Sayonara no asa ni yakusoku no hana o kazarô

Feb 24 2018 Not Rated 1h 55m
Adventure, Animation, Drama

Maquia is a member of a special race called the Iorph who can live for hundreds of years. However, Maquia has always felt lonely despite being surrounded by her people, as she was orphaned from a young age. She daydreams about the outside world, but dares not travel from her home due to the warnings of the clan's chief. One day the kingdom of Mezarte invades her homeland. They already have what is left of the giant dragons, the Renato, under their control, and now their king wishes to add the immortality to his bloodline. They ravage the Iorph homeland and kill most of its inhabitants. Caught in the midst of the attack, Maquia is carried off by one of the Renato. It soon dies, and she is left deserted in a forest, now truly alone save for the cries of a single baby off in the distance. Maquia finds the baby in a destroyed village and decides to raise him as her own, naming him Ariel. Although she knows nothing of the human world, how to raise a child that ages much faster than her.

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Plot

In the land of Iolph, all the people stop aging in their mid-teens and can live for hundreds of years. One resident, Maquia, feels lonely despite the peaceful and idyllic land she lives in. But one day, the Mesarte army invades Iolph, seeking the peoples' blood for their immortality. Maquia manages to escape the destruction and chaos of war, but with no home or people, she becomes a wanderer in a dark forest. She comes across Erial, an infant mortal boy who has lost his parents, and becomes his guardian. The story follows the relationship that evolves between the two as Erial grows up while Maquia does not.

Written by

Mari Okada, Christian La Monte

Directed by

Masakazu Hashimoto, Jong Heo, Tadashi Hiramatsu

Cast

Manaka Iwami, Miyu Irino, Yôko Hikasa

Crew

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Production Countries

Japan

Production Companies

Rakuonsha, Cygames Pictures, Lantis, Hakuhodo DY Music & Pictures, Bandai Visual, P.A.Works

Languages

Awards

3 wins & 3 nominations

Trailers
Maquia - Official Trailer | MadFest Premiere
Official Trailer [Subtitled]
Scores
# of Votes
10,547
Average Rating
7.4 out of 10
Metascore
72
Popularity
NA