The music score composed by Kenji Kawaii ( Ghost in the Shell) is another force to be reckoned with as so many sequences are given life by the music. Many scenes are so sophisticated with the artwork that one sense the clear dedication and wizardry of the animators to bring the story to life. Moving from beautifully animated series, writer/director Mari Okada ( A Lull by the Sea) proves capable in this language of cinema. In addition to the rich thematic ideas behind the story, the film's greatest strength is unquestionably the stunning animation which showcases acclaimed anime studio P.A. The film explores their life's journeys together over a long span of time (exploring the character's intertwined lives from Erial's childhood through adulthood). Erial (Miyu Irino) is a young orphaned boy who becomes adopted by the sweet-natured lorph Maquia (Manaka Iwami). Once the main storyline expands into focus, the fundamental thematic balance becomes much clearer: this is a story which is about the love which connects families (most especially the connection between a mother and son). Chaos ensues as the lorph do everything they can to defend themselves and their land from invasion.
This anime film marks the feature-length anime debut for the acclaimed anime creative Mari Okada (A Lull by the Sea).įrom the beginning of the story the anime unfolds rapidly with an action-oriented spectacle as the lorph must protect themselves from the impending invasion of the Mezarte, who seek to find a way to control and take the immortality of the lorph away. Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms is a fantasy-epic which explores the otherworldly and fantastical universe inhabited by the lorph: immortal beings capable of living beyond any normal measures of time known to man.