Violet Evergarden Gaiden: Eien to Jidou Shuki Ningyou

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Synonyms: Violet Evergarden Side Story: Eternity and the Auto Memory Doll

Japanese: ヴァイオレット・エヴァーガーデン外伝 -永遠と自動手記人形-

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Type: Movie

Episodes: 1

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Sep 6, 2019

Producers: Shochiku, ABC Animation

Licensors: Funimation

Studios: Kyoto Animation

Source: Light novel

Genres: Drama, Fantasy

Duration: 1 hr. 31 min.

Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

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Score: 8.41¹ (scored by 247,908 users)

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Ranked: #176²

² based on the top anime page. Please note that 'Not yet aired' and 'R18+' titles are excluded.

Popularity: #542

Members: 422,151

Favorites: 1,548

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Ranked #176Popularity #542Members 422,151

Episodes: /1

Synopsis

Isabella, the daughter of the noble York family, is enrolled in an all-girls academy to be groomed into a dame worthy of nobility. However, she has given up on her future, seeing the prestigious school as nothing more than a prison from the outside world. Her family notices her struggling in her lessons and decides to hire Violet Evergarden to personally tutor her under the guise of a handmaiden.

At first, Isabella treats Violet coldly. Violet seems to be able to do everything perfectly, leading Isabella to assume that she was born with a silver spoon. After some time together, Isabella begins to realize that Violet has had her own struggles and starts to open up to her. Isabella soon reveals that she has lost contact with her beloved younger sister, Taylor Bartlett, whom she yearns to see again.

Having experienced the power of words through her past clientele, Violet asks if Isabella wishes to write a letter to Taylor. Will Violet be able to help Isabella convey her feelings to her long-lost sister?

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Characters & Voice Actors

Evergarden, Violet

Main

Ishikawa, Yui
Japanese

York, Isabella

Main

Kotobuki, Minako
Japanese

Bartlett, Taylor

Main

Yuuki, Aoi
Japanese

Blue, Benedict

Supporting

Uchiyama, Kouki
Japanese

Baudelaire, Cattleya

Supporting

Endou, Aya
Japanese

Hodgins, Claudia

Supporting

Koyasu, Takehito
Japanese

Marlborough, Luculia

Supporting

Tadokoro, Azusa
Japanese

Cannary, Iris

Supporting

Tomatsu, Haruka
Japanese

Roland

Supporting

Kagami, Riki
Japanese

Brown, Erica

Supporting

Chihara, Minori
Japanese

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Cook, Justin

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Nakamura, Shinichi

Producer

Saitou, Shigeru

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Suzuki, Megumi

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"Amy" by Minori Chihara

Reviews

Mar 26, 2024

hexashadow13

Recommended

tl;dr: A decent enough side story type sequel film.

This film is a sequel to the main anime series, and thus the main series should definitely be watched before watching this. It is essentially composed of two deeply connected standalone episodes, though they’re less interconnected than I expected considering that they’re two halves of the same film. The first act focuses on Isabella York, a girl that was living an impoverished life until it turned out she was actually the illegitimate child of some noble and was then thrust into a boarding school to mold her into someone worth marrying off. She hates her new life, ... however she accepts it because in exchange her new family also provides for her adopted younger sister. For some reason that I don’t think is ever really explained properly, Violet is assigned as her tutor and handmaiden. They become close friends, and in the process Isabella also decides to look at life more positively. It’s a pretty generic story, but it’s told pretty well with good chemistry between the two and it managed to hit some good emotional beats. Overall, I’d say it’s a bit above the average in terms of the side stories in Violet Evergarden.

The second act focuses on Isabella’s younger sister, Taylor, who wants to become a postman and comes to the postal company Violet works at in order to do so. She’s still a child and thus far too young to be working, but she gets to tag along with Benedict and Violet anyway. Ultimately, this leads into focusing on Taylor’s relationship with her older sister with a central theme of how even through major change, some things will always remain. Overall, I felt this wasn’t handled all that well and was a bit of a hodgepodge of things that didn’t really build up into anything all that cohesive. And as such, the emotional beats it was trying to hit with the climax and ending didn’t really work that well because the thematic foundation wasn’t properly laid. This half takes place after a time skip so all the characters in the reoccurring cast have somewhat modified designs and the city is also going through rapid technological advancement, which is pretty cool. Though these changes aren’t all that substantial. Characters themselves and their relationships haven’t really changed at all even if their designs have. And all the technological advances mentioned don’t really play much of a part in the story at all. Furthermore, while neither act really contributes to Violet’s character arc, the first at least helped flesh her out better. The second act didn’t really feel like it did much of anything with anyone. Overall, I’d say it’s below average in terms of Violet Evergarden side stories.

The art and animation are excellent as one would expect. The new character designs were pretty nice, though I don’t think I’ll ever be a fan of Benedict’s fashion sense. The advancing city also felt much more alive. The soundtrack was pretty similar to the main series so pretty solid, but I don’t think any new tracks really stood out. The ED is the standard white text roll on a black background, but the song was pretty good.

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Jan 21, 2024

MaxTheCartooner

Mixed Feelings

This anime movie based on the Violet Evergarden anime was actually good. I won't lie but I did not feel the way that I felt when I watched the series so, i ranked it low.
STORY
The story was really good. But it includes a lot of emotion which is not a best anime for me. The story was soooo emotional and no action sequences were present. We got to see some action in the main series but not here.
ANIMATION
The animetion was awesome. No words. All the scenes were animated beautifully. So, if you want this anime for animation go ...

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Jun 5, 2021

PotatoPeeler68

Not Recommended

Story: 3
Extended lore for Violet Evergarden! This should be exciting, right? In truth, although the story does hit hard a little bit by the end (no spoilers), this movie doesn't do it as well as any episode of the original series. Even episode 12 is more emotionally gripping (and that one's not great). It's too bad we don't have a continuation of the original story, as I hear the 2020 movie retcons a bit too. Watch at your own risk.

Art: 6
The second half looks just as nice as any Violet Evergarden episode, but without the most dramatic scenes. The first half doesn't feel like like ...

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