Yui Ishikawa reprised her role as the titular character “Violet Evergarden”. Taichi Ishidate, who directed the anime series, returned to work on the anime film, where he will be joined by other staff members including scriptwriter Reiko Yoshida and character designer Akiko Takase. The anime film has since been released in September last year, which earned a cumulative total of JP¥1,912,896,400 (about PHP868.8 million) after 13 weeks in the Japanese box office, and consistently ranked in the Top 10 in its first 11 weeks. The anime film was then rescheduled in April last year, but was the production was forced to delay its release due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Violet Evergarden the Movie was originally scheduled to premiere in January 2020, but the production decided to delay its release because of the devastating arson attack at Kyoto Animation’s Studio 1 building in July 2019 that killed 36 people and injured several others. KA Esuma Bunko, which is the light novel imprint of the anime studio, had published three volumes of the novel series.Īs the world moves on from the war and technological advances bring changes to her life, Violet still hopes to see her lost commanding officer again. The novel has won the grand prize in the fifth Kyoto Animation Award competition in 2014, marking the first time that any submitted work has earned the grand prize on any of its three categories, which are the novel, scenario and manga. Violet Evergarden the Movie is an anime film based on the Japanese light novel series written by Kana Akatsuki and illustrated by Akiko Takase. © Kana Akatsuki, Kyoto Animation / VIOLET EVERGARDEN Production Committee While it’s not yet certain, but the anime film may be streamed after its home video release on Blu-ray and DVD, which is scheduled on Wednesday, October 13. The streaming platform has listed the anime film, which can be seen through their Smart TV application (see photo above), but details regarding its premiere are yet to be determined. Global streaming giant Netflix has revealed that they are set to stream the anime film Violet Evergarden the Movie soon. Violet Evergarden the Movie's listing on Netflix's Smart TV app.