#53 - Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms Review

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Add this one to your anime Mother's Day playlist right next to Wolf Children. This week, Tori and Austin review Mari Okada's directorial debut, from studio P.A. Works, Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms. For all you cryers out there, prepare yourself, but in a good way! (00:00 - 18:06) Catchup. Tori and Austin discuss NON-ANIME RELATED THINGS like movies they've been watching. They've been going back into their Disney backlog with Mary Poppins, The Aristocats, and Sleeping Beauty. They also chat about the wonderful Mr. Rogers documentary. (18:34 - 31:33) Production notes for Maquia. Studio/cast/crew breakdown. (31:33 - 36:43) Spoiler free film synopsis. (36:43 - END) DISCUSSION! Exploring the major themes of motherhood, familial love, trauma, self-sacrifice, and all those good things. And that's it! We hope you enjoyed the show. Please feel free to follow us on social media, and if you could give us a star rating or review on either Facebook or iTunes, that really helps the show and we would really appreciate it. Twitter: https://twitter.com/TI_Anime Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thirdimpactanime/ PodBean: https://thirdimpactanimepodcast.podbean.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnD4tDaOg7m3A0xatHfAc1g iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/third-impact-anime-podcast/id1313595090?mt=2 Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/listen?u=0#/ps/Il3e2lqbq2awcml5zuxa64lh7m4 PlayerFM: https://player.fm/series/third-impact-anime-podcast-2361453 Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/third-impact-anime-podcast

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Add this one to your anime Mother's Day playlist right next to Wolf Children. This week, Tori and Austin review Mari Okada's directorial debut, from studio P.A. Works, Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms. For all you cryers out there, prepare...

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