Los Angeles anime convention Anime Expo announced on Wednesday that it will host the United States premiere of P.A. Works and Mari Okada’s Maquia – When the Promised Flower Blooms original anime film.
The film is the directorial debut of anime screenwriter Okada (The Anthem of the Heart, anohana).
Eleven Arts will screen the film in theaters in the U.S. and Canada beginning on July 20.
The film will premiere in Canada as an official competitor at the Fantasia Film Festival, which takes place in Montreal from July 12 through August 1.