It looks like the pace is picking up as KyoAni prepares this corner of the post office.

Earlier today, the official Violet Evergarden anime website updated with a new teaser trailer and visual, along with additional cast and crew members. We break the details down below.

Promo Video

The 100-second trailer showcases a number of emotional moments from the series, using character dialogue to account for core story beats. The teaser ends with a confirmation of the show’s broadcast schedule.

The teaser was first shown over the weekend at Kyoto Animation and Studio Do’s (mostly) annual fan event.

Key Visual

The new visual features Violet standing in the midst of the post office. The shot is framed like a painted postcard, complete with postage cancelling in the corners.

Staff

The following were added to the show’s core crew:

  • 3D Director: Rin Yamamoto
  • Art Director: Mikiko Watanabe
  • Color Design: Yūka Yoneda
  • Director of Photography: Kōhei Funamoto
  • Editing: Kengo Shigemura
  • Music Producer: Shigeru Saitō
  • Prop Design: Hiroyuki Takahashi, Minoru Ōta
  • World Setting: Takaaki Suzuki

Cast

Two new characters were officially unveiled for the show:

  • Erica Brown: Minori Chihara
  • Iris Cannary: Haruka Tomatsu

Visuals for both characters were also released, which you can check out below.

Erica Brown
Iris Cannary

Broadcast

Violet Evergarden will air on ABC Asahi, BS11, Tokyo MX1, TV Aichi, and HTB Hokkaido TV starting in January. Netflix holds the global digital rights to the show. They’ll stream the series in Japan as the show airs, and outside of Japan starting in Spring 2018.

The series made its global début on July 2, at Anime Expo.

Taichi Ishidate (Beyond the Boundary) is directing the project at Kyoto Animation, with Akiko Takase providing character designs. Reiko Yoshida (K-On!! franchise, Girls und Panzer) is in charge of series composition.

TRUE was tapped to perform the show’s opening theme.

Other confirmed crew members include:

  • Sound Director: Yota Tsuruoka
  • Opening Theme: TRUE
  • Music: Evan Call

The confirmed voice cast includes:

  • Violet Evergarden: Yui Ishikawa
  • Claudia Hodgins: Takehito Koyasu
  • Gilbert Bougainvillea: Daisuke Namikawa
  • Cattleya Baudelaire: Aya Endo
  • Benedict Blue: Kōki Uchiyama

Violet Evergarden is based on Kana Akatsuki’s and illustrator Akiko Takase’s novel series of the same name. The book hit Japanese bookstores in December. title, which was published under KA Esuma Bunko’s imprint, won the grand prize in the fifth Kyoto Animation Award program’s novel category in 2014. The win was significant, as it was the first time that any work took top honors at the Kyoto Animation Awards.

Anime Expo describes the project as:

There are words Violet heard on the battlefield, which she cannot forget. These words were given to her by someone she holds dear, more than anyone else. She does not yet know their meaning.
A certain point in time, in the continent of Telesis. The great war which divided the continent into North and South has ended after four years, and the people are welcoming a new generation.

Violet Evergarden, a young girl formerly known as “the weapon”, has left the battlefield to start a new life at CH Postal Service. There, she is deeply moved by the work of “Auto Memories Dolls”, who carry people’s thoughts and convert them into words.

Violet begins her journey as an Auto Memories Doll, and comes face to face with various people’s emotions and differing shapes of love. All the while searching for the meaning of those words.

Several character visuals and a trio of teaser trailers were released to promote Violet Evergarden. You can check these out below:

Promo Videos

Character Visuals

Violet Evergarden
Claudia Hodgins
Gilbert Bougainvillea
Cattleya Baudelaire
Benedict Blue

Source: Otakomu