There are a number of location shots that just take your breath away like the Iorph village with this feeling of a very old place that has gone to ruin in places but still lived in. This first thing I really want to talk about is the animation because this is where Maquia really shines. There are these moments of true beauty during Maquia. She has never been a mother, it would be better for her to just walk away but as she looks into Ariel’s (Miyu Irino) eyes, she knows in an instant that she can’t. Her world has been turned upside-down, and she does not even know if she has a home to go back too, but in that moment of confusion, she is pressed with a choice as she stumbles across a merchant camp that had been attacked leaving only a single survivor a baby. In the attack, Leilia is captured and Maquia is whisked away crashing all alone in an unknown forest in an unknown land far from her home.
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It is carefree life until one day the Mezarte army attacks the peaceful village, looking for the legend to help boost their political position in the world. Unlike the rest of her people, she looks fifteen because she is only fifteen, being one of the youngest of the Iorph, and like all teenagers, she has a crush on Krim (Yūki Kaji) who in turn has a crush on Leilia (Ai Kayano). It is a simple but fulfilling life in a town made of stones and waterfalls and it is here where we meet the titular Maquia (Manaka Iwami) who is an orphan in a world of close families. The Iorph spend their days working on their large tapestries called Hibiol in which they weave their history so that it will be preserved for all time.
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Finally, there is also the Iorph, a race of almost immortals all with pale skin and blonde hair that for all intents and purposes stop aging after they reach adolescence. However, all things must come to pass and the age of legends is slipping into the history of the world bar two holdouts, the great bests of the sky called Renato that have now been captured and put into service as war machines, but are now dying one by one.
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It used to be a land of legends, of mystical races, great leviathans that roamed the seas, and more. So to set the scene, in a distant land a long time ago there is a world in flux. As well as this, there are more and more fascinating animated films that are targeted at adults and today we are looking at one such with Maquia.
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However, this is a real shame because we have seen with films like Coco ( see review), Moana ( see review) and Studio Ghibli that even when aimed at children, they can still be works of art. ‘Animation’ is a genre that does not get the credit it deserves, for many it is just the purview of children and as such it is not something of quality.