezarte invades her homeland. They already have what is left of the giant dragons, the Renato, under their control, and now their king wishes to add the immortality to his bloodline. They ravage the Iorph homeland and kill most of its inhabitants. Caught in the midst of the attack, Maquia is carried off by one of the Renato. It soon dies, and she is left deserted in a forest, now truly alone save for the cries of a single baby off in the distance. Maquia finds the baby in a destroyed village and decides to raise him as her own, naming him Ariel. Although she knows nothing of the human world, how to raise a child that ages much faster than her.

Country:

Japan

Genre:

Animation,

Fantasy,

Drama,

Adventure

Duration:

115 minutes

Year:

2018

Director:

Mari Okada

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Company:

P.A.WORKS,

Bandai Visual,

Hakuhodo DY Music & Pictures,

Lantis,

Cygames,

Rakuonsha

Cast:
Manaka Iwami

Maquia (voice)

Miyu Irino

Ariel (voice)

Yuuki Sakurai

Ariel as a Child (voice)

Ai Kayano

Leilia (voice)

Yuki Kaji

Krim (voice)

Crew:
Kenji Kawai

Original Music Composer

Naoko Endo

Producer

Yoko Nukumizu

Background Designer

Yusuke Ikeda

Background Designer

Tomoaki Okada

Concept Artist