Lush, heart-swellingly lovely animation is the main selling point for this fantasy anime, which feels a bit like a neutered and sentimentalised version of Game of Thrones. Maquia is a member of the Iorph, a tribe of perennial teenagers who live for hundreds of years. But after a rival kingdom equipped with battle dragons and bad intentions invades, Maquia finds herself breaking the golden rule of the Iorph and forming a bond with a human: a baby boy called Ariel. As an examination of the bonds of motherhood, it’s a little overwrought and screechy; as a visual spectacle, it’s beguiling.
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