(L) Violet Evergarden

[Marcus H.]

Kyoani just released a teaser video about an anime adaptation of Violet Evergarden that's "in the works".

Violet Evergarden is a light novel series written by Kana Akatsuki and illustrated by Akiko Takase. It is known for being the winning the Grand Prize in the 5th Kyoto Animation Award.

Originally Posted by Publisher Summary for Part A

“Auto Memories Doll.” It’s already been a long time since that name was first popularized. It’s a machine that Dr. Orlando created that talks in a natural voice. At first, he only made it to help out his loving wife, but before long they spread out into the world. and companies were made to lend them out.

I’m Violet Evergarden, the Auto Memories Doll who will
rush to provide service anywhere you wish.

That translucent voice comes from a robotic beautiful girl with blonde hair and blue eyes like she came out of a storybook.

Originally Posted by KA Comment on Violet Evergarden

A work suitable for our first Grand Prize. The writing clearly and simply conveys the author's message as well as allows the reader to imagine the character's emotions and scenes. It makes a strong case.
Its appeal draws the reader in and makes them want to finish it all in one sitting. Connected with how it strongly moved a lot of our judges, it was elected to win the Grand Prize.

[com_gwp]

Personally, cautious anticipation. That trailer was absolutely gorgeous, and the material looks like it could be something a bit more mature in the veins of Hyouka. (Hah, I know, we said that for KnK as well.)



Here's a bit of extra synopsis on the anime website that I didn't see in the OP (translated by anon):

Violet Evergarden is an "Auto Memories Doll," a robot made to help those who cannot write put their thoughts on paper. Throughout her life, Violet meets many people and connects many hearts together through their letters to one another. Though her time with each person is short, the bonds formed during her time with them will not easily be forgotten.

This makes it sound like an episodic fantasy series, sort of like how Kino's Journey is structured.

[Stark700]

A new CM was shown today but no confirmation date yet or the format at the moment.

Edit:
HQ version - https://streamable.com/dj4x0

[blakstealth]

Here the OG version:

[Stark700]

Official site is up. Winter 2018 premiere.

http://violet-evergarden.jp/

Also, staff announced
http://manga.tokyo/news/violet-everg...sly-worldwide/

[Julio C]

Somebody posted this on youtube:

Director: Taichi Ishidate (Beyond the Boundary)
Series Composition: Reiko Yoshida (Koe no Katachi)
Character Designer: Akiko Takase
Sound Director: Youta Tsuruoka (he doesn't do the music by the way)

They picked the lesser of the three directors from Kyoani to do direct the show since the other two are busy with the Sound! Euphonium movies. I'm a bit worry about this. At least it will look pretty for sure.

[bastek66]

Staff
Director: Taichi Ishidate
Series Composition: Reiko Yoshida
Character Designer: Akiko Takase
Sound Director: Yota Tsuruoka
OP Theme: TRUE
Animation Production: Kyoto Animation

Cast
Violet Evergarden: Yui Ishikawa (Mikasa)
Claudia Hodgins: Takehito Koyasu (Dio)
Gilbert Bougainvillea: Daisuke Namikawa (Hisoka)
Cattleya Baudelaire: Aya Endo (Saki)
Benedict Bleu: Kouki Uchiyama (Kanie)

Ep1 staff
SB: Taichi Ishidate
ED: Taichi Ishidate, Akiko Takase, Shinpei Sawa
AD: Maruko Tatsunari, Yuuko Myouken, Akiko Takase, Nobuaki Maruki

>Koyasu
>Claudia
What the hell? Is that Japan's [*snip*] choice of western names or Koyasu voices some crossdresser?

[RRW]

https://mobile.twitter.com/pKjd/stat...74118063030274

Netflix anime

[Marcus H.]

Second PV right here.

[Marcus H.]

Minori Chihara Will Perform the ED for Violet Evergarden.

[rulfo]

Preview for OP and ED

Nevermind. Got it working. I swear I remembered the shortcut for youtube bb code was yt.

[Roxanne]

OP cover


ED cover

[Marcus H.]

This might be a first.
"Violet Snow" has been released in English, Korean, French and Chinese in the KyoAni official Youtube channel.

The Chinese version was performed in a lower key.
The English version (which different from the Japanese version which was sung in English by a Japanese singer) was performed by Kate Higgins, the English voice actress of C.C. from Code Geass.

[blakstealth]

We multi language now!!

English ver.

French ver.

Chinese ver.

Korean ver.

[Dop]

Netflix seem to be getting the message about delayed anime releases. In the UK, at least!

ANN: The Kyoto Animation series Violet Evergarden is listed on Netflix (here) as beginning in the UK on January 11.

[Stark700]

Episode 1:

Spoiler:

The animation visual quality is absolutely gorgeous so far for this show.

I like the way Violet Evergarden is protrayed from the first episode as well and bits of character chemistry between her and Gilbert is fairly well done.

The amount of human emotions and body language expressed from this episode was interesting to notice. Really liked how the setting is done so far too and the character designs has a serene feel to them. The balance of the lighthearted style with the flashbacks of the war is also pretty interesting (I hope they do more storytelling on the war throughout this show)

Very good first episode. I'm really looking forward to the rest especially for Violet's journey.

[blakstealth]

Originally Posted by ArrowSmith

Well at least there seems an outside shot that Netflix will simulcast in USA. MAYBE.

nah, they're already confirmed as a spring 2018 release.

[AB079]

Visually this first episode was gorgeous, the movement, the backgrounds, and designs are something that we can always expect from kyoani (there are some QUALITY moments tho).

Now when it comes to how they're adapting the story... I'm not so sure this was a good desition. For a series so incredibly shilled and hyped I expected something more faithful and since Kyoani's record with their "changes" is incredibly bad I'm not getting good vibes from the first episode. The flashbacks can be a way to introduce more focus on Violet tho, so maybe these changes can be something good after all.

Still I have hopes for this and the series will be one that I'll keep following, especially for Violet.

[Marina2]

Ep.1

Surely, this is not a show that everyone will enjoy watching. You will either manage to sink yourself into the story and enjoy it or you will find it boring.

[Cinnamon]

The way KyoAni adapted the first episode seems to focus on show some of her background as quick as possible to attract as many viewers as possible compared to doing an in medias res.

They give just a taste of her background and that's a hook to fish many new viewers, some maybe new to anime in general.

The way the story is told in the novel gives KyoAni a lot of freedom to expand on it in their anime adaption.