I was heading to junior high school one day when my maternal instincts suddenly kicked in. After being held hostage to those urges for a decade, I started to wonder if this feeling was really about motherliness. Virgin birth, genes, pregnancy... I journey through 10 years in search of the maternal.
Watch the official Maternal Awakening 2022 trailer in HD below.
Mami Kawaguchi as Heroine / Baby (voice)
Kohei Iseki as God (voice)
Mayuko Suzuki as Job hunting friend (voice)
Shiika Okada as Cram school teacher / Boss (voice)
Kanna Nazuka as High school girl (voice)
Kazune Okada as Handsome monster (voice)
Chika Masuda as Friend A (voice)
Mirei Sumiyoshi as Friend B (voice)
Mizuki Okada as Friend C (voice)
Fuka Susuki as Sex chromosome XX (voice)
Takumi Tsubata as Sex chromosome XY (voice)
Shiika Okada Director
Shiika Okada Animation
Samayu Kuroyanagi Music
Kohei Iseki Sound Designer
Mitsuko Okamoto Producer
Shiika Okada Script
Shiika Okada Editor
Junichiro Endo Sound Assistant
Tsutomu Asakura Sound Mixer
Yusuke Miyoshi Assistant Sound Editor
Jānī to the bosei no mezame Trailer
Journey to the bosei no mezame Trailer
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Japan 08 March 2021
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