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Maquia - When the Promised Flower Blooms (movie)

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©PROJECT MAQUIA


Alternative title:
Kiedy zakwitnie obiecany kwiat (Polish)
Maquia: Decoriamo la mattina dell'addio con i fiori promessi (Italian)
Maquia: Una historia de amor inmortal (Spanish)
Sayoasa (Japanese)
Sayonara no Asa ni Yakusoku no Hana o Kazarō (Japanese)
Укрась прощальное утро цветами обещания (Russian)
さよならの朝に約束の花をかざろう (Japanese)
道別的早晨就用約定之花點綴吧 (Chinese (Taiwan))
이별의 아침에 약속의 꽃을 장식하자 (Korean)
Genres: adventure, drama, fantasy
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: Maquia is from a clan where all the members stop aging in their mid-teens. She has no parents and, although her days are peaceful, she feels lonely. Their peace is shattered when an army invades, seeking the secret to her people's immortality. Leilia, the most beautiful girl in her clan, is taken away, and the boy Maquia has secret feelings for disappears. Maquia is able to escape but she loses her friends and her home. Wandering alone in the forest, she finds Ariel, a baby boy who has lost his parents. The story follows the changing relationship between the two as Ariel grows up and Maquia does not.
User Ratings: 216 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 49 votes (sub:32, dub:13, raw:2, others:2
2 Spanish subtitled
)
 Excellent: 66 votes (sub:46, dub:11, ?:1, others:8
2 Russian subtitled
2 Spanish subtitled
1 Italian subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
1 German dubbed
1 German subtitled
)
 Very good: 56 votes (sub:40, dub:10, ?:1, raw:1, others:4
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Polish subtitled
1 Chinese (Taiwan) subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
)
 Good: 23 votes (sub:18, dub:5)
 Decent: 12 votes (sub:9, dub:2, others:1
1 Vietnamese subtitled
)
 So-so: 6 votes (sub:6)
 Not really good: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Weak: 2 votes (sub:1, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Bad: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 282 users, rank: #3175 (of 9748)
Median rating: Excellent
Arithmetic mean: 8.366 (Very good+), std. dev.: 1.4595, rank: #260 (of 9894)
Weighted mean: 8.337 (Very good+), rank: #247 (of 9894) (seen all: 8.34)
Bayesian estimate: 8.288 (Very good+), rank: #158 (of 7487)
Vintage: 2018-02-24
Premiere date:
2018-02-24 (Japan)
2018-03-04 (UK, Glasgow Film Festival)
2018-04-19 (Russia)
2018-06-02 (Australia, Madman Anime Festival Brisbane)
2018-07-20 (United States)
2018-08-30 (Taiwan)
2018-09-05 (Philippines, SM Cinema's & Robinson's Movieworld)
2018-11-09 (Spain)
2019-11-08 (México)
Ending Theme:
"Viātor" by rionos
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    Maquia: When The Promised Flower Blooms [Limited Edition] (Blu-ray) 2019-05-28 (from $82.00)
