Masamune Kikuiri
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MOVIE
7.2
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Estimated watch time
1h 51m
⚡ 1 days at 5 eps/day
Tags & Tropes
Coming of Age77%Urban76%Love Triangle71%Heterosexual70%Parenthood50%Urban Fantasy20%
MOVIEFINISHED2023 SUMMER7.2 / 10 AniList score
maboroshi
アリスとテレスのまぼろし工場• Alice to Therese no Maboroshi Koujou
Synopsis & Story
Masamune, a third-year middle school student, lives in a town where all the exits have been sealed off due to a sudden explosion at a steel mill, causing time to stand still. Residents are forbidden from making any changes and spend their suffocating days in the hopes of returning to normalcy someday. One day, Masamune's mysterious classmate Mutsumi guides him to the fifth furnace of the steel mill, where they encounter a girl who cannot speak and resembles a wild wolf. The meeting between the two girls and Masamune disrupts the balance of the world, and the unstoppable "impulse of love" from boys and girls tired of their daily lives begins to destroy the world.
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maboroshi: should you watch it?
At a glance
maboroshi has been well received, with an average AniList score of 72/100 — 49% of 10,885 ratings are 8/10 or higher.
It ranks #26 highest-rated film of 2023, and #6 most popular film of 2023 on AniList.
Of the 18.7K AniList users who started it, 1.5% dropped it, so it is very rarely abandoned; 16.4K have finished it.
As a 111-minute film, it fits in a single evening.
Best for viewers who enjoy Drama, Fantasy, Romance — especially coming of age, urban, love triangle, heterosexual.
Main cast & creators
- Original creator
- Mari Okada
- Director
- Mari Okada
- Character design
- Yuriko Ishii
- Music
- Masaru Yokoyama
maboroshi FAQ
- How long is maboroshi?
- maboroshi runs 111 minutes (1 h 51 min).
- Is maboroshi finished?
- Yes. maboroshi has finished airing — the final episode aired September 15, 2023.
- Is maboroshi based on a manga?
- No. maboroshi is an original anime story, not adapted from a manga or novel.
- Who animated maboroshi?
- maboroshi was animated by MAPPA and directed by Mari Okada.
- Where can I watch maboroshi?
- maboroshi is listed on Netflix. Availability varies by region — check the streaming links on this page.