Legendary anime creator Mari Okada (anohana, Maquia) makes her manga debut with a moving, funny, so-true-it's-sometimes-embarrassing story of high school girls coming of age together. Perfect for those looking for a manga reminiscent of Noelle Stevenson or Jillian Tamaki.
Perhaps Japan's most acclaimed female screenwriter, Mari Okada has
been writing for anime and live action for twenty years and made
her directorial debut in 2018 with Maquia- When the Promised Flower
Blooms, an animated feature that released in the United States to a
100% Fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Her work for television
includes anohana, Mobile Suit Gundam- Iron-Blooded Orphans, and
Lupin the Third- The Woman Called Fujiko Mine. O Maidens in Your
Savage Season is her first manga series.
A longtime manga artist and illustrator, Nao Emoto's first manga
series was Forget Me Not, co-created with Taiwanese writer Mag Hsu
and published in English by Kodansha Comics. O Maidens in Your
Savage Season, her collaboration with Mari Okada, is her second
manga series.
"A coming-of-age story…centered on believably nerdy and hormonal
teens. I love all these dorks… Painfully relatable and pulls no
punches, both hilarious and incredibly upsetting." -Anime News
Network
Praise for Mari Okada's Maquia
"Stirring, sentimental, stunning... exquisite in every way... the
film's passing pleasures are so rich that we don't even notice how
deep Okada has driven her storytelling dagger until she pulls it
out in the end, and the tears come." -Variety
"Okada is clearly a talent to watch." -Charles Solomon, Los Angeles
Times
"Maquia showcases [Okada's] ability to depict complex relationships
and project delicate character arcs... Sweeping fantasy meets
heart-wrenching intimacy." -Hollywood Reporter
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