Blu-ray + DVD combo
    Maquia: When The Promised Flower Blooms (BD+DVD) 2019-02-05 (from $15.95)
DVD (Region 1)
    Maquia: When The Promised Flower Blooms (Dub.DVD) 2019-02-05 (from $13.99)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Mari Okada
Script: Mari Okada
Music: Kenji Kawai
Original Character Design: Akihiko Yoshida
Character Design: Yuriko Ishii
Art Director: Kazuki Higashiji
Chief Animation Director: Yuriko Ishii
Art design: Tomoaki Okada
Sound Director: Kazuhiro Wakabayashi
Director of Photography:
Tomo Namiki
2nd Key Animation:
Ayaka Tsuji (P.A. Works)
Eri Irei
Hiroto Nishizawa (P.A. Works)
Tomoko Tsuji
3DCG Production: Shōji Sōma
Animation producer: Kenji Horikawa
Assistant Art Director: Toshie Honda
Assistant Director: Toshiya Shinohara
Background Art:
Akari Furuse (Studio Naya)
Atsuko Itakura (Bamboo)
Aya Satō (Bamboo)
Ayumi Satō (Studio Naya)
Chika Hirabuki (Bamboo)
Eri Mizukami (Bamboo)
Erika Okazaki (Studio Easter)
Harumi Okamoto (Bamboo)
Hien Do (Studio Suuuu)
Hoang Cao (Studio Suuuu)
Hung Dao (Studio Suuuu)
Izumi Hirabayashi (Bamboo)
Jie Wang (Atelier Platz)
Kaori Hoshiba (Studio Easter)
Kayo Kojio (Bamboo)
Kayoko Tokō (Studio Naya)
Kazuki Higashiji
Ken Arai
Kentarō Ōnuki (Bamboo)
Kiyoshi Samejima
Kurumi Suzuki (Studio Easter)
Lian Jun Song (Atelier Platz)
Mai Hoang (Studio Suuuu)
Mai Le (Studio Suuuu)
Mie Kasai
Miho Sugiura (Studio Easter)
Minami Usui (A-1 Pictures)
Mizue Shōuchi (Studio Naya)
Mizuka Ueda (A-1 Pictures)
Naoko Yamada (Bamboo)
Natsumi Murakata (Deho Gallery)
Natsumi Niima
Nguyen Trang (Studio Suuuu)
Phi Dang (Studio Suuuu)
Rie Sonehara (Studio Easter)
Riko Nakamura (Bamboo)
Ryusei Nishino (Bamboo)
Saori Sone (Bamboo)
Takamasa Masuki (Bamboo)
Takayuki Nagashima (Bamboo)
Takeshi Sudo (Bamboo)
Takumu Sasaki (Bamboo)
Tamako Kamiyama (Studio Easter)
Tatsuya Kushida (Deho Gallery)
Tomomi Nakajima (Bamboo)
Tomonori Katō (Bamboo)
Toshie Honda
Tsukasa Kakizakai (Bamboo)
Xiao Hong Qiu (Atelier Platz)
Yōko Atsumi (Studio Easter)
Yuka Hirama (Atelier Platz)
Yuka Ohashi (Deho Gallery)
Yūki Hatakeyama (Kusanagi)
Yuki Nomura
Yūko Yano (Atelier Platz)
Yumiko Sudou (Bamboo)
Yun Zhang (Atelier Platz)
Yun Ying Ma (Atelier Platz)
Yurina Nakamura
Yusuke Ikeda (Studio Suuuu)
Yūsuke Watanabe (Deho Gallery)
Zhi Jun Tang (Atelier Platz)
Conceptual Design: Tomoaki Okada
Core Director: Tadashi Hiramatsu
Costume Design: Miki Takeshita
Editing: Ayumu Takahashi
Editing Assistant: Mayumi Komori
Foley Artist: Shizuo Kurahashi (Sound Box)
In-Between Animation:
Akari Nakahara (ufotable)
Asami Hayakawa (P.A. Works)
Asami Segawa (P.A. Works)
Atsuya Iinuma (P.A. Works)
Ayaka Aoki (Makaria)
Ayaka Kiyohara (LIDEN FILMS Osaka Studio)
Ayaka Tsuji (P.A. Works)
Ayaka Yamamoto (IngresA)
