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I did enjoy the comparing of Iorph girls in the kingdom while one gets to be with their child and receive love back, the other is taken away from the child they gave birth to and is unable to even see her, locked away like Rapunzel. In fact, it’s something we are reminded of here in almost every scene. But it’s not like it’s a subtle message…far from it. So what makes Maquia different? Its focus on motherhood instead of war and politics? Perhaps. The world it tries to build (an immortal tribe of isolationists, greedy warmongering kingdoms, castles powered by water, tamed battle dragons) is not really that much different than that you would see in many other fantasy novels and stories, and you can certainly praise Mari Okada for her ambition.
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I won’t spoil too much, as those in the US and Canada won’t get to see this movie until late July. Being in a country where the Iorph are highly sought after for their immortality, she and the boy, who she names Ariel, have to be constantly on the move, avoiding suspicious eyes and the royal guard. Stuck between feeling that she can’t interfere with the outside world and not wanting to be alone anymore, she decides to take the baby and raise him all by herself. After wandering for days in a forest, she finds an abandoned newborn baby. When the neighboring country of Mezar invades wanting the secret to immortality for themselves, the tribe scatter, with young girl Maquia waking up in the outside world…a world she has never known.
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They keep to themselves, weaving fabric that, they believe, tells stories, or Hibiol as they call it, but they keep to themselves for one reason: they have near-immortal lifespans. The Iorph are a tribe of people living in a remote part of the world. But enough of that and let’s move on to the story. I surely hope that the UK anime scene gets more recognition by the rest of the world soon. They are single-handedly responsible for bringing the more recent quality anime movies to the UK and Ireland your name, A Silent Voice, S word Art Online: Ordinal Scale, Fireworks…and now Maquia and the fact that we Brits get a headstart before the US and Canada is a bit of a morale boost for the anime community here, who has had a long history of feeling rather neglected, especially when it comes to special guests coming to UK conventions. I tell you who is also the best: the UK-based anime distributor Anime Limited. Cinema ticket prices have shot up in this country sadly, with the regular price of a seat being approximately £10 (around $15-18), but when anime movies come, I just don’t care about the price…and I certainly was not bothered when it came to this much-hyped debut film by Mari Okada.