Mari Okada was born in the Saitama prefecture of Japan in 1976 and excels as both a writer and director for many popular animated films and shows.

Accolades

Mari Okada and Naoko Endo and Tomomi Kyotani and Nobuhiro Takenaka and Nobuhiro Kikuchi
Best Animated Feature Film, 2018

Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms (Sayonara no asa ni yakusoku no hana o kazarô )

Best Animated Feature Film, 2018

Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms (Sayonara no asa ni yakusoku no hana o kazarô )

The lorph people live for centuries, spending their days weaving a special cloth fabric called Hibiol, which serves as a chronical of the passing of…

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Films

Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms
2018

Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms (Sayonara no asa ni yakusoku no hana o kazarô )

Japan
2018

Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms (Sayonara no asa ni yakusoku no hana o kazarô )

The lorph people live for centuries, spending their days weaving a special cloth fabric called Hibiol, which serves as a chronical of the passing of…

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