Violet Evergarden comes to a private women's academy to tutor Isabella in the ways of being a lady.
Heir to the York family, Isabella feels trapped in this new and uncomfortable world. She still grieves
for the only person to ever bring her happiness – now lost to her. Violet's lessons do give her a
brief respite from the melancholy but with the absence of joy, how long does it take to truly
heal?
(Source: Funimation)
__Subtitled__ A wholesome dessert for completing this amazing series. _Eternity and the Auto Memory Doll_ explores the extrapolating impact of Violet’s presence in the lives of those who are lost, either with self or with writing - nonetheless, the way back for her clients revolves entirely around feelings. What this follow-up does interestingly enough is strip away the element of ghostwriting during the first act, displaying what Violet has learned about etiquette behavior from the show and carrying that over to a troubled, ambivalent girl. To specify, the extrapolating factor is helped when the structure goes beyond ghostwriting. Without spoiling anything, this leads to a second act that is so sweet and tender in its craft that it will make audiences familiar with the show feel warm inside. And the fact that it doesn’t rely on Violet to be in the spotlight drives the main idea of how her presence in the life of one person can indirectly affect - or even help - another’s. And the characters are as engaging to watch as before, playing their parts with tremendous vocal performances that convey so much in the time they are given. The lack of complete focus on Violet, however, does become too apparent in the second act to a minor degree of disappointment, but not a big detriment to the story’s ability to be engaging. What does become noticeably inconsistent, however, is the frequent emphasis on “changing times” as a way to sound poignant. Yes, the technology is changing, but it’s only a repeated point to emphasize the three-year time-skip. And the film’s somewhat-cop-out of an ending doesn’t help, given everything that was built-up prior. Mainly though, what _Eternity and the Auto Memory Doll_ lacks story-wise is a balance between the important roots of the story through its characters and the new protagonists to subtly hint at how Violet’s development has come full circle (see for yourself and you’ll know what I mean), and while I greatly appreciate the idea of exploring that theme, its execution pales in comparison to the rest of the story despite some solid surprising humor and worthy emotional beats revolving around the theme of family and separation. Regardless, this film certainly wouldn’t work as its own work - context is everything, as they say. But this must go without saying: Kyoto Animation deserves all the success this film brings, and that despite its narrative and technical shortcomings, this is a solid and worthy film in their canon following the horrifying attack on their studio a year prior - a tragedy that makes me feel uncomfortable still thinking about it. And it’s an honor that their first released work since then is the one featuring such a special character. All you need to see are those iconic boots touch the ground, and hear the introduction from that gentle voice; _“Violet Evergarden, at your service.”_
__This review contains spoilers__ The animation in the movie is wonderful as day and night wrap into a truth masterpiece in the making. As Kyoto Animation works hard on their animation and the visual in the movie. It's made the scene to be more beautiful than actually seem. It's being out the elegant and the wonderful movement of the character. From the character to the other character, the dialogue of those character makes a dynamic scene to express emotion while depicted as sad or happy. Kyoto Animation makes an excellent job on those kind of detail in their animation in this setting of story that they are going for. Each scene that they do tell a story while or arc in a person's life while it's may slow for some people. It's given some background to the context on what those attachment of the emotion that the person depict as like Amy was sad when she has to leave her sister Taylor. Those feelings never gone away, but they are left in people's heart until they remember those feeling whether it is a photo or a letter. It is a good way to display someone's bond with those ideal and passion. The story of Evergarden continue to grow as time goes by. It a tale of two sisters that to rekindle their love to each other. It is quite heartwarming tale. A person with royal blood is being toss from being a commoner to a princess while have to making a decision to leave her adoption sister behind if she is a fragile person while she tries to be tough. Amy wasn't born into royalty, but Violet came in as a tutor to help her as she was requested. From the start, Amy didn't know why Violet Evergarden was doing this. Violet was simply doing a job or a mission. The misunderstanding of Amy and the royalty people grow as time goes by until Violet came to teach her. Violet is doing her violet way to grow and bond with Amy to show her connecting. Slowly and surely Violet and Amy become best friend to one another. The outside perspective of Violet who think that she is like a princess knight because she knows how to be respectful and kind to anyone that she contacts with. Taylor is met with one of the mailmen