The world premiere of KyoAni's Violet Evergarden Gaiden will be at the German AnimagiC convention on August 3 and 4, "at the express request of the studio," according to organizers. Meaning that the film will be practically completed and should officially premiere in Japanese cinemas without any disruption on January 10, 2020.
After the tragic attack on Kyoto Animation that took the lives of 34 animation studio employees, many are questioning the future of the projects that were in production at that time.
Violet Evergarden began as a light novel published by KyoAni after winning the grand prize at the studio's Kyoto Animation Awards in 2014. It was turned into an anime in 2016 and licensed by Netflix in 2018. Violet Evergarden Gaiden is a spin-off film and, before the fire, a sequel was scheduled for release next year.
Series director Taichi Ishidate and series producer Shinichiro Hatta will now not participate in the German premiere, but music producer Shigeru Saito will represent the film in their place.
Violet Evergarden is an anime series adaptation of the novel by Kana Akatsuki (story) and Akiko Takase (illustration) by studio Kyoto Animation.
The director commented on his Twitter:
Now, with the help of many people, I have written a new Violet story. To do work that can leave the public satisfied. And, to make a story that can make Violet happy. With these thoughts, I have been working on it every day. I think it should be a truly beautiful story like the letters written by Violet.
The direction is by Taichi Ishidate, the character design is by Akiko Takase and as key animators we have: Nami Iwasaki, Fumio Tada, Kohei Okamura, Shinpei Sawa, Nobuaki Maruki, Tatsuya Sato and Miku Kadowaki.
Source: Hollywood Reporter
