Violet Evergarden

Violet Evergarden
	First light novel volume cover, featuring Violet Evergarden
ヴァイオレット・エヴァーガーデン; (Vaioretto Evāgāden)
Genre	Coming-of-age; Steampunk;
Light novel
Written by	Kana Akatsuki
Illustrated by	Akiko Takase
Published by	Kyoto Animation
Imprint	KA Esuma Bunko
Original run	December 25, 2015 – March 27, 2020
Volumes	4
Anime television series
Directed by	Taichi Ishidate; Haruka Fujita;
Produced by	Shinichirou Hatta; Shinichi Nakamura; Kazusa Umeda; Shigeru Saitou;
Written by	Reiko Yoshida
Music by	Evan Call
Studio	Kyoto Animation
Licensed by	Netflix (streaming rights); AUS: Madman Entertainment; NA: Funimation; UK: Anime Limited; ;
Original network	Tokyo MX, TVA, ABC, BS11, HTB
Original run	January 11, 2018 – April 5, 2018
Episodes	13 + OVA
Anime films
	Violet Evergarden: Eternity and the Auto Memory Doll (2019); Violet Evergarden: The Movie (2020);

Violet Evergarden (Japanese: ヴァイオレット・エヴァーガーデン, Hepburn: Vaioretto Evāgāden) is a Japanese light novel series written by Kana Akatsuki and illustrated by Akiko Takase. It was published by Kyoto Animation under their KA Esuma Bunko imprint, from December 2015 to March 2020. The story follows Violet Evergarden, a young ex-soldier who becomes an Auto Memory Doll tasked with writing letters that can connect people.

A 13-episode anime television series adaptation produced by Kyoto Animation aired between January and April 2018 with several advance screenings taking place in 2017. An original video animation episode was released in July 2018, and a spin-off film premiered in Japan in September 2019. A second anime film, Violet Evergarden: The Movie, serving as a sequel to the anime series, premiered in September 2020.

In 2014, Violet Evergarden won the grand prize in the fifth Kyoto Animation Award's novel category.