to receive a mail from someone that she knows. Her feeling pours out as soon as the mailman read it to her. Emotion and memory cannot be deleted and taken away. As long as those feeling are kept in the mind and the heart of people. They soon realized that those feelings will burst out in a way whether it is true happiness or anger. It is those feelings that people carry on going with their life. As time passed 3 years from the world of Evergarden, we are met with Taylor with boyish clothes and longer hair. Taylor decide that she want to become a mailman. The mailman teaches the rope to Taylor after some dialogue that has been said. Taylor tries at first hide her literacy skills from the mail people. Violet decided to teach her to write letters and read them that she was having trouble earlier. As days passes, they continue to grow as how as technology grow too. People that we met earlier in the anime series continue to develop their life as well grow into relationship of their own. Taylor wrote a letter to Amy, which have finished her education and move to a different location unable to find her. The mailman calls many places as soon as possible. Many days have passed the finally he has found the mail that he was looking for. Taylor and the mailman soon took a trip to Amy's location, which she has a different name currently. The mailman delivers the mail to Amy. No matter as time passes, the feelings will still same or grow even more as time pass. The memory won't disappear, but they are kept somewhere. Everyone cried when Amy started to read who send it. Amy gave thanks while Taylor hide in the bushes. The mailman and Taylor were glad and left back. Taylor was adopted into the Evergarden family. Amy continue back to write to Taylor and Violet in the future. "I'll call your name, That's the only thing that I know" img220(https://media1.tenor.com/images/84c9fff85fcfc3964568253dbc2161fe/tenor.gif)
The latest installment of the Violet Evergarden series, "Violet Evergarden: Eternity and the Auto Memory Doll", tells the story of when Violet, now a seasoned Doll, was given an unusual task: live with a girl at an all-female boarding school for three months to teach her the manners of a lady. Over the course of these three months, Violet and Isabella get closer and we gradually learn more about Isabella's past, eventually revealing the secret that makes her story so tragic. img5000(https://alt.kevwang.dev/content/images/2020/04/image.png) I often gripe about how certain works, anime or otherwise, can take a unique premise with so much room to grow, and just completely butcher it. Truly masterful writing is being able to do the opposite: take a simple story and make it something completely new and beautiful, and that's what I see in this movie. While this plot is relatively straightforward and the dialogue rather simple, it is instead the execution that makes it beautiful. It's a story of friendship, family, social class, separation, honestly nothing groundbreaking on the surface-level. Nevertheless, this story is nowhere near conventional or cliche. The character development, the attitudes, emotions expressed by the characters, and how it all wraps together so perfectly into one story is why this is a masterpiece. Combined with the stellar voice acting and the subtle emotional cues via the animation, this movie is a complete package that leaves nothing to be desired. Overall, this movie is effective at showing the writer's ability to create beautiful and touching stories taking full advantage of the world and characters built up in the Violet Evergarden series. We've already seen this happen in various arcs in the first season show, but this takes it to a new level, tackling a longer and more complex side story. img5000(https://alt.kevwang.dev/content/images/2020/04/image-1.png) Alright, it's finally time to talk about the art and animation! Honestly, this is flat out the most beautiful anime I have ever watched. Yes, even more so than the first season. Every scene is filled with detail, every gesture filled with emotion, every surface brought to life with the lights and shadows in the scene. Sure, there are other anime with flashier scenes or moments that were arguably more breathtaking, but if you look at this movie as a whole—the backgrounds, the characters, the movements throughout its entire duration—this is the most perfectly animated anime ever. Well, that's just my opinion, you should judge for yourself. And really, these still images don't do it justice. The way the sun glistens on Violet's metallic hands as she types, the begrudging shuffle of Isabella's feet at the beginning contrasted with her light, energetic steps later on, the way hair and cloth just naturally move throughout the movie are all things you need to actually watch the anime to appreciate. They're so masterfully and naturally executed that sometimes you forget to notice, already taking it for granted. Moreover, the soundtrack is just amazing and fits very well with the story and the animation. In terms of overall artistic quality, this movie is absolutely second to none. img5000(https://alt.kevwang.dev/content/images/2020/04/image-3.png) In short, this movie clears the extremely high bar that the original Violet Evergarden anime had set, both in animation and storytelling. If you enjoyed the first season, you're definitely going to love this one as well.
