Reviews

This is one amazing, aesthetic, and full of an emotional roller-coaster, toying with our heart to make us end up sad, or near tearing up. This movie was outstanding and will stay in my memory forever as it captures the importance of parenting. Regarding the animation, expect nothingness from PA Works, producing striking graphic works and able to animate the emotions beautifully. Although the character design is a bit off, the story itself compensated it very well.
The movie itself is a roller-coaster, from slow-paced scenes to intense scenes and then back to slow, jumping between timelines is also what makes this show a bit confusing. But each chapter in the movie is well documented and able to witness the development of each character. But time lapsing without the indication of the amount of year passed by will be the only thing I will criticise the anime for, as it misses out some key moments, especially near the end.

Overall, this is the most fantastic, dramatic anime movie I have watched since “Your Name”. I just hope there are more movies like this. I also get to see how Maquia develops as a person through her time spent with Ariel is the most unforgettable moments ever.
Mari Okada, the director, I have the utmost respect for your role as the director. You just made a masterpiece of emotional overload.

If I must sum up this movie into one sentence:
“RESPECT your caring mother, she is the HERO in your life.”