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