Eleven Arts, the film distributor that brought anime films such as last year’s Sailor Moon R: The Movie and A Silent Voice to U.S. theaters, announced screening dates for anime films Haikara-San: Here Comes Miss Modern and MAQUIA: When The Promised Flower Blooms in the United States for Summer 2018.

Haikara-San and MAQUIA will bring two very different female-led anime films to the U.S., with MAQUIA marking the directorial debut of veteran screenwriter Mari Okada.

Haikara-San: Here Comes Miss Modern

The first release of the summer will be Haikara-San, based on the 1975-1977 manga by Waki Yamato, set to arrive in theaters June 8.

During the Taisho era,  Benio Hanamura is a boisterous and quarrelsome tomboy who leads a life of kendo and tree-climbing adventure with her best friends Tamaki and Ranmaru. Benio determines to find love on her own, though her family has other plans: they’ve arranged her marriage to Shinobu Ijuin, a military officer who immediately ruffles her feathers.

Despite her attempts to thwart the arranged marriage, Benio finds herself falling for Shinobu– but with war on the horizon, Shinobu enlists to fight the Russian army, and Benio must continue on her journey to modern womanhood, with no guarantee that her fiancé will return.

Yamato’s shojo manga series has inspired several adaptations since its conclusion in 1977, including an anime series, live-action TV films, and a 2017 stage musical.

Haikara-San: Here Comes Miss Modern was released in Japanese theaters November 11, 2017, and will be followed by a sequel this fall. The film is written and directed by Kazuhiro Furuhashi, whose previous credits include Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn, and the voice of Benio is played by Saori Hayami, who recently voiced Shoko in A Silent Voice.

See what theaters will show Haikara-San near you this summer at Eleven Arts’ website.

MAQUIA: When The Promised Flower Blooms

The second summer release, MAQUIA, will arrive in U.S. theaters on July 20. MAQUIA is an original fantasy anime film written and directed by Mari Okada, whose other films The Anthem of the Heart and Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day were previously distributed by Eleven Arts.

The people of Iorph live far away from the lands of men, weaving the happenings of each day into a fabric called Hibiol. They live for centuries while maintaining their youthful appearance. Maquia, an orphaned Iorph girl, lives her life in an oasis surrounded by friends, yet somehow feels alone.

But the tranquil lives of the Iorph are shattered when the Mezarte army invades their territory on a dragon fleet, seeking the blood that grants the Iorph long life. Maquia manages to escape, but loses her friends and her home in the chaos. She then encounters an orphaned baby. Maquia raises this boy, Ariel, with the help of some new friends. But as the era changes, the bond between Maquia and Ariel changes too, amidst a backdrop of racial tensions between the Iorph and the Mezarte.

This is a story of irreplaceable time, woven by two lonely people who can only find solace in each other.

The distributor says MAQUIA “will carry the torch for films like ​Your Name and ​In This Corner of the World​, infusing pure artistry and pathos into anime.” The film was released in Japan earlier this year on February 24, followed by a UK release in March.

MAQUIA marks Okada’s directorial debut after a long career in story editing and screenwriting for anime and live-action television. Aside from the films above, Okada also worked on anime series including Black Butler and Black Butler II, Toradora!, and Hanasaku Iroha; more recently, she worked on Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans, The Lost Village, and Kiznaiver.

She was awarded the Individual Award at the Animation Kobe event in 2011, which celebrates the artist who contributed most greatly to the animation industry in that year. Previous winners included Hideaki Anno as director of Neon Genesis Evangelion and Hayao Miyazaki as director of Princess Mononoke. Okada was the second screenwriter to receive the award.

“MAQUIA: When the Promised Flower Blooms​ is what I’ve always wanted to write as a writer,” said Okada. “I feel great pleasure as well as pressure to be able to get involved in all of the works beyond script. … It is a story onto which I hope everyone will be able to superimpose themselves.”

Find out where you can watch MAQUIA at a theater near you at Eleven Arts’ website.