INTERVIEW: How Mari Okada's Cats Inspired Maquia

Joshawott

Monsieur Monster
AUKN Staff
Renowned for her screenwriting in anime like The Anthem of the Heart and AnoHana: The Flower We Saw That Day, Mari Okada makes her long-awaited directorial debut with the emotional fantasy Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms, a touching tapestry of love over a lifetime. I knew two things after my first viewing: 1) P.A. Works' dream of…

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Good interview. This is what I love with junkets like this and MCM. I think across the community we manage to tackle so many questions when you put all the individual interviews together.

At the same time, I like how you can tell this interview was a personal experience for you. Those are the interviews I think always read best, where you can tell both sides are engaged and having fun. None of us likely ever get that right first try but once you have a few under your belt it becomes easier and you get more confident. What questions to put out first, what you hope you'll be able to push later, etc.

Great work, sir.
 
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