, officially abbreviated as , is a 2018 Japanese animated high fantasy drama film written and directed by Mari Okada and produced by P.A. Works.<ref name=ann>{{cite web|title=anohana'''s Mari Okada debuts as director with Sayonara no Asa ni Yakusoku no Hana o Kazarō anime film|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-07-05/anohana-mari-okada-debuts-as-director-with-sayonara-no-asa-ni-yakusoku-no-hana-o-kazarou-anime-film/.118448|work=Anime News Network|access-date=July 6, 2017|date=July 6, 2017|first=Jennifer|last=Sherman}}</ref> It features animation direction and character designs by Yuriko Ishii adapted from Akihiko Yoshida's original designs, and music composed by Kenji Kawai.Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms tells the story of the titular Maquia, a young girl who is a member of a special race called the Iorph, mystical beings who can live for hundreds of years. While escaping war, she finds a lone surviving infant and decides to raise him as her son. The film is Okada's directorial debut and the first standalone feature-length, theatrically-released production of P.A. Works. It premiered in Japan by Showgate on February 24, 2018, and at the Glasgow Film Festival on March 4, 2018. It was released by Madman Entertainment on June 7, 2018. It was released by Anime Limited on June 27, 2018. It was released by Eleven Arts on July 20, 2018. The film's English dub premiered on September 21, 2018, in the United States. It was released on DVD and Blu-ray Disc in Northern America on February 5, 2019. The DVD has only an English track, while the BD has both English and Japanese tracks. Plot The Iorph, a humanoid race, live far removed from the world of humans, spending their days weaving Hibiol, a special cloth which serves as a written chronicle of the passing of time. They age much slower than humans, and can live for hundreds of years. They are legendary to outsiders, who have dubbed them the "Clan of the Separated". Maquia, a young, orphaned Iorph girl, serves as an assistant to the clan's chief, Racine, who warns her about creating emotional attachments to outsiders, saying that Maquia will know what true loneliness is if she does. Soon afterward, the neighboring kingdom of Mezarte sends armed soldiers on the backs of flying dragons called Renato to the Iorph village. Unable to find the secret to their longevity, the army attacks, killing most of the Iorph and kidnapping Leilia, Maquia's friend. One of the Renato succumbs to the "Red Eye" disease and goes berserk during the attack. It becomes tangled in Hibiol, and flees the village, inadvertently carrying