General Information:
Directors: Mari Okada
Stars: Ai Kayano, Tomokazu Sugita, Yoshimasa Hosoya, Hiroaki Hirata
Aired: Feb 24, 2018
Producers: Bandai Visual, Lantis, Rakuonsha, Showgate, Hakuhodo DY Music & Pictures, Cygames
Licensors: Shout! Factory
Studios: P.A. Works
Genres: Drama, Fantasy
Duration: 1 hr. 55 min.
Country: Japan
Language: Japanese
Rating: PG-13 – Teens 13 or older
Summary:
Maquia is a member of a special race called the Iorph—mystical beings who can live for hundreds of years and remain separate from the lives and daily troubles of mankind. 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 however, the outside world finds her, as the power-hungry 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 of the Iorph to his bloodline.
The humans and their Renato 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 that has gone berserk. It soon dies, and she is left deserted in a forest far from home, 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, or how to live with the smoldering loneliness inside, she is determined to make it all work somehow. [Written by MAL Rewrite]
Review:
Maquia is a Beautiful Anime about a bond between two strangers that became each other’s family. The movie is focused on the character’s relationships and their life spam. The graphics of anime is surreal, you’ll get lost in them. The movie is dramatic expect to cry at least once or twice during. It’s the first anime that I came across with a clear beginning and ending. It was well rounded.
I watched the anime twice once in English and once in Arabic. Both versions were great the voice actors did a great job in voicing the characters.
Overall Rate: 7/10
SayuriCero 