It is difficult to dig into one writer’s characteristics deeply, but personally, I think that Okada did dig up something interesting and funny. Various people bring ideas and the director then forms a work. Producer Horikawa spoke about why he appointed Okada as director: ‘When producing an original work, the director is the main person. After some thought, I got him to let me direct this movie.
When I thought about what he meant by 100%, I got the idea that I might be able to do it if I created a work which I 100% would like to watch. Okada revealed details about the start of the project: ‘Horikawa said that he wanted to see a work of mine produced with 100% Okada. Director Mari Okada, producer Kenji Horikawa (director of P.A.Works), and Manaka Iwami (who plays Maquia) took to the stage at the event. The last preview screening was held at Shinjuku Wald 9. Some of the comments were ‘My tears just wouldn’t stop’, ‘It’s a story of painful love’, and many more. Viewers at the screening event received flower-type sticky notes, made for the campaign called ‘Let’s bloom the flowers of impression!’, where viewers could write down their impressions and stick the notes onto a board. Kenji Kawai is in charge of the movie’s music. Okada has worked with character designer and chief animation director Yuriko Ishii ( Hanasaku Iroha).
Okada finally making her debut as a director in this P.A. She is known for her screenwriting skills in both animated and live action films such as Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day (released in 2013), The Anthem of the Heart (2015), Ankoku Joshi (2017), and My Teacher (2017). Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms will open on 24 February 2018 and is the directorial debut of Mari Okada. Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms Quick Review You can read some information and the first impression of one of our editors, who visited a preview screening event.
Let’s Decorate the Promised Flowers in the Farewell Morning) was held at Shinjuku Wald 9 screen 9 on 13 February.
This is a story of irreplaceable time, woven by two people who are alone.Another screening event for the upcoming anime movie Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms (Sayonara no Asa ni Yakusoku no Hana o Kazarou lit. As the era changes, the bond between them changes too. The same seasons, but different flows of time.
Even as time passes, Maquia retains the form of a young girl. Maquia manages to escape, but loses her friends and her home…As she wanders through a dark forest with an empty heart, she encounters a baby who is “alone”, after just having lost its parents. Amidst the despair and chaos, Leilia, the most beautiful of the Iorph girls, is kidnapped by the Mezarte, and Krim, a young boy who Maquia secretly has feeling for, goes missing. But the peaceful lives of the Iorph are shattered in an instant when the Mezarte army, seeking the blood that grants them long life, invades on beasts called Renato. Maquia, an orphaned Iorph girl, lives her life peacefully surrounded by friends, but somehow feels “alone”. They live for centuries, yet maintain the appearance they had in their late teens, and are known as “The Clan of Partings” and treated as a living legend. The people of Iorph live far away from the lands of men, weaving the happenings of each day into fabric called Hibiol. The horizontal ones are the lives of mankind. The vertical threads are the passing days.