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  • Maquia: When The Promised Flower Blooms (2018)
    Review preview for Maquia: When The Promised Flower Blooms

    An impressive score and imaginative visuals.

    Jane Fae · 4 out of 5
    An immortal girl and mortal boy meet and become friends, sharing a bond that lasts throughout the years.
  • A Silent Voice (2016)
    Review preview for A Silent Voice

    Alternately, funny, engaging, witty and insightful, it cuts to the core of teenage cruelty.

    Jane Fae · 4 out of 5
    When a former bully is bullied himself, he grows up determined to make amends to the hearing impaired girl he used to pick on.
  • Spirited Away (2001)
    Review preview for Spirited Away

    The power of invention is strong and the visual imagery matches the plot's unique vision, defining all logic of storytelling.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4.5 out of 5
    Animated Japanese adventure of a 10-year-old girl in a magic world of ghosts and unquiet gods.

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