This movie will tug at the heart strings. Who would believe that anyone could pull this much meaning and emotion from the simple plot of a letter writer and mail carrier. Up until that point this does not disappoint.
The entire presentation is excellent up until the last 5 seconds, then leaves the audience in a "What? That's it?" state of mind. However this "movie" seems more like an extended episode and (no spoilers) has a rather abrupt and unexpected finale. After encountering Yurith, a terminally ill boy who shuns his family but beckons her service, Violet is forced to confront her suppressed memories and her love for Gilbert.I am a big fan of the Violet Evergarden series. Thrown into battle as a child soldier, Violet loses both of her hands as well as her mentor Major Gilbert, who leaves her with the three words before disappearing: “I love you.” Traumatised, Violet finds solace as a Doll, a ghostwriter who helps people express their feelings to others via letters. The story takes place in Leidenschaftlich, an imaginary country with old-school western European influences, as evident in the romantic, Victorian flavour of the architecture and costumes. The return of Violet Evergarden and a message of overcoming trauma is not only an act of closure for the character but also a moving return for one of Japan’s most beloved animation studios.Ī sequel to the anime series, the film quickly recaps Violet Evergarden’s painful origin story. Starting out as a “light novel”, Violet Evergarden was later adapted into an anime series a side story, Violet Evergarden: Eternity and the Auto Memories Doll, was also made into film, all by Kyoto Animation. T he first film completed by Kyoto Animation after the arson attack in 2019, this carries a lot of emotional weight both on and off-screen.
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