Has she been forgotten?

>>281173070 (OP)
No. I love her and her anime was the best one from the 2010s. I can never forget the majesty and splendour of this glorious anime.

>>281173070 (OP)
This is the best anime ever and it's unforgettable.

I worship this Aryan demigoddess every single day.

This series represents the pinnacle of beautiful art in anime.

>>281173070 (OP)
Nope, she hasn't been forgotten at all. The staff on this anime have been doing great things for Frieren too. God bless Evan Call and Akiko Takase.

>>281173493
That's why it's an anime that every hardcore fan of the medium must watch. Violet Evergarden proved why Japan are the best in the world at 2D animation.

Will you be buying her ¥33,000 book?

i love Luculia

>Will you be buying her ¥33,000 book?
hopefully. i have the movie keyframes and the tv keyframes

>>281173574
i wish i could afford it, maybe if it's still available in 6 months

i need to marry this girl

Kyoani should sell more posters for this anime. The fact that they only have two or so options on their site is criminal.

>in the top 75 anime for ranking on MAL
>in the top 50 for popularity
>in the top 25 for most favorited anime
She's as relevant as ever.

>>281173666
Wish granted, Satan. Lucky man.

There still isn't a TV anime with production values better than this.

I'm a kyoanifag but though I found the visuals extremely beautiful I was bored to death watching it. Should I give it another shot?

>>281174036
>Should I give it another shot?
Yeah. But watch the OVA in chronological order. That's the definitive way to experience this masterpiece.

>>281173588
Unfortunately she has very little screen time...
Catleya is also beautiful.

>>281174557
>Unfortunately she has very little screen time...
At least she had one episode that revolved around her.(sort of)

>>281173070 (OP)
No, but Hibimeshi is and that makes me sad.

>>281174626
I'll pray to my demigoddess, Violet, and ask her to make Hibimeshi remembered again.

>>281173666
She's fucking14!

The animation and bucolic scenes and nostalgic Euro-architecture are obviously very beautiful and that's this anime's strength. Also a couple episodes are really good tearjerkers. But the central romance feels very unsatisfying. Violet's is just sort of a baby-duckling that imprinted on the major and that's the basis of her romantic feelings. It could have been anyone who opened up her burlap sack and gave her a hug and that would have been it. She's devoted to him but because we as the audience know he's just some guy who did a little basic parenting (teaching her to read and write) but also used her killing skills like a dog just so he could just move up the ranks, he doesn't come across as worthy of her devotion or a satisfying match for her. The way he treats her and his family in the OVA also confirms he's not a very good guy. Also the whole little girl super soldier thing is really stupid and unexplained but it's an anime so whatever. She would have been a better character without it.

>>281174928
out of ten!

>>281175219
>Also the whole little girl super soldier thing
this is why i watch anime, for this kind of thing

>>281174928
14/10

>>281174928
We don't know her actual age, faggot.

>>281174928
Damn, fourteen? What an incredibly beautiful hag.

>>281173070 (OP)
The male fans left after it was revealed Gilbert was alive and marry Violet. All left are the female fans but they were always a small minority

>>281173070 (OP)
Isn't her show airing right now?

>>281176203
????

>>281173070 (OP)
I liked the show, except naruto running, but I didn't like the movie, I feel it demolishes the growing up/moving on aspect of the series.

>>281176450
You got to admit Kyoani has balls to allow Violet to marry. Probably the waifufags were crying and already planning a second arson attack. Fortunately they didn't do it, yet

>>281176238
Isn't this Violet combing someone's hair?

>drops into the thread

>>281176721
okay, i'm going to watch this today. i hadn't gotten round to it yet

>>281176902
The goddess descends from heaven.

>>281176721
aaaaaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAA Kawaiii! ! ! ! !!!

>>281173070 (OP)
The anime is great. The extended special is amazing. The movie is so boring and unnecessary I can't even call it mid.
Also she is mogged by my waifu, who was clearly a huge "inspiration" for her.

>>281177277

iris became a bomshell in the movie

This is GODani's magnum opus.

>>281177277
would trade the movie for more episodes if i had the chance
The actual ministories are so much stronger than it

>>281178881
The 90 minute Eternity special should have just been the movie, even if the animation for it isn't kyoani theater quality. I honestly can't remember. Violet's closure is better left open-ended, or they could have cut out all of the retarded forced drama and shrunk it down to a double episode special with much better pacing. It did not need to be a 2 hour 20 minute fucking movie, that's just insulting to the viewers' time.

i'm glad we got a long movie

>>281179001
honestly i just don't like giblert he's not that entrataining, and i find that violet should have stayed with the postal company or something instead of dipping to the island to live with Gilbert

>>281179001
>that's just insulting to the viewers' time.
even if it were 2 hours of literally silence and nothing happening, the animation alone would make it worthwhile.
you are overexaggerating the issue for the sake of contrarianism.