Violet Evergarden: Eternity and the Auto Memory Doll was beautiful. That is quite literally the best way to describe this movie. It gives us a look at the world of Violet Evergarden free from war and in a time of peace. A look at Leidenschaft without turmoil or discord. It gives us a glimpse into the human mind like only these directors can do. Yet with all this beauty and all the of this grandeur, I cannot help but feel there was something missing from Violet Evergarden: Eternity and the Auto Memory Doll. It brings into question, can the world of Violet Evergarden be as serene as depicted in the movie, and still play with the audience’s heartstrings like the original series did? Was Violet Evergarden: Eternity and the Auto Memory Doll too beautiful? Eternity and the Auto Memory doll is a testament to how strong human emotions can ring throughout time. It does this extraordinarily well. As well as the original series without a doubt. The movie uses its excellent world building, and incredible soundtrack, and gorgeous animation to truly tell a story. A story not about Violet Evergarden, but rather of Violet’s dear friend. First and foremost, the movie holds up the original series extremely well. It tells the story of someone, at first, outside of Violet’s circle. As time goes on and Violet gets more and more well acquainted with the person she is supposed to help, Violet starts to grasp another part of her emotions that she now understands was missing. Kyoto Animation and Evan Call do an amazing part to help tell the story of Violet Evergarden. The soundtrack, although largely unchanged from the original series, is as brilliant as ever. The sound design (although I don’t know much about sound design in general) does an amazing job to aid in the storytelling of this universe. The instrumentation of the soundtrack is fitting for the time and plays at times that move the audience more than they already have, leading to more of the emotional Violet Evergarden animation we have to know and love. And of course, Kyoto Animation put amazing amounts of intricate detail into each to each of the frames of this movie. The slight movements that the characters make to express the subtle traits of human beings that sometimes- even we- have trouble picking up on and the lush and vibrant nature scenes show us that Kyoto Animation truly poured their heart and soul into this animating each and every frame of this movie. The directors once again show us that they truly understand human emotions and once again ask the same question of what does “I love you mean?”, albeit in a new and fascinating take. You might have noticed I compared the new movie a lot to the original series. Of course, that is only logical, what else should I compare it to? There is another reason however, probably the reason I decided to write this in the first place. The reason goes back to the same question I posed at the beginning of this writing: Is Violet Evergarden: Eternity and the Auto Memory Doll too beautiful? It would be understandable to wonder what I mean by this. In the end, the question I pose is, can Violet Evergarden, as an animation, still thrive in an environment where Violet isn’t directly put in harm’s way? Where she, mentally or physically, is not putting herself on the line? The answer is yes, in fact this movie demonstrates this point quite well. The main reason I keep comparing Violet Evergarden: Eternity and the Auto Memory Doll to Violet Evergarden is because in the end, they are the same. Now, we reach my main complaint of this movie. Violet Evergarden: Eternity and the Auto Memory Doll, is in some cases, unbefitting of being a movie. Let me remind you again, I really did enjoy this movie. However, multiple times throughout the movie, it did not occur to me that I was watching Violet Evergarden: the movie, but rather Violet Evergarden: The series, extended. To put it straight, I feel that Violet Evergarden: Eternity and the Auto Memory Doll was not to the scale that I expected it to be. And again, this is fine. The movie more or less, serves as an extension of the Anime. Another medium of telling a Violet Evergarden story arc. If you refer to my second paragraph again, you honestly could’ve said that about the anime as well. My problem might well be a personal gripe but it is my belief that this movie honestly played it too safe in terms of story and didn’t really give enough to the name of the character, Violet Evergarden. It’s not as if the story requires immense development on the part of Violet, a fine movie could be made without that. What I feel was lacking was just a feeling of something new, something shiny. It would’ve been nice to see something that didn’t feel like the same Violet Evergarden formula, for the most part. Regardless, Violet Evergarden: Eternity and the Auto Memory Doll is an extremely well done and well written story. It tells another story of love in a new and interesting fashion. In the end what was I felt was missing was something brand new. A new Violet Evergarden story that does not resemble the original series. Violet Evergarden: Eternity and the Auto Memory Doll is still beautiful, and maybe that’s all it needs to be.
