When the neighboring country of Mezar invades wanting the secret to immortality for themselves, the tribe scatter, with young girl Maquia waking up in the outside world…a world she has never known. They keep to themselves, weaving fabric that, they believe, tells stories, or Hibiol as they call it, but they keep to themselves for one reason: they have near-immortal lifespans.
The Iorph are a tribe of people living in a remote part of the world.
But enough of that and let’s move on to the story. I surely hope that the UK anime scene gets more recognition by the rest of the world soon. They are single-handedly responsible for bringing the more recent quality anime movies to the UK and Ireland your name, A Silent Voice, S word Art Online: Ordinal Scale, Fireworks…and now Maquia and the fact that we Brits get a headstart before the US and Canada is a bit of a morale boost for the anime community here, who has had a long history of feeling rather neglected, especially when it comes to special guests coming to UK conventions. I tell you who is also the best: the UK-based anime distributor Anime Limited. Cinema ticket prices have shot up in this country sadly, with the regular price of a seat being approximately £10 (around $15-18), but when anime movies come, I just don’t care about the price…and I certainly was not bothered when it came to this much-hyped debut film by Mari Okada.