Kyoto Animation have released a brand new series of promotional videos for their next upcoming series, Violet Evergarden. The new videos are the 4th promotional video for the series and mainly features the series’ image song, Violet Snow. The song itself is performed by different singers in different languages, with the studio releasing videos for English, French, Chinese and Korean.
The Violet Evergarden TV anime will air every Thursday at 0:00am JST on Tokyo MX from January 11th, 2018. The series will also be streamed exclusively on Netflix in various regions around the world.
English (Kate Higgins)
French (Michelle Michina)
Chinese (Freda Li)
Korean (Kang Min-joo)
Here is the first promotional video of the anime:
And here is PV 3:
And here is PV 4:
The Violet Evergarden TV anime will start broadcasting from the midnight of Wednesday, January 10th (effectively January 11th) on Tokyo MX. The series will then air on Aichi TV at 2:05am JST, followed by ABC Asahi at 2:15am JST. The series will also air on BS11 on the midnight of January 11 (effectively January 12) and on HTB Hokkaido on the 14th at 2:30am JST.
The main cast of the upcoming anime includes:
- Yui Ishikawa (Mikasa Ackerman in Attack on Titan) will voice Violet Evergarden
- Takehito Koyasu (Roswell L Mathers from Re: Zero Kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu) joins the cast to voice Claudia Hodgins
- Daisuke Namikawa (Rokuro Okajima in Black Lagoon) as Gilbert Bougainvillea
- Aya Endou (Miyuki Takara from Lucky☆Star) voicing as Cattleya Baudelaire
- Kouki Uchiyama (Seiya Kanie from Amagi Brilliant Park) who will voice Benedict Blue
- Minori Chihara (Yuki Nagato in The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya) joins the cast to voice Erica Braun
- Haruka Tomatsu (Asuna from Sword Art Online) voicing as Iris Canary
The production staff of the anime will include:
- Director: Taichi Ishidate (Kyoukai no Kanata, Kyoukai no Kanata I’ll Be Here)
- Series Composer: Reiko Yoshida (K-ON!, Koe no Katachi)
- Anime Character Designer: Akiko Takase (Amagi Brilliant Park and Free! Eternal Summer Key Animator)
- Sound Director: Yota Tsuruoka (Clannad, Koe no Katachi)
- Animation Studio: Kyoto Animation (Hibike! Euphonium, Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai!)
The Opening theme song of the anime will be performed by Japanese pop singer TRUE (Hibike! Euphonium OP, Buddy Complex OP). The Ending theme song will be Minori Chihara’s Michishirube.
You can visit the anime’s website here: http://violet-evergarden.jp/
And follow their Twitter: @Violet_Letter