It’s these thematic elements that I wanted to take a closer look at today, because I think they give us a nice view into Okada’s headspace and spell out a very interesting thematic arc running behind the whole of Maquia. It’s this focus on devotion and relationships that really gets center stage in Maquia, as we see not only Maquia’s relationship to Ariel play out over the course of the whole film but also the more general relationship mothers develop with their children. But if we look deeper into her stories and characters, we see that Okada has a keen eye for human relationships and how people develop friendships and the nature of devotion. As The Pedantic Romantic mentions in his video on Black Rock Shooter and Okada’s involvement in the production, she is sometimes seen as a sort of queen of melodrama by members of the anime fandom. She pushed and continued to push her role as a screenwriter as far as it could go, eventually getting the chance to write and direct her own project. The Canipa Effect has a great video on what makes Okada so great, from her her ability to pull apart scripts and figure out their flaws, to her work on Anohana that’s impact is still being felt in Japan seven years after the series debuted. We also have Mari Okada at the helm, one of the bright stars of the anime industry in her first directorial debut. We had Mary and the Witch’s Flower, which was pretty good, but it still doesn’t really capture the high fantasy feel that Maquia does with its towering castles, dragon riders, and almost elf-like race of humans. Your Name and A Silent Voice being the bigger block-busters of the last two years, both focusing on the lives of highschoolers with the former having a sci-fi twist. There seems to be more modern sci-fi or slice-of-life movies coming out than say high fantasy or stories that focus on fantastical worlds. After months of waiting and teaser trailers that showed off its awesome animation and world, I finally got the chance to see Maquia in theaters.
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