Sayonara no Asa ni Yakusoku no Hana wo Kazarou


Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms

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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
English: Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms
German: Maquia: Eine Unsterbliche Liebesgeschichte
Spanish: Maquia: Una Historia de Amor Inmortal
French: Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms
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Information

Type: Movie
Episodes: 1
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Feb 24, 2018
Licensors: Eleven Arts
Studios: P.A. Works
Source: Original
Genres: DramaDrama, FantasyFantasy
Duration: 1 hr. 54 min.
Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

Statistics

Score: 8.391 (scored by 190409190,409 users)
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Ranked: #1842
2 based on the top anime page. Please note that 'Not yet aired' and 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #525
Members: 432,057
Favorites: 7,548

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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.

[Written by MAL Rewrite]

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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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, Yuuki
Japanese

Mido

Supporting
Satou, Rina
Japanese

Barlow

Supporting
Hirata, Hiroaki
Japanese

Medmel

Supporting
Kuno, Misaki
Japanese

Racine

Supporting
Sawashiro, Miyuki
Japanese

Staff

Horikawa, Kenji
Producer, Planning
Takenaka, Nobuhiro
Producer
Kyoutani, Tomomi
Producer
Okada, Mari
Director, Script, Storyboard


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Reviews

Apr 12, 2024
This is a masterpiece among masterpieces. I cried a lot on this one. It was absolutely stunning. If I'm being honest, i think this is better than Violet Evergarden. Even though both are masterpieces, this one stands on top. I wish i could rate this even higher. Its been 2 days since i finished it and i still find myself thinking over and over about the story, the motherhood, the love I could feel from it. I felt so warm and loved just from this movie. This inst a recommendation, this is a must watch and there are no exceptions.
Oct 14, 2023
Mixed Feelings
A tear-jerker, that's definitely over-hyped.

Sure I shed tears on the right cues, so I could've rated it higher, but the fact remains.. this anime is just average.

- Things aren't explained. Random events just happened. Stupid flying dragons suddenly turning red and dying, with no explanation. They don't even bother explaining much about the "EVIL EMPIRE" (people seem to be happy, was the empire even evil or not?).

- The loom nonsense is just a bunch of gobbledygook with elves (or "Iorph", whatever they wanna call Elves in this) being all depressive and child-like (can't have anime without sexualizing 5000 year old children). Only time anything with ...
Jun 5, 2022
Warning: SPOILERS

I don't think I can write a sincere review without spoiling some parts that irritated me. Yes, I can see why people would cry to this movie, but I'd only expect a handful of people to actually be overcome by emotions. Why? I didn't feel sad while watching this movie because most of the emotional interactions felt forced and botched. Not to mention that there is no depth to any of the characters, which makes their actions in the climax seem forced as well. An example is when Ariel comes home drunk and pushes his mom down. Trust me, there was some weird ass ...

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"Let's Decorate the Morning of Farewells with the Promised Flowers"
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