Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms (2018)

February 24, 2018 (JP) • Animation, Drama, Fantasy • 115m

Overview

Fleeing the war, the immortal Maquia, 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.

Director

Mari Okada

Writer

Mari Okada

Top Billed

Manaka Iwami

Keywords

mother immortality adoption family relationships coming of age tragedy dragon military motherhood anime high fantasy josei hand drawn animation family life time skip parental love

Where to watch

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Top Billed Cast

Manaka Iwami

Maquia (voice)

Miyu Irino

Ariel (voice)

Yuuki Sakurai

Ariel as a Child (voice)

Ai Kayano

Leilia (voice)

Yuki Kaji

Krim (voice)

Yoshimasa Hosoya

Lang (voice)

Rina Sato

Mido (voice)

Yoko Hikasa

Dita (voice)

Miyuki Sawashiro

Racine (voice)

Tomokazu Sugita

Izor (voice)

Misaki Kuno

Medmel (voice)

Hiroaki Hirata

Barlow (voice)

Jo Bin

Lang as an Adolescent (voice)

Yuki Kurimoto

Dita as a Child (voice)

Junnosuke Shishido

Deol as a Child (voice)

Taichi Iwakawa

Ariel as a Baby (voice)

Hiroshi Iwasaki

King of Mezarte (voice)

Keisuke Komoto

Prince Hazel (voice)

Shunsuke Sakuya

Darel (voice)

Miyako Ito

Old Lady (voice)

Mayumi Asano

Proprietress (voice)

Takehiro Hasu

General Store Owner (voice)

Yuuya Uchida

King of Baiera (voice)

Ai Maeda

Millia (voice)

Hiroki Matsukawa

Doctor (voice)

Ryota Iwasaki

Hyke (voice)

Daisuke Motohashi

Riko (voice)

Masaaki Mizunaka

Jack (voice)

Junichi Yanagita

Eido (voice)

Kouji Kawakami

Government Minister (voice)

Kenta Sasa

Government Minister (voice)

Miyuri Shimabukuro

Shrine Maiden (voice)

Shogo Yano

Iorph Man (voice)

Jun Kasama

Soldier (voice)

Hayato Fujii

Soldier (voice)

Ryunosuke Watanuki

Soldier (voice)

