Theatrical Screenings of Violet Evergarden Side-Story Gets Two-Week Extension Due to Success

Congratulations are in order for Kyoto Animation and their newest release, Violet Evergarden: Eternity and Auto-Memories Doll! The side-story to the heart-wrenching Violet Evergarden series just received additional screening dates! The film was set to run for just two weeks starting on September 6. A few weeks before its release, it was announced that the film will be screening for three weeks instead. And now, the film was just announced to be adding two more weeks of screening dates. Yay!

Moviegoers who will watch on the fourth week will get a special shikishi (signed board), while fifth week goers will receive one of four short stories that were made available to those who watched from the side-story’s first three weeks in cinemas.

According to Anime News Network, the side story “centers on Isabella, the heir to a noble house. She attends a school for well-groomed young women, under a “contract” with her father. To her, this beautiful place where white camelias bloom is nothing more than a prison. Having resigned all hope and expectations for her future, Isabella meets her new manners teacher, Violet Evergarden.”

You can watch the trailer for the film here.

Isabella York (the girl with the glasses) will be played by Minako Kotobuki (Nanamin Touko in Bloom Into You). Taylor Bartlett, the young girl in the trailer, will be played by Aoi Yuki (Tsuyu Asui in My Hero Academia, credited as Aoi Yabusaki). Taylor is described as “a girl with no family who pays Violet a visit.”

The side-story is directed by Haruka Fujita (Sound! Euphonium), who also directed episodes for the anime series.

First released as a light novel series written by Kana Akatsuki and illustrated by Akiko Takase, Violet Evergarden won the grand prize in the fifth Kyoto Animation Awards novel category in 2014. It was then published in 2015 by KyoAni’s publishing arm, KA Esuma Bunko, and was then subsequently adapted into a 13-episode anime series by the same studio. The anime series premiered on January 2018 in Japan and in other countries as well via Netflix. The story revolves around Violet Evergarden, a robot who was once used as a soldier in a recently-ended war. She tries to reintegrate into society by becoming an Auto Memory Doll, or robots hired by people to write for them. The series follows her in learning how to become an Auto Memory Doll, understanding the feelings of people and the world around her, and trying to comprehend her former major’s dying words to her: “I love you”.

Source: Anime News Network