>>281179307
>instead of dipping to the island to live with Gilbert
she didn't dip anywhere and continued to work for the company several years after the movie. only then she settles in on the island.

>>281173574
of course!

>>281175219
I somewhat agree with that.
I liked the anime and also the character but the romance does look quite unhealthy or artificial.
Yeah, and the girl super soldier thing is also not too plausible - it would be much better if she had a specific talent like sniping or stealth but not an all-out killing machine.

>>281179709
>continued to work for the company several years after the movie.
Really?
As I understood it she stayed and worked at the local post office on the island for a while, but no longer for the company.

Frieren is already almost there in several things this does well, has a much more expensive and fleshed out setting and cast of characters, and even a better implementation of the new journey in life to discover the meaning of love
and since we see the wrinkly old Himmel dead and buried there's no chance of THAT happening

>>281184377
Yep, but Frieren's world building is sloppy standard fantasy/isekai with very little thought towards consistency, which is outright annoying to me.
The fin-de-siecle European look of VE is much more interesting and artful.
Frieren could be much better, if they had good world building and the elf would spank some sense into Stark and especially Fern from time to time.

>>281184573
Isekai fantasy worlds are fine too, and desu this interwar Not-Europe setting is functionally equivalent to the Belle Epoque France pastiche that all the magical academy series are set in, with the scars of war being equally present or absent as the plot requires in either series

episode 5 was the bet in the series

>>281173070 (OP)
>20m box office compared to demon slayers 500m
yeah. its long dead and forgotten

>demon slayer shitpost
what a retard

>>281184731
No problem with isekai fantasy worlds, but be consistent.
A poor, largely agrarian society will probably not have big cups of ice cream readily available whenever the secondary lead character gets grumpy.

>>281185570
They could in a major magical city where they hold the A-rank mage exams; it's not like such technological disparity doesn't exist within the borders of some countries in our world in our time

the major is alive
fucking dogshit, dropped. will still traumatize people with Anne's episode though

>not a single screenshot of her mech arms yet
what are you doing /a/?

>>281184573
>VE "world building"
>we can give lifelike prosthetics to no-name child soldier veterans but people can't write

>>281186256
mech arms more like dreck arms

>>281173070 (OP)
I feel cucked by the ending, so yes.

>>281175414
Isn't she's 16 or older in the novel?

>>281186426
t. Leon

>>281183942
She apparently wields a giant axe in the novel. But all this goofy shit is forgivable and kinda funny, the problem was the movie.

>felling cucked by fiction

Erica > Iris

>>281189742
is there anyone who doesn't think this?

>>281173070 (OP)
Absolutely ruined as a waifu by pairing her up with a groomer old man

>>281173070 (OP)
Unironically yes. I don't remember much of anything about her show except for the pristine visuals, her being a bit of a weirdo and that one episode with the child (and I forgot what it was about). I remember it being pretty good at the moment but I can't remember any specific thing. Some things leave a mark, Violet Evergarden didn't.

The reason for her being a killing machine is that in the novels she's implied to be some kind of war goddess deity, I'm not joking.

This show only gained in popularity over time.
In contrast, YoriMoi quickly became much less popular after its release.
Is there a term for quickly becoming much less popular after release?
Maybe a catchy two-word phrase?

>>281190270
Rewatch it

>>281190270
Speak for yourself. I strongly remember basically every episode. They all left a lasting impression on me. Episode 1 had the tea sakuga and the glorious close ups and fight flashback. Episode 2 has the mecha animation, episode 3 was going to doll school with Luculia. Episode 4 was Iris, not my favorite episode but I still remember. Episode 5 was Abelfreyja, I can never forget the glorious visual storytelling in this episode. Episode 6 was Leon. Episode 7 was the walking on water, episode 8 was more flashbacks, episode 9 was was a mini conclusion and episode 10 was the episode everyone loved. Episode 11 was writing a letter for that bust red hair girl, episode 12 was the train fight, episode 13 was the finale with the planes. I think I got everything right there. Your memory is weak.

>>281190336
>she's implied to be some kind of war goddess deity, I'm not joking.
This is one of the cool things about her and why I'm drawn to her character.