Ayano Yamazawa (Twin Engine Digital Animation Studio)
Ayasa Ueda (IngresA)
Azumi Matsumiya (P.A. Works)
Chiaki Kurita (LIDEN FILMS Osaka Studio)
Chihiro Saitou (P.A. Works)
Chika Kanai (Twin Engine Digital Animation Studio)
Daiki Watanabe (P.A. Works)
Eri Yonemoto (P.A. Works)
Fumie Ono (IngresA)
Haruna Shinonome (P.A. Works)
Hideaki Maeda (P.A. Works)
Hiromi Matsuda (Comix Wave Films)
Hiroto Kinoshita (ufotable)
Hiroto Nishizawa (P.A. Works)
Hitomi Murakami (ufotable)
Hodaka Hashimoto (Angle)
Kaori Ohara (Asahi Production Shiroishi Studio)
Karin Ōmura (LIDEN FILMS Osaka Studio)
Kazuyoshi Yanagihara (P.A. Works)
Ken Nakazawa (ufotable)
Kensaku Kushida (P.A. Works)
Kiyoko Kawasaki (LIDEN FILMS Osaka Studio)
Kotomi Shimazaki (P.A. Works)
Kumi Miyaguchi (Angle)
Kumiko Nakashiki (ufotable)
Maho Toyoshima (LIDEN FILMS Osaka Studio)
Mayumi Ōmura (Comix Wave Films)
Mirai Tanaka (P.A. Works)
Mizuki Furiya (P.A. Works)
Nami Kumasaki (P.A. Works)
Nanami Suzuki (P.A. Works)
Natsuki Fujii (LIDEN FILMS Osaka Studio)
Natsumi Morishita (LIDEN FILMS Osaka Studio)
Natsumi Okada (P.A. Works)
Natsumi Oshima (Asahi Production Shiroishi Studio)
Reiko Mano (Comix Wave Films)
Reo Kagami (ufotable)
Rieko Matsuoka (Comix Wave Films)
Saeko Takahashi (P.A. Works)
Saho Usui (P.A. Works)
Saki Miyata (P.A. Works)
Sara Sakoe (IngresA)
Satomi Murakami (ufotable) 
Satomi Tanigaki (Twin Engine Digital Animation Studio)
Seigo Kujirai (Makaria)
Shiori Mitani (LIDEN FILMS Osaka Studio)
Takuma Kimura (IngresA)
Takuya Suezawa (IngresA)
Tetsuta Sannomiya (P.A. Works)
Yoshiaki Miyagawa (P.A. Works)
Yoshie Hayashi (Comix Wave Films)
Yoshihiro Kasahara (P.A. Works)
Yoshimi Nobuta (IngresA)
Yui Okano (Angle)
Yui Ōsone (IngresA)
Yui Yagihara (Makaria)
Yuka Kawashima (ufotable)
Yūka Mochizuki (Comix Wave Films)
Yuki Adachi (P.A. Works)
Yukiko Muroga (P.A. Works)
Yumiko Taguchi (STUDIO 4°C)
In-Between Check:
Mio Fujishima (P.A. Works)
Momoko Shirashiki (P.A. Works)
Tomomi Kamatani (P.A. Works)
Tomomi Takada (P.A. Works)
Yukiko Muroga (P.A. Works)
Main Animator: Toshiyuki Inoue
Music Performance:
Eisuke Yamamoto (Trumpet)
Eri Takimura (Violin)
Haruki Mino (Piano)
Hideyo Takakuwa (Flute)
Hirofumi Wada (Horn)
Jō Kishigami (Horn)
Kenji Kawai (Synthesizer, Keyboards)
Takato Saijo (Horn)
Takeshi Muramoto (Horn)
Tomoka Mori (Oboe)
Tomoyuki Asakawa (Harp)
Music producer: Terushige Yoshie
Production Assistant: Yūya Fukuzawa
Production Desk: Ryota Kitsunai
Prop Design: Takehiro Ishimoto
Recording Adjustment: Fumie Ishikura
Setting Production: Akiko Waba
Sound Effects: Sachiko Nishi (Sound Box)
Sound Production Manager: Rie Takamiyagi
Sub-Character Design:
Tadashi Hiramatsu
Toshiyuki Inoue
Theme Song Arrangement: rionos
Theme Song Composition: rionos
Theme Song Lyrics: riya
Theme Song Performance: rionos
Manaka Iwami as Maquia
Miyu Irino as Ariel

