Sayonara no Asa ni Yakusoku no Hana wo Kazarou

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Alternative Titles

English: Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms

Synonyms: Let's Decorate the Promised Flowers in the Morning of Farewells, SayoAsa

Japanese: さよならの朝に約束の花をかざろう

Information

Type: Movie

Episodes: 1

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Feb 24, 2018

Producers: Bandai Visual, Lantis, Rakuonsha, Showgate, Hakuhodo DY Music & Pictures, Cygames

Licensors: Eleven Arts, Shout! Factory

Studios: P.A. Works

Source: Original

Genres: Drama, Fantasy

Duration: 1 hr. 55 min.

Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

Statistics

Score: 8.44¹ (scored by 111,826 users)

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Ranked: #127²

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Popularity: #577

Members: 266,908

Favorites: 4,874

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Synopsis

Maquia is a member of a special race called the Iorph—mystical beings who can live for hundreds of years and remain separate from the lives and daily troubles of mankind. 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 however, the outside world finds her, as the power-hungry 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 of the Iorph to his bloodline.

The humans and their Renato 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 that has gone berserk. It soon dies, and she is left deserted in a forest far from home, 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, or how to live with the smoldering loneliness inside, she is determined to make it all work somehow.

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Background

Sayonara no Asa ni Yakusoku no Hana wo Kazarou, abbreviated as SayoAsa, is the directorial debut of screenwriter Mari Okada. Outside of Japan, the film made its international premiere at the 2018 Glasgow Film Festival. It went on to receive the Golden Goblet Award for Best Animation Film at the 21st Shanghai International Film Festival, and was named Best Feature Length Film in the Fantastic Discovery section at the 51st Sitges Film Festival. The film has earned more than 350 million yen in domestic box office revenues.

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Sayonara no Asa ni Yakusoku no Hana wo Kazarou

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Characters & Voice Actors

Maquia

Main

Iwami, Manaka
Japanese

Ariel

Main

Irino, Miyu
Japanese

Leilia

Supporting

Kayano, Ai
Japanese

Lang

Supporting

Hosoya, Yoshimasa
Japanese

Izol

Supporting

Sugita, Tomokazu
Japanese

Krim

Supporting

Kaji, Yuki
Japanese

Barlow

Supporting

Hirata, Hiroaki
Japanese

Racine

Supporting

Sawashiro, Miyuki
Japanese

Mido

Supporting

Satou, Rina
Japanese

Medmel

Supporting

Kuno, Misaki
Japanese

More staff

Staff

Horikawa, Kenji

Producer, Planning

Okada, Mari

Director, Script, Storyboard

Wakabayashi, Kazuhiro

Sound Director

Nagai, Tatsuyuki

Episode Director

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Ending Theme

"Viator (ウィアートル)" by rionos

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Reviews

Mar 8, 2018

1 of 1 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 10

lunark (All reviews)

623 people found this review helpful

Let's start with the obvious: Yes I did give this movie a bold 10/10.

I wasn't sure how to feel about it so I watched it twice in cinemas in Japan with a one week cool-off period in between both viewing.

Honestly, the first time it simply blew me away and stayed in my head non stop for like 3-4 days. This is a heavy statement but it is indeed one of the best animated movies I've ever watched. The second watching was in order to try to find flaws and to focus a bit more on small details of the plot and the music.

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Aug 1, 2018

1 of 1 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 7

Sistine-Fibel (All reviews)

467 people found this review helpful

Seeing many of these 10/10 reviews and people saying they cried shocked me. I wondered if we had even seen the same movie. I, and seemly many who left the theatre did not leave angry; but we certainly were not raving about it being a masterpiece either. And in the whole theatre, only a single person cried. I overheard many conversations after the movie of it being "okay" and "a lot of stuff didn't make sense" and a few more criticisms. And I agree with them, this movie is no masterpiece. However, it is not bad either. So, here is my review

Story:5/10
Firstly, I find the plot to be all over the place, and it never seems to have enough time to focus on each 'arc' of the story. Due to this, we see a few time jumps that aren't explained and many many many coincidences throughout this animation. So many coincidences it's actually ridiculous. So many unexplainable coincidences made it seem pretty silly many times throughout the film. The best example would be when Maquia one night disappears, and then the next thing we know she's getting her hair cut in some random room and then next thing we know she's heading an invasion of some sort. Like, wtf just happened? I have a general idea, but wow. There is literally no explanation other than she vanishes and then bam shes back again so you're left to put together the pieces. And, of course, the fact that in a massive metropolis city she manages to 'stumble across' every main character multiple times across the entire movie. "The Clan of the Separated"? Yeah right... This for me dampered many scenes that would have otherwise been fairly heartwarming or sad. The overall plot isn't a bad one. It's actually a very interesting concept that I feel was just simply not done right. Or, maybe needed 2 parts and more time to do it correctly.

Art: 7/10
Animation wise it wasn't bad. Certainly wasn't great either. A few scenes looked quite silly but those were few and far apart. Was up and down throughout the film and sometimes is quite plain and boring but decided on a 7. Overall, not many complaints here.

Sound 7/10:
Here I had no complaints. No song really stuck out and made me really think about it deeper but all the songs seemed to match their scenes and OST was well done. No issues here

Characters: 6/10
Characters were pretty good. Clear development was seen in our two main characters which was nice to see. However, many other characters who seemed like they had importance, or could have had importance were simply forgotten about which was very disappointing. The biggest of which is the Army General Izol who swore to atone for his sins to Leila who was seen after that for maybe less than 5 seconds. In addition, the drunk man whom we never learn much of anything about whi randomly appears to save the day or just simply out of nowhere could have been done a lot better too.

In conclusion, it was a Weak 7. The movie was decently enjoyable but was literally coincidences the animation. Had a good concept with potential but didn't live up to it. However, still created a movie that was appealing and a decently enjoyable watch if you don't think too much about it.

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Nov 4, 2018

1 of 1 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 8

Karhu (All reviews)

177 people found this review helpful

I saw this movie already few weeks ago, but I am posting my review for it delayed because for the first time in several years, I was lost in what to say.

*might contain light spoilers*

Let me start by giving some backstory information: I am huge fan of drama series, but unlike most people who consider themselves a fan of drama: I hate almost every drama that is being made today. No matter how highly praised the series and movies I watch are, they always end up disappointing me. Shallow teenagers cry in them for no reason whatsoever. Emotional depth is at near 0% if read more

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Mar 5, 2018

1 of 1 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 9

kitbikyuu (All reviews)

160 people found this review helpful

To start, I watched this in theaters in Japan.

The art for this series is fantastic. Backgrounds, buildings, and landscapes are all works of art. The characters, on the other hand, are not so great. I hope they improve them for the Blu-ray release.

The voice acting was pretty good, but there were a couple places that had me wondering how it passed pre-screening.

The story starts out kinda slow, kinda jumps to a bit of action, then slows again. There is a lot of character growth, and you do get attached to them.

Finally, this movie is an emotional rollercoaster. I usually don’t cry in movies, but this read more

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