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Fantasy, Drama, Anime Director: Mari Okada Studio: P.A. Works Runtime: 115 minutes 📝 Synopsis

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What follows is not a fantasy war epic, though dragons and armies clash. It is a quiet, devastating chronicle of motherhood, time, and farewell. Maquia raises the boy, Ariel, as he grows from toddler to adolescent to man, while she remains frozen in youth. She learns to sew, to cook, to cry, to let go. And he learns that some mothers never get old — only left behind. It is a quiet, devastating chronicle of motherhood,