Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms
さよならの朝に約束の花をかざろう
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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Miyuki Sawashiro
as Racine (voice)
Tomokazu Sugita
as Izor (voice)
Jo Bin
as Lang as an Adolescent (voice)
Keisuke Komoto
as Prince Hazel (voice)
Kenta Sasa
as Government Minister (voice)
Jun Kasama
as Soldier (voice)
Yuuki Sakurai
as Ariel as a Child (voice)
Miyako Ito
as Old Lady (voice)
Junichi Yanagita
as Eido (voice)
Manaka Iwami
as Maquia (voice)
Miyuri Shimabukuro
as Shrine Maiden (voice)
Miyu Irino
as Ariel (voice)
Ai Kayano
as Leilia (voice)
Misaki Kuno
as Medmel (voice)
Shunsuke Sakuya
as Darel (voice)
Ryota Iwasaki
as Hyke (voice)
Daisuke Motohashi
as Riko (voice)
Ryunosuke Watanuki
as Soldier (voice)
Yuki Kaji
as Krim (voice)
Yoshimasa Hosoya
as Lang (voice)
Rina Sato
as Mido (voice)
Hiroaki Hirata
as Barlow (voice)
Kouji Kawakami
as Government Minister (voice)
Hiroshi Iwasaki
as King of Mezarte (voice)
Mayumi Asano
as Proprietress (voice)
Takehiro Hasu
as General Store Owner (voice)
Ai Maeda
as Millia (voice)
Hiroki Matsukawa
as Doctor (voice)
Masaaki Mizunaka
as Jack (voice)
Hayato Fujii
as Soldier (voice)
Yuki Kurimoto
as Dita as a Child (voice)
Yoko Hikasa
as Dita (voice)
Yuuya Uchida
as King of Baiera (voice)
Shogo Yano
as Iorph Man (voice)
Crew
Tatsuyuki Nagai
Second Unit Director
Akira Yamamoto
Additional Production Assistant
Masahiro Ando
Storyboard Artist
Shigeru Saito
Executive Producer
Masayuki Yoshihara
Key Animation
Toshiyuki Inoue
Lead Animator, Key Animation, Character Designer
Terushige Yoshie
Music Producer
Mari Okada
Screenplay, Storyboard Artist, Director
Masaki Tachibana
Storyboard Artist
Naoyoshi Shiotani
Storyboard Artist
Kenji Kawai
Original Music Composer
Takeshi Honda
Key Animation
Tadashi Hiramatsu
Character Designer, Animation Director, Second Unit Director, Key Animation, Storyboard Artist
Shizuo Kurahashi
Foley Artist