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Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms (2018) — Stream on Shout! TV · CriticCrunch

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Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms

Movie2018·115 min

Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms

Directed by Mari Okada

Animation Drama Fantasy

A animation drama film directed by Mari Okada.

◈ CrunchScore

Top 7%

of all movies · weighted by audience size & source agreement

★ TMDB Audience Rating

8.1/10

714 ratings

About Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms

Fleeing the war, the immortal Machia, graced with eternal youth, finds a baby abandoned in the forest and decides to raise it as her own child, sparking a moving story between a mortal and a being who does not age.

Pacing: Measured (4 of 9)
Tone: Bittersweet (4 of 9)
Intensity: Intense (7 of 9)
Complexity: Layered (6 of 9)
Humor: Light-touch (4 of 9)
Scale: Epic (9 of 9)
Spirit: Earnest (5 of 9)
Texture: Contemplative, Whimsical
Story Tags: coming of age, grief and loss, parenthood nurture, medieval, fantasy mythology, warzone, wilderness, parent child, battlefield combat, outsider misfit, everyman, tragedy arc, nonlinear flashback

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Details

Director: Mari Okada
Language: Japanese

Cast

Manaka Iwami, Miyu Irino, Yuuki Sakurai

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How Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms Ranks

All movies

Top 7%

2010s movies

Top 6%

Animation movies

Top 4%

★2010s Animation movies

Top 3%

Strongest in its niche — 2010s Animation movies Top 3%.

the vibe

Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms Vibe

What it feels like

measuredbittersweetintenselayeredlight-touchepicearnestcontemplative

whimsical

What it's about

tragedy arcnonlinear flashbackcoming of agegrief & lossparenthood nurtureoutsider misfiteverymanparent childfantasy mythologybattlefield combatwarzonewildernessmedieval

pacing

measured 4/9measured 4/9

tone

bittersweet 4/9wistful 4/9

intensity

intense 7/9intense 7/9

complexity

layered 6/9layered 6/9

humor

light-touch 4/9light 4/9

scale

epic 9/9epic 9/9

spirit

earnest 5/9earnest 5/9

texture

contemplativequiet