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Name: Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms
Director: Mari Okada
Genre: animation, drama, fantasy
Released: 2018
Duration: 1 h 55 min
Rating: 7.4

Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms has an iRankMovies score of 81.5/100, based on a weighted combination of IMDb (×3.0), Rotten Tomatoes (×2.0), Metacritic (×1.5), and TMDb (×1.0).

Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms (2018)

さよならの朝に約束の花をかざろう

I weave my life with yours.

Release:2018

Runtime:1h 55m

Country:Japan

Director:Mari Okada

Language:Japanese

Genre

AnimationDramaFantasy

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Keywords

Family RelationshipsComing Of Age Tragedy Dragon Military AnimeHigh FantasyJosei

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Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb7.4/10· 11K votes

Rotten Tomatoes100%

Metacritic72%

TMDb8.1/10· 703 votes

With 100% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 7.4/10 on IMDb and 72/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been very positive.

About Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms

Fleeing the war, the immortal Machia, graced with eternal youth, finds a baby abandoned in the forest and decides to raise it as her own child, sparking a moving story between a mortal and a being who does not age.

Cast of Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms

Manaka Iwami
as Maquia (voice)
Miyu Irino
as Ariel (voice)
Yuuki Sakurai
as Ariel as a Child (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)

Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms facts

Original title: さよならの朝に約束の花をかざろう
Box office: $4.3M

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Audience opinions

What the audience liked

•Mari Okada's anime combines stunning hand-drawn animation with deeply emotional storytelling
•Coming-of-age and family relationships explored through fantasy setting with remarkable tenderness
•Perfect critical reception indicates powerful resonance of maternal love and child development themes

What the audience disliked

•Anime visual style and fantasy conventions may feel unfamiliar to non-anime audiences globally
•Emotional narrative focuses on family relationships over action-driven plot excitement