Crew

Kenji Kawai

Original Music Composer

Naoko Endo

Producer

Yoko Nukumizu

Background Designer

Yusuke Ikeda

Background Designer

Tomoaki Okada

Concept Artist

Katsue Inoue

Color Designer

Yuriko Ishii

Character Designer

Michiya Kato

VFX Supervisor

Le Mai

Background Designer

Natsumi Murakata

Background Designer

Mizuka Ueda

Background Designer

Toshiyuki Inoue

Lead Animator

Rie Sonehara

Background Designer

Yuka Ohashi

Background Designer

Heo Jong

Second Unit Director

Kosuke Kawatsura

Key Animation

Takaaki Yamashita

Key Animation

Ayumi Sato

Background Designer

Tsukasa Kakizakai

Background Designer

Erika Okazaki

Background Designer

Yusuke Watanabe

Background Designer

Mari Okada

Screenplay

Ayumu Takahashi

Editor

Tatsuya Kushida

Background Designer

Mizue Shouchi

Background Designer

Yuki Nomura

Background Designer

Kurumi Suzuki

Background Designer

Kayoko Tokou

Background Designer

Tadashi Hiramatsu

Character Designer

Akitsugu Hisagi

Key Animation

Kazuko Amano

Key Animation

Terushige Yoshie

Music Producer

Yuuki Hatakeyama

Background Designer

Nguyen Trang

Background Designer

Tadashi Hiramatsu

Animation Director

Toshiyuki Inoue

Key Animation

Ryosuke Tsuchiya

Key Animation

Akemi Kobayashi

Key Animation

Mino Matsumoto

Key Animation

Kaho Murakami

Key Animation

Hideki Takahashi

Key Animation

Yuuga Tokuno

Key Animation

Masayuki Yoshihara

Key Animation

Yuriko Ishii

Supervising Animation Director

Tadashi Hiramatsu

Second Unit Director

Satoshi Namiki

Director of Photography

Akari Furuse

Background Designer

Yuka Hirama

Background Designer

Masakazu Hashimoto

Second Unit Director

Asako Matsumura

Key Animation

Miki Nishikawa

Key Animation

Kazuki Higashiji

Background Designer

Toshie Honda

Background Designer

Kaori Hoshiba

Background Designer

Hoang Mai

Background Designer

Tatsuyuki Nagai

Second Unit Director

Yurie Oohigashi

Key Animation

Toshiya Shinohara

Assistant Director

Tomohisa Shitara

CGI Director

Tomomi Kyotani

Producer

Noriko Ito

Animation Director

Kosuke Kawatsura

Animation Director

Izumi Seguchi

Key Animation

Kohei Yano

Key Animation

Miho Sugiura

Background Designer

Yusuke Inoue

Key Animation

Toshiyuki Inoue

Character Designer

Takehiro Ishimoto

Prop Designer

Takehiro Ishimoto

Key Animation

Noriko Ito

Key Animation

Kazuki Hoshino

Key Animation

Takeshi Honda

Key Animation

Ei Inoue

Key Animation

Yuka Miyoshi

Key Animation

Kanako Awada

Key Animation

Yuko Yano

Background Designer

Yuriko Ishii

Animation Director

Mami Takino

Key Animation

Akira Honma

Key Animation

Hiroyuki Horiuchi

Key Animation

Nana Miura

Key Animation

Sayo Mizuno

Key Animation

Mari Tomita

Key Animation

Asuka Kojima

Key Animation

Shihoki Watanabe

Key Animation

Nobuhiro Kikuchi

Producer

Mie Kasai

Background Designer

Dao Hung

Background Designer

Minami Usui

Background Designer

Toshiya Shinohara

Second Unit Director

Hisashi Eguchi

Key Animation

Fumie Imai

Key Animation

Yuki Akiyama

Key Animation

Tsukasa Miyazaki

Key Animation

Aiko Kasumi

Key Animation

Tomoki Takase

Key Animation

Tomoaki Okada

Art Designer

Nobuhiro Takenaka

Producer

Tadashi Hiramatsu

Key Animation

Hidetsugu Ito

Key Animation

Masahiro Sato

Key Animation

Yumi Ikeda

Key Animation

Hidenori Matsubara

Key Animation

Haruka Yamagata

Key Animation

Asami Hayakawa

Key Animation

Yosuke Fukumoto

Key Animation

Mari Okada

Storyboard Artist

Toshiya Shinohara

Storyboard Artist

Tadashi Hiramatsu

Storyboard Artist

Masahiro Ando

Storyboard Artist

Hiroshi Kobayashi

Storyboard Artist

Masaki Tachibana

Storyboard Artist

Naoyoshi Shiotani

Storyboard Artist

Akihiko Yoshida

Character Designer

Natsumi Niima

Background Designer

Ma Yunying

Background Designer

Harumi Okamoto

Background Designer

Tomonori Kato

Background Designer

Yumiko Sudo

Background Designer

Takamasa Masuki

Background Designer

Chika Hirabuki

Background Designer

Atsuko Sakakura

Background Designer

Aya Sato

Background Designer

Kentaro Ohnuki

Background Designer

Yurina Nakamura

Background Designer

Kiyoshi Sameshima

Background Designer

Eri Mizukami

Background Designer

Takeshi Sudo

Background Designer

Takayuki Nagashima

Background Designer

Song Lianjun

Background Designer

Ryusei Nishino

Background Designer

Zhang Yun

Background Designer

Dang Phi

Background Designer

Cao Hoang

Background Designer

Ken Arai

Background Designer

Qiu Xiaohong

Background Designer

Tomomi Nakajima

Background Designer

Do Hien

Background Designer

Izumi Hirabayashi

Background Designer

Takumu Sasaki

Background Designer

Riko Nakamura

Background Designer

Kayo Kojio

Background Designer

Naoko Yamada

Background Designer

Saori Sone

Background Designer

Wang Jie

Background Designer

Tang Zhijun

Background Designer

Yoko Kamiyama

Background Designer

Junichi Kimura

Publicist

Aya Miyamoto

Publicist

Shigeru Saito

Executive Producer

Mayumi Komori

Assistant Editor

Hirotsugu Ogisu

Executive Producer

Sachiko Nishi

Sound Effects

Jun Yukawa

Executive Producer

Shizuo Kurahashi

Foley Artist

Yukiyo Kajiwara

Compositing Artist

Tatsuya Watabe

Compositing Artist

Tomohiro Takahashi

Compositing Artist