Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms

Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms
Japanese theatrical release poster
Japanese name
Kanjiさよならの朝に約束の花をかざろう
Literal meaningLet's decorate the morning of farewell with the promised flower
Transcriptions
Revised HepburnSayonara no Asa ni Yakusoku no Hana o Kazarō
Directed byMari Okada
Written byMari Okada
Produced by
  • Naoko Endō
  • Tomomi Kyōtani
  • Nobuhiro Takenaka
  • Nobuhiro Kikuchi
Starring
CinematographySatoshi Namiki
Edited byAyumu Takahashi
Music byKenji Kawai
Production
company
Distributed byShowgate
Release date
  • February 24, 2018 (2018-02-24)
Running time
115 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese[1]
Box office$4.3 million[2]

Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms[3] (Japanese: さよならの朝に約束の花をかざろう, Hepburn: Sayonara no Asa ni Yakusoku no Hana o Kazarō, lit. 'Let's Decorate the Promised Flowers on the Morning of Goodbye') is a 2018 Japanese animated high fantasy drama film directed and written by Mari Okada and produced by P.A. Works.[1][4] It features character designs and animation direction by Yuriko Ishii adapted from Akihiko Yoshida's original designs, and music composed by Kenji Kawai.[1] The film is Okada's directorial debut and the first standalone feature-length, theatrically-released production of P.A. Works.[5]

Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms tells the story of the titular Maquia, a young girl who belongs to a special race called the Iorph, mystical beings who can live for hundreds of years. While escaping war, she finds a lone surviving newborn and decides to raise him as her son.

The film premiered in Japan by Showgate on February 24, 2018, and at the Glasgow Film Festival on March 4, 2018.[6] It was released by Madman Entertainment on June 7, 2018.[7] It was released by Anime Limited on June 27, 2018.[8] It was released by Eleven Arts on July 20, 2018.[9][10] The film's English dub premiered on September 21, 2018 in the United States.[11] It was released on Blu-ray Disc and DVD in North America on February 5, 2019. The Blu-ray has both Japanese and English tracks, while the DVD only has an English track.[12]

  1. ^ a b c さよならの朝に約束の花をかざろう [Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms]. Eiga.com (in Japanese). Retrieved January 30, 2018.
  2. ^ "Sayonara no asa ni yakusoku no hana o kazarô (2018)". The Numbers. Nash Information Services, LLC. Retrieved March 12, 2019.
  3. ^ "Japan Booth 2017 in American Film Market". Japan External Trade Organization. Archived from the original on June 15, 2018. Retrieved January 30, 2018.
  4. '^ Sherman, Jennifer (July 6, 2017). "anohanas Mari Okada debuts as director with Sayonara no Asa ni Yakusoku no Hana o Kazarō anime film". Anime News Network. Retrieved July 6, 2017.
  5. ^ 映画『さよならの朝に約束の花をかざろう』公式サイト [Movie Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms official site] (in Japanese). Project Maquia. Retrieved January 30, 2018.
  6. ^ Ressler, Karen (January 24, 2018). "Mari Okada's Maquia anime film's English-subtitled trailer, Glasgow Film Festival premiere revealed". Anime News Network. Retrieved January 24, 2018.
  7. ^ "Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms – In Cinemas Now". Madman Films. Retrieved June 1, 2018.
  8. ^ "Maquia". Anime Limited. Archived from the original on April 23, 2019. Retrieved June 1, 2018.
  9. ^ "Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms". Eleven Arts. Archived from the original on November 10, 2018. Retrieved June 1, 2018.
  10. ^ Ressler, Karen (May 31, 2018). "Eleven Arts to also screen Mari Okada's Maquia film in Canada". Anime News Network. Retrieved June 1, 2018.
  11. ^ Cite error: The named reference English was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  12. ^ "Maquia DVDs Incorrectly List Japanese Language Track". Anime News Network. Retrieved February 24, 2019.