>The arresting beauty of a woman caged Sunlight dances between the leaves Neither reach the floor webm(https://www.sakugabooru.com/data/aa199cc467cf307c5800f99883cdbef5.mp4) As a project from the ever popular studio Kyoani, there was no question whether or not the film would be pretty, yet I found myself impressed with it's production value. >A visual marvel from Fujita and Co. I'd be in line to watch, even if I didn't care for the content itself It's no secret that the staff put their sweat, blood and tears into this when every frame pops off the screen. Despite being an ocean apart I share a bond with the people who brought this story to life. This is dedicated to the 36 lost in the flames. I'm Mimico and this is— ~~~__Violet Evergarden • Made of Love __~~~ webm(https://www.sakugabooru.com/data/5a5d0c9c676caefbbf169a1aafe8faab.mp4) >Vol 1 The film opens on a young girl, gazing longingly at land. She's framed in a way that presents her as alone. Almost incomplete, in a way. The composition and layouts are incredibly strong, and they'd have to be to carry an otherwise dialogue-light movie. webm(https://www.sakugabooru.com/data/d9fb56012ac6162acc30509bed547e0b.mp4) >In a subtle sequence foreshadowing their dynamic, Amy who is trapped behind a metal grill, opens her window as Violet approaches Amy is constantly [framed](https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/822850350783922236/822852556824379402/VideoCapture_20210319-202310.jpg) behind bed frames and doors, isolating her from the maid. Amy is annoyed by her aura of perfection prompting her to reveal she is also an orphan. >[We fade from Violet's silhouette to a candle being gazed upon, as she thinks of her in a different light] As Violet comforts her through a coughing fit, the two are finally framed together. Impeccable visual direction allows a lively pace that would be otherwise impossible. Amy becomes less moody as time passes, becoming closer to Violet, reflected in their blooming friendship. She receives a broach, with a color complimentary to Violet. >Amy asks Violet to escort her to the ball, so she takes her hand, crossing the line. webm(https://www.sakugabooru.com/data/43341dd85d47dda6167ab16e353da4e1.mp4) Obvious as it may be, the impact of these events wouldn't land nearly as well without such masterful character animation. Selling the nuanced gestures and choreography. Everything comes together to create a dreamy sequence, floating on the dance floor. webm(https://www.sakugabooru.com/data/fb3807c0cf0fe2cca4cd1b30c08f0b2a.mp4) >Vol. 2 As Taylor is trained as a mailman we see a variety of locations. Lush and detailed, with a strong sense of realism. Conveying culture and environment with it's own distinct atmosphere goes a long way, especially for a fantasy taking place in a fictional country. Backgrounds tend to get less praise than animation, for [obvious reasons](https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SelfDemonstratingArticle), which is why I like to point them out when given the chance. >Art direction by Mikiko Watanabe, who worked on series such as Hyouka, and Dragon Maid. webm(https://www.sakugabooru.com/data/77304b79d6da972df30023567915e789.mp4) The next time we see Amy she's adorned in a long dress with a parasol, not unlike Violet. Her appearance however is melancholy, as she's on her own. >While this contains yuri undertones, it also carries the image of a woman in mourning. Taylor vows to come back one day and deliver a letter herself, while Amy seems to have found catharsis in receiving it. Throughout the movie the sisters were separated, but in this moment Taylor's feelings reached her. Even after all that time, the bond they share hasn't died. Despite the distance between us, I can feel the love of the staff through their work. Expressing things that can't be said, because beauty requires no translation. >[Mail carriers don't just carry mail, they carry happiness - Taylor] webm(https://www.sakugabooru.com/data/0296f64da69363be89f2014cff1780fc.mp4)