Ai Kayano as Leilia
Hiroaki Hirata as Baro
Misaki Kuno as Medmel
Miyuki Sawashiro as Racine
Rina Satō as Mido
Tomokazu Sugita as Isol
Yōko Hikasa as Tita
Yūki Kaji as Krim
Yūki Sakurai as Ariel (young)

Ai Maeda as Millia
Bin Xu as Young Lang
Hayato Fujii as Soldier
Hiroki Matsukawa as Doctor
Hiroshi Iwasaki as King of Mezarte
Jun Kasama as Soldier
Keisuke Kōmoto as Prince Hazel
Kenta Sasa as Minister
Kōji Kawakami as Minister
Mayumi Asano as Mistress
Miyako Itō as Old Woman
Miyuri Shimabukuro as Priestess
Ryōta Iwasaki as Haiku
Ryūnosuke Watanuki as Soldier
Shōgo Yano as Lolph Man
Shunsuke Sakuya as Darel
Takehiro Hasu as General Store Owner
Yuki Kurimoto as Young Tita
Yūya Uchida as King Baiera
Japanese companies
Animation Production: P.A. Works
Color Design: Stella Road
Color Inspection: Stella Road
Color Specification: Stella Road
Distributor:
Bandai Visual (Video)
Showgate (Theatrical)
In-between Check: P.A. Works
Key Animation: P.A. Works
Modeling Cooperation:
IKIF+
T2 Studio
Photography: T2 Studio
Trailer Direction: 10GAUGE
English cast
English staff
Translation: Michael Brown (WAKANIM)
Executive producer:
Andrew Partridge
Shawne Kleckner (Right Stuf Blu-ray)
Producer: Judy Albert (Right Stuf Blu-ray)

Assistant producer: Matt Luhn (Right Stuf Blu-ray)
Audio Mixing: Oscar Garcia
Blu-Ray Producer: Brian Ward (Shout! Factory)
DVD Producer: Brian Ward (Shout! Factory)
Menu Design: Kris Gero (Right Stuf Blu-ray)
Packaging Design: Kyla Stalzer (Right Stuf Blu-ray)
Production Assistant: Chelsea Rodgers
Production Supervision: Clark Cheng
Proofreading: Adam Lensenmayer (WAKANIM)
Recording engineer:
Michael Schneider
Stephanie Sheh
Script Adaptation: Christian La Monte
Senior Producer: Kris Gero (Right Stuf Blu-ray)
Spotting: Marianne Miller
English companies
Adaptation: Wakanim
ADR Production: NYAV Post
Distributor:
Shout! Factory (US and Canada; standard edition home video)
The Right Stuf International (US and Canada; deluxe edition home video)
Internet Streaming:
AnimeLab (Australia & New Zealand)
Crunchyroll
Hoopla
Screen Anime (United Kingdom and Ireland; August 2020)
Tubi TV
Licensed by:
Anime Limited (UK & Ireland)
Eleven Arts (US and Canada)
Madman Entertainment (Australia & New Zealand)
Packaging Design: AVK Creative (Shout! Factory release)
Production: Anime Limited
Translation: Wakanim
French staff
French cast
Dubbing Director: Alexandre Gibert

Adaptation: Vanessa Leiritz
Adeline Chetail as Maquia
Benjamin Bollen as Ariel

Audrey Di Nardo as Dita
Caty Baccega as Mido
Célia Torrens as Racine
Laurent Bonnet as Barrow
Lola Grosdemange as Leilia
Rémi Caillebot as Krim
Sofiane Fischer as Ariel (enfant)
French companies
Dubbing: Soundtastic
Licensed by: @Anime (France)
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
Executive producer:
Jorge Gabarró Frau
Miguel Ángel Hoffmann (Arcade Media)
Núria Trifol as Maquia (Spain dub)
Sergio Mesa as Erial (Spain dub)

Álex Moreno as Baro (Spain dub)
Anna Romano as Erial (Spain dub; child)
Carmen Ambrós as Dita (Spain dub)
David Jenner as Izor (Spain dub)
Eva Andrés as Medmel (Spain dub)
Jordi Naro as Krim (Spain dub)
Marta Estrada as Mido (Spain dub)
Marta Moreno as Leilia (Spain dub)
Nuria Samsó as Deol (Spain dub)
Rosa Moyano as Racine (Spain dub)
Xavier Castañer as Lang (Spain dub)