>>281190336
>>281190400
Bros...

i got so many good desktop backgrounds out of this anime

>>281190792
People still do this? I just have the default windows one because I can't be assed. Maybe I did have more soul when I was a kid. I used to have Shadow Hearts Covenant wallpaper as my background.

>>281173070 (OP)
Nah I watch it yearly.

>>281173574
I wholeheartedly disagree with the sheer milking that's going on with the series.

>>281173574
>promoting ridiculously expensive merch with the most hated part of the franchise, the man she's paired with
Jesus Christ

>>281190915
The story, at its heart, is a love story.
The show is basically only there to set up the movie and the conclusion to the love story, which is fucking beautiful.

>>281190885
>I watch it yearly.
Nice. I regularly rewatch it too, I try to watch it on a different TV/screen and or with different lighting in my room to spice things up each time though. You can also watch the OVA in chronological order too which is even better

>>281190360
Some shows like YoriMoi create a gripping and authentic emotional experience. It's very well built and fairly detailed, but it's so crowded and uniform that nothing stands out. Emotional experiences like this fade away quickly, because there are not enough memorable special details or singular punchline moment to serve as links to the memories, and it becomes hard to remember how strongly you felt.

Also I think some emotional presentations are kind of uncomfortable in a way (like trauma?) where you tend to shut things off and become repulsed by it. YoriMoi had excessive crying which I think is kinda heavy after you've filled your quota. Takopi from this season will be forgettable in a similar way as YoriMoi even though it's superb experience.

One thing that affects popularity over time is accessibility and clickbait/hook factor. Violet Evergarden with the unusual setting looks like a show that requires a specific mindset, so people watching it will be more spread out in time, so more popularity over time. Whereas a show about some kids growing up might have more immediate appeal. Unless you are too addicted to latest ecchi romcoms. YoriMoi's Antarctica theme also serves as a good clickbait.

>>281191055
Yes, but is there a term for quickly becoming much less popular after release?
Maybe a catchy two-word phrase?

>>281191075
fad

>>281191155
That's a good one, but not the one I'm thinking of.
I think it has something to do with the passage of something, and a dishonest tactic that basketball players use.
I just can't quite put my finger on it.

>>281173070 (OP)
No, I still remember her. I even wrote a story based on episode 10 of her show.

>>281190360
time flop. Antarctica is a time flop

>>281176721
cute

>>281175219
I love Evergarden's European aesthetic.

>>281190360
People will watch a KyoAni production just because it's KyoAni so they tend to have more staying power, and what is that other one? They cast Hayamin and Notomami on the same series? Doesn't that make mustard gas?

>>281191559
>People will watch a KyoAni production just because it's KyoAni
Well, yes, and that's deserved.
They've made 1(one)(ichi)(いち) bad anime in their entire history, Munto.
People have learned that if it's KyoAni, it's going to be good.

>>281191605
>Munto
I enjoyed Munto. Yumemi is cute.

I like how Ann's family was kept relevant in the movie. Episode 10 was so good.

>>281190336
If Violet is a goddess, why didn't she just regrow her arms

>>281191794
Not him. Would it be as fun that way? No IMO. It's a good excuse to give Violet cool mecha arms and that's one of my favorite things about this masterpiece. If Ristarte is a goddess then why does she not just defeat the demon lord and save the world herself?

>>281189742
movie Iris > movie Erica though

oh how the tables have turned

>>281173574
>movie is about moving on
>the creators refuse to move on and milk it to death
bruh

>movie is about [headcanon]
>the creators do refuse to do [headcanon] therefore it's milking
bruh

>>281173070 (OP)
It's impossible for me to forget such a beautiful anime.

episode 5 > episode 10

>>281187098
>She apparently wields a giant axe in the novel.
>apparently
She does, and it's animated in the famous CM. Prepare to see some of the most sumptuous animation to ever exist:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CJeDetA45Q

>>281192582
>9 years ago
where has the time gone?

>>281173070 (OP)
Horrible and boring

>>281192465
Cope.

>>281192954
no u

iris please kick me between my legs

The end movie was 5 (five) years ago.
The anime series turns 10 in 2 years.

>>281193600
i can't believe it's been that long. damn

>>281173574
New chapters?

Otherwise fuck off

>>281194005
i'm happy to get a new book. I would like more story content though.

>>281194005
wasn't there a side story novel?

>>281193600
has it really been that long?

>>281173666
Bioretto if she moeblob

>>281196489
Nah. While I do love the TV design, the CM looks incredible in it's own way.

