Mari Okada’s acclaimed anime film, Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms, is coming to home video in a Blu-ray/DVD release from ELEVEN ARTS Anime Studio and Shout! Factory on February 5, 2019. That standard edition packs the movie with a Making of Maquia featurette, trailers, …Read more »
We recently spoke to voice actress Xanthe Huynh, who played the lead role in Mari Okada’s Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms. With the English-dubbed debut hitting select U.S. theaters today, it was only appropriate that we follow it up and give Ariel voice actor Eddy …Read more »
Marking anime screenwriter Mari Okada’s directorial debut, Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms is a special film, and it officially makes its English-dubbed debut in select U.S. theaters today. Ahead of the premiere, we got the chance to speak with voice actress Xanthe Huynh, who plays the lead …Read more »
Mari Okada’s Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms anime film first opened in theaters across North America on July 20, and now it’s set to make a comeback in English-dubbed form. The feature’s dub will debut when it returns to U.S. theaters on September 21, …Read more »
Acclaimed writer Mari Okada (anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day, Lupin III: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine) has put her stamp on plenty of memorable anime productions, and the latest marks her directorial debut. Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms is a gorgeously-animated tale …Read more »
The Iorph are a unique people who live far away from humanity in their own idyllic space. With hair so blonde it’s practically platinum and lives that span hundreds of years, they have come to be known as The Clan of the Separated. The Iorph …Read more »
Are you as excited as we are for Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms? The anime film marks the directorial debut for renowned writer Mari Okada (anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day), and ELEVEN ARTS Anime Studio is bringing it to North American theaters …Read more »
As if we needed another reason to make our way to Anime Expo next month: the con has now given us two. The films Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms and Kase-san and Morning Glories with both get their U.S. premieres at the con, it …Read more »
ELEVEN ARTS Anime Studio announced more plans for the English screenings of Mari Okada’s Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms anime film. In addition to the previously-revealed U.S. screenings, the film will make its debut at the same time in Canada on July 20. The …Read more »
Acclaimed anime screenwriter Mari Okada (Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day, Anthem of the Heart) makes her directorial debut with Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms. We’ll get a chance to check it out in North America soon, because ELEVEN ARTS Anime Studio announced …Read more »
For yet more proof that critical acclaim and box office results have little to do with each other, look no further than Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms. The film, which is referred to as SayoAsa in Japanese, has been getting good reviews, but ended …Read more »
Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms, known in Japanese as Sayonara no Asa ni Yakusoku no Hana o Kazaro, the directorial debut from screenwriter Mari Okada, is on its way to Japanese screens in February. Now, thanks to the folks at Anime Limited, we’ve got …Read more »
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