Mesarte royalty are hoping to prolong their lineage by breeding with Iolph women before the Renato – the source of their military might – die out. She’s an unlikely survivor when an army from Mesarte, a mythological medieval kingdom, attacks with their flock of dragon-like Renato. The titular heroine (voiced by Manaka Iwami) is an Iolph – the Clan of the Separated – an immortal, blonde and beautiful race who spend their days weaving hibbol, a delicate and highly prized cloth.Īs with other socially-challenged Okada heroines, Maquia cuts an awkward, lonely figure, even within the balmy Iolph idyll. Prolific anime screenwriter Mari Okada is not an animator and yet fans of the Okada-penned Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day and The Anthem of the Heart will immediately recognise her sensibility and preoccupations in Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms, her imaginative, melancholic directorial debut.
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