Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms

Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms (Japanese: さよならの朝に約束の花をかざろう, Hepburn: Sayonara no Asa ni Yakusoku no Hana o Kazarō, lit. "Let's Hold the Promised Flowers in the Morning of Farewells"), officially abbreviated as Sayoasa (さよ朝), is a 2018 fantasy drama anime film written and directed by Mari Okada and produced by P.A.Works. It features animation direction and character designs by Yuriko Ishii adapted from Akihiko Yoshida]s original designs, and music composed by Kenji Kawai.

Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms tells the story of the title character Maquia, a young girl who is a member of a special race called the Iorph, mystical beings who can live for hundreds of years. While escaping war, she finds a lone surviving infant and decides to raise him as her son.

The film is Okada's directorial debut and the first standalone feature-length, theatrically-released production of P.A.Works. It premiered in Japan by Showgate on February 24, 2018, and at the Glasgow Film Festival on March 4, 2018.

The film's English dub premiered on September 21, 2018, in the United States. It was released on DVD and Blu-ray Disc in Northern America on February 5, 2019. The DVD has only an English track, while the BD has both English and Japanese tracks.

Additional Voices

 * Ryan Bartley
 * Camden Carter
 * Courtney Chu
 * Allegra Clark
 * AnnaBelle Deaner
 * Michael Deaner
 * Daniel J. Edwards
 * Wayne Grayson
 * Graham Halstead
 * Christian La Monte
 * Loila Lafayette
 * Eddy Lee
 * Aaron Phillips
 * Mike Pollock
 * Spencer Rosen
 * Michael Schneider
 * Ryan Shanahan
 * Jason Simon
 * Marc Thompson