Violet Evergarden" to start airing on January 10, 2018! The 4th PV over 2 minutes long and the latest key visual are also released!

The broadcast date and time of the TV anime "Violet Evergarden," produced by Kyoto Animation, has been set for January 10, 2018 (Wednesday). In addition, the fourth PV and the latest key visual have been released.

Violet Evergarden" is an anime work based on the novel by Kana Akemi (KAESMA Bunko/Kyoto Animation), which won the first grand prize at the "5th Kyoto Animation Grand Prize" hosted by Kyoto Animation. The director is Taichi Ishidate, who directed "Beyond the Boundary -I'LL BE HERE-", the series composition is by Reiko Yoshida, who wrote the screenplay for the movie "聲の形", etc., and the character design is by Akiko Takase, who was in charge of the illustrations in this work's library. The character design is by Akiko Takase, who also did the illustrations for the book. The main character "Violet Evergarden" is played by voice actress Yui Ishikawa, who played the role of Mikasa Ackermann in "Shinkage no Kyojin".
⇒"Violet Evergarden", an anime produced by KyoAni, released its first PV!　Broadcasting in January 2018, simultaneous worldwide distribution and world tour to be held!
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This time, the broadcast date and time of this work have finally been decided!　It will be broadcast on ABC Asahi Broadcasting, TOKYO MX1, TV Aichi, BS11, and HTB Hokkaido TV starting January 10, 2018 (Wednesday).

Along with the announcement of the broadcast date and time, the fourth PV and the latest key visual were also released, and the music for the PV, which is over 2 minutes long, is "Violet Snow" sung by Ira Yuki. The song was used in a commercial for the first volume of the original "Violet Evergarden" (written by Kana Akira), which was released in May 2016 and has been viewed a whopping 2.72 million times (!). The song has been viewed a whopping 2.72 million times! What kind of scenes will "Violet Snow" be used in the anime?

Work Information] (*Honorific titles omitted)
Violet Evergarden
ABC Asahi Broadcasting Corporation: Scheduled to start on January 10 (Wed.), 2018 at 26:15
TOKYO MX1: Scheduled to start on January 10 (Wed.), 2018 at 24:00
TV Aichi: Scheduled to start on January 10 (Wed.), 2018 at 26:05
BS11: Scheduled to start on January 11 (Thu), 2018 at 24:00
HTB Hokkaido TV: Scheduled to start at 2630 on Saturday, January 13, 2018.
Broadcast times are subject to change without notice.

Worldwide distribution on Netflix (Japan/January 2018, Worldwide/Spring 2018)

＜ Violet Evergarden Synopsis
To spell out feelings, to know love.
There was a girl who had no feelings.
Her name is Violet Evergarden.
In the midst of war, she is searching for the meaning of the words told to her by a loved one.
The war is over, and the job she has come across is to deliver someone's feelings in words.
--A letter to her only brother who survived the war.
--A letter from a daughter who started working in the city to her parents back home.
--A letter of unadorned and honest love.
--A last letter from one who is leaving to one who will be left behind.
The many thoughts and feelings in these letters leave an imprint of love in Violet's heart.
This is the story of how a girl without feelings comes to know love.

<Staff
Original story: "Violet Evergarden" by Kana Akemi
　(KAESMA Bunko/Kyoto Animation)
Director : Taichi Ishidate
Series Composition : Reiko Yoshida
Character Design: Akiko Takase
Animation Production: Kyoto Animation

<Cast
Violet Evergarden: Yui Ishikawa
Claudia Hodgins as Taketo Koyasu
Daisuke Namikawa as Gilbert Bougainvillea
Aya Endo as Cattleya Baudelaire
Benedict Blue: Koki Uchiyama
Erica Brown: Minori Chihara
Iris Canary: Haruka Tomatsu



(C) Kana Akemi, Kyoto Animation/Violet Evergarden Production Committee