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Maquia Released in Cinemas on Wednesday
posted on by Andrew Osmond
Anime Limited will release P.A. Works, Showgate, and Mari Okada's Sayonara no Asa ni Yakusoku no Hana o Kazarō film in the U.K. and Ireland on Wednesday June 27 under the title Maquia - When the Promised Flower Blooms. Venue details and tickets are available at the film's website.
The film opened in Japan on February 24. Anime Limited describes the story:
The people of Iolph have a lifespan of hundreds of years and maintain their teenage appearances for life, but when the peace of this town is shattered by those who want the secret to their longevity for themselves, a young girl named Maquia is forced to escape. Wandering the land alone, upon finding an orphaned baby she chooses to raise him, but as this boy grows up so the difference in their lifespans is thrown into ever-sharper relief.
The cast includes:
Miyu Irino as Erial
Ai Kayano as Leilia
Yūki Kaji as Clear
Miyuki Sawashiro as Rashine
Yoshimasa Hosoya as Lang
Rina Satō as Mido
Yōko Hikasa as Tita
Misaki Kuno as Medmel
Tomokazu Sugita as Isol
Hiroaki Hirata as Baro
The film is the directorial debut of anime screenwriter Okada (The Anthem of the Heart, anohana). She also wrote the film's scripts at P.A. Works.
Akihiko Yoshida (NieR:Automata, Bravely Default, Final Fantasy XIV games) is credited with the original character designs. Toshiya Shinohara (A Lull in the Sea, Red Data Girl) is chief director. Yuriko Ishii (Kuromukuro, Another) is designing the characters for animation and is chief animation director. Kazuki Higashiji (Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 2nd GIG, A Lull in the Sea) is art director, and Tomoaki Okada (Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos, Blast of Tempest) is in charge of art design and concept design. Kenji Kawai (Ghost in the Shell, Touken Ranbu: Hanamaru) is composing the music, and Kazuhiro Wakabayashi (Ghost in the Shell, Bungo Stray Dogs) is sound director.
rionos (Children of the Whales) performed the ending theme song "Viātor."
