Mari Okada’s Maquia Anime Film Returns to Japanese Theaters for 5th Anniversary
Mari Okada’s directorial debut anime film Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms celebrates its fifth anniversary on February 24 and to celebrate the film is returning to Japanese theaters on February 23 for a limited time with viewers receiving an illustration from character designer Yuriko Ishii.
The illustration, which was drawn for the film’s fourth-anniversary last year, was previously only posted on social media. A high-quality version will be given out printed on postcards as a theatrical benefit.
＼来場者特典配布／
公開5周年記念限定ポストカードを配布致します。4周年時にSNSのみで公開されたキャラクターデザイン・石井百合子さん描き下しのイラストに5周年ロゴを添えたポストカードになります。
是非、劇場へお越しください。????2月23日（木・祝）より公開#さよ朝 pic.twitter.com/vWbiwy5OOi
— 映画『さよならの朝に約束の花をかざろう』 (@sayoasa_jp) February 16, 2023
The anniversary release of Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms will be held in 76 theaters across Japan in mainly Aeon, MOVIX, Piccadilly and United Cinemas.
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Crunchyroll is streaming Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms, describing the film as such:
Though only 15, Maquia knows she will live for centuries without aging past adolescence. She belongs to the Iorph, a clan of ageless beings just like her. Maquia’s elders warn her not to fall in love with anyone outside their realm, unless she wishes to encounter true loneliness in the end. But fate pushes Maquia out into the mortal world one night, when an invading territory separates her from the clan. There she discovers an orphaned baby, Ariel, and takes him in as her own child. From this point, Maquia will suffer extreme heartbreak in the name of motherhood, as she watches Ariel grow and seeks to reconnect with her lost Iorph friends, all torn apart by the cruel world of Mesate.
Source: Comic Natalie
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Daryl Harding is a Senior Japan Correspondent for Crunchyroll News. He also runs a YouTube channel about Japan stuff called TheDoctorDazza, tweets at @DoctorDazza, and posts photos of his travels on Instagram.
