Violet Evergarden Gaiden: Eien to Jidou Shuki Ningyou

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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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

Cook, Justin Producer

Nakamura, Shinichi Producer

Saitou, Shigeru Producer

Suzuki, Megumi Producer

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Aug 6, 2019

valdzack

Recommended

First things first,
Thank you so much KyoAni for the World Premiere Screening on AnimagiC, Germany.

Simply put, the story is like a very long version of a typical Violet Evergarden Episode, where this time Violet considers someone as her first real friend.

Animation is like every KyoAni movie breath taking and in comparison to the TV-series, there is slightly no difference. As for the soundtrack, there is some old very recognized ones as well as some new tracks. Main and support characters are presented or mentioned, with also a lot of references from the TV-Series.

Overall, very good story, animation and soundtracks.


... The Story/Synopsis,
is about a illegitimate noble woman Amy, who survived during the war years alone, resp. with her (not related) little sister Taylor. Due to a deal with Amy's father both were separated from each others. In short, Violet helps Amy and later ...

Reviewer’s Rating: 9

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Nov 17, 2024

k-0da

Mixed Feelings

I was hoping for some world class Yuri after feeling quite disappointed after the santa claus special, but it was just fine I guess.

Animation beautiful as always, though that's something to be expected when you're dealing with Violet. Sometimes it looks so beautiful I Feel like it's all just passing me by, so overwhelming.

The story was ok. I wasn't expecting the time with her little sister to be the bulk of it, I thought we'd be spending way more time at the school. The sister dynamic is interesting, and it went somehwere I wasn't really expecting; but it didn't blow me out of the ... water or anything. Lil sis's relationship with Benedict is cute though, and I liked it.

Movie was nothing special overall, but not insulting.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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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 ... Violet at all. I don't know what happened.

Sound: 5
I can't really remember any music really. In the Japanese version, there's a young child whose voice is kinda annoying. Imagine the little girl from episode 10 of the series times 2.

Charcter: 5
Although the character arcs of the two main non-violet characters are good, the first half of the movie (like I said) is pretty pointless to this arc. The worst character here is Benedict. I wasn't a fan of him in the original series, but I don't like his look in this movie at all. At least he did something here.

Enjoyment: 2

Overall: 4
Underperforms in all categories, at least at Violet Evergarden standards. There is an emotional punch by the end that's rewarding, but don't expect anything like episodes 3, 7, 8, 9, 10, or 11 of the original series.

Reviewer’s Rating: 4

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