A Violet Evergarden illustration has been revealed for the light novel series’ 10th anniversary.
The anniversary website says that the illustration was drawn by the books’ illustrator Akiko Takase (also the Violet Evergarden anime’s character designer and one of the character designers for the upcoming Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End Season 2) and was presented to author Kana Akatsuki at the time of the second volume’s release to commemorate the occasion. That volume was released on December 26, 2016.
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The first volume of Violet Evergarden was released on December 25, 2015, with the series also including a 2018 side story volume and 2020’s conclusive Violet Evergarden Ever After. The titular character is a former child soldier with mechanical hands who becomes a ghost writer called an Auto Memories Doll, with the setting resembling early 20th century Europe.
An anime series was released on Netflix in 2018. Later installments include the 2019 side story film Violet Evergarden: Eternity and the Auto Memories Doll and the 2020 sequel film Violet Evergarden: The Movie.
A Violet Evergarden US concert tour will take place in 2026.
Source: @KA_esuma
