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Violet Evergarden

TV animeFilm2018–20201 season13 episodesOriginal: light novelKana Akatsuki

Debut work, Grand Prize at the 5th Kyoto Animation Award

The war is over, and Violet Evergarden needs a job. Scarred and emotionless, she takes a job as a letter writer to understand herself and her past.

After Violet Evergarden: the Movie, continue with Vol. 1

Where Violet Evergarden: the Movie leaves off in the original hasn’t been confirmed, so this starting point is an estimate.

Original
Book languageJapanese
Edition京都アニメーション(KAエスマ文庫)
Violet Evergarden Season 1 anime poster

Season 1

Low confidence

13 episodesJan 2018 – Apr 2018

Anime ends at
Ep 13

After the 13-episode Violet Evergarden TV series, start the original Japanese novel at its Upper Volume. The novel tells Violet’s letter-writing stories in a different order and the anime builds its own narrative, so this is a reading restart rather than the next unadapted chapter.

Provisional start: ヴァイオレット・エヴァーガーデン 上巻

京都アニメーション(KAエスマ文庫)JapanesePaperback

Where it stops:

1 side entryOVAreading notes
  1. Violet Evergarden: SpecialOVA1 episodeJul 2018After the Violet Evergarden special episode, start the original novel at its Upper Volume if you want the book version. This episode belongs to the TV adaptation, whose story order and presentation differ from the novel.
Violet Evergarden Violet Evergarden: Eternity and the Auto Memory Doll anime poster

Violet Evergarden: Eternity and the Auto Memory Doll

Low confidence

Sep 2019

After Eternity and the Auto Memory Doll, start the original novel at its Upper Volume for the main book story. The film is linked to the separate Gaiden novel, while the TV and book narratives are constructed differently.

Provisional start: ヴァイオレット・エヴァーガーデン 上巻

京都アニメーション(KAエスマ文庫)JapanesePaperback

Where it stops:

Violet Evergarden Violet Evergarden: the Movie anime poster

Violet Evergarden: the Movie

Low confidence

Sep 2020

After Violet Evergarden: the Movie, begin the original novel at its Upper Volume for the book continuity. The filmmakers describe the movie as original to the anime, so no novel volume continues its ending directly.

Provisional start: ヴァイオレット・エヴァーガーデン 上巻

京都アニメーション(KAエスマ文庫)JapanesePaperback

All 2 books from Vol. 1 to Vol. 2
  1. Vol. 1ヴァイオレット・エヴァーガーデン 上巻Search for this book on Amazon
  2. Vol. 2ヴァイオレット・エヴァーガーデン 下巻Buy on Amazon

Where it stops:

Original · Light novel

Violet Evergarden

ヴァイオレット・エヴァーガーデン

Kana AkatsukiKyoto AnimationCompleted2 volumes

  • Japanese京都アニメーション(KAエスマ文庫)2 volumesDec 2015 – Dec 2016

Awards

  1. 2014

    Debut work, Grand Prize at the 5th Kyoto Animation Award

All volumes

Before you read

Suggested reading (Japanese · 京都アニメーション(KAエスマ文庫)): Where Season 1 leaves off in the original hasn’t been confirmed. Reports point to Vol. 1. Reading notes: After the 13-episode Violet Evergarden TV series, start the original Japanese novel at its Upper Volume. The novel tells Violet’s letter-writing stories in a different order and the anime builds its own narrative, so this is a reading restart rather than the next unadapted chapter.

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