Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms

Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms

115 mins | Drama, Animation, Fantasy | Feb. 24, 2018

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.

Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms

115 mins | Drama, Animation, Fantasy | Feb. 24, 2018

Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms
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.
IMDb rating 7.4
Producers Bandai Visual, Lantis, P.A.Works, Rakuonsha, Hakuhodo DY Music & Pictures, Cygames
Original title さよならの朝に約束の花をかざろう
Directors Heo Jong, Tadashi Hiramatsu, Mari Okada, Tatsuyuki Nagai, Masakazu Hashimoto, Toshiya Shinohara
Writers Mari Okada

Cast

Manaka Iwami

as Maquia (voice)

Miyu Irino

as Ariel (voice)

Yuuki Sakurai

as Young Ariel (voice)

Ai Kayano

as Leilia (voice)

Yuki Kaji

as Krim (voice)

Yoshimasa Hosoya

as Lang (voice)

Rina Sato

as Mido (voice)

Yoko Hikasa

as Dita (voice)

Miyuki Sawashiro

as Racine (voice)

Tomokazu Sugita

as Izor (voice)

Misaki Kuno

as Medmel (voice)

Hiroaki Hirata

as Barlow (voice)

Jo Bin

as Young Lang (voice)

Yuki Kurimoto

as Young Dita (voice)

Junnosuke Shishido

as Young Deol (voice)

Taichi Iwakawa

as Baby Ariel (voice)

Hiroshi Iwasaki

as King of Mezarte (voice)

Keisuke Komoto

as Prince Hazel (voice)

Shunsuke Sakuya

as Darel (voice)

Miyako Ito

as Old Lady (voice)

Mayumi Asano

as Proprietress (voice)

Takehiro Hasu

as General Store Owner (voice)

Yuuya Uchida

as King of Baiera (voice)

Ai Maeda

as Millia (voice)

Hiroki Matsukawa

as Doctor (voice)

Ryota Iwasaki

as Hyke (voice)

Daisuke Motohashi

as Riko (voice)

Masaaki Mizunaka

as Jack (voice)

Junichi Yanagita

as Eido (voice)

Kouji Kawakami

as Government Minister (voice)

Kenta Sasa

as Government Minister (voice)

Miyuri Shimabukuro

as Shrine Maiden (voice)

Shogo Yano

as Iorph Man (voice)

Jun Kasama

as Soldier (voice)

Hayato Fujii

as Soldier (voice)

Ryunosuke Watanuki

as Soldier (voice)