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Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms (2018)
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Original name: さよならの朝に約束の花をかざろう
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A story of encounters and partings interwoven between people; this is a human drama with feelings that touch one's heart gradually, which everyone has experienced at least once.
Style:
anime, touching, sentimental, thought provoking, sincere, exciting, manga, epic fantasy, josei, 2d animation
Audience:
date night
Plot:
parents and children, family relations, life is a bitch, orphan, teenager, love, baby, female protagonist, friendship, military, death, warrior, mother son relationship, fight scenes, immortality, girl, adoption, sword and sorcery, sorcery, tragedy, family life, coming of age, knight, blonde girl, flowers ...
Time:
2010s
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out anime, touching, manga and captivating films with plots about friendship, teenager, coming of age, love, family relations, supernatural and slice of life mostly in Animation, Drama and Fantasy genres. Some movies like Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms: Wolf Children (2012), Violet Evergarden (2018), A Silent Voice (2016), Her Blue Sky (2019), Children Who Chase Lost Voices (2011). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Animation, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
family outing, family friendly, kids, adult
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
japan, tokyo
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Country: Japan
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Story:
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Story:
Shouya Ishida starts bullying the new girl in class, Shouko Nishimiya, because she is deaf. But as the teasing continues, the rest of the class starts to turn on Shouya for his lack of compassion. When they leave elementary school, Shouko and Shouya ...
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Audience:
teens, kids
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Time:
2010s
Place:
japan
Similarity:
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Genre: Animation, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Music, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Country: Japan
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
japan, asia
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75%
Genre: Animation, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
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72%
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Duration: 112 min.
Story:
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Audience:
teens, kids
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japan, tokyo
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75%
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Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Genre: Animation, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Place:
tokyo, japan, east asia
Similarity:
70%
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Country: Japan
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Story:
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Audience:
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japan, east asia, asia, tokyo
Similarity:
88%
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Country: Japan
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Story:
The official website of the "Violet Evergarden" animated TV series announced an all-new animated film for the series on Monday that will have a simultaneous worldwide release in January 2020. Plot details are unknown.
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Story:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Story:
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Country: Japan
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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japan, tokyo, asia
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Story:
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Time:
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Place:
japan
Similarity:
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Country: Japan
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Story:
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Style:
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