Her latest assignment leads the taciturn Violet Evergarden to a posh girls' boarding school: Here, the young girls of the highest pedigrees are to be trained to become fine ladies with the appropriate etiquette before they start their way to the nobility with their marriage. The former streetwalker Amy is also part of the young elite, but she doesn't agree with the strict rules of the house any more than with her predetermined future as the bride of a rich snob - not exactly conducive to Violet's plan to teach the tomboy how to behave like a lady. But although the callous girl is anything but impressed with her new teacher at first, Violet gradually manages to penetrate her young heart and gradually make the shadows of the past disappear... img(https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/951917243472707634/978402737194684436/ep209wlwaailayu.jpg) I think with this film I partly realized that several years pass during the Violet series alone. After all, this happens sometime in the meantime, but Amy is actually not such an uninteresting character. The fact that her past is linked to a drama should be clear to everyone after the synopsis. Amy used to be a very impoverished soul and eventually found a little child in the cold winter - probably around the time when all the war was going on in this world. This kid (Taylor) is taken in by Amy, they become like real sisters and have a good time together, but I don't think it lasted more than a year. At some point, however, Amy is separated from this child because she is brought into this rich family and in return Taylor also gets a real future. So the first half is primarily about Amy, who then writes a letter to Taylor with Violet, and there's a nice dance scene with Violet and Amy. So a few years go by after that, in between the blond runaway boy from Violet's post office brings a letter to an orphanage and the part with Taylor starts.
When it started out as what felt like an extended episode of _Violet Evergarden_, I was curious where it was going to go, and also a little worried it was actually going to be just two new episodes smashed into one package. But thankfully, it wasn't. I was happy to see how the second half turned out to be something that built upon the story of the first half. I was definitely surprised by the big jump in time; time has always been played with in subtle ways in the show, fast-forwarding to see the fruits of Violet's labours, then going back to the present in the next episode. This was the most significant time skip, showing most of the familiar characters with new haircuts and some in new relationships, with Violet being the only exception. On one hand, I would really like to see more of what happened in the three year gap, but on the other hand, it serves the story well and opens up opportunities for potential future stories (or, at least one more). For what it's worth, I'm glad they did it, and I'm glad that we got to see a little more of some of the side characters because of it. My biggest complaint with this is something I've had with most of the anime movies I've seen that are sequels to existing shows: it feels too much like the show. From recycling the show's music, to keeping the same quality of animation, to using the inserts they show at the end of each episode, this just feels like a longer episode of the show proper. The only difference is that they slap some letterboxed borders on it and call it a movie. I really wish I got a more cinematic experience from it. If anything, I wish they had kept the aspect ratio in a full 16:9, because it would have been easier to grab wallpapers from the movie that I wouldn't have to crop. That being said, this movie is no slouch. While they do reuse music from the show, said music is moving and beautiful, and the new pieces created for this movie are fantastic. And it doesn't really matter if the quality of the animation stays the same; it's from Kyoto Animation, and their TV shows all have movie-level animation, so the visuals are stunning. My favourite part, besides being completely emotionally devastated by the end (the _Violet Evergarden_ specialty), was how they expanded the worldbuilding. Ever since my recent rewatch of the series, I yearned to learn more of the fascinating world this story takes place in. And with this time skip, we get to see how the country is changing and rebuilding after the war. I'm so looking forward to more of this, and to see more of Violet's adventures in changing the lives of those around her as she herself learns from those very same people. Also, Violet's outfit she wears to the ball is the coolest outfit ever. img220(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EP209wlWAAIlAyu.jpg)