Daniel González as King of Mezarte (Spain dub)
Enric Puig as Prince Hazel (Spain dub)
Josema Soler as Darel (Spain dub)
Rosa López as Medmel's Nanny (Spain dub)

Carles Teruel (Spain dub)
Ernest Sendín (Spain dub)
Eva Andrés (Spain dub)
Eva Bau (Spain dub)
Fran de la Torre (Spain dub)
Gabriel Pareja (Spain dub)
Jaime Vicedo (Spain dub)
José Luis Molina (Spain dub)
José Manuel Oliva (Spain dub)
Josema Soler (Spain dub)
Mabel Jimenez (Spain dub)
Nina Romero (Spain dub)
Omar Lozano (Spain dub)
Rafa Nacher (Spain dub)
Rubén Felis (Spain dub)
Silvia Cabrera (Spain dub)
Silvia Tarín (Spain dub)
Spanish companies
Broadcaster: Movistar CineDoc&Roll (Spain)
Dubbing Studio: Sik Estudio (Spain dub)
Internet Streaming:
Anime Box (Spain)
Filmin (Spain)
Google Play (Spain)
HBO Max (Latin America)
Rakuten TV (Spain)
Licensed by:
Arcade Media
Selecta Visión (Spain)
Italian staff
Italian cast
Dubbing Director: Connie Bismuto
Translation: Riccardo Bambini

Adaptation: Riccardo Bambini
Dialogues: Connie Bismuto
Dubbing Assistant: Silvia Ferri
Synchronization: Paolo Brunori
Mirko Cannella as Ariel
Sara Labidi as Maquia

Alberto Vannini as Ariel (young)
Alessio Cigliano as Barrow
Chiara Oliviero as Dita
Luca Mannocci as Krim
Lucrezia Roma as Medmel
Marco Vivio as Lang
Margherita De Risi as Leilia
Valentina Favazza as Racine

Alberto Franco as Prince Hazel
Barbara Sacchelli as Old Woman
Carmen Iovine as Milia
Dario De Rosa as Minister
Elisa Carzedda as Ariel (child)
Francesca Zavaglia as Proprietress
Francesco Sechi as
Darel
Soldier
Gabriele Meoni as Deol (young)
Gabriele Vender as
Eido
Hyke
Gianluca Cortesi as King of Baiera
Luigi Ferraro as King of Mezarte
Mariagrazia Cerullo as Priestress
Mattia Fabiano as Lang (young)
Michele Botrugno as
Jack
Soldier
Michele Di Pasquale as Man from Iorph
Sara Tesei as Dita (young)
Stefano Starna as
Minister
Soldier
Sundries Shop Owner
Italian companies
Dubbing Studio: CDR
German staff
German cast
(none)
Kathrin Hanak as Maquia
Maximilian Belle as Erial

Melanie Manstein as Lashinu
Stefan Günther as Isor
Stephanie Kellner as Leylia

Alexander Pelz as Minister
Andreas Thiele as Riko
Anke Kortemeier as Mirya
Gerhard Jilka as Darel
Hans-Rainer Müller as Prince Hazel
Julian Bayer as Jack
Julian Manuel as Haiku
Laurin Lechenmayr as Deol (young)
German companies
(none)
Russian staff
Russian cast
(none)
Yegor Kozachenko as Erial

Anna Balitskaya as Lang (child)
Anna Grebenshchikova as Erial (child)
Elena Simanovich as Maquia
Evgeny Bakhanov as Clear
Maria Bondarenko as Leilia
Marina Osenko as Dita
Marina Yuryeva as Tita
Mikhail Kadanin as Lang
Oleg Bondar as Rico
Vasily Markov as Baro
Russian companies
Distributor: Capella Film
Dubbing: Reanimedia (Dubbing)
Tagalog staff
Tagalog cast
(none)
Tagalog companies
Broadcaster: ABS-CBN (Kapamilya Channel)
Portuguese staff
Portuguese companies
(none)
Dubbing Studio: Film Dub Factory
Internet Streaming: HBO Max
Portuguese cast
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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