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'''''Violet Evergarden''''' is an anime series adapted from a series of light novels initially released in 2015. The adaptation was animated by [[Kyoto Animation]], and was released in early 2018. An OVA was released in July. A feature-length film was released in 2020, delayed after the arson attack at the studio.
The series follows the titular Violet Evergarden as she seeks to become an auto memory doll after a war
The series is heavily focused on evoking an emotional response, and thus is stuffed to the brim with [[Tear Jerker]] moments. Having tissues near you may be handy. Because it's a [[Kyoto Animation]] production, each episode gets a lot of love, and thus is stuffed with [[Scenery Porn]] and beautiful animation.
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* [[Action Girl]]: Violet during her time in the military, who frequently rushes to the front lines and takes out enemy soldiers with grace and speed.
* [[Artificial Limbs]]: Both of Violet's arms are prosthetic as she lost them in the war.
* [[Cerebus Syndrome]]: The starting episodes of the series is by no means light-hearted, but they are mild when compared to latter episodes tackling themes of war, grief, and loss, {{spoiler|even containing an attempted suicide}}.▼
* [[Body Horror]]: One of the tools used in the arsenal to deliver [[War Is Hell]] messages. {{spoiler|Both of Violet's arms falls off while trying to save Major Gilbert. The Major is shot in an eye, with blood splatters and screams.}}
* [[Cast Full of Pretty Boys]]: Every boy that Violet helps out can be classified as handsome.
* [[Cast of Snowflakes]]: Every face is unique in some way or another, regardless of whether a character is the protagonist or a background extra who disappears after eight frames. Especially visible in Episode three at an academy for training auto memory dolls.
▲* [[Cerebus Syndrome]]: The
* [[Character Title]]: Guess who the main character of the show is! You'll never guess it, not in a million years and a lifetime!
* [[Close on Title]]: Most of the episodes ends with the episode name. Some episodes doesn't, and are never given an official name.
* [[Credits Running Sequence]]: One shot in the credits sequence is of a silhouette of Violet walking in place, holding up an umbrella, while seasons change around her.
* [[Cue the Rain]]: In episode nine, when Violet mourns over {{spoiler|Major Gilbert's death}}.
* [[Despair Event Horizon]]: In episode nine, after {{spoiler|Violet hears about Major Gilbert's death, she [[Driven to Suicide|attempts suicide]].}}
* [[Emotionless Girl]]: Violet, when she first starts, cannot understand what love or any other emotion is, speaking in a stoic, composed voice. Because of this, she struggles to express others' emotions down on paper, leading to many angry complaints. By the end of episode three she still remains emotionless, but finally learns how to express others' feelings in the letter she writes. Later episodes does show her opening up and publicly crying.
* [[Ghibli Hills]]: In episode four, when Violet and Iris visit Iris's home town of Kazaly, Leidenschaftlich, as it is a small mountain village primarily focused on agriculture. They are drawn with enough detail to make the actual [[Studio Ghibli]] proud. They are also prominence in episode seven.
* [[Great Offscreen War]]: The war sweeping across the continent of Telsis that Violet participated in before recovering. Aspects of it are shown in flashbacks, and takes center stage in episode eight.
* [[Heroic BSOD]]: Violet gets one after realizing that {{spoiler|Major Gilbert is dead}} in episode seven, lasting all the way until episode nine.
* [[In Medias Res]]: The series opens with Violet saying that an accessory is the same colour as Major Gilbert's eyes, before curing to the present day. Context to that scene is later given in episode 8.
* [[Living Weapon]]: Some members of the military call Violet this, due to her nimble and deadly nature, single-handedly turning around a war.
* [[Long Title]]: Episodes like
* [[No Social Skills]]: Violet is unable to sustain a meaningful conversation near the beginning of the series, and her attempts at writing letters generates many complaints.
* [[No Title]]: Episodes seven has a blank name when it [[Close on Title|closes on the title sequence]]. Episode eight doesn't even have a title sequence when it closes.
* [[Scenery Gorn]]: During Violet's war flashbacks, animated with stunning detail.
* [[The Song Remains the Same]]: In the English dub, the ending song "Michishirube", as well as the opening theme, remains in Japanese.
* [[Time Skip]]: In episode ten, where we are shown Anne growing up, and {{spoiler|receiving the letters her mother wrote her}}.
* [[War Is Hell]]: The war sequences in flashbacks, often focusing on violence and death. Many bloody decapitation scenes are visible, along with screaming and suffering.
* [[What Is This Thing You Call Love?]]: The entire reason why Violet joins the CH Postal Company and becomes an auto memory doll is to learn about what love is.
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