>>281175219
The romance works only as her growing up as a person and “getting over” the pain of losing him.
The OVA (and the novels since he is alive there) makes the whole relationship weaker by turning it into an actual love story, and not even a good one.
For this reason i prefer where the anime ended instead.

>>281197661
Do you think she birthed Ann's half sister?

>>281197807
no clue, I remember fuck all about this trannime

>>281197661
erica is a stunner

I disliked the ending, I didn't want the major to have a happy ending

>>281197843
Ok bipolar-kun.

>>281197891
>>281198277

>>281197807
>Ann's half sister
what?

>>281198368
cute iris

>>281198427
Never mind me I'm retarded and mixed up Oscar with Ann's father.

>>281198562
kek

>>281192465
it's obvious
she keeps walking away from (You) because it's a fucking good-bye film

>>281198368
i want to give iris a hug

>>281176052
i am gilbert

>>281199664
Be realistic, you're Leon.

>>281199723
Nah he's nameless soldier #680 that Violet killed.

>>281190978
just because its supposed to be a love story, it doesnt mean that the actual parts regarding the love interest are actually good, I dont mind violeto finally scoring but I honestly didnt like the 2nd half of the movie which involves the guy

>>281199854
kek

i love amy

>>281199880
There is no romance in the movie, it's just 2 self-hating suicidal veterans coming to terms with their past together. I don't know what the fuck you're talking about.

>>281199880
It wasn't even explained well - actually the second part of the movie was driven by pure retardation.

>>281199959
Amy gets railed by a rich ugly bastard every night

>>281200044
Yes, I fuck her every night. How did you know?

>>281200081
The smell

>>281199959
thats a good yuri manga, good taste anon

I thought the writing was mediocre. A couple episodes made were great and made me cry but it's like there was a dissonance between how pretty the art was and how it was at its heart a monster of the week esque premise with minimal, very predictable development from Violet. Kyoani hasn't made a prettier show but they've hardly written a more boring one.

>>281200211
I'm trans btw.

>>281200211
>but they've hardly written a more boring one.
I've seen it 4 times by now and wasn't bored in any of the instances. How do you explain that?

>>281200297
>4 times
amateur

>>281200297
I'm just saying my opinion I'm aware lots of people liked it. I just went in expecting more from the story and felt it underdelivered.

>>281200211
>a monster of the week esque premise with minimal
what?

>>281173070 (OP)
I could never forget this beautiful girl and her beautiful show.

>>281173574
i will try, i want to buy takase's frames too

>>281198368
it's okay, Iris, you look hot too

>>281173070 (OP)
Gib sequel.

>>281173574
>only ¥33,000
Bargain.

>>281202539
i hope it doesn't sell out too soon, i really want one

Always thought this anime sucked ass

>>281187823
it's the NTR mentality

>>281173070 (OP)
>>281173574
Is this yuri?

>>281200755
Most of the episodes are one off settings/characters that get solved within the episode. It feels like cheap writing for the art and animation production value, and the overarching plot about Violet isn't very good either and even a bit silly.

>>281204381
maybe. watch and find out

>>281205367
Thanks, bitch.

>>281205427
You're welcome.

>>281204395
where the fuck did you get "monster of the week" from?

>>281204395
"Episodic show" is the term you were meant to use.
Not to say that this is what VEG is, but anyway

>>281173070 (OP)
This show was cheesier than a creamery. It did look beautiful at least.

the auto memory doll jobs are pretty episodic since they're covered in one episode

>>281203508
if you buy it now through the reservation period that's on now you're guaranteed, otherwise first come first serve.
Don't think this will get a re-release since it's 10th anniversary either; at least the special edition one.

i want to run my fingers through violet's hair

>>281207733
why are kyoani so random with their restocking? it makes it hard to decide what to buy now and what to buy later.

>>281207788
they really seem to have no rhyme or reason for what and when they restock certain items. Guess it adds to the exclusivity, but it's annoying.

>>281208076
I try to check their website weekly for new merch, sometimes shit sells out within 24 hours though. Also, they haven't added anything for Amagi Brilliant park in a long time, and that saddens me.

>>281208076
>Guess it adds to the exclusivity, but it's annoying.
i know this pain

>>281173070 (OP)
It was always just okay outside a couple of moments, and another addition to the long line of "it made me cry so that must mean it's a 10/10 masterpiece AOTD" show that permeates modern anime discourse.

>>281198432
>>281199604
>>281202130

>>281173070 (OP)
Yes.